Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-11-13
VIRGINIA REPUBLICANS.

The republican campaign committee,
who were in charge of the fight in Vir
giDia, met at headquarters yesterday
and wound up their affairs for this year
There were present Messrs. Waddill,
Brady, Agnew, Browning, Strother
and Carney. Colonel Lamb and Gen
eral Walker were the only absentees.
The meeting was, of course, secret
one, and Judge Waddill, when seen
after adjourn ment, said that there
was really nothing of public interest
done.
A well.known Richmond lawyer has
received letter from w. B. Tyler, the
republican candidate in the First dis
trict, who was defeated by Jones, ask
ing him to take charge of his contest
for him. This would indicate that Mr.
Tyler will certainly contest Mr.. Jones's
seat, though Judge Waddill said he
knew nothing of it.
Captain Asa Rogers said yesterday
that returns are coming in slowly from
the precinct chairmen. Late re-
turns" he said, "show that my figures
of $4,000 republicans, who had lost
their votes, are far below what they
really believe"
Hon. Jacob Yost was in conference
with the republican managers yester-
day. He claims to have a majority of
III in the Tenth district He requested
Gen. Allan to look out for his interests
when the State canvassing board meets.
A rumpus is being raised among the
Mitchell "niggers" now. They feel
agrieved that they did not get their
portion from Hanna's bar'l, and say
that John sold them into the Allen
Waddill ranks, but gave them none of
the fat.-RichmOnd Dispatch.
A letter from Norfolk says all the re-
publican cnairmen of the cities and
counties of the Second congressional
district, except Nance, of Charles City,
and Clay, of Warwick, met at State
Chairman Lambs office last night for
the purpose of making returns and re-
porting on any Irregularities which
may have come to their notice.
Mr.. S. B. Carney, of Norfolk county,
presided. The meeting was a secret
one, but it is known that alleged frauds
were reported from nearly all the
counties, especially Nansemond, South
ampton, Isle of Wright and Norfolk
county. The official returns showed
that DR.. Wise received 252 more votes
than Mckinley, in spite of the fact that
the Bowden-Dager faction diverted
few hundred votes from him.
L. of taI
in the unofficial returns from Warwick.
in which DR.. Wise was credited with
SAG votes, when it should have been
446. DR.. Wise was present, and as
result of the information and advice he
cleaned, he has decided to contest the
election of Mr.. Young, if he can raise
the money to do so, the amount neces.
sary being not less than $4,000.
The republican leaders claim that
they can seat DR.. Wise easily. The
principal grounds'for contest are well
planned conspiracy to steal the districts,
failure to register certain voters, dila-
tory tactics at the polls by which from
two to three thousand republicans were
kept from voting; alleged false instruc-
tions given byjudges to illiterate voters,
and many other reasons. In an inter-
view last night Col. Lamb said that he
had received letters indicating probable
contests in the Fifth and Fourth dis
tricts, and perhaps in the Third. He
scored the gold democratic leaders Wig
orously, saying they had betrayed their
pledges in this district. He declared
that it was thoroughly agreed to by the
gold leaders that if the Sixth district
were given to them, they would make
no fight in the Second, but, on the con-
trary, would assist the republicans to
carry the district in every way. The
gold men had promised large sums OF
money for this purpose to the republi
cans. Accordingly Hoge was taken
down in the Sixth, and the next thing
that happened was the nomination OF
Mr.. Whaley, in the Second, in direct
violation of the agreement Every dol
lar of the money sent here by the gold
men, he said, was used against Wise.
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