The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-08-10
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Candidates and Workers Represent
the Advance Guard.
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ARE ALREADY IN THE CITY.
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in the Magic City of the Southwest and
the State Democratic convention which
assemblies TO- morrow in the Academy of
Music bids fair to be most largely at
tended. Some estimate that Roanoke
will have something like 100 visitors
while others say that the people here can
expect to entertain at least 1000 stran-
gers
The object of the convention is for the
Democrats of Virginia to nominate their
candidates for Governor, lieutenant GOV
ernor and attorney general, elect Il chair
man aud State committee, and adopt ~
platform on which the campaign will be
fought and won.
The gathering which will do this work
is expected to be very large and the party
leaders and workers from every section
of the State will be present.
The convention will be full of interest.
and will probably last through two days.
II was thought Mt one time that the work
Nigh the gotten through Misunderstanding
night, but it does not now look like ad-
journment will be reached before late in
the day Thursday. This, however, will
depend very much upon the matter of
how many ballots are required to make
the nomination for attorney general, over
which Office there is very spirited con
test
The State com",ittee will meet to-
night at O'Clock in the hastings court
room TO select temporary officers for the
convention. and to consider any other
matters that may be brought before it;
tho district delegations will meet to-
morrow morning In the various parts of
the Academy of Music and the hastings
and circuit court rooms to select their
members of the several committees of
the convention and of the State commit
tee, and the general body will meet at
noon. The great gathering will be called
to order in the Academy of Music by the
State chairman, Hon. j. Taylor Ellyson,
and will proceed at once to the work of
organization, which will consume all of
the morning session.
The Academy of Music where the con-
vention will be held is one iot the finest
structures of the kind in the South. 1t
is three stories high and 75x1G5 feet in
dimensions with seating capacity for
2,UUO persons. 1t is furnished with
every modern convenience for such u
building, Is lighted by gas and electric
ity, and provided with safe and easy
modes of egress in case of fire, or.acci-
dent. The seats in the parquet and dress
CIRCLE are elegantly cushioned. and there
are four beautiful private boxes, finely
flushed. The gallery Is also very com
fortably arranged. and the acoustics of
the building are such that everything
said can be distinctly heard in all parts
of the auditorium. The stage, also, can
be arranged for seating large numbers of
persons, being of greater dimensions
than that of any similar building in the
South, outside of Atlanta, Ga. The
building is located on Salem avenue four
blocks from tie business centre of the
city, and three west of the courthouse
Electric cars, with twenty one niles of
connections, run right by the building,
and members of the convention can reach
1t by this means in a few minutes flom
all parts of the city, as we'll as from Sa-
lem and Vinton, ami the country inter
vening between these towns.
The committee of arrangements,
whose duty it is to. look after things in
general and supervise the arrangements
in detail is made up as follows: G. b.
Moomaw, chairman; w. f. Bryant, sec
rotary; w. j. Quinn, Levi Witt, J. b.
Newton, W. K. Andrews, r. A. Buck
ner, W. e. Thomas, B. o. Mays and S.
B. Pace.
The press committee, composed of Pal.
mer st. Clair, chairman; l.. Lookabill,
secretary; S. S. Brooke H. Q. Nicholson,
). Is. Pace and w. E. Thomas.
The following wel;-known gentlemen
compose the reception committee:
First ward-C. b. Moomaw. chairman;
Elias Mahoney, James p. Woods, j. H.
Cutchin, Charles S. Beller, j. B. Pol
lard, j. H Wilkinson, w. p. Dupuy, C.
l. Lunsford and Charles d. Fox.
Second ward-C. c. Taliaferro, chair
man; Nv f. Bryant, J. d. Crawley, j.
II. Earman, Everett Perkins. L. V.
johnson, H. NJ. Darnall, J. K. Terry, A.
p. Staples and A. B. Coleman.
Third ward-P. j. Greedy, J. r. Bean,
w. A. Glasgow, Jr., r. r. Hicks, E. J.
Rowan, l.. f. Lookabill, w. E. Thomas,
Thomas O'Connor, j. r. Hoover and G.
r. Epps.
Fourth ward-A. w. Lescure, chail-
man; Levi witt, B. o. Mays, E. r. Kin
bred, ID. &. Harrington, W. S. Gregory,
j. S. Denman, W. S. Camden, L. S.
Dyer and l.. G. Urquharu.
Fifth ward-F. l.. Bell, chairman; A.
j. Davis, X. T. Boswell. j. B. Newton,
G. G. Riley. Walter Hogan, w. H. Coul-
bourne, j. S. Ashton, f. l.. Vaughan
aud S. w. Farrow.
1t now seems that there will be lively
contest before the State committee over
the Office of temporary chairman. Judge
William +. Rhea, of Bristol; Hon. Gree IL
lee ID. Letcher, of Rrockbridge and Hon.
Isaac Diggs, of King William, are all
aspirants for the honor. Congressman
p. j. Otey has also been talked of,
though it is not known that he will
really he a candidate.
1t seems to be practically settled among
the candidates and leaders that Hon. F.
w. Saunders, of Rocky Mount, will be
permanent chairman of the convention.