The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-08-10
The CLANS
GATHERING.
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of the Democratic party and who is now
a candidate for the nomination for the
governorship, began his political career
asa member of his ward club of which
he was afterwards made president He
served in the common council Of his city
md was made it's president. He was
sent to the State senate to represent
Richmond but resigned in order to be-
come mayor of.his..city which position. he
filled most acceptably for three terms
afterwards declining reelection. He
succeeded Basil Gordon as chairman Of
the Democrtic State committee and has
been successful in every campaign since
taking the affairs of the party in this
State.
MERRITT T. COOKE.
Mr.. Cooke, whose name will be before
the convention as candidate for lieu
tenant-governor, is a Vire in;an by birth
and education. He was born in Norfolk
city in 1916 where he has always resided
during the war land while Norfolk was in
the enemy's lines Mr.. Cooke -an the
blockade and entered the Conf .derate
army, joining the Norfolk Light Artil-
lery Blues which was joined to Richard
sons Battery where he remained until
the close of the war. He. has enjoyed the
his youth up. For several terms he was
the city collector and on resigning this
position he was elected city councilman,
where he served for years. In 1891 he
was elected to the house of delegates and
has served Cor three consecutive terms.
He was chairman of the finance commit
tee during the sessions of 1896, and so
zealously did + g serve that he was desg-
mated by his fellow members as the bull.
dog OF the treasury. Mr.. Cooke is we'll
fitted for the position to which he aspires.
EDWARD ECHOLS.
Edward Echols, of Staunton, candi-
date for the nomination of lieutenant
governor, is n son of the late Gen.
Echols. He has served in both houses of
the general assembly and has been in the
State senate for twelve years and has
heen regarded for years as heing a leader.
He has been member of the State COM
mittee and stands high in the councils of
his party. He is representative of the
young Democracy of he..Valley of Vir-
ginia.
JUDGE w. H. MANN.
Judge 5lann was born in the county of
Lunenburg in the year 1914. He lived in
when he removed with his mother to the
county of Rockbridge where.he remained
three years. He then went to Peters
burg to begin life on his own RESPONSE
bility. After two yeal he went to Not
toway county as deputy clerk, and after
spending year in the-clerk's office there
he ut the age of II entered the Con fed
crate army where. with the-eXception of
a short interval, he remained to the close
of the war, making splendid record rs
soldier.
After the war he entered the clerks
Office again, but devoted his spare mo-
ments to the study of law In 1867 he
came to the bar and is now recognized as
one of the ablest lawyers in the State.
In 1874 Judge Mann was nominated
by the conservatives of the Fourth dis
trict for Congress, and although he knew
there YVES no hope of election, he,accepted
the nomination, and made IL splendid fight
against the enormous negro majority of
the district, and there has never been a
campaign since the organization of the
conservative party to the late Presiden-
tial .-eiection:which.-J Judge Mann has not
taken active an part in. He has gone
wherever sent by the State committee and
always ut his own expense.
He has never received any nomination
at the hands of his party that was not
hopeless, although urged by his friends
for Judge of the supreme court of.appeals
in 1894. Judge Mann is one of the abest