Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-08-16
rrGHr Fon ATrokHEY-GEyERAL.
SHOULD BE CONSERVATIVE.

| his chances for the att orney- geneTalshiD.
! lt is understood that the forces of Black
/ stone. Little. and McKonney are working
70 throw the nomination for Lieutenant
] Governor TO the Southwest with q view OF
! throwing Judge Rhea out of the race for
| third place on the ticket. If this can be
| done the next move, II Is said. will proba-
bly, be TO decide which Of the three shall
make the fight on Major r. Taylor Scott.
/ Indeed, there - talk OF conference on
this subject between the friends of Mr..
Little and those Of Dir. Blackstone this
/ morning.
Major Scott's friends. however. say that
he will be nominated on the first ballot
/ for tho attorney -gencralship, aud that no
/ matter TO which section of the state the
/ lieutenant -governorshIp goes. he can
divide the vote OF the Southwest.
THE BLACK BELTS CLAIMS.
Among some Of the delegates o senti-
ment is being worked uD in favor Of giving
/ the second place on the ticket to a man
from the Black Belt and the name most
/ prominently mentioned is that of DIR. NJ.
/ o. Holt. of Surry. Should O'Ferrall head
1 the ticket with DR.. Holt for Lieutenant
| Governor II IS thought the attorney-gene-
/ ralship would 20 TO the Southwest and TO
| Rhea. The Same result. IL is said. would
! follow with O'Eerrall and Mavor J. Taylor
/ Eilyson "a first and second on the ticket.
/ In other words, If the solid Southwest
/ should ask tor the Attorney-General 1t is
| believed that she would get IT.
SENATOR YABBELLs CANDIDACY.
| The name Of Senator Yarrell. of Greenes-
| vile, has also been mentioned N con-
nection with the attOrney-generalsLlp
Senator Yarrell SAID last night that has
candidacy for the nomination would de-
pend upon what sections OF the State got
the other two hOuors.
DRAFT or THE PLATFORM.
II vas stated late last night that q
rough draft Of the platform had been
made. aud that 10 would be submit
ted TO "a conference of tho leaders TO be
held this morning. Its provisions are
SAID to be an endorsation OF the State ad-
mlnistrstion and with slight change
in phraseology Of the financial
plank in the Chicago platform.
Ii is also stated that II endorses the
tariff plank in the Chicago platform with
no change of verbiage. 1t Is an open secret
that our senators IN Congress are in favor
Of this. AS tar as could be learned from
talking with the delegates who have al
ready arrived there is a strong antagonism
t. anything like preclptlatlng wrangle
over the currency question IN the coAVen-
ton.
TO NAME TEMPORARY OFFICERS.
Pursuant to the call Of Chairman Gordon
the State Central Committee Of the party
will meet at the Exchange Hotel tonight
20 select temporary officers of the conven-
tion. From interviews with prominent
members who reached the city yesterday |
il seems to be decided that Hon. Beverley
b. Munford, of this city. will be tempo |
rary chairman and Alr. Williami II. Mann, |
OF Petersburg, temporary secretary.
Hon. Il. III. Cardwell. Speaker of the !
House of Delegates, is most generally |
mentioned Tor permanent chairman,
though the Norfolk and Portsmouth del le- |
cations will. II is thought, present the !
name Of Hon. Leigh Il. Watts, OF the latter |
city.
THE GOVERNOR RrTCGNs.
Governor Mckinney returned home last |
night from the Blue Ridge Springs BE |
has partially. though not fully. recovered !
from his recent sickness In conversation /
with DIsPA1CH reporter he sald that one /
object of his return was to hold an I'm !
portant conference on the oyster question |
with some gentlemen to-day, but he |
would nave come back regardless Of that, /
FOR he felt Ii hls duty to be here on the |
occasion of Democratic convention.
Many Of the delegates, particularly |
those who seem TO be most Interested IN |
the determination OF who shall get the |
nomination tor Acknowledgement. seem TO |
think that nothing can DO calculated upon !
with certainty until the nomination Tor |
Governor IS made. and that the biggest |
fight IN the body will be over an effort 10 |
take a recess, in which combinations may |
be formed.
VOICE OF THE OYSTER.
So far but few of the leaders from the |
oyster counties have arrived, but never |
the.ess "a good deal ls being SAID regarding !
the necessity of the oysters having "a |
representative on the ticket 80
Among the visitors 10 Colonel OFerralPs !
rooms last night were the following;
Judge }. Frank kas,, OF Norfolk chairman OF
the OFerralI Association: Herbert j. Brown, |
editor OF the Roanoke Tlnes Charles l.. Adams,
Iyuchburz; Captain Jack lalloy, OF Buona
VISTA senator lawless, OF Portsmouth H. Is.
Grove: Thomas ". Miller, ". p. Dupuy, ana
john :. Hardaway, Of Roanoke; Hon. ;, Wen,
ford Corbin. Of King George; X. l.. Boykin and
C. Fenton Day, OF Smithheld; George j. Huud-
ley. OF Amelia; j. ii. II. tlggat OF
Boteiourt: Pembroke Petit, OF Palmyra,
Fluvanna county; Hon. Claude A. Swanson,
OF Pittsylvania; Son. Merritt Cooke, OF
Norfolk; Hon. L. ". saunders, Of franklin: j;
H. Tuggle, of Nottoway; 4. +. Ghoison, OF
Orange; Colonel Grenyiile Gaines, OF warren
ton; Dr.. J. r. Winn, OF Fluvsnna; L. l.. g
scott, of Hanover; Captain Bernard hcCrackeh'
OF Fredericksburg: Judge shepherd OF buena
Vista; Robert Il. Handy. OF northampton eul-
tor Eastern Shore Herald ana Chairman OF tne
O'Ferrsll delegation of Nor,hHmpton; Dr. d. e,
Booth, OF Williamsburg: DR.. Chaties SmtI' 1l
Northampton: George Booker, Old Point; Il. H.
AilwOr,h, county chairman OF Norlnamptoh;
lion. Soutney = wilkins; N. Is. Rowe, Of
Fredericksburg; JuCge Taylor GarneIi, OF ma
thews; Hon. &. L. Nicol, OF FRINGE EdWaru
Hon Edward Kchos, Of staunton; ". b, bfau,
ley, editor Free Lance. FrederlcbsOurg; toiohoi
Richard Marshall OF Portsmouth; Hon. LeOnl-
dss FARRELL, Greenesvlle; Dr. SUI, OF Salem.
About 10 O'Clock large Richmond dele
cation marched down to the hotel and PAID
their respects to the Congressman.
SOME OF MAJOR TYLER's FRIENDS.
Among Others the following visited
Lieutenant Governor Iyler's headquarters:
General Thomas /. KOsser, Char ottesyiue;
Colonel William X Alexander, miihGInesaVII'
Iteucine Coke, Roanoke; Professor william H.
Grarafn, Richmond: George Med. Blake, klch-
m0nd: James &. Mitchell. Henricoi SIMON SoIo-
mon Uenrico: Colonel Is. o. James Goochiand;
n n Mosby. h. Alsop, Richmond: Major Peter
w aryick Chesterfield lion. II. ID. Flood, Appo-
Inattox: Garland Taylor, Henrico' aho MAJOR
j. ". Rawley, Henrico
from outside tho city are expected I'D TO-
day.
THE NOMINATIONS.
Major TYLER will be nominated by Judge
Waller r. Staples, and the nomination Will
be seconded by Major Holmes Conrad 0I
Winchester and Congressman james W.
Marshall. of Craig.
Colonel Buford will be nominated by
Major Charles 4. Strpgfellow. but the
names OF those who will make the seeonu-
lfiR bDttCUiS UbNt NV NNNA A.,
judge William +. Rhea. of Bristol, VIII
present the name OF Colonel Oferrall,
and the nomination will be seconded by
Congressman Swanson and Senator LAW
less, of Portsmouth.
Senator Little will be nominated tor At
torney General by Hon. Ii. +. Crismono: oI
Fredericksburg, and seconded by Senator
Charles +. Jones, of Highland.
sEw TICKET TALKED OF.
Atmidniebt it was whispered in tho Ex;
change Hotel lobby that the ticket would
DO O'Ferrall, Rhea, and Scott, as Jnoee
Rbsa had been waited upon and had inti-
mated that no would perhaps accept the
nomination for LIeutenant-Goyernor
should it be rendered him.
The personnel OF the convention promises
20 be particularly fine, Judging. from the
delegates al.esdy on the ground. All locs-
tions are represented. -.
Judge Mclaughlin, of Lexington, who
will be candidate before the neA'
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