Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-08-18
REPUBLICAN, WISHES.
PARTY MASSES WANT STATE con-
VENTION AND STATE TICKET.
HOUSE BANKRUPTCY Bl
Chairman Henderson Expects to
Have One Put Through Before the
and Patent Notes.

Especial )-"The masses Of the Republi-
cans in Virginia" said a leader Of that
party to-day, want a State convention
called and State ticket nominated.
They want to maintain the party or
ganlzation; they want a State ticket to
bring out the full vote in the districts
and counties where they have chance
OF electing senators and members Of the
House Of Delegates. and they particu-
larly desire to afford the peppery Popu-
lists and the homeless Gold-bug Demo-
Gratis an opportunity to vote the Re
publican tlcket-back and tan, or Of
whatever shade it may be-"
There is no doubt" he continued,
that State-Chairman Lamb has the
great bulk Of the Virginia Republicans
with him In his determination to call
convention. Then the two Republican
ongrossmen-Gcneral James 4. Walker
and Jake Yost-are also with Colonel
Lamb. They are looking after their
fences for next year, and, Of course,
they want the party kept in good fight
ing trim. General Walker too, wants
the gubernatorial nomination. however
empty the honor may be. He has a
crow TO pluck with the administration
and his colleagues Of the State Execu-
tive Committee both of whom he thinks
have treated him shabbily in the pro-
posed disposition OF the patronage in
the Western District of the State. The
General is intent on showing the Presi-
dent that ne has the party IN the State
at his back. when he comes back to
Washington wearing the highest badge
Of its approval and confidence. with the
gubernatorial nomination in his pocket.
II the State Committee fails to take In
the situation, and opposes the call for
a convention, they viii find themselves
without a following I'm the party ana
their action will be promptly repudiated.
There can be no possible harm in call
ing a State convention. Let that body
decide whether it is eXpedient TO put a
ticket i'm the field or not. 1t IS the
duty of the committee TO call the con-
vention and IL they persist in opposing
the call which Colonel Lamb as
State Chairman will issue, they will
receive the just and merited condemna-
tion of the party throughout the state.
a new committee will certainly be
elected by the convention. and 1t re-
mains to be seen how Messrs. Waddill,
Brady, Bowden. and Allan will figure
when that is done"
The speaker seemed to voice the senti-
ments. not only of the "lily-white"
Lambites. but also the negroes who wish
to see their devotion TO the party recog-
nized by the nomination Of a. w. Har-
ris (colored). of Dinwiddie. or some other
&C. az a.
State ticket.
BANKRUPTCY BILL.
Representative Henderson, Of Iowa,
chairman of the House Committee on
the judiciary, Is i'm the city for a few
days, and is quoted as saying that the
first bill the committee will report when
it meets i'm December will be substitute
for the Nelson bankruptcy bill that
passed the Senate during the extra
session.
This is one Of the great subjects that
ought 10 have been dealt with during the
extra session, and would had 1t not been
for the suppression of the House by the
arbitrary power OF Speaker Reed. NO
measure that has been proposed in re-
cent years will afford more OF real bene-
nt TO the small tradesmen and farmers
than a national bankruptcy law.
1t is tho intention Of Chairman Hen
derson 10 pass the bill before the hOli-
day recess, but this does not necessarily
mean that the bill TO be passed will be
similar TO that adopted by the Senate.
MIR. Henderson is confident the House
viii pass its measure promptly. and it
Will probably be done under a special or
der from the Committee on Rules.
PERSONAL.
Ex-State Senator Little. Of Fredericks-
burg, who has been stopping at the
Shoreham for few days, left this morn
ing for Capon Springs, Va, where he
will remain until about the middle Of
September.
Mr.. Little speaks in high terms of the
Democratic ticket nominated at Roanoke,
and ne is particularly grdtihed at the
selection Of his friend. Hon. Edward
Echols, as the candidate for Lieutenant
Governor He predicts the success Of the
ticket. by a barge majority. over any COM
blnation that may be put in the fed
against It.
Mr.. \. =. Rowe. of the Fredericksburg
Free Lance, was in the city to-day on
business.
Mr.. W. lis Seden. Of the Metropolitan
Hotel. who has been taking q much
needed vacation in the Virginia noun
tains, returned to the city this morning.
Among the hotel arrivals are the fol-
lowing:
5. Putney and wife and George Med.
Blake, Of Richmond; Miss Ida B. Floyd,
Manchester: Thomas Armstrong, Rich
mond; j. w. Parker. Greensboro. y. c.
Metropolitan.
PATENTS
Among the patents issued today are
the following: Guiliaume de Chaimot.
Leaksville, ~ c., assignor to Wilson
Laboratory Company New York, electric
furnace Frank Gurley, High Point, y. c.,
winding Indicator for timepieces; David
G. Mayo, Richmond Va, tobacco-stem
drer; Jacob Newman and J.. Weinberg,
Petersburg, Va. trunk attachment; VIII
liam L. Noah, Durham, y. C., spindle
driving mechanism; william 7. Cresset.
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