The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-11-16
sion of the Legislature aud the congress
.5lonal elections of 1gu2-
EDa rHE c..NYENTION.

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Now that the fan e.ec,IOnS are over,
the coming constitutional convection ami
the personnel OF the body are questions
w.do.y d scuSaed by the leadtEs OF .he
Democratic party III the State. Among
al cas- es thare is q strong demand for
the bcst talent in TIE Stat. 50 important
are the questions TO be- di posed OF by
the conveAt. on. Some OF those who are
likely to hold seats in the body and whose
Fl ends are freely mentioning their names
in connection with the honor are Hon.
Harry St George Tucker, OF Lexington;
Hon. ". \. Anderson. OF TIE same town
Hon. Eueenn Withers. OF DanT!e; Judge
j. Thompson Brown, of Nelson; senator
w +. AfcIwaine, Of Pate-spuTS; hol
Z. W1t.on Moore. OF Fairfax hon. Eppd
Hunton. Jr. of Warranton spe1,ler b w.
Saunders. OF F-ankiil: Hon. Carter Glass;,
Of Ly3chhurg: Judge Houston. OF Rock
:,ridae: Judge John H. Ineran.. OF Man
chester: Hon. D. Tucker Brooke OF Nor
folk. Hon John Goocie. Of BEDFORD Hon.
James w Marshall, Of Craig; Judge
James Keith. Of Fauquief; Judge John A
& chaaan: ex-senator B. f. Buchana2,
Of Sniy h. and Congressman W. y. Jones
Of the First District. some OF those
prominently SroEen OF in Richmond city
are Hon. c. V Meredith. Hon. S. L. kel-
lev ana cx-Attorney-Generol r. Carter
Scott.
There VIII be scores OF avowed candi-
da.es al over the STATE, but thoss men
toned above are among the men who d
not seem to seek the places. but whose
friends arc urging I en- 70 run.
II the body should be composed Of such
material as this I woulo rank with any
con enrion that fas eve" sat in Virginia
IN the past in point Of ability.
TWO GnEAT FIGHTS.
One Of the oueet.oas Which 5 likely TO
cause a & eat deJate n the Constitutional
Convention s that looking 10 the re-
strict.cn Of the suffrage OF the State. 1t
will require the best thought of TIE body
10 frame q cause that will p.ease the
spao lie ard at the same time stand the
ties. of the courts. Great lawyers shake
their heads grave.y whan they discuss
it, ana admit that it Involves some nee
distinctions.
The party is pledged in it's platform
and on the huStin5s in the last campo. gn.
not to disfranch Sc &ny VIII se voters and
just how to frame clause which will
allow al white men to vote and a the
same tine not conflict with the United
States Constitution IS the question. This
Il be perhaps the greatest question the
convention VII have TO pass upon.
When the Democratic cluclis Of the eI-
ira session Of the Legislature meets,
there will be 4 Lively night over a success
sor 10 the late Judge John w. R.e.y. on
the Supreme Court bench TIE friends
OF all the candidates are very active ind
each will have warm supporters In the
caucus.
Judge Ph,esar. who was appointed by
Governor Ty.er to serve unit i the Legs
lature meets will have strong backing.
wh!.e Judge Villain Hod=es Mann OF
Nottoway: and Judge Stafford G.. White.
OF Henry, are thought to be the TWO ether
lead ne candidates
Judge r. r. Prent.s, of Norfolk, will be
strong backed by his section, while it
is unie stood that Judge j. w. G. Back
stone, of Accon,ac, has recently entered
the rare All the candidate; are recos-
nized as great lawyers and the race will
be spirited from stcrt to finish.