The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-23

w Bloom, editor OF the New Paris (OO
Mirror, In conversation last night adj
mitted that the Democrats would make
considerable gains in the Legislature.
though he said he did not think they
could elect Clark to the Senate. He adj
mitted. however, that Mr.. Clark and
his friends were making a most vigorous
fight. He thought Herrick would defeat
Johnson for Governor by n large ma
jority. Should Clark defeat Hanna there
are plenty Of people who would say he
would mako fine Democratic presidential
timber.
Right Rev. r. A. Gibson. Bishop Of
Virginia, arrived here Tuesday to at
tend tho Pan-American Congress of Prot
estant Episcopal bishops.
Hon. James D. Richardson. grand mas
ter of the Scottish Rite Masons. Southern
Jurisdiction, who in his address before
the Supreme Council Of the Thirty.thlrd
Degree Masons. Monday night. recon-
mended that no intoxicants be used at
any public banquet OF the Order, was
postmaster at the banquet OF the Royal
Order of Scotland at the New Willard
Tuesday night. While not a part OF the
Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite OF
Freemasonry, the Royal Order Of Scot
land in the United States Is composed al
most exclusively of Scottish Rite Masons
and the annual meeting is held at the
time and place Of the meeting OF the
Supreme Council Of either the northern
or southern Jurisdictions Mr.. O. a.
Hawkins and Mr.. j. F. Mayer. Of Rich
mond, were at the banquet
Lieutenant Commander j. T. Newton
has been ordered to report for duty IT
Newport News as inspector of equipment
OF works of the Newport News Ship
building and Dry Dock Company.
John G. Davidson has been commits SION
ed postmaster at Millboro Spring
Among the Richmond people here arc
Eugene W. Lipscomb and wife. R'ch-
mond: D. W. Watts and vile, Ports
mouth; v. l.. Fowlkes. South Boston.
stopping at the Metropolitan; r. G. wal
don and w. ]. Payne, Richmond: Frank
Harrison Norfolk c. c. Hyatt, Jones'
Vile. at the Raleigh.
REPUBLICANISM IN VIRGINIA.
Virginia Democrats seen in Washington
this week do not expect over dozen
Republicans to be returned to the Legis-
lature this fall. There are said to be
only about thirty Republican nominal
lions. In many Of the counties where the
party did decide to make fight there
was not and Is not show OF winning.
The declaration made by Representa-
tive Semp last May, and printed IN this
correspondence. that a Republican can
didate would be put up in every county
in Virginia. has not been one-third 1ul-
filled. viewed as a prophecy. have
met a number Of Virginian Republicans
in recent weeks, who are confessedly
dissatisfied at the showing Of strength
the party has made this fall thus far.
1t was the thought Of many Democrats
that the elimination Of the negro from
the electorate would cause the whites
to vote the Republican ticket I'M larger
numbers. but there has been no indi-
cation OF any intention of the white
voters OF Virginia to desert the Demo-
cratic standard.
A Tazewell county Republican said re-
Gently that he believed the Republican
vote in Virginia would hereafter be re-
duced by exactly the number of negroes
disfrnnchised- "dehornod'' they call 1t
out in the southwest cattle country.
There used to be one thousand negro
Republicans in TazewelI county. The
new Constitution left eighty.
GOOD MATRICuLATION.
DR.. II. B. Frissell the superintendent
of the Hampton Normal and Agricultural
Institute. Is at the Raleigh. DR.. Frissell
says the institution now has 1900 stu
dents larger number than at any time
In It's history. The majority OF stu
dents are negroes, but there are few
Indians matrlculated.
The scheme of instruction centers en-
tirely upon agriculture and related in