Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-09-19
THE "LILY. WHITE" MOVE.
Virginia Republicans Trying to Find
What President Wants

What President Wants.
Especial .)-North Carolina and Alabama
having excluded the negro from further
participation in Republican councils, and
relegated him to the position of doing the
voting only, and South Carolina and
other Southern States preparing to do the
same thing, Virginia Republicans are
watching what is going to be the outcome
of the halfway promises that the negro
in that State. too, is to be removed to a
distance Not much has been done in
that direction to date, and apparently the
leaders are watching developments else
where, and trying to find out what the
President wants Everything indicates to
them that he is with Senator Pritchard
and the Alabama Republicans and that
he wants a white mans Republican party
in the South, but the old-timers like
Messrs. Agnew and Bowden are not dis
posed to rush quickly into new moves.
and particularly when not thoroughly
posted as to the wishes and desires of the
great head of their party. In other ways,
such as putting up candidates for Con-
gress, the organization is complying with
Executive wishes, but in that case no
doubt existed as to the Presidents real
intentions.
SECOND DISTRICT SITUATION.
1t is represented here that the situation
in the Second District continues to an
noy the organization in respect to a
congressional nomination. Leaders of the
regular element declare that there will ba
only one candidate in the district, and
that candidate will be furnished by them.
On the other hand. persistent lnforma-
ton reaches the Dispatch correspond
ent here that the Wise element is quiet
ly considering the advisability of nonH-
mating man of their own liking. 1t is
claimed that advices have been receiveC5
from the Republican Congressional Com-
mittee that the committee could not well
do otherwise than recognize a Wise
nominee after its action of two years ago.
and at other times Attempts to find if
this is literally true have not been sue
cessfu. and the Bowden element in the
district ought to know just how they
stand with Chairman Babcock and his
committee. If true, the chances are that
the Wise people will make a gum-shoe
canvass among their people. and arrive
at a decision later on to hold a conven-
ton. Contrary TO this information is the
Bowden view that after all there is COM
paratively little of the old Wise oppo-
siton in the district, and that the Re-
pubjicans there were never more har-
The claim is made that Alva
Martin so thoroughly controls the old
Wise faction that he will be able to hold
the bulk of it in cooperation with Mr..
Bowden, thereby preventing anything eX-
cept the most farcical opposition.
The fight on General Allan for reap
pointment as United States Attorney for
the Eastern District, is being utilized
freely by the anti-Bowden people who
still remain hostile They are doing Ell
they can to array the friends Of General
Allan against Bowden and his workers,
and have undoubtedly created some BIT
ter feeling. The fight for General Allan's
place will begin before a great while,
and there Will be lots Of fun at the i
Washington end for Virginia Republi-8
cans.
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