Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-05-27


the enthusiasm the Judges friends
wish to see. Itneed not surprise any
If Parker and Hearst will succeed
IN killing off each other, and that
some leader like German or McClel-
Ian will win the nomination.
George @. Cabell, formerly Cover
nor Montague's chief of staff, is ex-
pected to run for the next nomina-
ton for Acknowledgement of Virginia.
Judge Samuel Williams, of the South
west, will also be a candidate. At
torney- General Anderson will stand
for denomination.
1t is estimated that at the end of
the next fiscal year the deficit in the
national treasury will be $77, 900, 900.
Similar conditions prevailed in 1898
when the Republicans turned the
government over to the Democrats.
Should the Democrats elect the Pres
ident this fall, he would be confront
ed by depleted treasury when he
entered the office.
Charles V. Meredith, of Richmond.
a gold Democrat and an uncompro.
missing opponent of w. j. Bryan in
the two last campaigns, has been
chosen a delegate to the st. Louis
convention by Richmond Democrats.
There is no straight-out Democratic
paper in Virginia's Capital, and the
voters have been stampeded into con-
ditional Democracy.
The Attorney General states that
while a man attaining his majority
after May 8, 1904, can vote in No
vember next despite the fact that he
has not paid his poll tax six months
prior to the election, yet before do
ing so he must go to the assessor and
have himself assessed and pay per-
sonally the $3.50 poll tax. So all
young Democrats who will come of
age this year are urged to go to the
proper officials and pay the poll tax.
The Democrats of Fluvanna adopt-
ed resolutions deprecating the attl-
tude of certain so-called Democratic
newspapers towards Mr.. Bryan" but
declares that ain the interest of
harmony and for the good of Dem
ocracy and our common country. we
gladly welcome to our ranks again
all who may have differed from us
in the past" The resolutions fur
Their declare "that we believe the
platforms of 1896 and 1900 contain
the clearest enunciation of human
rights that have been written since
the days of Jefferson, and that the
ablest and most patriotic exponent
of the principles therein declared is
William Jennings Bryan, of Ne
braska."
Ex-State Senator Bibb said to
Tunes Dispatch representative: sour
delegates to the State convention will
be chosen on June 4th, and while
they may not be instructed, they will
join heartily in any fight which may
De made against the State primary
system. The people up my way do
not like this new departure, because
it is expensive, and because it puts
1t IN the power of cliques and court
mouse rings to nominate candidates ,
for Office whom the voters do not
favor" What Senator Bib says con-
corning the primary is not surpris-
ing to the leaders here, as like reports
are coming in from other sections of
the State. A gentleman from one of
the Underwater counties, who was here :
the other day, said his people were
against the primary because they
desired to defeat certain candidate
for Governor, who is thought to have
great strength before the people,
ItnleS-Dispatch.
Reports have it that Hon. Carter .
lass will be opposed in his congress :
'ional aspirations by State Senator !
barksdale, of Halifax; if this shall :
come to pass, there's going to be a :
not time in the old Sixth, for no one !
Who knows the Senator from Halifax !;
Will doubt that he has an effective =
way OF doing things and is seldom, =
I ever, betrayed into the folly of .
eadIng such a thing as a forlorn .
nope. Very likely Mr.. Barksdale h
ealizes fully the magnitude of his .
undertaking.. and has practiced the .,
'recaution Of counting with measur- q
'ole accuracy the cost. The great \
pillar OF Barksdale's strength lies in Il
lis Irreproachable record as a public y
erVant, a fact which practically y
llsarms his prospective antagonist a
Who has always seemed to us at his "
'est In the control of invective speech,
nd who will hardly relish entering c
campaign in which it will not be
Competent to appear with that panied
xpressIon so familiar to Virginians G
nd proclaim himself prosecuted tc
nd martyred man. The Senate of
'lrginia can i'll afford to part with il
UGH men as Barksdale; he has served
ls State generally and people par e,
lcularly faithfully and well, but cI
'hlle this is true it furnishes the II
est OF reasons why he should receive
first because in an en- n
arged sphere of activity it is fair to
ssume that he can and will be of q,
reater nse than before, and secondly o.
ecause the work he has done en-
tiles him to the plaudit of well done G
nd an invitation to come up higher. a.