The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-10-17
POLITICAL.

| county have filed the notification ct their
candidacy for the House and Senate.
! Hon. John : Wise. eN-Congrcssman
! formerly Oi Virginia, has written To
/ Seth Low. offering his services in his he
half in the fusion campaign for mayor ol
Greater New York.
Chairman pa9k Agnew. OF the Repuhli-
| can State Committee, says: "Ihc out
look for Republican success is most cN-
cellent We are all satisfied with the
outlook as it is today
Henry Wattcrson will have practically
no opposition for the Democratic nomi-
nation for Governor of Kentucky in
| 1902 His nomination. it is said. il
/ equivalent To his election.
The RidgcM ny Journal published in a
section of the State where swanson Is
very strong. says that there need he no
| fer that the Swanson men will not do
! their whole duty on election day.
Hon. ". L. Barksdalc addressed the
| Democratic voters of Northampton
county at Eastyille Monday. tie took
| the place of Hon Carter Glass. who was
too unwcll 10 I'LL his appointment.
EN.Congrcssman Thorpe, of Peters
4 burg. addressed "A small audience ui Re
puhlcans at Iccshurg Monday deVoting
/ most nf his speech To a criticism of the
work of the Constitutional convention
rammany Hall scoopcd the Fusionists
low gohhling upall the hill board pri, ilcgcs
and better part of the stray spaces Tor
advertising purposes The Fusion man
ayers couutcn,d 10y hiring nearly every
available hall in Manhattanuntilclcction
time
e T.. Baker Democratic candida'' for
| the House at Delegates for the counties OF
Westmorcland aud Northumberland. and
| Thomas Rail-. jr his Republican op
! poncnt. met ip Joint discussion AT lleaths
vile Monday Hon " \ Jones also
spoke
President Roosevelt can easily break
M the Democratic party IN the South 1t
he will persist M appointing Democrats
10 ohic,-providcd be- has offices enough.
There is a good deal of human nature IN
Democrats rs we'll rs in other people
lndcN-Appeal
The political situation in Virginia Is
not satisfactory 90 the Democrats The
apa'hy of some of the oli-timc leaders Is
causing "a good deal of uneasiaess in
some SECTIONS. and the fact that the Re
pnhlicaus are not making nominations
| i'm strong hmocratic counties Is taken
L. mean that the Republicans will do
nothing 10 bring ont full vote in those
counties.
Mr. George G. Elkins. of Rappahau
mock county. has announced hls cand-
dacy for member oi the legislature from
Page and Rappahannock MIR E'kins rs
| postmaster of NOodvile His opponents
are Capt Il : Parks. present member of
the legislature from the district and Col
| r. 4. Bickers. Mr. Elkius is Republi-
can. while both Capt. Parks aud Col
| Bickers are Democrats.
President Roosevelt has laid down the
admirable principle that If he cannot
find good Republicans Ia I'LL Federal
offices in the South he will not hesitate
to appoint responsible Democrats. lie
has just proved his sincerity 10y appoint
ing eX-Gov. Thomas q. Jones. OF Ala
hama. 10 be- lnited States district Judge
of the Middle and Non ,hern district OF
| Alabama The President says that his
| purpose Is to make every Southtrner
respect the Republican parry. That l.
To say. he Is following in the footsteps
of William Mckinley. whose appoint
ments had won the good will OF the
South.
| Tpon returning 90 Richmond a. things
stand now our Accomac representatives
| will take high seats in the Hall of Legis
lation. senator leCatO will be- first and
chairman on three important commit
tees. viz: Public institutions and EdH-
cation. Agriculture. Mining eud Manuiac-
turing. and Fish end Game. He VIII be
second on the committee a. 10 the Land
| Office. Delegate :. wilkins Matthews
wiz be first and chat. nan OF the COM
mittee on the Chesapeake and its Tribu-
| taries Tie will also be on the Public
Property Commit -Accomac News.
| ~ indications from out in the State
seem To point 10 increased assurances OF
| Democratic success this fall The get
ting together of the factions in Lancas-
ter. Louisa. Shena 1doah and other coun-
ties are taken a. healthiul signs by the
Democratic leaders. and they believe. too,
that the people are becoming pretty well
| assured that no white man viii lose his
| right of suffrage as a result OF the con
| ventiOn vots The campaign Is begin
ming 10 warm up, aud vigorous efforts
! are being made for success all along the
lines. senator Martin and Mr. Swanson
| are expected to return from Eur ope in a
| few DAYS. and il is said by one who
| ought 10 know that the former will 20
upon the stump in the interest of the
| Democratic ticket The position of the
| latter is well known, and he is expected
To do some heavy campaigning upon his
return. Richmond Times.
| The Charlotte Progress SAYS. We
| think the Democrats have got the hand
( est fight on their hands since the days OF
| Malone They are not fully united either
| upon the STAT ticket or upon the Con
| vention issue. and. in consequence. we
/ fear a considerable Pmount OF sulking
| and lay1ess Our campaign speakers
should go to every precinct in the State.
and especially TO the out-Of-way pr
cincts Plausible appeals are going TO
be made, especially 10 the i'literate OF
the State. and unless these can be reiuted
before they have time TO make a fixed
impression. the effect is going TO be very
bad for our party. in fact, misrepne-
sentation is going to be the keynote OF
| the C. npaign, and the Democrats have
simply got 10 get down 10 hard. steady.
unremitting work in order TO do away
| with its effects
We do not believe there is going to be
any sulkilg on account of the State
ticket The Swanson men win do their
duty TO the pc ty and to Virginia. and
| we confidently look 10 the counties
which sent delegates for him to the Nor