Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-11-21

T. Lawless, Secretary of the Common
wealth, who is perhaps as thoroughly
familiar with conditions in the Second
District as any one, said this morning
that he thought it was extremely i'm
probable that there would be any con-
test made.
In an interview this morning Sec
rotary Lawless said:
MIR. LAWLESS' VIEWS.
THE returns from my district are
oil in, and, looking over the figures, 1t
seems highly improbable that there
will be a contest
The Republicans themselves are
tired and ashamed of the scandalous
treatment biennialy accorded the
Democratic Congressman from the Sec
ond District.
But apart from this, the returns
from this election indicate that a con
test would be preposterous. Senator
Maynard's majority is 500. This is
Official. l have examined the records
in my office for the past thirty years
and find that these figures represent
not only the largest majority ever
given candidate in that district, but
that Maynard received the largest vote
cast during that period for any person
democrat or Republican,.
He received 20,113 votes, or 40 per
cent of the entire voting population
OF the district, but that Maynard re-
ceived the Republicans cannot mtintain
that the vote there was suppressed, or
that every elector who presented him
self at the polls failed of an oppor-
tunity to cast his ballot, for the returns
show that 60 per cent. OF the voting
population actually voted. When you
reflect upon the vast difference be-
tween the voting population and the
proportion of that population which
qualities itself hv rapis rn tjop IN ,nta
these figures indicate with emphasis
the tremendous sentiment in the dis
trict against the late Republican can
didate and the utter condemnation of
the methods employed in the Fifty
1ifth and Fifty sixth Congresses to de-
priVe the people of their duly elected
representative. A contest In the face
of these figures is an invitation to ridi-
cuie-or rascality."
a HOT FIGHT.
There is every evidence that n hot
hight Will develop in the City Demo-
cratic Committee over the question of
electinE delegates from Richmond to
the next Subernatorial convention.
One side Will contend for ward meet
1ngs while the other will hold that the
delegates should be chosen in pri-
maries The advocates of the former
proposition point to the manner of
choosing delegates to the Norfolk con-
Nentton last spring as Il precedent, and
say that ward meetings are much less
expensive than primary elections.
The primary people say that the last
case cannot be properly taken as pre-
cedent, but so back to the election OF
delegates by primary to the last two
Subernatorial contests. They also
hold that inasmuch the expense
falls upon the candidates, who are al
ways willing to bear it. that the COM
mittee should be guided by what the
"a do
mand.
LAArBERT-DAvIS NUPTIALS.
Miss Lottie Suydam Lambert. daugll-
ter of Mir. and Mrs. Charles Lambert
and Mr.. Horatio Minor Davis. were
married at o'clock this evening at
the home of the brides parents The
house was beautifully decorated for
the occasion.
The bride was attired in white crepe
de chine, trimmed in lace, and carried
n white prayer-book Her veil was
caught with pearls. The ribbon girls
Were Miss Matte Weir Lambert and
Mildred Woodward. They were dress
ed in white organdy.
The maid of honor was Miss Carrie
Lee Davis. of Lynchburg, who was at
tired in white organdy, with pink rib
bons, and carried pink chrysanthe-
NUNS. The bridesmaids. Misses Bessie
ST. George Lambert and Lillian Foster,
of Norfolk, We're the maids of honor.
They wore dainty white organizes and
carried white chrysanthemums.
The groomsmen We're Mcssrs. Henry
Johnston, Sidney Floyd and Landon
Garland, of Lynchburg, and Garrett
Gooch. of Stanton. The best man was
MIR. Robert Graham Lambert.
Mr.. H. Minor Davis is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Thomas ~ Davis, OF Lynch
burg, and the grandson of the late Rev.
Iloratio NJ. Thompson. for many years
an eminent minister OF the presbyte-
rian Church in ltocllhriige county. as
we'll a member OF the Board of
Trustees of Washington and Lee Uni
versity.
After the wedding journey Mr.. and
Mrs. Davis will live in Lynchburg.
where the groom is prominent i'm both
business and social circles. Among the
out-of-town guests here to attend the
welding We're Mr.. and Mrs. II, ~ Davis
OF Lynchburg, parents of the groom;
Misses Lillian Foster, Norfolk; Carrie
Lee Davis and Elise Davis. of Lynch
burg, and Jessie Pnncy, of New York
BLACK--MURPHY.
Miss Nellie Lucille Black and Mr.
John j. Murphy, Jr.. were married nj
IL o'clock this morning at Sacred Heart
Church. Rev. Father OsReilly oniciat-
ing. The church was prettily decorated
in palms and chrysanthemums
The pretty bride wore n handsome
castor broadcloth travelling gown,
trimmed In velvet of the same shade
She wore hat and gloves to match, and
carried chrysanthemums.
Mr.. George Murphy, brother of the
groom, was best man, and the ushers
were
Messrs. Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania;
Charles c. IIungerford. James il. Phil
lips, II, James t. Disney and Il. Will
Mr.. and Mrs. Murphy loft on the