Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-11-04
Greeted Or. R. A. Wise at
McLaughIin's Hall.
PECULIAR CONCLUSIONS
:. o''''cAl Notes varlou" VI. We ON the Ap
P"in msnt OF Mr. john K. waddy to
Po>tmassershtp of Norfolk. "A.
Letter From Washington.

III the Republican nominees for Congress-
NJ from TINS district. has not learned the
"a latest Republican campaign trick Of
,A carrying his audience around with him,
III flr at his meeting at McLaughlin's Hail
@iast night his audience was too slim to
@Warrant Imposition. There were pres
tent In the audience forty-flve people,
N plus the band, and the staff, or sixty
81 SIX by actual count including every
81 one in the hall.
~ The Wise City chairman, Mr.. Reverdy
SSStewart. presided, and introduced the
Speakers appropriately. the first being
81 MIR G. w. Clements, of Portsmouth
4 who was followed by Mr.. George Nelms
/ wise. of this city. DR.. Wise was then
: presented, and spoke at some length on
national issues. He then devoted some
i tlfne to an account of his deeds in Con-
/ sress, following this up with some
more-or-less pertinent illusions to Hon
g w. A. Young. his Democratic opponent
measuring himself morally against the
a.ter and reaching by the operation
suo!snlouoo aiqe,iLrtueI LOUIE. aluos
There was not a little discussion yes
terday in local political circles of the
appointment of Mr.. John r. Waddy to
ny pos,mastership of Norfolk The
Wise men are jubilant. and point to it
as the most significant evidence vet
h presented of the leaders, strength with
" the administration, and of the legti-
macy OF his candidacy. The Anti
4 Wise element, on the other hand, affect
i 70 consider the matter lightly. and say
that it does not in any way alter the
status of their man in the race They
assert for one thing. that the appoint
mefTt sssf Waddy is at best but a relic
OF days gone by; that the appointment
IS not as new thing as it looks, but
was decided on long ago. and would
have been made sooner but for present
complications. They rather plume
themselves on the fact that it has been
delayed SO long. The other side look
upon this view of the case with ILL
y concealed amusement, and anticipate
i great things In the way of moral eff
fe:t
Nr. Wise's friends are also pointing
T siet lt1cantly to letter received from
7 COY gresham Babcock by S. B. Carney,
fherm rhs Of letter the wIs wns fol in
s..ss5 Y. Washington. D. c., Oct. 81, 1898.
i i Carney. Chairman Republican
VIZ. sg congr essLonal Commits. eei Second Dis
NJ My dear sir:
I The attention of this Committee has
been called to the fact that there are
nov two Republican candidates for
Congress in the Second District of your
State. each claiming to be nominees of
Il Republican convention.
Some time ago, as you are aware, this
Committee was called upon to deter
mine which of the two Congressional
committees in the Second District was
regular and authorized to call Il Con-
gressional convention. this committee
being the only one having jurisdiction
or authority over District Congressional
committees. After due and careful in
, vestigation IT. was found that the COM
:-Attee Of which you are chairman was
the only one authorized to call Re
publican Congressional convention for
the purpose Of nominating a candidate
for Congress. Upon the advice OF this
Committee a convention was held on
the 22nd day Of September, at Hampton.
Va, and the Hon. Richard A.. Wise re
ceived the nomination by reclamation.
Il INDEX these circumstances Mr.. Wise is
the regular Republican nominee for
Congress- of the Second District and is
entitled to recognition by TINS Commit
tee and the Administration.
1t is not the desire of this Committee.
nor has it been. to take part in any
factiona! differences that may exist in
any OF the three hundred and fifty
seven Congressional districts: but when
called upon to determine as to the regu-
larity of a convention or the authority
Of a Congressional committee. it is in
cun1bent upon it to act and determine
these questions upon the facts and evil
dence submitted. The regulations and
rules governing this Committee have
not been changed since l have had the
honor TO be chairman. nor have Known
OF any change in the practice for many
years. The rules applied in the recognf-
ton of the committee Of which you are
chairman is the same rule that has
been in force and has governed the ac-
ton of this Committee for many years
past.
$ Our object is to elect Republican
House that will support the present
Administration; and to this end we call
upon all loyal Republicans that are
4 voters in the Second District of your
! State to give Mr.. Wise a cordial and
y active support. We cannot afford at
this time to lose a single member by
q party dissension. The Second District
+ has a large Republican majority, and
you have It in your own hands to elect
member Of the Fifty-sixth Congress
If you stand by your party nominee;
Z and trust when the votes are counted
on the Sth day of November it will be
found that Mr.. Wise has a substantial,
majority of all the votes cast.
Yours very truly
= J. w. BABCOCK.
Chairman of the National Republican
Congressional Committee.
Judge Baker P. Lee left yesterday for
Warwick c. H. to count the tickets to
be used in this county in the coming
election. The law provides that there
Fl must be just twice as many tickets as
W. there are registered voters.
Among those who attended the
.f Young-Montague meeting "Wednesday
~ night, were county chairman, DT- j. II.
n Crafford. and ex-Oysrer Inspector. Mr..
III James F. Boneweli of Lee Hall. They
returned to the county yesterday morn
ing. Both gentlemen expressed thems
selves highly pleased with Democratic
prospects in Warwick, and are con-
II! fident OF the result Of the approaching
# election.
A well-known Republican who has
recently returned from New York de-
" clared that it was his conviction that
Van Wyck was winner in that State
though several weeks ago he would
N have secuted the idea of such a thing
There are good many people up there
o. who are like me-" said he, Teddy has
\ the big-head bad; If We're voting in
New 2 ork, Il would vote the Democratic
salticRet this election for that reason, :.