Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-10-29
WADDILL DISCLAIMS.
TIE JUDGE SAYS HE POSITIVELY
WILL NOT RUN THIS TIME.
s,xoh.,s with uis Name Not Authorized
Mitchell Enthusiastically Commit
tee Mecting--other Notes.

Judge Waddill returned to the city
late last evening from Hanover Court.
house. where he had been attending to
chancery suit bearing someproperty
recently purchased by him.
Shortly after his arrival in the city the
Judge was met by DISPATCH reporter.
In answer 10 the inquiry as to whether
he would be candidate for Congress and
rs to the commences OF the ticket put
out with his name upon 1t, he said ut
Is all Joke, yes n huge one, and you
can best appreciate it when you consider
the kindness OF some friend in the mat
ter TO me--yiz., to put himself to the
trouble OF paying for the printing and
the distribution Of my tickets. This was
kindness you Democrats never did me
when was a candidate.
NO REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE.
"No, I am not candidate" he
added. al have no idea OF being and have
never had such an idea. ! 80 announced
in February. 1889. and am not IN the
habit OF Joking abou. such matters or
misleading people either IN or out OF my
party. There will DO no Republican
candidate in this district. and our voters
will refrain from voting as they have
been advised 10 do by the representa-
tives OF the regular and only organiza-
fion Of the party in this district and IN
the State. II is well known that have
sll along been in favor OF the nomlna-
ton OF a candidate IN tins dis
trict. but the committee has been
embarrassed in various ways, manly IN
securing a candidate who felt like and
would spend the money necessary to make
a fight. in the light OF the fact OF the dis
reimbursement of so manyOf our voters ut
the election in 1889. This criticism OF
the committee is in the main without
foundation, and some of the parties en-
gagged in il are themselves largely re-
sponsible for the failure to have candl-
date. While | have. as before stated,
advocated the running OF candidate,
am not sure, considering the behavior OF
she registrars on Saturday last, that my
plan was tho best one.
THE JACKsON-wARD MEETING.
"As TO the Jackson Ward meeting last
night and the proceedings there but
little need be said. The whole thing IS
too transparent OF course the noto-
riety of running for Congress is some
what dazzling, but anyone can be
candidate for anything upon earth-the
presidency can be aspired to by all-but
II has not gotten so that two individuals
can call n meeting and have one OF
themselves nominated for Congress and
bind the Republican or any other party
by such action. Such course can alone
inure 10 the benefit Of the Democratic
party, and you gentlemen are Justl-
lied in nursing the boom, feeble as 1t
may be. The public will not fail to dis
cover in this meeting feeling of disap-
pointment on the part Of some of its pro-
motors in securing Offices, and a VAIN
and foolish delusion rs to how best to
secure them in the future.
GIT NO oFFTcEs.
"The idea of supposing that patronage
can be secured this way IS all nonsense.
/ would be glad TO get rid of such bug
bear in so easy manner. You will find,
however. that no Offices will be gotten by
this new move. Indeed, this sort OF
foolishness has done much and is doing
much to deprive the Republicans OF Slr-
ginia of patronage that they would other
wise receive.
TIE JACKsoS-wARD VOTE.
al wish you would correct an error in
your Sundays paper for me. You there
give on interview with convict who
called at the Hastings Court Sat
urday 10 see about registering,
and you conclude by saying: And
Judge Waddill was seated because
such voters as these were barred out
This is an entire mistake. OF the per-
sons voting for me in Jackson Ward.
most of whom we're challenged, it did
not appear that but one single person
who had been convicted of crime pre-
scented himself, according to my recol-
lection, and that the case of voter con-
yicted In childhood Of some trivial OF
fence"
Mitchell to Decide To-Day.
A Dispatch reporter made several ef-
forts to see John Mitchell yesterday to
ascertain if he would be a candidate az
requested by the Jackson-Ward negro
meeting OF Monday night. Mitchell
could not be found. but ms brother said
that he and his friends would have q
conference this afternoon at q o'clock to
determine what course should DO pur-
sued.