The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-11-07

TIE TIMES

N l.N1.ES Isll 1I1MllsN
Will Jump right into the contest for the
tudgeship MADE vacant by the death Of
Judge John Paul. t would not have
his candidacy before the election, It IS
general thought that Colonel Hoge will
lose no time in going to- Washington to
see tie President. Indeed, it is stated
that Mr.. Roosevelt has asked him to
come there for a, conference.
8 Delegate Hooker, of Patrick. when tn
vention adjourned, laughingly re-
marked to his associates that If Patrick
went Republican they need rot expect to
sen himsi In Richmond any more this year.
Patrick, sad be to relate. has gone,
Republican, and the burning question now
is.tWill the jovial gentleman come back
and eat crow. or will a resignation be in
order?''=
ever BEFORE Nelson county has broken
away from the Democratic party and
given a Republican ma jority. The county.
was long regarded as one OF the most
safely Democratic in Piedmont, Va, and
its MA jority for that party always ranged
from 400 to 700 Hoge carried it on Tues
day by 800 majority and Mr.. w. II.
GGOCWln, independent ttepuDliCaH, was
elected to the House by a majority of 157.
1t will be seen that DR.. a. B. Fitzpatrick,
Democratic nominee for the House, ran
143 votes ahead of his ticket. Deep re-
gret was expressed here last night at
the change of front on the part of Nelson.
AIr. ". A, Land, of the Blackstone
Courier, was in the city yesterday. He
was much elateG over the splendid show
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day. It is thought that she probably
gave the heaviest majority OF any dis
trict in the State for the Democratic
ticket. The district returned only one
Republican to the Legislature. and he
was Dr. Mclean, of Mecklenburg.
Hon. Robert ". Blair was cordially
greeted by his friends, Republican anu
Democratic. when he walked into Muir
phys Hotel last night He is. personally,
one of the most peculiar men in the Con-
stitutional Convention He had little to
say about his defeat for the House OF
Delegates. 'Wait until you see the rep
resentative elected and you Will not be
able to guess why he was chosen instead
of myself he iocularlv remarked in re-
ply to the inquiry OF some friend as to
why he was defeated.
Russell county. is at Murphy's. He says
the Democrats of tho Southwest had IN
uphill fight, but hey did fine work and
won n great victory. Russell returns
Hon. ]. G. Gent to the House by orcr,a bly,
100 majority. 1t is still somewhat uncer-
tain as to how the senatorial district has
gone Tazewell gave about as large a
Republican majority az Russell gave Dem
ocratic. Dickinson and Buchanan are
yet to be heard from.
Colonel Meade Haskins is at Murphy's
He was formerly a leading attorney ut
tho Richmond bar. but for several years
has been residing in Brunswick county.
lie has his law offices at Blackstone. The
Colonel is looking, well. He was most
cordially greeted by his many friends
The familiar figure of Mr.. John D. Odell
was seen in the lobby of Murphys yes
terday. He is from New Kent and was
for a long time Il member of the State
Democratic Committee He was regarded
b. Mr. Harbour as one of the best politi-
cal workers in the State. Mr.. Odell says
he has sort of dropped out of active poll
ties, but still takes a lively interest in
the success Of the Democratic party.
Mr.. James r. Kemper. of Augusta. the
president of the Long Distance Telephone
Company of Virginia, is at Nurphy's for
q day or two. He says that at his precinct.
Baskerville, the Democrats at one time
feared they would be defeated The Re
publicans did some hustling and got out
their full vote. but the Democrats !carried
the precinct by a small majority
There is much talk of proclamation OF
the conventions work since the return of
that body here. Sentiment w.--ch already
strongly favored this course seems to
have grown rapidly since the recess was
taken.
Deep regret is expressed here by the
political leaders on account of the defeat
of Colonel Robert Catlett for the Senate
in the Seventh District. He is widely
popular throughout the State and his de-
feat Is regarded almost as a calamity by
the Democrats.
Mr. Absalom Waller. of Stafford who
was defeated for the Senate by Dr. g.
NJ. Wallace on Tuesday is five times 4
millionaire, and is a son-in-law of H. ~
Dupont. the noted powder king. of Will
mington. Delaware. Mr.. Waller is about
forty-five years of age and is a Rcpub-
lican.
Glenwood, the old home precinct Of
Major W. A. Anderson. of Roci1bridga,
gave him her entire vote on Tuesday,
white Republicans. negroes and all voting
for him. This was a deserved tribute TO
the popular Attorrey-General-clc