Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-07-13

POssibilfty-Expectatt that We'd.
nesday's Convention will be q short
One.
Special Dispatch to THE EVENING STAR
RICHMOND, VA, July 13.-Not more than 25
or 80 of the 700 delegates appointed to the re-
publican state convention which will meet in
the theater here on Wednesday had arrived i'm
the city by noon to-day. 1t is not believed that
there will be full attendance OF the accredited
delegates. as many proxies have been appoint
man OF the state committee. will call the con-
vention TO order promptly at IL o'clock on We'd
nesday, and sanguine republicans calculate
upon an adjournment sine die on Thursday af-
ternoon at the farthest. Still there are contin-
gencfeS that may cause protracted conven-
tion with exciting incidents. A full state ticket
for governor lieut.. governor and attorney gen.
eral is To be nominated, and the important pre-
lminary work ofarranging the canvass 10 secure
the choice OF a republican successor to Senator
Malone by the legislature to be elected in No.
vember has to be done.
The contest for the nomination for governor
develops sharp but peaceful rivalry between
ex-CongreSsman John :. Wise and Capt. Frank
:. Blair, present attorney general. The rest of
the state ticket will be determined largely by
the nomination for governor. Capt Wise s
friends give indications of seeking combina-
tlon with the valley on the southwest for the
lieutenant governorship in the person of ex-
Congressman Bowen and Major =. NJ. Yost,
postmaster at Staunton and editor of the lead
ing republican paper in the country west OF the
Blue Ridge. Capt. Blairs friends are not averSe
TO a similar combination with Major Yost.
Geographical considerations, SO embarrassing
in all democratic conventions in Virginia will
give the republicans little trouble in the field,
for combinations on the attorney generalship is
limited In that party mainly because OF the fact
that when the debt question was first agitated
nearly all the lawyers OF the state sided against
readjustment. Wise and Blair are both promi-
nent lawyers, Blair having gained special
prominence in his arguments concerning the
deDt issue and the "ingenious paradox is pre-
sented of these two gentlemen both active cam
didates forgovernor and yet each a possible nom-
lnee for attorney general should his rival run
away with the nomination for governor. Wise's
strength appears to be fairly compact in what
Is known as tidewater Virginia, where his
a,nsr aenry a. Mise was ior generation
sprinklings of strength throughout eastern Nir-
ginia. Blairs most obvious strength is in the
country lying on the Tennessee border and ex-
tending well through the region known as SOUTH
west Virginia. Should Wise be nomin ated for
governor and the valley be complimented with
the selection of Gost for second place, his
friends would gladly tender to the southwest,
where readjustment scored its earliest and
greatest victories. the nomination of Blair for
attorney general. Blair nominated for COVER
nor, would, it is assumed, be pleased to see Iost
Tor ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS and Eastern Virginia
for Wise. Wises position gets some strength
by the suggestion of the name of eX-Congress-
man Bowen as possible candidate for lieu-
in the south west, whence Bowen halls, and
where he 10 very popular, by dividing Blair
strength In the region which is apparently
of passion between the friends of Wise and
Blair, either among the politicians now
the state, the contest will grow hour
ly sharper until the convention shall
meet, as the support of each candidate
is very Jealous. There is evidently some very
wild counting, both Wise's and Blair 9
friends claim the nomination of their favorte
easily on the first ballot: The drift of outside
prophecy inclines to Wise's nomination, be-
cause of the belief that Senator Malone prefers
Wise. To-day there are hints of a possible situa-
tion making the selection of new material ne
cessary for the state ticket, and ingenious sug-
gestions are offered to show that Malone may
at last be made the choice of his party for gov
ernor. Similar suggestions are made concern
ing Gen. Wyatt NJ. Elliott, lately a state sena-
tor, and for years one of the proprietors of the
Richmond Whig.
Questions affecting the party organization are
certain to arise, and may figure largely i'm the
deliberations of the convention, and may affect
the selection of candidates. Gov. Cameron and
Senator Malone differ widely as to matters of
party organization, and their differences have
entered deeply into recent discussions among
Virginia republicans. Democrats here affect no
of their interest in the perform
ances of the republican convention. The DEM
ocratic state convention meets on the 29th
instant.