Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1901-08-30
POLITICAL.

IOLk1lCAL.
DIR. II. B. Ware was renominated
Saturday for the House over JOSEPH
Ii. Massey in Amherst county by 8
majority of 200.
Hon. J. f. Ryan, of Loudour
county, is prominently spoken of az
the next Speaker of the Virgins
House of Delegates.
Senator George w. LeCato and
Hon. s. w. Matthews will be candi-
dates for reelection to the Senate
and House of Delegates, respectively
from Accomac.
The longtime divided Republican
factions of Rockingham county, after
having carried many of their wran-
giles into the courts, have at last
come together.
The old machine was hand press
in comparison with the cylinder
which was so nicely oiled and put
into motion at Norfolk last week.
Orange Observer.
Now that the old "machine' in
Virginia is smashed don't lets invest
in one of new pattern-give every
man In the party an equal chance
Norfolk Public Ledger.
The religious bent of the Demo
cratic candidates on the State ticket
are as follows: Mr.. Montague is q
Baptist; Mr.. Willard and Mr.. An
derson are Episcopalians.
Delegates for Legislative conven.
tions have been elected since the
Norfolk Convention in mass-meet-
ings in Westmoreland, Spotsylvania
and Fredericksburg, and called to
meet next month in Southampton
1t has been discovered that MIR
Blair, of Wythe, the Republican
nominee for Lieutenant Governor
chosen by the Roanoke Convention
is ineligible to that office. The Con,
stitution requires that he must be &c
years old. Mr.. Blair is only 81.
The Democrats of Westmoreland
met in mass-meeting at Montross or
Monday and elected delegates to the
legislative convention. @. O. Baker
was endorsed as the choice of the
county for the nomination. A new
county committee was chosen, with
Walter r. Crabbe as chairman.
The new State Committee will
hardly meet until Chairman Ely.
son appoints his executive commit
tee about September 18th. The ap.
pointing power rests solely with the
chairman. Whether Senator Martin
will be reappolnted is an interesting
question. That gentleman has oc
cupied that position for the las
eighteen years.
Before leaving for Europe Sena.
tor Martin told one of the members
of the Constitutional Convention
from this district that he expects to
take the stump for Mr.. Montague
this fall. Mr.. Martin will return in
October and at once begin making
speeches for the Democratic candi.
date for Governor. This will be the
first time since he has been in poll.
tics that Mr.. Martin has gone on
the s.ump.-Farmer and Fisherman
An official of the steel strikers
association said that while the mem.
bership had always been largely Re-
publican and favorable to the tariff
still indications were strong in the
ranks that hereafter the suppression
OF trusts would be of more interest
than the tariff. He stated that the
trusts had grown stronger than the
government and that they were seek
ing to put wages under such restric-
tons that protective tariff would
more than ever be failure in main.
tanning wages.
Colonel Joseph Button, secretary
OF the Constitutional Convention
and secretary of the State Commit
tee, says that twenty-eight, if not
twenty-nine, of the fifty members of
the new State Committee are Martin
men, and that the Senator was still
in control of the party machinery of
the State. He did not, however,
think the fact that the committee
was for this or that man amounted
to great deal, as its powers were
limited. Colonel Button says he
will never vote for another large
convention and is of opinion that
the basis should be one delegate for
each 200 votes cast, instead of loo
as in the past.