Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-06-03
POLITICAL.

VIII iCAL.
Grover Cleveland says Judge
Parker will be the Democratic NOM
inee.
The Democratic State Conventio
Will meet in Richmond on Thursday
OF next week TO elect delegates and
electors at large to the St. Louis
Convention.
Accomac's thirty-two delegates
favor State Senator Is. Il. Gunter for
elector on the presidential ticket
from This district and DIR. Frank
FLETCHER as district delegate to st.
Louis.
Essex Democrats elected the fol-
lowing delegates to the State Con-
'entlon: w. j. Parker, Ii. South
worth, Z. L.. Lewis. j. Ii. g. Beverly.
Joseph Baker, ii. l.. Newb,ll. G. b.
Newbill, James N. Lewis, and e. M.
Ware, jr.
The Maryland delegation to st.
Louis will be headed by Senator
German. The Senator is not "hanker-
ing" after the Presidential nomina-
ton, declaring himself satisfied with
present party honors. He was the
hero OF the State convention, which
met in Baltimore.
Congressman Swanson, who heads
the Pittsylvania delegation to the
State Convention, will cast the vote
OF the entire delegation for the pri
mary plan, but with changes, among
them one making the primary apply
ID county as well as State and
national officers.
The time having expired and no
other candidates having offered their
names for the Democratic nomination
for Congress, Hon. w. A. Jones is
again the nominee of the Democratic
party for the First Congressional
District. This makes the eighth
time Mr. Jones has received this
honor.
The Democrats of Mildlesex
county in mass-meeting adopted res
olutlons lnstructing the delegates to
the State convention to support
State Senator J. B. Sears for elector
at large and Congressman w. A.
Jones and Gov. A. j. Montague as
delegates at large to the national
convention. A resolution was also
adopted indorsing the primary plan
for the nomination of all officers.
Virginia negroes are stirred by a
report from Tennessee that move
ment Is on foot there to call a con-
yention to nominate a colored man
tor the Presidency. Negro leaders
In Virginia are in favor of such a
move. They do not believe that the
slightest chance of electing a negro
exists, but they think it most ex-
cellent political move in that it
would organize the negroes all over
the Union and keep them organized.
Mr.. r. L. Mcleod, of the auditors
Office, who las just returned from a
visit to his old home in Rockbridg.
and thence down the Valley to Win
chester, stated yesterday that while
ali three of the candidates for Gov
ernor had many supporters in the
Valley, Messrs. Swanson and Willard
appeared TO be the stronger. Mr..
Willard, he said, was very popular in
Lexington and Rock bridge, being an
old V. NJ. |, student and a great
friend of the institute. In the entire
Valley he believed Mr.. Swanson was
somewhat stronger. I'm my entire
trip from Lexington through Rock
bridge, Augusta, Staunton, Rocking
ham, Shenandoah and Frederick. III
hardly met a man who was not out
and out for Martini" sa d Mr.. Nc
Leod, "This was rather surprise to
me, for a year or two ago there was a !
strong anti-Martin sentiment in
Rockbridge- Now, however, | hear
no one talking anything else for the
Senate but Martin. Times DisDafch