The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-10-28
Richmond Democratic Legislative IIsEsis
Has No Opposition.
VERY FEW REPUBLICANS WILL voItl III
Interesting Election Decision :sgs ~
judge EeLaushiin In sthe ascofss 10 WI
mick Case FIFE. Lee viii Rssias I
Prominently I'm Richmond Wissis &
He Koturns From Cuba.
Special dispatch to The ylsginian. II i

H s # 81
It is thought that the vote tfaS tJsff s;
be polled In Richmond next Tuesday
Will be the smallest cast In any gibef s.s
national election since the war. Tharss sss'
Is practically no interest in the conf tsst ss
here. due largely 10 the fart that t1aSs SsII
Legislative tickeb has no cppositIo1s f
AicCaull Will get q very small yot tes III
notwithstanding the efforts OF tho Bass
hen-Mitohell people to bring cut the
vote, 1t Is u fact that the average f.aS NJ
publican Is taking NO interest In the se
oicket put up at Lynchburg, In othsr
words. the majority Of the RepublisSS
cans seem disposed to cast their Ios sS
with the waddill-Brady faction.
Tho decisiom Of Judge Mclaughlin al IL
Lexington dn the Mccormick case yess
tcrday IS of decided Interest. Mr.. Mo III III
Cormick is the Republican candida 4!
for tho Senate against Mr.. s. Houston Il
Lctcher. He did not In person geFVe iotS
written notice on the clerks of tne3I5l
courts OF the counties embraced in thas
district that he wanted his name to agoG
on THE official ballot lion. James AZ. A:.
Frazier notified the clerks for him. The8
clerk of the Rockbridge court refused 10.
accept this notice as legal Judge al al Il
Laughlin was applied to for a rnarlS
damus to compel the clerk to print TAffs III
McSormlSk's name on the. ticket He's
granted 1T. While full partfcII aTy FSSN
the case have not been received here. Bs
is known that Judge eMcLaughlin's3ds del
cislon was based upon what the ;Deliio-S
cratic leaders have known for soiiiBS
time was a flaw in the Parker amends
ment to the Walton law. In the5 6tfl2
section of that act. 1t is provided that
candidates for State and National of IS
iices shall receive written notice. attestai
ed Dy two witnesses, upon the SecretaIyE.
OIL the commonwealth twenty days be8EHjj
lore election. Then the act goes on ;a,dsS
say that candidates for all oflces,g not
embraced in the foregoing, shall serve \
notice" on the clerks Of court as 81
list includes candidates for the Lsgis as
ture. What was Intended to say was; N
similar rbotice" shall be received, b,ft
somehow the words :. q similar, wereS
omitted. and Judge Mclaughlin holdsS
that any notice served upon court n
clerks by Eeslslatiye candidate IS SUI. h.
ficient. ITs5IgssJ ll87zS}}ssh
Gen. F'itz Lee is back from I,ynchss s
burg and tomorrow Will move his faIns II
lily into the residence he has leased on u
tN efSiiuS. s,HueIl tStSReu flLaane&1le q
tended becoming citizen of Richmond.
the General replied in Spanish whichss:
interpreted means "who knows O., Tis Il
Consul General will leave next TuesdaY9S
or Wednesday for Cuba He will spends
two days In Washington, and viii saSE5
from New York about Saturday Of next ssS
week. He expects to return here to reysf y,
side permanently next spring.
1T Is learned upon the very best sSfsgs
authority that the Attorney GeneTssl a
VIII not render alis decisions in the case y
of Col. Brady's deputies until after that 81
election. n.
Messrs. A. King, chairman OF tIieS
democratic Committee of Sussex, and Saai
Henl'y Macklin, Chairman of the CONF;
mlue in Greenyille, were here to-daysS
They reported that there was no doubt n
OF the election of Mr. r. B. Hartley3
their candidate for the Senate. Thsyys
were not SO sure Of the House conteats
In Greenvtlle and Sussex. sSsss
On account Of the storm the Old
minion steamer Richmond win n nost afsSs
rive here until Friday. sSS; I'm
The case Of Carlos A. witchel1, EthaSs
ma n who shot apd wounded Paul Davis, II
colored. was tried in Hastings Court 5to14
day, and he was acquitted. Davis VASE
arrested and subsequently, conV.cted
OF assaultdng "a daughter of Twltcheiis
While the negro was being taken 7rSnfSs
the jail ito the court house fors trt al,ss III.
Twbtchen shot and badly wounded HIM
Davis is now In the penitep tfarySbSS