The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-02-27
CONFERENCE OF
THE ECH0LS men.
An Interesting Meeting
Held Here Last Night.
SWANSON AND LABOR.
He Writes Letter Asking the Sup
port of Union Men.
CANDIDATES FOR CONVENTION.
Mr.. Virsinius Newton and Major Otway ;
Allen VIII Be Voted For-Candidates
Developing Much Strength.
An Address Delivered
to Railroad
NJ en-.
CANDIDATES FOR CONVENTION.

A meeting of the Richmond supporters
of Mr. Echols for the Governorship was
held at Murphy's last night. one OF the
confe,ecs said after the meeting thae
plans looking to the capturing OF Il Sooo-
" portion Of the Richmond delesatloh
were perfected. The Echols men coi'ii-
IDENTIFY claim {: large number OF the deie-
gates from this city.
So do the Swanson men. Mr.. Swanson
will be here on the 9th OF March 10 AZ
tend the banquet Of the PM Kappa oiS
ma. An adnirer OF the Fifth Dlstllct
Congressman said last night that when
Mr.. Swanson came here he would ina
n good organization anxious to hSht 1or
a norton of the Richmond delegation.
/, was learned from one on the inside
l,st night that Mr.. Swanson is making Il
powerfil effort to capture the l;lpor Notc
of this city in his fight for Governor. Ine
matter came before one OF the laooi ui-
ions the other night in the form OF
letter from the Congressman, stating now
,nuch he had done for the labor people
and asking that they support nm Tor the
office The letter went over without ac-
zion until some future meeting, When
If is understood that it will be again
taken up.
If seems quite evident. however, that
the labor men will not be united III theit
support of Mr.. Swanson His name ap-
pears second in Il recently pupl's,ieo ils'
Of public men unfrendly to the EN-
n,oyers liability bill, defeated at the last
reuuIar session OF the General Assembly.
The first annual report of the Nir-
sinia State Legislative Board Ofdef
RAILWAY Employers has just been mace
public. and it furnished some hlSA!E ll,-
teresting reading, inasmuch as 1t tends
to show that the members OF tht ofoer
will take an active hand in the polltlccdi
contests which will engage the attention
q, The neonle oc Virginia during the pres
ent year.
The paper. which, it is understood. Will
be placed in the hands of nearly 41.oOO
1ailrCad employees i'll the State, deals eSpe-
cially with tho fight over the employers
liability bill Before the regular session
of the Legislature last winter, and marks
out the course which it is desired that
the labor people shall follow in the cam
paisn which is now upon the people OF
the State.
After giving a history of the fight and
the recorded vote in the House and Sen
ate on the bill the report says:
I'VE desire to call special attention to
those who were for and against US
Senator Thomas Martin, Congressman
Swanson. Lieutenant-Govcr1or Echols,
Lawyer Phlegar; Lawyer Ferguson, of
ApponattcN; Dcorkeeper of the Senate
Donald, Serscant-at--Nrms of he Senate
Watkins, Clerks OF the House George
Lindsay and c. =. Mann; Depot Agent at
Baskerville, on Chesapeake and Ohio Rail
way, Shepherd; Clerk of thu Senate Jor
dan All of these gentlemen fought us
very hard.
Attorney General Montague. Congress-
man Jones; Hon. c. Y. Meredith, OF Rich
nond Congressman Lamb and Judge
Lamb; Major Tyler son of the Governor:
City-Attorney Cabell, OF Danville: City
Attorney Pollard, Of Richmond; Mr..
James V. Trehy, of Norfolk; DR.. J. w.
Bryant, CT Crewe. These gentlemen
deserve our spe cial mention and support.
and we would most respectfully say that
the gentlemen are the workingman's
friends.
brothers. we desire to call your atten-
ton OF electing your representatives on
the Board nnd notify Devision No. % as
soon as possible; and especially call your
attention to try and take u more active
part in politics when it pertains to your
special interests, and would recommend
that the bylaws be so amended that men,
bers be assessed according to the State in
which his division is located. This will
reach every member in the United States
and Canadn. And Furthermore. would
suggest that this Board be a Cooperative
Board, composed of all railroad orsaniza-
tions. You know in union there is strength.
There are some States which have laws
enacted for the benefit of railroad men.
baS in, l,oos form pOnt1} ming T.iy
200 pages.
&c. W. PILLOW,
Chairman.
The report is especially complimentary
to Captain Il. S. Parks, OF Page. who was
the patron of the bill, and who made such
a brilliant fight for its passage 1t also
speaks in the very highest terms of Hon.
S. L. Kelley, of this city: Hon. a. Is. Fitz-
patrick, of Nelson, and numerous other
House and Senate lenders who spoke and
voted for the passage of the measure. The
doc u1rlent is a most interesting one. and
may have important bearing on the politi-
cal events OF the year i'll Virginia.
The announcement yesterday that Mr..
Virsinius Newton and Major Otway S.
Allen would be candidates for the Consti-
tutional Convention adds interest to a
canvass likely to prove extremely inter-
esting in many ways. IT is hardly likely
that any business man has ever received
a stronger call to serve his people than
has Mr.. Newton. In another column are
printed the names of a large portion of
the best known men of affairs of the city
who have fixed upon Mr.. Newton as a
man eminentiy qualified to represent the
solid interests of the city i'll a conveN-
ton to amend the organic law. Mr.. New
ton is. indeed, a typical Richmonder and
virginian of to-day. He is business.
frank, clear-headed. of few words co,r-
teous, a thinker. He has studied closely
many of the questions likely to arise
when the convention begins to consider
amendments to the present Constitution.
Much of what has been said of Mr..
Newton applies to Major Allen. He is
popular tl1rou ghout the city. having been
q very able member of the Board of AZ
dermen for a number of years. In which
body he has taken high rank as aeon
servative and Intelligent slaw-maker He
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