The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-03-14
CONSTITUTIONAL CON IGNITION

The Norfolk Typographical Union de
mands labor representation in the Con
stitntional Convention.
The Fairfax Herald wishes To register
the prediction that the new Constitution
will be- submitted for ratification or re-
lection To those only who will identified
To vote Hereunder, or not submitted at
ALL
II the constitutional Convention
should prove To bc n body Of men crcdi-
table to their constituents and to the
State at large, as we expect it will. that
result will pe chiefly due To the news
papers.-Rich. Dispatch.
Mr. Joseph Bryan. Of the Richmond
Times. will be formally requested by his
friends in llenrico county, to become a
candidate for the Constitutional COnyen-
ton. II is said the petition asking him
To run has already been signed by more
than n Thousand Democratic voters
The Democratic Executive Committee
Of Louisa county, met Monday. and
named April 9TH AZ the time to elect
delegates To a convention to meet at
Louisa on April G.l9Ol, to nominate
candidate for the constitutional Con
vcntiOn Each precinct will elect one
delegate.
Mr. W. l.. Royal. one Of the candidates
for delegate to the Constitutional Con
ventiOn in Richmond, has come out
squarly against the appropriation from
the public treasury Of any money for the
higher education Of the colored people
lie thinks this education IL dis
advantage To therace Mr. Royals views
as expressed at a club meeting were hear
tily applauded.
From all parts Of Virginia come re-
ports of preparations by the Democratic
party for the selection of nominees for
the constitutional Convention and live
" Interest il manifested everywhere in
the performance of this most important
duty. In many places the time and man
ner Of making the nominations have
been settled and men of the highest
character and ability are competing for
the honor.-lndex-Appeal
March court i'm Mathews county was
the occasion ola FREE interchange Of views
with reference To the gentlemen who have
discovered Constitutional Convention
bees in their bOnnets. Among the more
prominent of these may he mentioned ex-
Senator j. \. Stubbs and Mr. l.. e. Cat
lett While he il not an avowcd candi-
date. public sentiment is also crystallizing
Ia ia var 4 fu,l,,. n
Without fair elections good govern
ment is impossible; without voting
qualification, fair elections are mpossi
bile in State which has a large colorcd
population. 4 constitutional Conven-
tion has been called by the people OF Viz
ginia 20 make way for fair elections and
To correct the extravaganza and I'M
wieldiness Of our administrative system.
The results of the work will depend upon
the workmen whom the people select
Norfolk Landmark.
The Constitutional Convention il an
event of transcendent interest to the peO-
pie of this Commonwealth. and il may
he well To recOunt-i'irst. whatever is
done by this Convention will in all like
lihoOd. he adopted by the popular vote.
4 second reason for regarding the Con
vention of utmost importance rests in
the fact that its work is likely to have
the quality of permAnence. An additional
reason for magnifying the Importance
Of this body grows out of some Of the
peculiar problems which the Convention
will he expected to solve. The pressure
of these problems, probably more than
anything else, made the Convention n
possibility Religious Herald.