The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-04-04
KING GEORGE.
A Racy ana Graphic Description Of
the Spring Election IN King George
Cold Storage For cOlored
Candidates
Correspondence Of The Free Lance l
shiloh Va, April lst, 1899

shiloh Va, April lst, 1899
While farm work to great e GENT, is
held in allegiance by continued rains,
the condition Of public roads and the
coming county elections form the top
les, which chiefly engage the leisure
hours Of our people.
We are tempted to Join IN and IN
dulge few remarks upon the road
question but finding that any far ap-
proach to justice on that subject would
involve language unfit for publication,
we desist and pass on to the election.
Some one, who has kept tab on this
quadrennial spring crop Of candidates.
reports fifty six already in full bloom .
with the prospect Of as many more that
will spring into blossom under the gem
ial influence Of warm April showers. IL
is thought, however, that many Of
these tender buds Will let 20 and dis
appear before gathering time and thus
escape the worse fate Of some who will
hold on too long, only to realize hard
er fall under the blighting process Of
the May drop Some who have gone IN
on bluff and look for favorable terms
If compromise or coalition. Will lie dis
appointed and go out on strike, while
others, after short trial Of the chances
will fall away through lack Of visible
means Of support
As the two political parties have thus
far left the way open u free-for all
fight, the contests for the yarious oii-
ces now assume many shapes, varying
all the way from the single track for
county clerk and the bifurcated OF bi.
angular, race for Commonwealth At.
tOrney, TO the Octangular fight tcr
sheriff and some Of the minor offices.
The diagram for the race track for
county treasurer khas settled down TO a
quadrangular shape with three Demo
Gratis and one Republican AZ the bases
One Of these candidates, in the exercise
Of most commendable energy and fore
sight. and with strategic skill known
only to the veteran Oflice.seeker, many
weeks ago executed flank movement
on his competitors, which some tank,
gives him the inside track in the race.
Away back in January, while the enemy
slept. he threw up fortificatIons and
staked off his claim. and when the
snow drifts OF the February blizzard
melted away there stood his fifteen
hundred brass pegs shining in the sun
light and serving notice to all to keep
off the grass. " Quoting from the in
scription on these landmarks the metes
and bounds of the claim run about as
follows beginning at a gum stump on
- the historic hills OF Passapatanzy
and running S. S. f to huckleberry
bush in 81 the clover decked fields of
Blaggs, " thence to 1.-The fertile banks
of the Rsppahann ock, " thence back to
{" the pebble-fringed shore of the beau
tiful, blue Potomac, thence following
the meanders Of the two rivers, right and
left to the beginning same contain
ing fifteen hundred voters more or less
to have and TO hold the same with the
hereditaments thereto appertaining til
the 25th day of May next, or words tc
that effect.
But this claim is disputed and viii
be contested by three other candidates
who have instituted quo warranto pro
ceedings, and will have the case trieC
before the great jury Of the people OF
the fourth Thursday of May next.
We hear of only few cases Of col
ored candidates These are sporadic
cAses, such as annually appear on l'k
occasions They will be placed in cole
storage and will probably freeze out be
fore election.
The travelling public will be glad t
hear that the miry hill, at the soutl
end OF main street, at our county seat
has been we'll poled 1t is said that a
one time it was difficult to get tele
phone message over this hill, but thi
report lacks confirmation.