The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-07-01
Everything Points to a Home Run
for the Major.
1T NOW SEEMS LIKELY THAT MIR.
ELLYsoN WILL BE CONTENT
WITH SECOND PLACE ON THE
TIcKET-MR. sCoTT's CHANCES
FOR RECONCILIATION APPEAR TO
BE ExcELLENT-AN INTEREST
ING BATCH OF RICHMOND Cos
SIP.

'no "oiu warrants me IN giving the
readers OF The Roanoke Times this slate:
For governor Major j.. Hoge Tyler,
of Pulaski.
For sLieutenant- Governor-Major J.
Taylor Ellyson, of Richmond.
For Attorney Generai-R. Taylor Scott,
of Fauquier.
rhere,a are abundant reasons why this
slate IS the correct one. There is no
longer any doubt of Major Tyler's nomi-
nation at the Roanoke convention. This
is practically conceded Ey all of Mr.. Ely
sons friends except his confidential man.
ayers. They keep on saying nothing and
saving wood The silence Gun only be
Interpreted us meaning that Mr. Ellyson
is willing and anxious to be lieutenant
governor. 1t is believed here that he can
get the Office.
1t Is not from any objections that exist,
to Mr. Ellyson that he is failing to get
any delegates but because the people be-
lleve 1t is Mao Tyler's turn ut the bat.
Mr. Ellyson has many friends all the wav
from Cumberland Gap to the sea, who
Will be glad to give him second place On the
ticket.
X. Taylor Scott will be renominated
for attorney general. He will not get the
nomination on the, first ballo5 by any
manner of means, though. Indeed it is
highly probable that one or more OF the
other candidates Will enter the conven-
tion with considerably stronger follow.
ing than Scott, hut when the adherents
of the new candidates find it impossible
TO name their man they will turn to
Scott. They take this view of it: ssIf we
give 1T to Scott one more time, he will be
likely to drop out of the way, while If it
goes to l,assiter, Alexander or Montague,
rs the case may be. we will be putting
new rival on the track who will be hun
gering and thirsting after second term.
If not perpetuity in Office
This will give Scott the office, not
through love of Scott, but as matter of
self defense. Some people are ill-natured
enough to remark that this course of rea-
soning is a small factor in Major Tyler's
immense popularity.
Hon. r. w. Saunders will be the per-
manent chairman of the convention.
The convention will declare uneQuivo-
cally for the free and unlimited coinage
of silver Mt the ratio of .16 to 1, but the
Chicago platform in it's entirety will
hardly be adopted. The so called Altgeld
plank is likely TO be eliminated from the
party doctrine.
Mr.. Ellyson did not tell me this (or the
contrary he says he will be governor),
neither did Major Tyler's managers al
wise me, but your correspondent has
merely INDUCED in the God given right
of every American citizen to proohesy
whenever he gets good and ready and the
above slate will 90 through
The Episcopal convention for the dio.
cese of Virginia met this morning Mt /
o'clock mt st. James Church, in this CITY
for the purpose of electing bishop coadi-
jutor to fill the place made vacant by the
death of the late Bishop Coadjuto John
Il. Newman. The:Rt. Rev. f. NJ. Whit
tie, bishop of the diocese of Virginia, is
the presiding officer, and the ReJ.
Everard Meade. the diocesan missionary.
is secretary.
The delegates are: The Revs. Jos.
Packard. d. D., Carter Page, z. p. Phil.
lirs. G. l.. Price, w. H. X. Pendleton.
w. j. Morton, Geo. S. Somerville, f.. A.
Temple, p. ID. Thompson, G.. Walker, d.
d., Edward Wall, S. A. Wallis, S. A.
Ware, j. c. Wheat, ID. d., Henry Win.
gate, j. w Ware, o. NJ. Yeager, Thos.
w. Vaughan, (col). Bergman Green,
John ). Hansbrough, c. s. Harrison, s. S.
Hepburn, Edwin S. Kinks, j. Ii Humid
ley, r. Valentine Jones, j. C. --Jones.
Henry +: Klowman, Jno. ID. LaMothe,
VIM. c. Lptaul, II. b. Lee, Robt. X.
Massie, .Jno. McGill, Jno. McNabb. Geo.
Otis Mead, Geo. w. Nelson, Fred'k. w.
Noel, J. j. Norwood, Clarence f. Ball,
T. b. Burnwall. a. b. Chinn, ]. j. Clop.
ton, .Jno G. CorIick, Angus Crawford,
ID. d., Parnell Lee Is. Cross, Nelson
Dame, ID. c. Il. Davis, J. S. Douglass, j.
X. Ellis, +. L. Goodwin, james Gram
mar, ID. d., Carl f. Grammer, ID. d., +.
S. Green. and j. Howard Gibbons.
Lay Observation-Disclosures L. Griffith.
Hague; Jno. Il. Harris, Jr., Harrison
burg {; l.. S. Macon, Jr, Keswick: II. w.
Jones, Charlottesville; Eppa Rixey Cul.
pepper; T.. NJ. Green, Gains X-Roads: A.
c. Fisher. Warsaw; w. Gray Broken
bIongn, Emmerton; r. Powell Page,
6oyce; j. f. Wheat, Dumfrees; ID. II.
Griffith, Oak Grove; Jas. II. Junkns,
Montross; Richard NJ. Page, c. +. Carey,
Thos Mccormick, Bcrryville; c. b. Nor.
ton, fredericksburg; Jos Wiltncr, Rap
idan' G. L. Marston. Harmony Village,
VIM. II. Smoot, Alexandria,. c. Wool
nough, Croet; /, X. Is. Wright, Tappa-
hammock; Jacinto V. Ravera, Scottsvile;
W, Peyton Moncure, Fairfax; Ihos. Tay-
lol, MANASSAS; Chas. King Alexandria;
Edgar McCray Hamilton; Albert Baker,
II. T. Lewis, II. ID. Moncus, West Point:
T. T. Nnlie, Raccoon Ford: c. j Npurse.
Cassanooa; Jas. b. Hodgkin, Falls
Church; Thos. Is. lane, Port Haywood;
\. rs holland, Oliver: II. L. Williams,
l'eaks; Tavers Branch, Oliver; a. H.
Johnson, Haymarket; JAS l.. Tate, Eau.
qu'er county; II. II. Dodge. Mount Yer.
non; W. L. Meade, Louisa: j. Dudley
Pendleton, Garoonsville; Jno. w. Greer,
AieNahdria; lnman III. PAYNE. Jno K.
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