Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-10-11
IT'S MOST OVER NOW.
MOST EXCITING CAMPAIGN OF RE-
CENT YEARS SOON TO CLOSE.
WILL CARRY VIRGINIA
rn. o.,,ooL en-. Tais state Exceed
snrIy Bright Beta for the Nafien"i
nsun, and for Members OF Con-
.x.s.-Tbe district Contests.

But little over three weeks more now.
and election-day will have come ana
gone. and Hon. william Jennings Bryan
OF Nebraska. Will have been chosen py
fh,s American people 10 preside over theH
eovernnent for the next four years. VIZ
rin,a will give AR. Bryan large ma
,or.tv. such an ore vii not disaopoiht
,he most saneuine adhereni OF this won
derful young man. who. though compaTa-
lively unknown but few months ago.
has almost jumped into prominence ana
Is looked upon BY the great masses OF inc
peop,e of this federation Of states ss
the Moses who is TO lead them out o.
bondage,
The, victory in this state will not %
achieved without great work on the part
OF the Democratic leaders. They are
labor.ng early and late for the causs they
esponse and are leaving no siofls VI
turned IN their efforts 70 carry every
district IN the Old Commonwealth fof
Democracy Already the State has been
thoroughly canvassed by able Democratic
sneakers who have aroused much en-
thusiasm for the candidates OF the party
but The Republicans are more active
than they have been in years and their
army has been considerably augmented
by the dsanected Democrats VINO have
bo,ted the ticket OF their fathers ana
aligned themselves with the Mckinieyiies.
The time IN which candidates FOR presi-
dental electors were required 10 notify
the Secretary Ct the Commonwealth eA-
pired on The night OF october 4th, and al
mat time i've tickets had been filed
Democratic Republican. Boltocrstit- FlO-
hibition. and Socialist. The congressman
nominees have until the evening OF the
18th 10 hie notice Of their canaldacs'
In all ten districts OF the State TIE Demo
Gratis and Republicans have PAL ~ can
didates. and in two districis-the sixth
and seyenth-B0ltocrati candidates have
announced themselves. There are one
OF TWO Prohibition candidates out. too
but they are merely put up Tor euect
THE ELECTORAL TICKETS
TIE electoral tickets as filed with the
Secretary Of the Commonwealth:
DcmOcTatlc-Elect0r4 at Large: J. ".
Marshall. offCraig. W. B. Mclwaine, q
Petersburg.
District Electors--First District y. 4.
Westcott Second District. J. F Hubbard
Third District. c. ". Wallace, j.; Fourth
District. " H. Hening. Fifth Districi
y. II. Halrston. Sixth District, A T.
Staples: Seventh District. II. Y. Srayer.
Eighth District A A. Lipscomb. Ninth
District. D. s Pollok; Tenth District, 3
l. Harrison.
Republlcau-Electors az Large: War
ren $ Lurty. o. Rockingham; Philip ".
Str5tner. Of Giles.
District T. ectors-First District, j d.
c. De Jarnette. Of Caroline; Second Dis
trict. LIzerns p. Harper, Of Nansemon1;
Third District. Morgan Treat. Of King
william; Fourth District. Benjamin ;.
Hooper. Of Prince Edward; Fiith Dis
trict. RI. ". Simmons. OF Floyd: Sixth
District. J. =. Stovau. Of Halifax,
seyenth District. c. NJ LOTHIAN, Of Madi-
son: Eighth District. O. Z. Hine Of Bait-
fax; Ninth District. Campbell SiemD Of
Lee Tenth District, ". c. Franklin, OF
Appomattox.
Observation-Disclosures at Large: 3.
Lacy Hoge OF Roanoke. Va; James ".
Bod ey. OF Stanton. Va
District ElectOrs-First District, ". I.
Bundick. Onsncock. Va; Second Dis
frict ". 3. Wilder Portsmouth. Va;
Third District. G. NJ Smithdeal. Ricn-
mond Va; Fourth District. ". 3. Gid
lin. Burkeyille. Va; Fifth District John
Rustard. Danville. Va; Sixth District.
Charles A. Pi.sbury, Roanoke, Va:
Seventh District. T. 3. Winter, Front
Royal. Va. Eighth District J.. a. Cutler,
Louisa. Va; Ninth District r. II. Far
rier. Newport. Va; Tenth District, j. N.
Rice. COyington Va.
Boltocratic-Electors at Large: T. NJ.
Scott OF Accomac; J. X. Edmondson. 81
Rockbridge.
District Electors-FIrst, Benz. Cham
bers. Of Northumberland: Second. r. 3.
Tunstan OF Norfolk city; Third, Barton
Il Wise. OF Richmond city: Fourth. T..
j. TAYLOR. OF Brunswick: Fifth. John A.
Tredway OF Pittsylvania; Sixth, Thomas
J. Kirkpatrick. OF Lynchburg; Seventh,
John r. Harris. Jr., Of Harrisonburg;
Eighth. Samuel g. Brent, OF Alexandria
sity; Ninth. ]. 3. Richmond. OF Scott;
Tenth, James Bumgardner, Jr.. Of Staun-
ton.
THE CONGRESSIONAL ASPIRANTS.
The Democratic congressional ticket is
made up as follows: First District, ".
A. Jones: Second District, W. a. Young;
Third District. John Lamb; Fourth Dis
trict Sidney p Epes: Fifth District
Claude a. Swanson: Sixth District. Peter
j. Otey; Seventh District. James Hay;
Eighth District John +. Rixey; Ninth
District s. w. Williams; Tenth District
II D. Flood
The Republican nominees for Congress
are: First District. Walter b. Tyler;
Second District. Richard A. Wise: Third
District l.. l.. Lewis; Fourth District
r. T. Thorp; Fifth District-John r.
Brown: Sixth District. J. Hampton Hoge;
Seventh District. Robert ]. Walker;
Eighth District. Patrick II. McCaull:
Ninth District. James A. Walker; Tenth
District. Jacob Yost.
The Boltocratic nominees thus far an
nounced are: Duval Radford. IN the
Sixth. and ]. Samuel Harnsberger, I'm the
Seventh districts.
WILL CUT LITTLE FIGURE.
The Boilers will cut but little figure in
the election. save that by drawing from
the Democratic party they win assist
the Republicans, but the sentiment for
free silver is undoubtedly drawing Re-
publican voters over into the Democratic
fold, and these. together with the large
number OF Populists. who viii support
the Democratic nominees. will more than
Offset the detection.
The Republicans are conducting an ag-
gressive campaign. and though there Is
absolutely no nope OF their carrying the
state they pretend TO believe that they
Will do so, and they have any number Of
speakers on the stump.
The Democrats are far from being idle
Indeed. they are working harder than
they have done before for many years
and speakers from every portion OF the
State are out day and night. At Demo-
cratic headquarters II was said yesterday
that the last week Of the campaign r.
Virginia would be the most active week.
POLITICALLY this State has ever eXpe-