The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-10-03
Has Fully Decided to Try for Martins
Seat In the Senate.
ANXIOUS 10 Be RELIEVED OF HANNA
Tomorrow Grent bay in POwhatan.
Tiiimnn Expected 30 Make n
speech = Anti-l.nmb Peopio Foei
Ncrvous-CnndIdntc for tho Nexs
Municipal Election,
Special Dispatch to The vlrg:. an,
RICHMOND. "a. Oci lsa7

lfichmond. Va, Oct. :. 1897.
rs stated IN my corresponds. @e yes
terday, General Fltzhugh Lee Is Hrected
here on Monday. He will remain until
called TO Washington to be sent back TO
CuDa. This, In view of tho crisis i'm
Spanish affairs, he fears will not be long.
General Lee knows 1lc cannot hold his
position In Havana permanently. and he
ls really anxious to be relieved of 1t as
early as possible. President Mckinley
made personal appeal to him to return
TO Cuba and stay there for the present,
ana, OF course, he could not refuse. He
has fully determined to be Il candidate
Tor the Senate, and Is anxious to get
back into politics as early as possible.
Monday will be n big day with the
people OF Powhntan county. The cam
paign Will be opened on that occasion
ana Messrs. j. Haskns Hobson and
James M Gregory will speak. The
democrats have arranged to have there
congressman John, Lamb and Hon.
Henry w. Flournoy. Manchester and
Chesterfield will send n big crowd The
Democrats are arranging to hold n big
barbecue In Powhntan. Senator Daniel
has promised TO speak and he will name
Il date that suits him.
Nothing has been heard from Senator
! Ben Tilllnan, who has been Invited to
| address the Democrats OF this city In
olu market Hall. ~ reply is expected
Monday. IL T>illmnn comes he Is sure to
have n big crowd While somc Of the
Democratic leaders were opposed to his
coming, should he visit Richmand q big
crowd VIII greet him. largely out Of Gu
riouity. If Mr.. Tlllmnn declines, the
committee will try TO secure the services
of Senator Martin.
The Richmond delegates to the Lamb
Republican convention will leave here
Monday night for Lynchburg, via the
James River division OF the Chesapeake
and Ohio railroad. Probably forty will
go. delegates from some of the Eastern
counties and cities will join the party
here and make the trip with them. AL
derman Bahcn said to-day 1t was Dossi-
Die that Colonel Lamb would come to
itichmond and so up with the Rich
monders.
There Is no doubt about the fact that
the anti-Lamb Republicans are some
what nervous and excited as the time for
the holding OF this convention draws
nigh. They do not relish the idea Of Its
being as big an affair as 1t appears to
be. There were several conferences
among the Waddill men to-day, presum-
ably with reference to the Lynchburg
convention ut Is pretty generally be-
licved now that Pat tMcCaull will be
nominated for Governor.
notwithstanding the fact thnt the
municipal election is some eight months
Off the campaign Is opening up lively.
Colonel John S. Harwood is opposing
Mayor Taylor. and II Is possible that
Mr. E. F.. Reeve will enter this fight
For City Sergeant Mr.. Claiborne 1Ipps
has as opponents 'NIessrs. James C.
Smith, John a. Curtis, r. r. Briggs, Ed
ward S. Rose, Marion Sutton and John
NJ. King. MIR. o. -. Hawkins wants to
Oust Commissioner OF the Revenue n. b.
Munford. Tor the first time since he
went into Office Captain Frank w. Cum
ningham, the popular tenor singer, will
have opposition for City Collector. NIr.
Frank II. Bates, one of the assistant
city engineers. will run against him.
Messrs. Edgar B. White and John
Krousc will oppose High Constable
Garrison.