Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-07-26
THE TWO FACTIONS
They Are Now Beautifully Lined
Up.
MEETING OF THE CHAsRMEN
be Two Delegate Conventions" S:Eus
Of til. Times Seem to Pu,n. That
Way. Political Go sip.

According TO the call of District
Committeeman ID. q. Smith. the County
end Cit" Cll;iirfncn of this Senatorial
District and this Delegate district will
met here Thursday for the purpose Of
naming Il place. and time for the meet
ing Of tile two conventions HON.
many chnirnrn will respond 10 III.
oall cannot be said but that Il majority
of them will is To be assumed, since the
meeting is called ut the request Of :,
majority.
There being two clllirncn in W;lr-
wick county there is !, possibility of Il
hitch in the Free state. Should Or.
j. II. Craford and Mr.. T.. g. Madison
both attend il will be III or,i"r for I'll,
ether chairncn - either pass on the
qualifications; Of The two or to accom-
MEDIATE themselves to the situation hy
permitting both to participates
The latter. it is claimed by the or
poncnts Of Mr.. Madison, would he un-
Wise since it would in u measure al,-
pear to recognize tho legitimacy Of Mr..
MdIison'S rlni1ns Which. Of course. hi.;
friends On The other sd. II the faction
al fence arc unwilling t. 10. Should
Mr.. Madison. then. attempt To l,arti, j.
pate in The proceedings thu: public may
look for lie first skirnlisil in the battle
for which both sides have been pre-
pairing.
Both chairmcn are in favor of New
port News as The place for the convcn-
tons
The question OF tho. method Of cleo
ting delegates to these conventions has;
not been settled. though it is UNDERSTOOD
that the chances are ten to one that
down in this end OF the Peninsula lhr
convention plan will DC adopted. Mr..
Madison has stated tl',t his delegates
in Warwick would probably he select
ed by the primary plan. No matter
which way they are selected. if th"S.
are Madison men. the Cra!ford conlin .
gent will carry solid Craff"ru ,lclcS:,-
ton ais" The fight will then come on
the credentials
Judging from the signs Of the tim IS
it is reasonable to believe that it is not
Impossible that before the fight is over
there will be two conventions for tln
delegate district ana no one .will lie
field for the house The Legislature,
may Vet have 20 pass On tho question.
Who knows?
IT is conceded by all Who have tho
interests of the party ut heart that the
sooner the question Of Who is right is
scttlrd tn the satisfaction Of all the
people the bette: it will be. At present
he breach, which some say might haze
been closed by diplomacy ana fair
effort. is widening every day. I'll.
present campaign ana the contest in
The courts are duilig the separating
beautifully.
CENSUS SUPERVISOR.
Mr.. ii. l.. Smith of Suffolk. will be
appointed supervisor of census for The
Second Congressional District Of Nir-
siinia. Of which Newport Ncw: is i
part This has been settled.
Director Merriam OF the Census Ii!l-
rcau. took III commissions nf super
Nis"rs Of the census To the President
yesterday ana they will 30 Signed
within Tie n"Nt fcw days. The ;,p-
pGlnimrnts have been agreed upon be-
tween the Senators and Representa-
uvcs OF the several States.
Mr.. Smiths name WAS handed in for
the second District and lie Will bc az
pointed without question.
This Viii settle the controversy th:,;
was started some weeks ago when Con
gresham Young recommended Mr.
Whitehead, IF Norfolk, for the place
an! Senator Martin, at the instance ul
Colonel Fcnton Day. recommended Mr.
Smith.
SENATORIAL. RACE.
Yesterdays Richmond Dispatch says:
Hon. ID Gardner Tyler. If Charles
city county. is in the city. MI Tyler
is candidate for the nomination To
the state Senate from the Thirty-ci.c.,: II
Elizabeth city. Warwick, York. James
CITY; Charles City New Kent and Kin.
William. He is said to have excellent
prospects. IT is Thought quite likely
that Hon. Thomas Temple Powell
member Of I'll. House Of Delegates from
Newport News ana the county Of War
WICK. will be Il candidate also. Senator
Marley Barnes. of New Kent does not
seek denominations
F.ANOdeS MARTIN.
\ special to the Norfolk Landmark
says:
According to the calculations Of ,hos,
VINO carefully watch the political sit