The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-05-13
The Richmond Conference Of May 10
As Seen by the Washington, D e,
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The Richmond Conference of May !,
As Seen by the Washington, D e
Post
IL l. West. Of the Washington, ID O.
Post, writing from Richmond on Tues
day Lass. says:
The call for the May conference. il
opponents are saying. was like Gabriel I
trumpet in political graveyard. Il
resurrected political coIpses alloyer the
State.
With few notable exceptions the
leaders in the movement 10 elect United
States Senators by the people are mcr
who have either been in political re-
tirement for many years and take thi,
opportunity To rise again into public
view, or they are ex-oilice holders VIII,
seek path back To the once familiar
and still attractive crib I'm other words,
the conference is mainly composed OF
"Outs" and "has been :. with gen
erous sprinkling e others who thlnh
they see i'm this movement a chance (,
secure AN office unobtainable through
9 tablished and recognized methods.
one has only 10 nnalyze the list nf sign
eis to the call for the conference "a
prove the truth Of this assertion Let
me select few by way Of illustration
W. A. Jones, member 0f Congress and
aspirant for the Senate
John Goode. prominent I'm politics a
quarter ~ n century ago. once resi-
dent Of Nurflk thcu "a resident f. Bed
ford where his son resided. but since
the removal 1T his son from the state. a
resident uf the District nf Columbia
j @ Parker, anything to beat Mar
tin and former member of the Legisln-
ture. who has abandoned hls Ell Its 10
secure re election
" \ Anderson, defeated aspirant
for Congressional nomination M the
Tenth district
J l. willard. % young and ambitious
millionaire who wants 81 br Governor
If the State
W + Reddy. q personal friend Il
Congressman Jones and against senator
Martin
Eppa liunton. IT,. ava aspirlnf for
the Senatorship and urfrieuuly 30 Sem
ator Martin because fhe latter defeated
his father six years ago
George d Wise. a Gold Democrat and
defeated candidate for Congress
X Walton Moore, youthful l.pirint
for the Senate
H. 4. Barton. a ,urp1rtef 81 Palmer
ana Ruckuer and % defeated candidate
for the Court If Appeals
Frank T. Glasgow. defeated c1ndi-
date for the Congressional nomination.
IN the Tenth district
Cyclone jim Marshall defeated
candidate for Congressional nomination
in the Ninth district
Andrew Jackson Montague aspirant
for the Senator,hlp
OTHERS oN THE LIST.
In addition 10 these, who have signed
the call might bee mentioned ". H.
Oullingworth, Cleveland appoiniee as
postmaster here. and famous mainly
for his annual plum pudding gift to
Cleveland. Gam PAttison. one Of the
most unique characters III the State;
Harry ST Geo. Tucker. defeated
candidate for Congress IN the Ninth
District. and non-supporter Of the
Chicago Platform, and q. Y Meredith.
who voted for Palmer and Buckner,
and who was removed from his position
II City Attorney in Richmond because
he was not Democrat The list might
be indefinitely extended, but this Is
sufficient 10 show how everybody with
grievance or an ambition has crept
under the popular election tent in the
hope Of evening up old scores or al.
vancing their personal ambitions
As might be- expected. the participants
in the conference will be like the old
French King. They will march up the
hill and then march down again They
will accomplish nothing practical or
definite. Their legitimate action would
be the nomination Of a peoples candi
date for the Senate 80 as 10 make a
direct issue between Senator Martin
and their choice. This they will not
do, much 20 the disgust Of the delegates
from the First Congressional District.
who reached here today. and who want
Congressman Jones named by the con-
ference. These delegates believe that
the whole movement ought to begin
and end in Jones. They know that
seven Of the signers Of the call are
Jones constituents that nearly every
county in Jones district has elected |
delegates and that no one has worked |
so faithfully and industriOusly for the |
success Of the conference as Jones Con
sequently, they want him 30 enjoy the |
honor or q nomination. In fact, there |
is no candidate TO be seriously consider
ed outside Of Jones, unless it be Attor
ney General Montague, who is brilliant. |
vigorous. and ambitious, but who has |
not one quarter Of the backing which
Jones enjoys Jones, therefore. is the |
logical and deserving candidate, but if |
the conference should name him, the |
true inwardness Of its inception would |
be disclosed. and all the other aspirants |
would 60 home in angry mood
WANTS TO SUCCEED JONES