The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-03


=, tho 15gohth District Hon. John +.
Rixey. of Culpeper, is practically assured
of a denomination. ,,5,,o
.sFarmer" Pitcher, Of F'auquier; Judge
McCabe, of Loudoun, and Senator noilo,
hoe. of Alexandria, have all been tai>eo
of as probable candidates, but many VI
the county meetings have already been
hold and the delegates instructed TO vote
for Mr. Rixev none of the other gentle
mon having decided to contest Tor the
honor.
Colonel Joseph z. Willard, of Fairfax
has also been regarded as congressional
timber, but he, too, has declined 10 run
at this time.
will return a Congressman Of that pohtl-
~ HAS Nc OPPOSITION.
Judge William f. Rhea, of Bristol, the
able young representative from the Nlhth
District will be again unanimously CHOSEN
to lead the Democratic hosts Of the great
southwest.
To the convention that nominated him
two years ago. he said; In return for
this evidence of your confidence, / intend !
to shake the flag of Democracy in the face
of the enemy on every musings IN the
district" He kept his promise faithful
~ and conducted the most bfllllSl1s ana
engaging stump canvass ever made in
that section of the State, which resulted
in his election over General James A.
Walker by a majority Of $50 votes.
Judge Rhea is regarded as one OF the
most effective campaigners IN virginia
and he is exceedingly popular with the
people of this section.
1t is said that all is not harmonious IN
the Republican camp out there, and there
is a prospect of a lively fight Tor the
nomination for Congress.
General Walker, whose contest for Judge
Rhea's seat has been recently decided
adversely by the elections committee OF
the House, is regarded as a candidate
again. and he will very probably be OPP
posed nv Hon J. D. Honaker, member OF
the House of Delegates from sInyth ana
Bland
MIR. HoNAKBF TO RUN.
In fact Mr.. Honaker made the announce
ment of his intention to run to his friends
last winter, before the Legislature adj
journed.
He is a wealthy and popular farmer and
merchant and it is said that he will give
General Walker lively chase for 1.-THE
honor.
The district is considered close, but the
fact that Judge Rhea carried 1t over Cen
eral Walker two years ago gives him by
far the advantage i'll the present struS-
Gle
HOT BATTLE IN THE TENTH.
1t would be fairly easy for a shrewd. far
seeing politician to forecast the outcome
with some degree of accuracy in many OF
the contests which I have undertaken to
describe above; but ne is indeed a prophet
who can name the coor-bearer up in the
..Shoe-String District, which the lament
ed John Randolph Tucker used TO delight
TO call the "Old Tenth Legion OF the Viz
ginia Democracy
There are six candidates in the field,
each animated by a laudible ambition to
wear congressional honors, and each strug-
Cling hard for the nomination.
Senator Hal D. Flood, of ADpomattox,
long a conspicuous figure in the Democrat
ic councils of the State, may very justly
be termed the leading candidate, for the
reason that he will go TO the convention
with the largest number OF delegates De
hind him.
Every delegate from east of the James
river will stand for Flood, first, last anu
all the time.
"A CLOSE SECOND.
Congressman J. NJ. Quarles. Of Stanton.
will be a close second for the AppoIlattoX
man, and in the struggle between these
two leaders will lie the hope of the candi-
dates who will go in the convention vita
less original strength.
Colonel Robert Catett and Captain T.
H. Barclay will settle their differences
in their own county of Rockbridge. and
it is thought that only one OF their
names will be presented to the conven-
ton Good judges of politics seem to
think that Colonel Catlett will carry the
county.
In The Piedmont section of the district
there are two strong men out, botn from
Nelson. They ara Judge W. G. Loving
ana Co,nmonwealth's Attorney 8. L. Cor
don.
II has al! along been; conceded that
Judge Loving, who is a native of Amherst.
will get the eighteen delegates from that
county, and the best Information obtain
able very strongly indicates that ne will
also win out in Nelson.
A DANGEROUS COMPETITOR.
Should this be true, he would go to the
convention with thirty-three delegates, sui
fcient at least to make him very dan
serous connection for the nomination
II is also stated on, good authority that
the Botetourt delegation win most likely
be divided, and that THE brilliant Nelson
county leader will get some strength tnefe
where the has developed considerable pop
uiarity.
However this may me- 1t is now fairly
certain that the battle at Buena Vista
on the first day of Augustzwil be long
drawn out and that no candidate can reas-
! onablyz expect the nomination In the carry
stages of the convention.
II looks very much a. if the battle Will
be fought OUT on I2Hes slll2iiai y
drawn in the memorable Covington Con
yanrion two years ago.
SAME OLD FIGHT
Senator Flood was the leading candi-
date then. He is undoubtedly the leading
candidate now. He has lost none Of his
popularity and prestige in the district, and
# NAV. be said that no man in Virginia
has stronger or more loyal friends than
he.
But, like all human beings who travel
the thorny way to public life, he has his
enemies as we'll: and whatever else may
he said of the fight, 1t is largely a battle
| between his political friends and his polit-5
ical enemies.
The former are loyal. aggressive, per-
s;stent. The latter are Industrious. de-
t--r,ined 5i1ndaunted