Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-11-25
TO OPPOSE MEREDITH.
Alliance Men 90 Fight Hard I'm the Eighth
Virginia District


A TALE WITH TIE DISTRICT cHAIRMAN-HE THINKS
HE WAS NOT TREATED RIGHT BY DEMOCRATIC
coNnrrrEENES-ruRNERN MAY BE rLKcrED BY
ALLIANCE AND RKPUBLIcAS VOTES
There 10 promise Of fun in the eighth con-
gressional district of Virginia The death Of
W. III. +. Lee left the district without q repre-
sentative in Congress and an election 20
MI the vacancy is due on December 3.
T. T. Meredith OF Alexandria has been
honored with the democratic nomination, and
1t was generally supposed that he would have q
walkover But Mr.. J. Brad Beverly says he will
not. Mr.. Beverly is chairman of the eighth
congressional district alliance and vice presi-
dent Of the state alliance. II any one
we're to say that Mr.. Beverly is somewhat an
noyed because OF the manner in which the
alliance has been treated by yesterdays demo-
cratic convention he would be undertaking
the fact
WHAT Mr. BEVERLY SAID.
Mr.. Beverly talked to a STAR reporter this
morning. 1--WE have been treated discour-
teously, said he, but We do not propose TO
swallow the insult. The alliance in the eighth
district nominated ID. b. Turner and when
came home on Monday night (from
the Indianapolis convention) aud found
that Meredith would surely be nominated by
the democrats at once went TO work 10 bring
about compromise. In my official capacity
as chairman OF the district alliance / called
upon Meredith and told him that in the inter
ests OF harmony we would like to effect COM
promise which might ultimately result in the
Withdrawal OF Turner. Meredith told me that
the democrats had consulted on that matter
and he thought the thing could be satisfactorily
arranged. He referred me to Mr.. Walton
Moore OF Fairfax. who, In turn, moved me
along to the committee on resolutions. Per-
sonally he went among that commit
that an apparent majority was opposed
to hearing me. Then went to q. 3. L. Trip
lett OF Culpeper; he was a member of the COM
mittee, and through him l requested a vote on
the question. The committee discussed the
proposition for about three-ouarters of an
hour, and then Mr.. Triplett came to
me and said that they had declined TO
hear me because / did not appear as .
delegate or in any representative capacity.
replied that appeared in my official capacity
as Chairman of the district alliance. i told
them that, he replied, and 1 also told them
that you were vice president of the state M
lance. 1t created a rumpus, but you know
how these fellows down here are asked him
II the report was final and he said il was. That
ended my effort.
TO WORK FOR TURNER.
"Will We endeavor to elect Turner? Why Of
course we will. There is no choice left u.s. The
republicans will make no nomination.; at least
that is what republican members of the alli-
ance say. OF course none of the republicans
can vote for Meredith, but there is no reason
why every one of them should not cast
his ballot for Turner. IL the contest was
between a republican and democrat IL
Is probable that the democratic majority would
be about Loot was less than that last time
but It seems to me that the alliance chances are
good In the district our membership foots
up 2,94S the most of us being democrats.
Now, if the republicans will only turn
out as they promise to, and we can secure one
fourth OF the democratic vote which Is within
the alliance, we will put our man into the
House Of Representatives
I'm spite of our strength. though, we are
still at q considerable disadvantage for the
judges Of election will be democrats and anti
alliance republicans: they have the count on us
every time. The alliance cannot ask for the
appointment Of alliance judges because the
strict language Of the Law requires the judges
70 be representatives OF the parties Now the
alliance is not party. We do not recognize
the peoples party any more than We do the
democratic or republican parties.
Our campaign will open in Alexandria next
week, Jerry simpson being the speaker He
will be followed by Representative Clover of
Kansas, Representative Watson of Georgia
Representative Dunning Of Michigan, Ralph
beaumont of New York and Farmer Of Texas
We will make things warm for awhile.
THE INDIANAPOLIS CONVENTION
"was the Indianapolis convention satisfac-
factory?'
1T was, in every sense but one. and for that
responsible. The published reports of our pro-
ceedings were most unreliable. and in many in
stances we know they were wilfully falsified.
was chairman of the press committee, and as such