The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-09-14
Democratic Headquarters TO Be Opened
and the Campaign lnauguratad.
STUMP SPEAKING THE LEADING FEATURE
Warm Contest in Ncnr by Counties
Lynchburg Convention VIII Bc
Largo and Enthusinstic-Publi
Mind Turns 10 Football - hoy
Killed by n Blow with Fist.
Especial Dispatch to The virglnian,
Richmond, Va, Sept. 1s, 1887.

Richmond, Va. Sept. 13, 1897.
Mr.. Joseph Button, secretary OF the
State Democratic Committee arrived
here this morning and Will remain until
after the election. Headquarters will be
opened in the Chamber OF Commerce
building tomorrow. There will not be
as much work to do as there was last
year, and Mr.. Button thinks all the
force he will work Will be a stenogra-
pher. Very little literature will he sent
out.
The campaign on the part Of the
Democrats will be n speaking one, pure
and simple. There will be the usual
demand for orators and the speakers
will be plentiful. The campaign was
practically opened to-day, as the issues
we're discussed on several court greens,
but the formal opening will not take
place until the 23rd, when the nominees
on the State ticket will make addresses
at IL meeting to he held here under the
auspices OF the Powhatan club.
On "Wednesday the Hanover and King
William Democrats will meet in con-
VenttOn at Hanover courthouse and
nominate two candidates for the House
1t Is settled in advance that Messrs. Il.
l.. Winston and Isaac Diggs will be
nominated. This district is one which
the Republicans will seek to carry
Hanover, which usually gives n big
Democratic majority, did not do as wen
as usual last fall. 1t Is hardly likely,
however, that DIR. Winston and Mr..
Diggs will be IN any danger Of defeat.
The contest over the Democratic nom
nations for the House OF Delegates in
the Manchester district is growing in In
terest. The specially interesting fea-
ture of 1t is the race between MI Harry
Is. owen and MIR. B. NJ. Robertson, OF
Manchester. The district, which en-
braces Manchester, Chesterfield and
Powhatan, is entitled to two delegates,
and, OF course, Manchester can get but
one of them. Mr.. Robertson has many
friends and strong pull with q nume-
rous class OF voters. Harry Owen ha s
been in politics for years and has never
before been candidate for office. Away
back In the days of Readjustcrism he
was Democratic wheel horse on the
South side. and did as much for the
Democratic cause as any one man in his
district. Besides, he is popular fell
low, and so is Mr.. Robertson. There
fore the contest is OF more than usual
interest.
There is no doubt Of the fact that Col
| onel Lamb Is going to have u convention
at Lynchburg THAT for size and enthus-
iasm will surprise his enemies Several
and pretty nearly all Will be represented
there. The Bahen Mitchell faction will
see ITO 1t that Richmond has delegation
| there. Whether or not Messrs Waddil
| ana BRADY are impressed by the showing
| The convention scheme Is making can.
not be told. They still laugh at the
idea of there being any strength behind
| the movement.
| nhe baseball season having ended. the
| people here are beginning to thnk some
what of football. All OF the colleges
will have teams in the field. There is
| talk of 4 movement to organize a State
| league Of professional football teams
| Raseball!sts I!isey and Elberfeld will
| return here from the North next week to
| play on Richmond's football team if
| the league scheme succeeds.
Yesterday afternoon some white and
| coiored boys had a fight about dog
Vernon Hill, the 14-year-old son of Mr.,
Robert Hill. Jr., struck Stanford Mel
son. colored, aged 1G, with his fist, and
the negro youth soon died Hill was ISr-
| rested. To-day the inquest was held
and the verdict was that Nelson died
OF congestion of the lungs. This is what
the post-mortem examination showed
The heart and brain were not affected
but the lungs were terribly congested.
Coroner Taylor thinks Nelson would
have died at any time from the slightest
shock. All of the evidence showed that
Hill used nothing but his fist on the
deceased. Hill will be in the Police
Court Wednesday.
Collector of Internal Revenue Park
Agnew. chairman of the antI-I.amb ele-
mcnt of the Virginia Republicans; col
lector Of internal revenue James y. Fra
dy. eX-Congressman Edmund Waddin.
cx-Congreasman Geo. Z. Bowden and
Morgan Treat, all leaders of one OF the
Republican factions, We're In conference
here tonight. The fact that the COM
mittee of Populists appointed by the
State convention OF that party to make
nominations on the State ticket in addi-
ton to that Of Capt. Edmund r. Cooke
for Lieutenant Governor If deer:cd ex-
pedient, were In session at Lynchburg
WAS thought to be significant.
Srhc Republican conferees denied .hat
they had met to communicate in any
way with the Lynchburg meeting Ono
of them admitted that ne had talked
with PopulSt chairman Hobson last Sat-
urday. but stated that nothing had been
said in reference to fusion on 4 State
ticket. He admitted that In many leg
islativc districts PopulIsts and Repui!i-
cans were likely to support the samc
men for the Genral Assembly
1t was given out to the press that the
conference here was solely for the pur-
pose OF deciding as to which legislative
district the Republicans should make
nominations. The counties We're taken I'D
up alphabetically and the Senatorial dis
tricts numerically, and each one Offering
Republican chance OF success was plac-
ed upon the list of battle-ground coun-
ties or districts. Incidentally the con-
Vention called by Col. Lamb WIS dis
cussed- Judge Waddill, who has Just