Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-08-24
DR.. WISE IN TOWN.
Talks About Bowdenites and Re-
publican Harmony.
Reitorates With Emphasis That He VIII
Not Withdraw From Race. and Pays His
Respects Rather Warmly to "rhc Other
Crowd"-Mr. Groner's Attitude.

DR.. Richard r. Wise, who represents
this district in Congress by virtue of
q Republican vote in strictly parti-
san contest in the House of Repre-
sentatives. was in the city yesterday.
With Mr.. S. Il. Carney. of Portsmouth,
and others of his supporters in this
section, he strolled about the city in
search of some sausage and crackers,
and other edibles indispensable to n
picnic on the peninsula, for the
doughty doctor is going TO a picnic
saturday, and "a lot of girls and a
preacher. and politician or two" are
going along and partake of the stores
which the Congressman laid in for the
picnickers yesterday.
Just why the doctor came all the
way to Norfolk to supply picnic COM
illssary. or why 1T required the assist
ance OF several OF his political sup,
porters here to lay in the proper as
sortment, was not explained to the re-
porter. But the doctor had in mind
no other object than the pleasing of
the appetities of the pretty girls. the
preacher, and the politician or so, who
are going to his picnic. lie told the
reporter so himself.
In one respect DR.. Wise is similar to
Tom Watson, of Georgia. The erst-
While Populist leader always prefaced
his red-hot interviews with the bland
''nothng-fo publication" remarks The
doctor had just strolled by the Custom
House with n sharp glance out of his
one good eye toward that official dom
icile of his arch-enemy when a re-
porter saw him. He wore n satisfied
look, and presented the appearance OF
a man who had, after hard labors, ac-
compliShed in triumph an important
mission. The sausages. crackers. ct
ceteras, had been purchased and paid
for.
Doctor. do you think there is the
slightest chance of Republican har-
mony in this district?" the reporter
ventured to ask, after the nothing
disqualification" avowal had already
come out.
Republican harmony?" said the
Doctor. in surprise. We've got all the
harmony we need. All the Republicans
are going TO support the nominee of
their party"
Would you. under any circum-
stances. withdraw from the Congress
sional race-say for n harmony candi-
date?"
No" the doctor replied bluntly.
mot even il Senator Hanna sug
gested it?"
NO" the doctor said. Just as en-
phatically as before. Then he added:
Hanna is not going to suggest any
such thing, and the other crowd know
it as we'll as 1 do. i am the candi-
date. and am recognized as such by
the National Congressional Committee,
and Mr.. Hanna has told the other
crowd that this Is the sole authority
The other crowd have never asked Mr..
Hanna to try to get me to withdraw.
and they are liars If they say they
did. They know the situation as well
as we do. and they know that they
didn't get any encouragement. If they
put up a candidate it will be only an
annex to the Democracy, and we are
fighting the Democracy.
mo power on earth can get me
down. Won't you just say that I have
been exercising myself four years try
ing to get in, and I have been very
successful and am not bothering my
self about coming down.
TO SPEAK IN OHIO.
At have received an invitation from
Chairman Dick, of the Ohio Republi-
cans. to go to that State and make
campaign speeches. and l am going to
accept. Senator Hanna has asked my
brother to go up in Maine on caIo-
paisning tour with Joe Manley, and
then my brother is going out West
campaigning. DO you think they
would ask all this Of us, and then kick
us down the back stairs?" concluded
the doctor. as IL he had cihcheu
strong argument.
loo w DEM LEI l<hAN - W.
If the attitude of DR.. Wise is de-
faint, that of the Bowdenites is none
the less so. Chairman Lowery, of the
Bowden Republicans in this city. de-
clares that DIR. Wise will have to
come down. He says the Bowden peo-
pie will never support him. They
predict the overwhelming election of
the Democratic candidate If DR.. Wise
persists in remaining in the field.
So 1T looks that after all, even the
powerful hand of Senator Hanna Will
fail in bringing the warning factions
even near to harmonizing.
MIR. GROWERS ATTITUDE.
Mr.. d. Lawrence Groner. chairman
of the committee Of ten, which went
to New York to see Senator Hanna and
have him intervene and coax DR.. Wise
out of the race, returned yesterday
Mr.. Groner said the meeting of the
committee of ten scheduled for to-day
will take place. but whether the friends
of DIR. Wise will meet the committee,
or what action Will be taken, he was
unable to state
His sole motive, he said, in taking
the action he has in this matter has
been to aid In bringing about n peace
full and harmonious settlement OF the
difficulties which for so many years
have paralyzed the efforts OF the party
as n party in this district. The com
mittee of ten was. in his opinion. amply
qualified to bring about this result. lie
EXPRESSED deep regret AT the statements
which Or. Wise has given to the press,
which show that the spirit of compro-
mise and Cancellation. which has been
the watchword of the committee, are,
unfortunately. absent in his CDR.
Wise's) character, However, he yet
hoped for the best. and would be much
surprised if the party did not yet pre-
sent solid and united front in this
district at the next election.