Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-02-23
POLITICAL.
The Prohibition State Convention
met yesterday in Richmond.

ineG yesterday IN nlcnm0nd.
A split and walk-out followed a
turbulent meeting of the Populist
National Convention at Lincoln,
Neb., Wednesday night.
r. ID. Lock (white) and /. w.
Wood (negro) were elected delegates
to the Republican National Conven
ton last week from the sixth Geor-
gia district. They go pledged to
Mckinley for denomination.
The Cape Charles Light says :
"The Hon. Claude A. Swanson seems
to be gathering considerable strength
in the embryonic gubernatorlal cam
paign. There, no doubt, will be
other candidates, and the Hon. VIM.
A. Jones may enter the race, although
we have no authority for saying so. -
Ex-senator German, of Maryland,
who has been regarded as Presi-
Dental possibility, has come out for
Bryan. He says he was opposed to
Bryan's denomination, but has be-
come convert, that he regards his
chances as better now than in 1896.
and as greatly improved within the
last three weeks.
The Virginia Republicans Will
hold a State convention at Norfolk
April 10, to elect delegates to the
Republican National Convention.
A committee of ten; one from each
Congressional district, will meet at
Alexandria to draft a plan of party
organization aud amend the present
one. These recommendation will
be submitted to the Norfolk conven-
ton for its action. There is differ
ence of opinion among the leaders
on the question of calling a consti-
tutional convention.
The Senate substitute for the
House currency bill was passed by
the Senate last week, the vote being
46 to 20. Mr.. Caffery and Mr.. Lind
say, both Democrats, voted for the
bill. Mr.. Kyle, of South Dakota, was
the only Senator who did not vote
and was not paired All other votes
were cast on strictly party lines. A
free-silver substitute offered by Sena-
tor Jones, the leader of the Demo
cratic side, was defeated by a ma
jority of 10, the vote being AZ to %.
The bill provides that the dollar
of % $40 grains of gold, nine-tenths
fine, shall be the standard unit of
value, and that all forms of United
States money shall be maintained at
Il parity with it, and that the treas
ury notes and greenb acks shall be
redeemable in gold.
Local politicians, it is said, are be-
coming quite active in Westmore-
land county. 1t seems that Con-
gresham Jones' friends consider that
county his stronghold and contem-
plate holding convention early so
as to give the Congressman send-off
with the hope of influencing other
counties that follow in the selection
of delegates. So far there is no
Capitalization of opposition TO the
present incumbent, though it has
been rumored that the Eastern Shore
the Southside and, possibly. Freder-
lcksburg or Caroline will have can
tidates In the field. Mr.. Jones has |
held the office for ten years and will |
likely succeed himself once more, at
least. though if there should he
from each of the other
three sections combination might
be effected so that one of these would |
win. The First District, unlike any |
other in the State, is very much cut
ap geographically. 1t is divided into
four distinct divisions: the Freder-
cksburg, Spotsylvania and Caroline
section; the Southside, comprising
The counties of Essex, King & Queen,
Mlddlesex, Mathews and Gloucester:
The Eastern Shore, containing the
of Accomack and North
ampton, and the Northern Neck, en-
oracing the counties of Lancaster.
Richmond, Northumberland and |
Westmoreland.-We Free Lance.