Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-09-15
NEW CANDIDATE FOR CONGRESS.
Mr.. Atwood the Nominee of the Pro-
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. for the
Great Bryan Mccting--Congrcssp
Jones TO Speak Hcrc-Other Politics

Jones to Speak Hcrc-Other Politics
please have your committee adjourned
tomorrow without action.
m. s. QUAY"
This Is the telegram which Colonel WI
liam Lamb received last Wednesday,. ana
which caused the chairman OF he state
Republican Committee not to hold a meet
ing OF that body on the day folloNihg'
when the Colonel was seen about ulis
matter yesterday. ne said that tle report
that the session Of the committee fad
been "choked on was not IN accordin oe
with the facts In the case. He said tha'
some time ago his Executive Commute"
had advised hila to call meeting oil '"'
state Committee on the l0th and ne haN
done so. and requested the Third Distr'c'
Committee TO meet and call its convex
ton b. about the eth instant In o'Iv'
that this. as well as all the other as
trlcts. might be properly represented Upo"
tho state Committee. Said Colonel Lamp
..When our party assembled In conVen'
ton In stanton. the representation Oh
the state Committee was changed from
five 10 three from each district. or course
j then decided that 10 would be no 'ioup'e
for the Richmond District 10 come III "a
"a basis of either three or five, so that lne
othor districts should have the same
concentration. The only thing 70 HaN0
been done by the state Committee "dS
10 align the party iu the seNeIai scotiV''.'
However. when National-Comhi''o'n '"'
scott was here last week, ne spohe "
me about this matter Of the flciiino."
District not set having held IT'S oo"Fcn
ton. and suggested 10 me mat +" "'s''
D.. well 10 postpone the session. ] gave
the subject no more thought, ana the ady
before the committee was TO nave nle'
received "a telegram from my friend, sen
ator QUAY. who Is managing the eastern
end of the campaign. ] wired nm Dach
that I would comply with his request As
soon as the Third District ConVenuoH
has organized and selected its three mem
hers of the State Committee that pouy
win again bo called together ana suVh
business az is TO come before II VIII DC
disposed OF.
MIR. Atwood, Temperance Nominee
Third District Prohibition Convention
WAS called 10 order by Professor .. M
smithdeal. district chairman, at o CLOCK
last night. After prayer by Rev Aaron
Tones MIR. Smithdeal was made chairman
az the body. and Mr. J. o. Atwood was
elected secretary. Chairman Smithdeai
stated the object of the convention 10
be- the nomination Of candidate Tor
Coneress. and called for nominations LOT
that office - ~,
AR W. NJ. Bickers presented the name
Of Mr. Al l., willis. OF Richmond. Mr..
Bickers's speech was listened 10 VII"
close attention and literally applauded'
Tho names OF Messrs. W. NJ. Bickers'
l. H. Harding. and j. O. Atwood were
also placed in nomination.
THE first ballot was fairly well DIVIDED
and no choice was made. At this juno
fure an the candidates but Messrs. D. y,
Harding and J. O. Atwood withdrew, ana
AFR / O. Atwood was nominated re-
coiving "a majority Of the votes cast.
The next business taken up was the
selection of the District Committee con-
sisting Of one member from each county
one from Manchester ana TWO from
Richmond city. ,,,-,.a,a
q NJ Smithdoal and J. O. Atwood; Hen
,ico county. NJ j. Gayle; Hanover. Allie
billiard; New Kent. william a. ATKINS
King William VI. l.. Ldpscomb; chester
nold. T. L. Pettigrew, Goochland' 10 DC
supplied. c-,.,
Messrs. W. NJ. Bickers and G. NJ. Smith
deal were appointed a committee 10 hotly
the candidate officially Of his noinlha-
ton the time and place Of which VIII be
announced later.
The Grent Bryan Meeting.
Arrangements for the meeting 10 be
addressed by Hon. w. J. Bryan Friday
NIGHT are about completed. The city
Democratic Committee has charge ana
is working through a subcommittee OF
one member from each ward state
Chairman Ellyson is cooperating with
the local committee 1t Is expected tnat
"a delegation will go over TO Petersburg
TO meet Mr.. Bryan and party and escort
them TO Richmond.
IL has been decided TO reserve 500 seats
each side OF the stage I'm the gallery Tor
ladies' ana their escorts. Entrance 10
these seats will be had through the doors
az the rear Of the building.
The only tickets IL has been deter
mined TO give out are those to the stage.
and TO the space reserved for newspaper
men. To the tables Immediately IN front
of the stage only newspaper VINO
are detailed nv .N-ir papers TO report
the proceedings va Sc admitted In the
rear of the tables viii be seats for other
ncwspaper-men.
In the event Of fair weather no one
believes the Auditorium will hold all the
people who desire to hear the Demo-
cratic nominee. and there will probably
be an overflow meeting. This has, how
ever. not been determined upon. Sena-
Tor Daniel will be here TO Introduce MI
Bryan. and after he has performed that
service he could 60 out and talk TO the
crowd on the outside until Mr. Bryan Is
p.aTs- a.. address the overflow.
The doors of the Auditorium will prob
ably be opened about o'clock. II is ex-
pected that Mr.. Bryan will appear on the
stage soon after S o'clock.
The building will be lighted by the
Traction Company al cost.
RATES TO THE BIG MEETING.
The railways running into Richmond,
IL is claimed. will offer reduced rates TO
all persons desiring 70 come TO the great
speaking. While their fares may not be
as cheap as they have been upon previ-
ous big occasions. it is thought that
rouud-trip tickets will be sold from all
convenient points In Virginia for one
fare The lOW-price excursions which
Il was expected would be run from Nor
folk and Farmvlle 10 this city Viii not
be run The one-fare rates. however
will prevail from these and other points
along the line OF the Norfolk and West
ern and Chesapeake and Ohio. and pro-
baby the Southern and Richmond. Fred
crlcksburg. and Potomac.
In this connection Hon. j Taylor
EllysOn, chairman Of the State Demo-
cratic Committee. has received the fol-
lowing from Mr. H. W. Fuller general
passcnger-agcnt OF the Chesapeake and
Ohio railway.
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