Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-04-06

Abingdon District and j. n. Tabb
u delegate at large. J. Boyd Sears
was recommended as elector for the
First District. Bryan was endorsed
for the Democratic candidate for
President.
The Erening Star Of Washington,
an independent newspaper with
strong Republican leaning, prints an
interview with Republican member
of the House whose name is concealed
for obvious reasons, stating that the
Porto RicaB tariff bill was strictly a
matter of barter and sale, a tariff on
Porto Rican goods being traded for
huge contributions to the Republican
campaign fund this fall. The mem
Der says that when the bargain was
made ir was not expected that there
would be such an cutlery, and it is
now too late to back down.
The Democrats of Middlesex have
elected the following delegates to
the First District Congressional Con-
vention: DIR. w. S. Christian, j. r.
Segar, Robert McCandlish, W. Ii.
Lawson, II. l.. Blake, w. II. Evans,
A. b. Evans, William Sadler and
George Northam. Resolutions were
passed endorsing the course of Hon.
William A. Jones in Congress and
instructing the delegation to vote
for his denomination. The pub
lished reports that the meeting was
opposed to Constitutional Conven-
ton was mistake. The court did
not give time enough to take up the
subject of Convention, but the
prevailing sentiment was almost
unanimously in favor of calling a
Constitutional Convention.
Representative Hay, of Virginia,
one of the members of the military
committee of the House, has pre-
pared bill to create out of the mi
litia of the several States a reserve
volunteer army for use in time of
war, to supplement the regular army.
1t is designed TO obviate the necessi-
tY of large standing army upon the
expiration Of the present law, July /,
1901, increasing the standing army
to 5000 and authorizing the pres.
ent volunteer army of $4,000. The
bill makes all citizens between the
ages of Is and 45 liable to military
service in the volunteer army. 1t APP
propriates $4,000,00O annually for
the maintenance and equipment of
the national guard of the several
States.
PORTO RICO BILL PASSED.
The sharpest and most prolonged
debate upon any measures since the
measures discussed by the memora.
bic 'War Congress" two years ago,
reached climax Tuesday afternoon
when the Porto Rico Tariff bill
posed the Senate by vote of 40 TO
81. Only committee amendments
were adopted. 1t bad been evident
for some time that the bill would
command a majority IN the senate,
but Notwithstanding this fact the
interest in the measure, both of SEN
o;ors aud of the public, had not
an instant. From IL o'clock,
when the Senate convened, until the
hour when the voting began, advo-
Gates and opponents of the bill
brilliantly and eloquently maintain
ed their ground.
ELECTION NEWS.
At the election in Chicago on
Tuesday, the Democrats secured 10
aldermen out of possible 80.
Municipal elections were held
Tuesday in all the cities and towns
of Arkansas. In Little Rock the
Democrats had no opposition and
only 335 votes were polled.
Mavor David s Rose (Democrat)
has been reelected mayor of Milwau-
kee, Wis 10y at least 5000 plurality,
over Henry j. Baumgartener (Re-
The contest was the
most exciting in many years.
Democrats Tuesday elected James
A. Reid mayor of Kansas CITY,
Mo-. by a majority of at least
1000. The entire Democratic
ticket, except a few members of the
lower house Of the City Council, was
successful. The present city gov
eminent is Republican.