The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-08-29
POLITICAL.

Because of his engagement as secretary
of the Constitutional Convention Col.
JOS Button has rendered his resignation
as secretary of the Virginia Democratic
Executive Committee.
Mr.. Bryan may be the Democratic can
didate in 1904 all right, but the State
conventions are at any rate determined
that the Bryan campaign shall not begin
in 1901 -Index-APpeal.
In mass meeting OF Democrats OF
WestmOrela1d county, held at Mon
trOss Monday, {. c. Baker was endorsed
for the House of Delegates and Walter K.
Crabbe was elected county chairman.
At primary held on the oath in the
NewtOwn district ten delegates instruct
ed for George c. Bland were chosen to
attend a convention at King and Queen
Courthouse TO nominate a candidate for
the House of Delegates. At a primary
held on the same day in Stevensville dis
trict eleven delegat rs were instructed for
r. y. Pollard for the House.
The Loudoun county Democratic conf
mittee met Monday and ordered a pri-
mary election for September 81 to nOmi-
nate a candidate for the House of Dele
gates and to choose a candidate to be
presented to the Joint convention of the
counties of Fauqpier and LOudOun. called
to mCet in Middleburg Get. > tonominate
a State Senator and flOater delegate
No candidate he's as yet announced hinb
self for either place.
Chairman Park Agnew denies tie
published statement that he cOntemplates
calling a meeting of the republican State
committee next week in Richmond to Sc
let a candidate for Lieutenant-GOy
in place of Robert w Blair, of Wy the.
He says it is his intention to cal meet
ing of the State Executive Committee in
Richmond September 9TH, the object of
which VIII be to fol- nulate aggressive
plans for the fa'l campaign.
Mr. Montague viii not decide the ques-
tion of meeting Col j. Hampton Hoge,
the Republican nominee for Governor, I'M
til the matter has been passed upon by
the Democratic State Committee. Chair
man Ellyson Monday morning had a
conference with Mr. Montague on this
and other matters. Personally the AttOr-
ney-General is in favor of meeting his OPP
ponent on the stump He will, however,
leave the matter to the committee of his
party.
The Culpeper Exponent takes the de-
feat of Senator Jefries rather ungra-
ciously it seems to Ut, and though it prints
the Democratic ticket at the head of its
editorial columns. it INDUCES in enough
"sIams" in the space underneath the
names to rob the action OF its effect. The
Exponent, with its intimate experience
with political machines, ought to know
how TO take defeat gracefully and to ac-
cept the new machine as an inevitable
fact.-Newport News Press.
At meeting of theAccomac Democrats
Monday DIR. j. w. BowdOin, who has
been chairman of the county committee
for fifteen years. was reelected. ResOlu-
tons providing for the holding OF a pri-
mary on the 14th OF September were
adopted. n b. Wescott offered a resO-
luton that in the event that not more
than one candidate for the Senate and
House, respectively should send notitica-
ton to the county chairman OF theircan-
didacy on or before the 9Th day OF Sep
TENDER that no primary should be held,
and that the one candidate for each place
who had sent in his notification by the
latter date, should be declared the candi-
date of the party. 1t is generally con-
coded that the result of the proceedings
will insure the nomination of DR.. LeCato
for the Senate and Mr.. Mathews for the
House