Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-02-11
GENERAL ASSEMBL. \
Electoral Board Nominations
U.S.. In Order.
THE JUDGESHIP CONTEST
another Election Btu Introduced In 4y,ez
mouse. Delegate Bland's Great Speech. 81
Municipal Primary Beginuinp
to Warm Up.

l. Especial to the Daz-, tbsa III go.
- e,tis VA. FHeEax 50
axe elections committee a. "a
morrow night to receive s5,,i 80
Tor the various electoral boa "a ~
counties and cities of the State r $50, 49,,
ator :BarneS today and askad r,shats
oecislon had been arrived at in tha mai
pi,, ana ne referred me to Hon, n n,
noMel. or Newport News When +l1a
after gentleman was seen he decl, ~
.nat ne MAD nothing to say in the M. -
ne ana Senator Barnes not i1ayfne
,au any conference relative to the mat
evar more than probable, how
| lons Will be approved. but lust Who h.
Wiz recommend he has not vet nodas
puoiic. mere is. learn from good an
IInorlty, opposition to some or the nras
~ NJ ii'etnper of the board in Newport
| Bile. ''e" force Is possi-f
me nght for the succession of Judge
uuHler ONCE is waxing warm: ave
IS not Senator Barnes friends are
noIAin IN, assidlously for that gentleman
| CAREFULLY groomed for the contest
MT. Montague. of Hampton, told me t,n..
gay that he thought Mr. Blackstona
vas winner The contest is wholly
arienuly and Senator BARNES is hantli-
is,ptm 10Y oeins a member of the Leg
.siature. public opinion in opposition
TO the election of members Of that BODY
10 positions wtthin its gift having grown
considerably o ~ -
Delegate Buford today introduced a
bill to repeal the present election Law
and to substitute therefor a bin nra,
pared by himself. which seeks at
| length to remedy what are considered
objectionable features in the present.
law Mr. tBuford's bin is constructed
on on essentially the same lines as the
Walton-Parker law. and gives to iuit-.
crate voters certain enlarged PRIVILEGES.
ana also allows candidates to distrib-
| ute their own tickets to within fiftv
yards OF the polling place. Another
provision OF the bin is that all names
shall be printed on the same sheet The
OH was referred, and it Is altogether
! improbable that measure of this char
acter introduced by an anti-Democra1,
VII. receive serious consideration.
Hon Charles T.Bland OF Portsmouth,
today made the speech. of his life in
support Of the boiler iRspe1 BIZ ~.
troduced by him, and a really able,
speech it was. stMr. Bland was vigor-s
ously appiauded during his remarks.
and at 2:30, the hour OF Adjournment,
he Still had the floor. 3sS5
fhhe trading stamp bill was up In the
lSenate today, and was passed by for the
purpose OF allowing corrections to be
made. ~
The employers liability bill was ma de
row. ef
The bill to tax bar rooms and other
| Take clubs was passed by until tomor-
row in the Senate
Senator Foster. in order to relieve the
contested calendar, introduced and had
passed a resolution providing for night
sessions.
| The trustees OF the Episcopal High
ISchool are in session here for the pur-
pose OF electing a deacon of the school,
A great many of the present direc-
| tors or the Prison Association (refor-
matory for youthful criminals), are
contemplating resigning because of the
unjust censure Of the committee which
! Investigated the institution
! The municipal primary is on in dead
earnest. and the desultory firing of the
pa:'t two months has. opened into a
iirst class fusilade. The fight is beconl-
| ing torrid. The Good Government
| League is preparing to take hand, 1t
us Thought. and there are the usual ru-
mors of "a REFORM movement