Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1901-07-12
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

A whaling vessel reached Norfolk
few days ago with 10000 gallons
of whale oil aboard after an absence
of Is months.
Photographers now have cameras
down to such fine point they can
take pictures in 50,0OOth part of a
second exposure.
A company to raise daffodils on a
large scale has just been chartered
near Petersburg, where the land is
especially suitable for this purpose.
Northerners recently shipped several
thousand dollars, worth of these
flowers from piece of poor land
there.
The victory though was not alto
gether for Montague but for the peo-
pie. MIR. Swanson would have been
as acceptable to them as candidate
and could have won as easily, per-
haps, as Montague has, if their posi-
tion in the con test had been reversed.
Peninsula Enterprise.
Winchester, Va, having gotten
rid of mosquitoes by kerosene oil
Is over-run with flies and the
city council will take steps
to rid the city of the plague.
This is the first city to openly
declare war on the pests and the
result is eagerly looked forward to.
Hon. Claude Swanson wears the
willow. But not as one without
hopes. He is not beaten as the rep
resentative of the machine. He is
beaten by a better machine. And
Fate and metaphysical aid were
"agin" him. The Hon. Andrew
Jackson Montague is red-headed.-
NeaU York Sun.
A canvass of the sentiment shows
that the Democrats Of this county,
and in other sections of the Neck,
favor the nomination of State Senator
John l.. Jeffries, and the indications
now are that the Culpeper gentleman
will get solid delegation from King
George Georqe Corr. Rich.
mond Dispatch.
A number of Protestant citizens
of Toledo, o., believing that Rev.
Edward Hannin, Catholic priest of
that city, had overworked himself in
the interests of his parish in the
erection of q new church, quietly
collected among themselves over
81, 900 and rendered it to defray his
expenses on health trip abroad.
"What / want to know is whether
the people of Virginia will tear down
one machine to build another" said
a member of the Convention at MUIR
phys Hotel. "The campaign for
Governor has been made largely on
the plea of downing the machine, and
as it has been pretty successful the
question arises if 1T was not done by
organization-the machine"
The action of Princess Anne dele
gates in refusing to be bound by in
structions for Willard is the first dis
play of independence exhibited in a
campaign which, now that the head
of the ticket is safely over the fence,
seems bent on having the people of
the State swallow a man who is re-
puted TO have bought the guberna-
torial delegates with his barrel.
A viva-voce system of voting with
the negro holding the franchise
would mean the most bewildering
and far-reaching system of wholesale
bribery and bulldozing in the history
of politics. We would simply ex-
change the stealing of ballots and
stuiilng of boxes for the buying of
votes while We had money to spend
and the frightening of them after
ward.-RichmOnd Neacs.
al am a Montague man, but
want Swanson man on the ticket"
said member of the constitutional
convention. "The party is greater
than any of the candidates for office,
aud | want harmony above every
thing else. Put Swanson man on
the ticket, and think you will solve
problem. Nominate Jeffries for
the attorney-generalship. What if
he and Willard are from adjoining
counties"
That purity of motive and the
"best interest of the State" which
have always been uppermost with
Governor Tyler as a public function
ary, are being sought for by the Rock
bridge Nescs, that the people of that
county may know why Mr.. Saville,
an excellent county superintendent
and educator, was turned ont, and
DIR. Johnson, a politician, was turned
in-by Gov. Tyler and Mr.. Montague
last week. If Tom Martin and
Swanson had Done such thing the
very heavens would have darkened.
-StaunfOn Spectator.
The hearts of old-time Democrats
are gladdened by the temperance in
politics of the tariff issue. There
we are on familiar ground and high
ground, we know what we are doing
and we know we are right. The is
sue is being brought forward by tariff
reform Republicans-the same fell
lows who helped us to win in 1876,
1884 and 1892, and who have been
thrashing US so numerically while
We staggered and splashed around in
the free silver bag. We can win
with it all right-free trade, fair