The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-03-31
ER'NORSHIP IS
THE GREAT ISSUE.
The Coming Work Will be Very Live
in Politics.
SENATOR, MARTINS RETURN.
lie Will Be Back About Tuesday-Interesting
Question About Notice of Candidates.
Colonel Marsilall's Fight-Liye
Political Gossip.
SENATOR. MARTINS RETURN.

All that is lacliin to make the guber
material struggle fairly blaze with inter-
est is the setting upon a basis of repre-
scntation and a time and place for hold
| ing the convention by the Democratic
State Committee, which Hon. j. Taylor
Eliyson is expected to convene here with
| in q. short time.
II is expected that q. great many coun-
| ties and cities will choose their delegates
| soon after the State Committee meets.
Meanwhile all the candidates are pre-
| pairing for the fray and are toiling in
| season and out to get their organizations
! IN better shape.
| Richmond continues to be the storm-cen-
| ter of tho contest. and it is not unlikely
| that most of the important work OF the
canvass will be done here. 1t would not
be at all surprising should the convention
! be held in this city, it has not had one
since that which nominated Col. O'Ferrall
| in 1889. Meanwhile the honor has gone to
| Stanton, Roanoke and Norfolk. The lat
! ter city will put up 4 fight for the con-
| ventiol this year, but those who advocate
| Richmond as the place will put up a stiff
| fight and would seem to have good a-Su-
| ment on their side.
| BOTH FIGHTING HARD.
! The headquarters of Messrs. Swanson
| and Montague are the scenes OFF much
| activity these days Barrels of letters
| come into and go out from both, and the
two leaders are putting up the gamest
fight witnessed in Virginia for many
years. Not much talk has been heard in
| the last few days. but that is probably
| accounted for by the fact that the local
| leaders were tagged out after Thursday S
primary and We're taking a brief rest.
Matters will look up the first of the
| week however. The Governorship has
been given a clear field by the early non1i-
| ma atoms for the Constitutional Convention
hero, and when Senator Martin comes
| back tomorrow or Tuesday he and Mr..
| Swanson are expected TO make things
| hum" Senator Martin is certainly stick
! ing to his favorite and bending every
| energy toward his nomination. His in
| fuence here will be used to the utmost
| degree, according to his friends, to Sc
! cure a minority plan for the selection o.
! the delegates to the convention and ne
| is known to have a big pull with some
| OF the committeeman
FOR PRECINCT PRIMARY.
| The Montague people will contend Tor
| precinct primaries, and they say such a
| Dlan will be adopted beyond all question.
+! It is given as the opinion of many that
| Il any of the committeeman favor Mr..
! Echois, they will train under the Swan
| son banner in the committee. There is
no doubt that Messrs Montague and
| Swanson are regarded as the leading can
| d:dates here and the lines will be sharp
| " drawn between them in the great COM
| 1rittee fight, The hottest perhaps that
| has ever taken place in this city.
| Mr. Swanson is still in the city. He
| divides his time at his headquarters at
| Mur-,hy'; between receiving friends and
debating letters to his secretary, who
| iolned him and took charge Of his cor
respordence several days ago. When Sen
ator Martin is here-and he has said he
vii be in the city most Of the time until
the struggle is over-he stops at the
| Westmoreland Club, but joins Mr.. Swan
son daily in his rooms and gives some Gil
rectons as to the conduct OF the battle.
WILL HUSTLE NOW.
Mr. Montague has been engaged most OF
his time for the past month or six weeks
in the Supreme Court. but he will have
! until June 18th before that tribunal meets
| again, when he will have to go to Wythe-
| vile to look after the interests of the
! State. In the interim he expects to take
an active hand in the battle and is now
| working on the line of perfectinS his or
! -anization throughout the State.
! NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Echols is expected
i here again shortly. and Col. .SDick" Mar
| shall runs up every now and then to look
| after his interests. Neither OF the latter
| gentlemen expect to be nominated by their