The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-11-29
IN The FIELD
OF PO'LlTlUs.
Lenders Talk About The Judgeships
Fight.
RICHMOND VOTE D vivid De ED
Ph:cxar. whItt:e and Mann Will Get
Two Votes Each, Witt, Two
Doubfal--Caps:ain Lamb
In Washington.

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Major John T. cowan. OF Montgomery.
As In the CITY to attend a meeting OF the
state Board of Agriculture here to-mor-
TOW. ~
He is much interested in the success OF
his friend and sc5untfyman. Judge "A.
Phiegar, and believes IL. will be nom
mated 10 succeed himself on the supreme
bench. Major Cowan says the South
ives: Is practically SOLD for Phlegar.. and
that he viii have strong hacking from
other sections OF the State, Further than
this. Major Cowan did not care to dis
cuss 1f,e probable work of the extra seS-
son of tbs Legislature.
The eight sSoIes from Richmond city
and Henrico county viii be divided be-
tween three of the candidates for Judge
OF the Supreme Court III the Democratic
Legislative, caucus. six of the members
having expressed their choice and two
declining to say how they will vote.
Judges Phlegar, Mann and White Will
each receive two votes from the city ana
county. 1t is not known what the other
two gentlemen viii do. though the tr1enos
of Judge Whittle are claiming one OF
them and say the other may vote for
their man One OF Judge Whites strong
advocates expressed the belief yester-5
day that should Judge Phlegar be drop
ped both of his supporters from TINS CIT!
would go TO Whittlc. Strong pressure is
being brought: to bear on all the doubtful
members OF the Legislature in the inter
est of the three leading candidates by
their respective friends, and the battle
in the caucus viii be most interesting
one.
SoUTHAIL SA9S MANN.
Hon. R G. Soutnall, member of. the
House of Delegates from Ameln and Not
1oway, was In the city yesterday on legal
business. He says he is opposed to the
extra session taking up general leSisla-
ZION and sees no good reason why. the
body should be n session more THAN
thirty days
..lf ne let down the bars said the
member, land allow everybody 10 offer
all sorts of bills. we will stay here forty
five days and the people at large Wall be
no better off than had We transacted the
specific business for which We were call
Cd and gone home" In saeak'nE "f the
judgesaip fight, Mr. Southall. who Is one
of Judge Mann's warmest supporters. saio
III, had every reason to believe that his
friend would win ont
Mr.. Southali thinks some o. the votes
claimed by other candidates will be for
Mann wren the roll Is called.
It is stated on what appears to ne sooo
authority that in the even, of Judge D
G. Whfttle'ss elevation 10 the su Iu.,.
bench, Speaker Z. w. Saunders, OF r ranh-z
lin Will be a candidate to succeed hlm
for Judge of the Fourth Circuit
sneaker Saunders ranks as one Oh me
al,lest lawyers in his section OF 1he eIa.e
and his friends say he would make an ao-
1airable Circuit judge
state Senator W P Barksdale. oil da'-
flax. has also been mentioned as p,oua-
HE aspirant to succeed Judge White
,n9 caee of the latter's nomination by the
,a,,cts for the Supreme Court II is NOT
1.noIr,, nositively that either will stand
fr,rs4}, honor upon the happening OF the
,hoye contingency. or that they would
nppose each other for the place:
CAPTAIN LAME HAS, GONE.
,,onpress1nan John Lamb, accomoanieu
hy his secrtary, Mr. John G. Page, lei
r6r washington Tuesday to get his mat
1ers il, shape for the assembling OF the mn
81 session of the Fffty-siXth Congress on
"Wednesday next.
Cantasn Lamb will make a vigorous ell
fort to get his bills, providing Tor deep
water, for Richmond favorably recommend
ad h,r the Rivers and Harbors Committee
Of the House and then press Their passage
through the body.
The Captain did not take his family with
him to the short session. They VIII re-
main at their home. on Fulton Hill. while
The Ca2tain and his secretary VIII nave
their headquarters at the Metropolitan 10
tel.
Hon. John z. Epps thinks It will prob
ably be practicable for the Legislature to
pass a bill requiring the street-car COM
panies to furnish separate cars for the two
raccs-
Il see that -tralers' are being rim on
Main Street he said. II do not see why
niey may not be attached to all cars, and
il this can be done the problem would be
solved. It is matter worth looking into.
Certainly, it Is very desirable to furnish
separate cars for the races, il it can re
dnne In any practical way
Mr.. Srm- Donald. of Stanton, the,
deorkecper of the State Senate. was in
the city yesterday. He says very little is
being said about politics in his SEXTON
just now Mr.. A. c. Gordon is being
talked OF for delegate to the Constitu-
tional Convention.
Funeral Services.
The funeral services OF Mrs. Elizabeth
Station, wife OF MI. L. p Station, Of Ills
Ern Street who died 'T,,aSdo ,norr.