Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1901-08-16
THE NORFOLK CONVENTION.
Montague, willard and Ander-
son Nominated.

Norfolk is one snrging mass of
Democratic humanity this week.
Nearly every delegate is on the
ground and the hotel lobbies are
thronged with them and enthusiast
tic spectators, who are shouting for
their respective favorlties.
The State Committee met at the
Monticello Hotel Tuesday night and
selected temporary officers, as fol-
lows: Chairman, Senator w. p.
Barksdale, of Halifax; Secretary,
Col. Joseph Button, of Appomat-
tox; Sergeant-at-Arms, Capt. II. ID.
Nichols, of Norfolk city. This was
the only matter that came up save
the reading of some communica-
tons. The meeting was without a
feature and lasted but a short time.
The platform planks demand a
more thorough public school system,
an Improvement In the present meth
cd of keeping the public highways
IN order and an enlargement of the
penitentiary and the most humane
care of the deaf, dumb and blind of
the State. 1t will direct that the
State committee formulate and put
into operation general primary
system FOR the nomination of State
officials from Senators down, in
GLIDING members of Congress, and
will in all probability endorse the
principle of a fair and equitsble liza
bility bill.
1t will point out what the party
has done for the State by converting
"a looted treasury into one containing
a surplus without an increase in
taxation, and will pledge that con-
tlnuance In power will guarantee
further prosperity and relief to the
people. 1t will not deal with mat
ters relating to the work of the
Constitutional Convention, but after
treating the subjects mentioned
above, will call for the enactment
of such statutes as will rebound to
the material advancement and pros
perity OF all the people.
Is TO l 4 PAST ISSUE.
State Senator Barksdale, tempo
rary chairman Of the convention. in
his speech said of Bryan and free
silver:
Twice we have followed a great
man to great defeats, but Democ-
racy is not the party Of one man or
Of one idea. We are not contracted
by any 'Pent Up Utica Twice
we have followed William Jennings
Bryan and free silver to the sepul-
chre and ouce to the resurrection.
There can be no more resurrections
of the dead, no more rising from the
grave. In the Democratic temple Of
fame, which is the hearts of the
people, alongside of Thomas .J.ffrr.
son, Andrew Jackson, Samuel J.
Tiiden and other great leaders of
the Democracy, we will place the
equally great Nebraskan, and on the
memories of our past glorious rec.
ord, free silver at he ratio Of rs to
l will have an abiding place as
another cause molly fought and
hopelessly lost"
Special TO the CITIZEN 10y wire-Thursdar.
t:3o p. MI
Hon. A. J. Montague for Govern
or and Jas. +. Willard for Lieut.
Governor were nominated by the
Convention last night. The Attor-
ney-Generalship fight was bitter
one and Anderson was nominated on
the second ballot this afternoon.
Garter Glass was made perman-
ent chairman of the Convention.
w. A. Jones was made chairman of
Resolutions Committee and delegate
Saunders of Committee on Organi-
cation. All First District members
of State Committee reelected.
Swanson withdrew and in doing
so pledged his hearty support to the
ticket.
DR.. Geo. w. LeCato, Of the
Eastern Shore, made a game fight
for the Lieutenant-G overnorship.
but there were too MANY odds against
him aud for another time Tidewater
will have no representative on the
State ticket.