The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-03-24
Mr.. Montague's Friends Appear Very.
Happy.
He AND SWANSON ORGANIZING.
All The Candidates Have Entered the Primary
and Signed a Pledge TO Be Faithful
Democrats-A Hot Finish for the
conycntion-G Gossip About
Republicans and
Labor People.

n'he week just closed has been an in
tcrcsting one in politics in Richmond.
The one just opening promises to be
equally warm.
The gubernatorial struggle, which was
in allegiance for several days, popped UP
with much prominence on yesterday,
and the friends of Acknowledgement
Montague were in high feather. Those
OF Mr.. Swanson were rather more quiet,
but some of them said: You just wait.
Swanson and Martin will return here
Monday and then things will fairly
hum
The Congressman is in Washington
with Mrs Swanson, but is expected to-
morrow, and Senator Martin, who is at
his home in Scottsville, Will join Mr..
Swanson and take up the latters light
where they left off a few days ago.
WHY THEY ARE HAPPY
Several things have happened in the
gubernatorial situation in the last lew
days to make the followers OF the At
torney-General wear smiles. The organl-
cation OF a Montague Club of such spien-
Gid proportions in Danvile Friday night
set 1nS1n 10 ldihiils5 SlASSiHs
chances of their leader yesterday. His
trip to Newport News also had an in-
spring tendency and they pointed to
these things as indicating that his sup
porters were active and enthusiastic else
where as we'll as in Richmond Both
Messrs.- Montague and Swanson are
building up powerful organizations al
over the State, and are fighting as IL
their political lives depended upon de-
festing each other for Governor before
the convention next summer,
WILL BE y GREAT FIGHT.
After the Constitutional Convention
primary shall have been disposed OF next
-!-hu,.sd4y, and Mr. EilYson has convened
The State Committee, which he is ex-
pecfed to do shortly, the greatest battle
eyer wased for Governor OF Virginia Will
he fairly on. No one doubts that the
tierccst part OF the struggle will come be-
tween Mcssrs Montague and Swanson,
though MIR. Eclols and Colonel Marshall
are both active candidates
The State headquarters of both the
leading candidates are practically open
mere now and will soon be running .fuli
hia Here is the battle ground 1of
MANY reasons It is the city with the
largest vote. It is centrally and convent
A,.7,- located and is the Mecca around
which ali politicians gather from time to
time.
Tho CITY Committee will have q hot
V-ransle over the plan for selecting dele
rates to the convention. Both SIDES are
claiming the victory, but indications point
strongly toward the adoption OF pre-
cinct primary plan
A SPIRITED STRUGGLE.
Tho constitutional Convention candl-
dates will have a hot race from now until
T1,IIyS 6.3I y
,rorrow night the Marshall Democratic
Ci,b will hold big meeting at Corcoran
lIaE on Church Hill, and all the conVen-
,ion candidate have been invited to at
Tend and state their positions on the
questions at issue. Mr.. L. c. Hicks IS
president of the club, and has made ar
rangements to have a large crowd OIL
voters present. 1t is hardly probable, IN
view of the short time before the PR
mary. that any other club meetings will
be held, but the candidates will lose no
time squirting up their friends and
seeking the votes of those whom they
have not already seen on the subject
While all during the canvass there have
been r,mors that money was being spent
by some of the candidates. no one seems
to know that it is true. and the presump-
ton is that all have kept this agreement.
ALL HAVE PAID UP.
The time in which candidates may enter
the primary which will be held next
Thursday to name Democratic nominees
fo- the Constitutional Convention, cN-
pired at noon on yesterday, and all those
whose candidacy had been announced paid
the fee of $50 and signed the pledge eS-
acted by the City Committee, binding
them to support the Democratic party,
city, State and national" Not a single
one of them objected to signing the
pledge, and the willingness with which
they subscribed to it is taken as an indi-
cation that the Democratic party is fast
coming together. several of them having
been strong gold men," and not having
been at any time in accord with the
Democracy as expounded by Col. W. j.
Bryan.
LISTS OF CANDIDATES.
Chairman Dohcrty, Secretary Schen,
and Treasurer Tyler, OF the committee,
were in the 1atter's Office yesterday morn
ing, but long before the hour of noon
all the candidates had paid up and in-
dicated their purpose to stand for the
convention.
Following is a complete list Of the cam
didatcs who will run in the primary.
their names appearing in the order in
which they paid their assessments:
William l.. Royal, "A. S. Buford, Geo.
/. Christian. George D. Wise. Sol. l..
BloO1ADcfS, Ns.F v. -hSIStttll, >JHos 3diIdtd
Pollard, J. S. Moore, James w. Gordon,
Jro. a. Curtis, r. Carter Scott, Hill
Montague. yirginius Newton, A. S. La-
nicr and S. S. p. Patteson.
The candidates desire their names
spelled on the ticket as they are given
above, though they will be printed in
alphabetical order
All save Messrs. Scott, Montague, New
ton. 4Lanier. and Patteson had previously
neja their fees, 50 these were the only
ones who ..ponied up Yesterday. The
first to enter was Mr. Royal, while the
last WAS Mr.. Patteson. The thirteenth
man is Mt. yirginius Newton, but he
rather likes that number, as he married
Mrs Newton on the 18th, md has since
regarded ii as lucky ather than other
wise. Jf Mr. Martin Meredith Lipscomb