The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-08-15
VIRGINIA DEMOCRATS.
Big State Convention at
Norfolk.
CONTEST FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL.

The Democratic state Convent on,
which assembl, | in the Norfolk N'mory
at noon Yesterday, was an ext 'nSiNe
hndy There wer, 1000 chairs on the
Aoor of the hall. aud allof them Werc fill
ed II is true that there were op'y l,li2
votes. but many of the CONSTITUENCIES
sent double delegations. each member
with hrT vote. There X hardly m
other han N Virginia that WV seat 81
many people. besides having 90 'le.les tn
accommodate large audien =. Noi,o <,
| too, * we'll supplied withcNcellent notes.
| The A,mory. which j. on the second
floor of the C,5 Market House was
tastafrllv decorated with flags and the
chairs were so arranged that al were
within speakingdistn of the platform,
which was on one side. Surrounding the
platgol N were tables and chairs for 81
or more newspaper Orl}spondents.
The hall is lust nc ,OSs the street from
the Monticello Hotel where nearly al
the candidates had their headquaI ters
mud a ~ mt number of the delcgat =
stopped The rooms at Montague. WI
lard. lcfirics and other candidates were
constant. ,,hronged up 10 the operiug oi
the convention The headquarters OF
Willard wc,c only few steps down the
han 'om those of Montague. DR.. leCato
had his hcadQuai ,'rs AT the Atlantic
llot'
Ii has been said that "st-aws show
which way the wind blows, aud This be.
ing t-uc would seem To Pc It 10 the iact
that whatever control Montague had
over the delegations was used for the
candidacy uf Willard for the second rlG -
ON the ticket Montague badges welr
numerous aud they were dist.lbut with
a fun hard. At the same time when u
visitor was presented with Montague
badge he was also III scented with WI
lard button 10y MIR Mar ;. Valentine, at
Richmond through the cOu' " OF MIR.
Montague This might not mean any
thing at al aud yet IL X somewhat un-
usual unless there = a combination, To
:, , the alyert 'Sements of one candidat"
distfihu Il "a the rooms OF another at a
political convention.
Yellow ribbons, bcaringin hlack letters
the name of the'~ ,ayOrite, were worn 10y
the friends Of leGries. of Culpcpe', who
has made such a gallg1t fight for Attor-
ey-Gcneral
The state Commit selected the fol
lowing temporal officers for theconven-
ton
Temporary Chairman-W. =. Berks
Gale, Of Halifax county Secr'tory-tol
JOSEPH Bun ton, of Appoma,to. Sergeant
at .ns-R d. Nichols, of Nor'oN.
As soon a. the convention was called
to order at > o'clock yesterday aud the
temporary organization completed thee
committees on Orga1izat.On. cl lentirls
aud ! 's0lut ons wele appointed, the con
yent.on took a recess while the cOmml,
tee. were at work.
AZ ALLISON To HRlAN.
state senator Bp-ksdale, ~ h. speech
sad
"Twice we have .o"owcd a great mr. Z
to great defea,s but Democracy = not
the pal = of one mau. OF of one idea. We
are not contracted 10y any 'Pent up
| tea
Twice we have followed WifFu Jen-
pins Bryan and IL, silver To the sepul-
chre aud once To the resul lection; there
can be- no more tsui sectioDs of ~" d, al
no more sing rom the grave
IN the DemOo attic temple OF fame
which is the hearts of he people. along
side I homas JEFFERSON, Andrew Jackson,
Samuel j. Tlldep. and other great lead
e-s of the Democracy. we " place the
equally great Nebrashap, and on the
memories Of our past glOl .Ous record,
- silver at the ration Of Is to ] wiz
have an ahid X pie g as another cause
nob~ fought aud hOpelessness lost.
The committee on organization,
a.. ..od upon Nr Ca",er Glass, Of Lynch
burg. for peim 'eut cha npu.
Among the old leaders p. sent wee
Senators De 'iel aud Met. I md Colonel
Goode. but they did not r'ie an active
pa n the proceedings.
The reelection Of ". El'yson a. state
chai man aud the nOmiua, on OF ".
Montague f1d NJ WIZARD for Governor
and Leutenant-Gove, hor, respectively.
were fOregone conclusions. TIE great st
interest centared in the contest for At
to .ty-Geno rol. The cauddat's for this
office were J. l.. jeff es, OF Culpeper; W.
\. Anderson, of Roc, bi dye; Judge Viii
liam Gordon Robe son, of Roanoke; r..
$ Parks, OF Luray; Judge Sfnuel W.
Villa ns, of Wy che.
Atthe hour OF going to pr, * the vote
between these candidates Ea I not been
reached.
sPOTsYLyANIA AND CAROLINE WAENtD.
The following combination of threat
and VIZ ling appeared Tuesday IN let
tor in the Noi,o''l V'-gi1ia1-P' OF, on the
eve of the convention, signed & q Joj lies:
There n few counties u the Fist
dist. ct that may tFSe b; al; AccOmac
he's stood by them through chick nd
thin. and it may G3 well be known that
the people here now eyeilg SpOtsyl-
ver'a and CP~Ol1e u these count es
kI &c 4 coma at this ne N her fight
for Tidewater be.OI the Noi,O'k cOnyen-
ton it wi he some time before it wiz be
possible to get the memory OF the Nor
70 fight out Ofthe East IN ShOrevo rs,
: II ST dist. let men ON the above
nemed counties should went help on this
side Chesapeake q us Ell tote fa'r"
n this fight 1t wi" be better for the
Democratic pP ~ in the hereF ter, and
especially in the First di3,ict.'
First District Committees.