The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-08-04
IT'S SCOTT
OR MONTAGUE.
The Race for the Office Of Attor-
ney-GsnsraI.
COL. BUFoRD DEVELOPING CON-
SIDERABLE STRENGTH IN HIS
FIGHT FOR oFFICE-THE LIEU
TENANT-GovERNoR WILL MOST
LIKELY COME FROM TIDEwA-
TER vIRGINIA-oTEY MAY sue
CEED ELLYSON AS CHAIRMAN
OF THE STATE COMMITTEE.

Richmond, August 3.-(Special. Ut
has been ascertained that most of Major
Tyler's delegates TO Roanoke from this
city will vote for Mr. Montague for at
torney general. They were not selected
with that end in view or anything else in
view except the nomination of Major
Tyler for governor, but it happens that
most of them favor Montague. Mr.. ELY
sons delegates have strings on tn en- and
are promised to various candidates for
attorney general, but Major Scott will
capture most of them and Major Scott
will get the nomination. Mr.. Montague
will receive the next highest number of
votes.
Colone! Buford is developing strength
fer lieutenant governor and there Is n
strong sentiment in favor of giving the
second place to Norfolk or at least to
Tidewater Virginia.
No one seems to take the nomination
of Capt. Edmund r. Cooke for lieuten.
ant governor by the Populists seriously,
especially after it was known that they
are going TO support Major Tyler for gov
ernor.
The man who will second the nomina-
ton of Major Tyler has not yet been
selected.
The Tyler people will do all in their
power to induce Mr.. Ellyson to accent
the craftsmanship of the party again, bnt
in case he refuses the place will most
likely go to Hon. Peter j. Otey, of the
Sixth district. There are other candi-
dates for the place besides Senator Mar
tin. He will never get it.
The Richmond delegates together with
great many others in this section of the
State will leave here next Tuesday, a.
wppE from, tn- fcr In
cial Norfolk and Western train, leaving
Richmond Mt ~ O'Clock noon, and will
reach Roanoke at 6:30 o'clock in the
evening. few of the leaders will come
to Roanoke Monday night.
Major Tyler will get 100 votes OH the
first ballot, that is if he is not nominated
by reclamation, which will probably be
the manner the convention will adopt in
naming him for our next governor.
The officers of the Henrico board of
supervisors got into rather n unic lie
shape to- day. There are only four menu
bers Of the body aud they could not agree
on what salaries should he paid to the
county officers next year. A dozen prop
ositions were made and as many votes
taken,all of which resulted in tie. The
matter will probably be taken to the
courts for settlement
A committee recently appointed by
Pickett Camp, Sons OF Veterans, made
the following report tonight at the meet
ing of the camp:
Your committee appointed to con-
slider whether it is best to organize sep
arate camp for the Sons of Veterans or
to admit them to membership in our own
camp, beg leave to report in favor of the
latter and to that end recommend the
following changes in our bylaws
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the addition thereto of the following
words: There shall also be an assistant
adJutsnt and an assistant ouartermas-
ter, who shall hold office in like manner,
whose duties shall be as indicated by
their titles, and who, together with the
third lieutenant commander, shall
be chosen from the members hereinafter
designated as Sons of Veterans of Pickett
Camp
That Section 1 of by law VII be
amended by adding thereto after the word
navy the following words, or the de-
scendents not under fifteen years of age
OF any such persons, to be called ons of
Veterans OF Pickett Camp. who shall be
entitled to vote upon all questions before
the camp except amendments to by laws
and rules of ORDER
Third. That Section of by lazy VIII
DE amended by adding thereto after the
word dollars the words except for Sons
or Veterans whose membership fee shall
be nifty cents, and Section of the same
article by adding at the close thereof the
words except Sons of Veterans, who shall
pay 10 cents per month";"
in ail probability this report will be
adopted and may lead to the abolition of
tue society of Sons of Confederate Vete-
rams.
Col James D. Brady, who has recently
been appointed internal revenue collector
for this district is at Petersburg and is
trying to solve the knotty problem O.
selecting the place for holding the office,
also as to whom he will give the plums
Sister Augustine, one of the Benedic-
tine Nuns, died at the convent on Fourth
street near Clay, early yesterday morn
ing. She was taken suddenly i'll some
months ago, and physicians wanted to
perform an operation, but she would not
submit. She bore her great suffering
without murmur and died surrounded
by her life friends. Her br ,ther, the hev.
Lee Had, of the order of st. Benedict, is
bishop of North Carolina and rec uently
visited her during her illness.