The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-08-07
URGED TO ORGANIZE
Chairman EIlyson Writes TO Each Of iIle
Fifty Members Of the State GsRaitiss.
COLONEL ELlETT WILL Sc NOMINATED
For Congress by the Democrats OF the
Third nistrtct-A Chicago: sianker
eohcodes silver vietory-The o.
o. iH Doing Some "sIt.slonary
WorG"-Locked UP Kicher 81

stat ntehmond, Va, August 6.-(spacial.l--s
staie chairman Ellyson got udwa to
work to-day. He wrote to every one OF
.he htty members of the State Csmmit-
Tee urging them to organize their dis
tricts at once. Next he will address
letters 10 the electors. the county and
p1eo,mS, sn, Inc, chairmen. After this Mr.. Ely
Sun s, VIII turn his attention to the selec-
3i .,on OF members of his executive COM
mittee AS soon as that body Is appoInt.
ed meeting of It will be called.
tnere mas been rumor current here
ana elsewhere in Virginia to the effect
that the chief officers of the oicsapealsa
anu ONO Railway Company had sent
OUT letter to its employees asking thenpY
20 give pledge to vote for MrKinIey. s
, vice president Axtell saif there was no
a,m statns ih me report. His company, he
slated, slated, Is not trying to coerce its men.
we are doing little missionary work. ~
ssiu ne, but 1t Is simply alone, the line
OF trying 10 convince the men that free
sliVer would be.a bad thing. Every man
inc. ii 'ne employ OF our company will be
icit iree 10 vote as he chooses s
AIR. Joseph Bryan. proprietor of fhp
iimes, left to-day for INDIANAPOLIS IN as.
Ienu the conference of gold Democrats.
~ Is not known whether he ky.u favor
or oppose third ticket, but il Is hc.
iieVed he will favor It.
HAD Mr.. Ellyson declined the chatr.
manship of the State Democratic CO..,
mittee on Tuesday night q most Interest,"
lng hsht would have taken place. Friends
Vi senator THOMAS s. Martin would have
naiheu MN Tor the poslt.c.a and n led.
not attack would have been made on Mr.
Martin ana In all probability he would
nol nave been chosen. Sena tors Flood
ana Hay would 1t Is said, have chamIi-
oileu Mr. Martins cause. and very likely
MI. Lloyd II. Smith, of Northumberland,
Mouia nave been one who would have op-
posed the election of the Senator. .&
q #t
The secret of how Mr.. Eliyson was IN.
duced to accept the chalrmanship leato,@
out To-day. He had told the commit+ea
unat he could not possibly serve. when
one or the members said the body had
better adjourn for thirty days. The
speaker said Mr.. Ellyson had placed tn.
pouy In a most embarrassing position
ana his refusal to serve not only would
ueiay une opening of the canvass. but
might lead to the defeat OF the party r.
was then that Ar. Ellyson said he would
take the place and do the best he could.
II looks to-day as If Colonel Tazewell
Eiiett would be renominated for Can-
gress I'm this district. The contest In ti,e
general election Is going to be a rec -Ilot
one. One Democratic leader told mn 20
day he would not give S5 for the Demo.
cratic nomination, for he believed the
man the gold Democrats and Republi-.
cans should support would be elected.
i,y
MIR Joseph Button, the new secretarv
OF the State Democratic Committee. viii
open headquarters here Monday in the
Ebel building on Main street, near Nlnth
Mr.. Button will give his whole time n
the campaign work. Colonel Bigger. the
retiring secretary, will be kept on $hes
stump large portion OF his time. f1s
Republican banker to-day received a
letter from Chicago broker in which
the latter said it looked as il free silver.
would sweep the country. 1t Is nearly
all one way out in his country, he stated.
"A man giving his name as Arthur Wv
ian went to United States Commissioners
Henry Fiegenheimer to-day and said ha
wanted to have somebody arrest u for re-
fusinS him transportation. The mor
said he came from Tampa, Fla, to Nor
folk In boat but did not know how "a
get TO Richmond. He did not know whom
he wanted to arrest. The comm: ssio,,3r
thought 1t well to detain the nld,i and he
is locked up. ~
Governor O'Ferrall to-day appointed
ex-senator j. w. G. Blackstone Judge OF
Accomac county. h;
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