The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-02-23
REPUBLICAN,
FACTIONS ] / 5.
Congressman s1ernp and the Lily
Whites Probably Beatet, by
III. the Agnew Wing. .s8
slPE AND ANGEL 4 LOSE
The Slenip Faction Urged Them
for Delegates at Large and
State Chairman.
4 AND ANGEL LOSE

from eaCh precinct lINl ollo thisoi A'.Si
from eaoh To tho city sconven ton, to be
held held on the following night at snithdeal
Hall. Of, Broad Street.-The city corr
.vention will, In turn, choose fourteen
delegates to the State convention. to be
held In Norfolk on Marcel, Sd and also
delegates to the district convention at
West Point, or. March list. one week from
to-day. The district s. convention will
seloot five mem bers OF the state commit
tee OF the party The state convention
will choose four delega tes- 1: -large to tho
Chicago conventlon.to be held in June
Slemp Forces Routed.
Nearly all tho cities and counties have
chosen delegates to the State conver ton,
ana wherever, they have been chosen the
Agnew, OF organization. faction has gem
orally won out easily Only IN the far
Southwest have the slemp forces
achieved any success In !. Rocking CHAM ham.
ard Augusta, and In. various other sec
lions, where the Republicans 70 are nj
merous, the Agnew element has won
handsomely. y There seems to be no doubt A
that this wing Of the party. which em-
braces nearly all the office holders, VIII
dominate the convention, and they may
seect4whom they please az delegates to-
{Chicugo. 4sI It is questionable, however,
whether It will be- good party policy to a
altogether ignore the minority faction
Presenting that the congressional dis
tricts will hayethe, opportunity;tof recon-
mend their delegates to the national con-
svention, Congressman Slemp and his fac
ton will certainly be represented 4; Il
Agnew and Allen Likely.
$$Sl seems to be practically settled that
the Southwest congressman will have to-
be content with a place Us distr lctt dele
gate. for the two posi- lions rs deleg ates-$
slt-large from the western half 10 the
state will almost certainly go TO Inter-
nal Revenue Collector a gnew. Of Alex
andria, and Marshal S.. Brown Allen, OF
Stauntor. ~ XII
The opponents of the organization will
urge ex-DeleEate Robert II. Angel, OF
Roanoke, for State chairman. but they
Will hardly, be- suftl cientl is. nlln1 crous TO
do n ore than mpllinent Nfr.s Angel. Of
Roanoke city. with a few.tsYote
Judge Lewis Is Favored.
Who the two t-lnrge from
8.he eastern district will be Is, rot YET
settled. or certainly not &admitted.s.ifs
agreed upon-.sI t is a forcgone conclusion
that organization mem onl Twill stbetcon-f
sidered. While there are many who
would: like to see District Attorney L.;I1.
Lewis made a delega te-at-large, It Is by.
| no means certain. that he would accept
The post If rendered him without solicita-
lion. Ex-Congressman r. r. Thorp, now(
| II Norfolk, will almost certainly be one
md ex-Congressman George E. !. Bowden5
,nnId he thaSother. ! fine desired. 5s
Among those mentioned & for delegates
| from the various districts are Revenue
| Collector Rogers and General Stlth Boil
ling, of Petersburg. for the Fourth: and
Marshal Morgan Treat and Postmaster
Knight for the Third. These two gen
| tlemen are not exactly in the same fac
ton. since the last division and 1t may
be that one or the other will fall of be-
Ing chosen
In Other Districts.
For the second district. there are Mr.
Thorp, Mr.. Avah II. Martin. of Nor
folk county, Postmaster Fred Read, of
Newport News y Gus toms Collector r. c.
Banks OF Norfolk. and many others.
Among the we'll known First district Re
| publicans who may be chosen arc d. pu-
ty Marshal N. A. Coles, and Postmaster
.. NJ. Griffin, OF Fredericksburg. In tho
sixth district, Postmaster j. N, Mc-
I.aughlin, District Attorney Thomas Lee
Moore, Mr.. 81 III. Hoge, Delegate G. AZ.
IIeermans and OK Delegate r. IF. Angel
may3 be mentioned rs among The avail
able men. Elk Delegate George r.. Slpc
though beaten for delega tea t-large, will
proba bly, he urged for n Seventh district
seat Other well known Republicans IN
1.-the district embrace General u
Rogers, Mr. r.. ], Wnlkor, r. y, Crit
| 5fitr and D. S. Lewis. n.
Other Prominent Republicans. S
Among those In the Eighth district
prominent in the party councils, are
Messrs Joseph L. Crupper, of Alexan-
dria. and NJ. Is, Lowry Of King George.
In tho Fifth district Postmaster G. u
Barksdalo is very npt to be lii the rum!
ming if.yhe cares cares 10 60, but there are
many other prominent Repuh!icans8in the
district who may no chosen, among them
being Hon b.. A. Davis, of Tranl1lln;
Dr. G, r.. Smith, Of Henry \ ) = II. Pigg.
of Pittsylvania: State Senator Greear,
| OF C;rayson; Senator Turner and Dele
gate Thomson, Of Floyd, and others, NJ
In the Ninth district there is an abun-
| dance of material. from which to choose,
| Hon. r. w. Blair. of, Wythe will proba
| hly be In the fight, and Congressman
slemp may have to be content with q
| district delcgatc'S seat State Senator
| Noel, of Lee, lis a rising man In the par
Is, and promises to be better known IN
| tcw years, In the Tenth district Messrs,
| r.. a. Fulwller, John A. Noon, Heber3
Lyons. Senator. George a a. ReyercoMb
and a host OF others are mentioned
Agnew Chairman Again.
Tho Norfolk Convention will consist
OF about 700 delegates, No names have
been heard mentioned yet in connection.
| With the position OF temporary. nor of
that of permanent. chairman These
lhonors will probably so to some Or tie
ambitious young men Of ne party state
Chairman Agnew's recollection to that po-
sltion is assured unless he decline re-
election, and there Is no probability of
| that.
The new Republican paper, to be start
ed at Roanoke In March. and to- be
Known as the Virginia Daily Press. prom
SEES TO WELD considerable power, not
only in that section, hut throughout the
State, 1t Is dominated and controlled
by the militant wing Of the party.
MAJOR CHEATWOOD ILL,
Reported That This Well-KnoWn
Officer Has Pneumonia,