The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-04-03
FLANAGAN INTERVIEWED.
He saya Virginia Is for Mckinley and
Will Control mt Stanton

Petersburg, Va, April 2-(Speclal)-
state Senator William NJ. Flanagan, of
Powhatan county, was in the city to-day
wearing Mckinley button gayly adorn-
ed with the national colors. He has been
| an avowed Mckinley man since the
Minneapolis Convention. when the Sena-
tor saw him for the first time
l asked Senator Flanagan what he
though of the chances of his favorlte in
the State p. as we'll as nationally.
AS to the State, our information"
said he rs that he has already passed
| under the string so far as Virginia is
concerned. We have the State for him
overwhelmingly, and his friends will
have to be consulted at Staunton. They
Will have their say In what is done
AS to st. Louis" the Senator continued.
the coast seems equally clear The
| work in New England is decisive iridi-
cation as to the result In the National
convention. though we considered even
before that news, reached US that the
Ohio man was safe
What OF the Lamb-Allan controversy.
| the Senator was asked
Allan has our people with him Lamb
has blundered. and Allan has the party
| law ana the facts as well as the pc :ple
on his side of the case. With these we
| can expect but one result. Allan will
| swim. He will control the Third District
Convention beyond n doubt, and his del
] egation should. and have no doubt, Will
be seated at Staunton He. has n fine
| representative delegation # picked men
me +. ii. c. Noble. or Lamb. faction
NH NH hna IL a dlfiicult job 10 match them.
| lac Mckinley sentiment grows. The
! Repuhlicans are falling into his lines
| ana thousands OF Democrats want him
| elected. l was told III Richmond yes,er-
day that one of the c!ty's INST prom
inent men, whose name l withhold, de-
cares tnat thousand Democrats IN that
| city will vote for him"
What about the Flood-Flanasan on CO ?
Are there any new DEVELOPMENTS? I
asked. Il was little surprised" re-
pIied Senator Flanagan, ITO hear MIR.
Meredith state in the Police Court Of
richmond yesterday that he would prove
that l was facing Flood when he strucl,
| the blow on my head. 1t is not true
that l was facing him, 1 never saw him
ana never knew who struck rue until
several hours afterwards when I heard
| that Flood had been arrested am GU
rlous 10 Know who will swear that I
was facing Flood. No Mr.. Evans. who
saw the whole thing from start TO fin
. ish. Is not lodging the trial He was
not summoned. in the first instance. He
, only had letter requesting him to
come but being advised by one OF my
friends that his presence was unneces-
sary and he not having been summoned.
he failed to attend. Yesterday It was
| Impossible for him to cross the James
| river to the train. and that is the rea
son he was not in place. He Will state
the facts and will tell the truth as TO
whether or not was facing Mr. Flood. -
| The Republicans of Powhatan county
have elected the following delegates To
the State and District conventions
VIM. NJ. Flanagan, DIR. c. L. Dodd, Jas.
Standard and l.. w. Harrison. Alter
mates: Carter Trent and VIM. Tyler.
They are said to be friendly to the AL
Ian side of the Lamb controversy
| The Executive Committee of the Cen
trail State Hospital held its rgular meet
ing at that institution to-day and trans
actd routine business.
| was Informed to-day by DR. S A.
| Hinton President of the Board of
Health. that there was not a single con-
tagous disease in Petersburg the whole
of last month.
The surplice for Grace Episcopal
has arrived. and will be used for the
| first time publicly on next Sunday night.
/ The surplice came from London.
| At meeting of y. T.. Hill Camp OF
| Confederate Veterans, held tonight.
resolutions were adopted approving the
| scheme for the establishment of a Ma
tional Park upon the battlefields around
Petersburg. to be known as Appomat-
tox Park. and requesting the Represen-
tatives from this Congressional district.
| Hon. VIM. r. McKenney and Senator's
John w. Daniel and Thomas S. Martin
! to do all in their power to secure the
! proper legislation in Congress to carry
out the object had in view. The Adju-
| tant of the Camp was instructed 10
send copies of the resolutions to Con-
gressmar McKenny. Senators Daniel
and Martin. and to Hon. Phillip B. Low.
the patron OF the bill.
| Judge Mullen this afternoon refused
to grant Matthew Jones a new trial.