The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-10-30
Democratic headquarters Virtually Closed
and Secretary Button Cone Home,
M AZ
ELLYSOA DON'T BELIEVE IN CIRCULARS
Chairman wicisliam Sending uasa
Final instruetions-sst, ,ator Danios
interrupted While spcnEtns snS
remarkable case iasS .,isS
n Fulton Woman. iESi 81
Especial Dispatch to The vIrgInIan.Y 7.I &
;i;sS,s I J. I .,;;:,.S;
1870


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Richmond, Va..Oct. 29, 4 1SS7 4. & vs.
The Democratic headquarters here
have been practically closed UP. Stc-s: c.Ss
retary Joe Button left here to-day Ifors;t
his home in AppomabtoX county IyhereS
he will spend tomorrow and Monday. .fI,S
campaign work. He will not retIrn@
here until after the election. Asslstafi s5l
Secretary Frank Crump will be- .ii. i
charge of the Quarters tomorrow and
Monday. 4s4.S
Chairman Ellyson, of tho State Deri-s
ocrlttc Committee, will Issue no nd sss
dress to the Democrats this year. III 1
thinks there Is no need of 1t. IN fact y
he does not believe much in publlsheIs
addresses a day or two before election.B
In hotly contested campaigns the voters
have made zip their minds several days
before election, and addresses publIshed%
on the eve OF the day Of voting have
no effect. In the opinion OF Mr., Elly.sl
son Akt 80
Among the interesting Iegislatiys3
contests, the result Of which IS uncerSs
tain, Is the one in Pittsylvania county,
a senator and four members of thaE
House are To be chosen. The Demccratsg
are somewhat uneasy as to the outcome.,
Ihere are few other districts inIwhichfII
lhe contests have been hard foughtsi
ana In which the results nre uncertain.fI
| me death OF Henry George in New
YORK occasioncd very much interest sIo$&
cally. 1t was the only topic i1S t1,iS
public places. Many bets had been 1nide ee
here as 10 the result OF the GreuterS
New Hork tAlnyoraltyt,c test -S q 4 f.
| course, the passing OF George comp ss
! cateh matters very much. The HonB
d. Taylor EllysOn, who has lately&spefltH
n Few days in New York, says le}neyers.
nerore witnessed such great interest I'M
II political fight as he saw there ts sSS55 "
The work at the Republican StateS
headquarters Is almost finished Chair
man Wickham and his assistants ihaveT
nesn busy all day sending out formal i
instructions to the local committees IL
Colonel Wickham said he was very swella
satisfied with the outlook He was cons
hucnt that McCaull would poll a.fsyote5.
'hat would be surprising to those Res
publicans who refused to vote for him
senator Daniel addressed a big DEM
ocratlc meeting in Powhatan county
To-day. a splendid barbecue was served 3
and there was a big crowd in attend.s
ancc. VIC ss8s
Eleven days ago Mrs Lucy e. Wri issiptSa
OF t'uit1n. In this CITY was strlcEefi2 Il
"''n opopleNy. She was at work at herr
sewing machine when taken ILL Her.
case is one that is nuzzling the physi75S
clans. Her body is perfectly cold andS
rigid. She Is unable to articulate a 4
word. In Fulton a report is circulated
mat her body Is turning to stone. ~ E;ss ;s
that her body is turning to stone; 4
which is not a fact. S$s3 n iS% i;,%
senator Daniel spoke tonight to i a9
large audience In Leader Hall in M anssg
Ghester. enc The hall had been engaged by
Inc Junior Order OF American Nfechan3
ics FOR the entire week. They were PREY
vailed on to allow it to be used fort his,
speaking, provided 1t should notiSlas tS
later than $3.50 o'clock. AT that hour,,
ana while the Senator was still speals-
ing, noisy Interruptions occurred and
continued until the speaker was forced
10 retire. The Junior Order. denied resi-
ponsibility for the interruptions, saying
that 1T was due to a number Of young
men who preferred to attend The gfair3S
10 hearing a political speech & sSSiiss5s