Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-05-17
CONVENTION GOSSIP.
GETTING READY FOR THE GREAT DEM
ocRArlc GATHERING THURSDAY.
HaiIs for Distriot Delegations Arrange
mcnts at the Armery-clsvelsnd and
Anti-Clsvslsnd Head quarters, 20.

Dr. Jed B. Wood, chairman Of the City Demo
cratic Committee, Is rapidly getting things into
shApe for the State Democratic Convention
which meets In Armory Han ThurSday at IL
noon.
lie succeeded In completing the LIST Of rooms
70 bc used 90 headquarters for tho several dis
| trict delegations The full list Is a. follows,
though the Chairman Of the State committee
will have TO mako the arrangements: Two rooms
| at the Exchange Hotel. one at Nurphys, two at
zimmerman's, Smiths Hall, Fifth street be-
tween Broad and Marshall; Lee Camp Hall
| Broad street between Sixth and Seventh; Month
| cello Han, Broad street between Sixth and sev-
enth; NEWMARKET Hall, Sixth and Marshall
streets; Sanger Hall, sdjoir.ing the Armory.
| Tho sections OF seats in the hall viii be as
signed 70 the various delegations by lot The
| doorkeepers, ticket-hOlders, and pages have
been employed, the Blues band engaged to fur-
| nish music during the convention, and this
morning the work OF putting In the chairs VIII be
commenced DR.. Wood has also employed .
man TO try to remedy the acoustics Of the hall,
and made arrangements TO afford the members
OF the press every facility.
| Delegates TO the convention will be admitted
| on their badges and alternates on tickets. Inc
delegate badges will be white and blue and the
badges OF the officers OF the convention red ana
| gold. The certificates OF election Of the Rich
! mond delegates have been prepared and VIII be
/
Cleveland delegates may be secured from Mr..
jackson Guy and those OF the uninstructed dele
| gates from Hon. II. X. Pollard.
| CLEVELAND AND ANTI-CLEvELAsD HALLS.
| The uninstructed delegates. OF this district
/ have rented Sanger Hall for Wednesday, and II
will be opened at 10 O'Clock In the morning. All
anti Cleveland or uninstructcd deleg ates are In
vited 10 make use OF the hall and also attend
| conference to be held there Wednesday night:
| Senator Daniel will arrive In She city to.night
ot,1 utr ~ wrl.a
those In favor Of an uniDs.ructcd delegation 10
Chicago the bcneht of his advice.
| The Cleveland Club OF Richmond have secured
the Theatre as headquarters and Will hold a con-
| ference there on Wednesday night, 10 which
they invite all delegates Of their way of think
| ing.
on THE DISTRICT DELEGATE STATES.
Among the names which will probably be pre-
| sented for delegates from tho several dIstricts
| are the following:
First District-Dr. Frank Fletcher. Of Acco-
! mac; Taylor Garnett. OF Mathews; j. w. u,
Blackstone Of Accomac, and Lloyd 1. Smith.
Second District-Dr. Thomas ii. Barnes, oi
| Nansemond; Robert X. Prentiss, OF Suffolk; Dr.
NJ. Q. Holt. Of surry. and X. c. Marshall, Of Ports
! mouth.
Third District-H r. Pollard, c. v. Meredith
| John A. Curtis, W. s. Gum, Of Richmond
Joseph Bryan, OF Henrico. and i. Nj. Parrish, ol
Goochland.
Fourth District-w. X. McKenney, of Peters
| burg and Major B. w. L. Holt, OF Sussex.
| Barry Wooding and Major w. L. suiheriin, ol
Danville.
sixth District-Peter J. Otey and Carter Glass
of Lynchburg, and Judge Waller X. Staples, ol
| Montgomery.
seventh Districts. v. southall and James l.
| Gordon, OF Charlottesville General T.. l.. Rosser
| of Albemarle, and Hon. John L. Harris, oi Rock
| ingham.
Eighth District-Captain G. A. Mushbach, Of
| Alexandria; John +. Ryan, OF Loudoun, and
General Eppa Hunton, of Fauguier.
Ninth pistrict-Lieutenanf.Go Governor D. Hogt
| OF Tyler. Pulaski, and Judge j. 7. Kelley
| Tenth District-U. ID. Flood, OF Appomnttox.
| OF course these are not near all OF those who
| are or will be talked Of.
| MR.. BARBoURs SUCCESSOR.
| IL has been suggested In some quarters thai
| the convention Will probably mako some express
| sion as to the appointment OF q successor te
| Senator Barbo Tor the uuexpired term.
| The appointment Is absolutely in the hands o
the Executive, and II is hardly probable that the
| convention will consider the matter unless Gov
1 ernor Mckinney Expresses the wish that tha
! body do 80. Among the names suggested FOL
/ the honor are Hon. John Randolph Tucker, Hon
/ w. w. Henry, General Fitz Lee, Hon. >: Taylol
| Ellyson. Judge Waller K Staples, Judge William
Mann, General Eppa Hunton, Major Holmes Con-
| rad, Hon. John Goode, General W. H.. Payne
| X. G. Murray, and others.
| Not few OF the political wlseacres cialmec
| Yesterday TO know upon whom the Governor
| choice would fall. As lar as known the Governor
has rot broached the sub1ecs TO his most int
mate friends and nothing Is more imprso6s bls hs
| approached regarding IL before he left here tt
! attend Mr.. Barbours funeral, Indeed, those
| closest TO Governor Mckinney were aware OF hii
| sincere grief at Mr. Barbours DEAN, ana that y
left no room In his mind to consider the question
| Of whom should be his successor, even were The
| case one in which the Governor would be dis
| posed TO act hastily.
Mr.. lanes r. Fisher, secretary OF the State
Democratic Committee, arrived in the city yes
| terday and will probably open headquarters a
| the Exchange Hotel Wednesday morning
| Meeting Of the City Committee Tonight
There Will be meeting of the City Demo
| cratic Committee at the Circuit-Court room
| $50 tonight 10 consider some details regarding
tho Convention arrangements There will ais,
i he laid before the committee the letter to tina
| body from Mr.. Samuel M. Page, TO which th
/ DISPATCH referred last Saturday.