Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-04-08
POLITICAI,.

ne OtaIe CONVENTION Will pr0ba
bly, meet early In June in NorfolL
or Richmond. The delegates will
number more than thousand, rep
resentatiou to he based on the vot
of either 1900 or 1901.
Virginia will be in the throes O.
political strife during the remainder
of the year, and after the fall cleo.
tons are over the greatest contes
held for many years will arise owe,
United States Senator and State
officers,
The Washington Post Gays thai
"the South Is not discharging III
duty to the country, to itself, or to
the Democratic party by looking tc
Northern Democrats for guidance In
all things political; that there is nc
need IN postponing the performance
OF long neglected duty; no need for
the South, whose votes are the chief
factor in Presidential equation, to
be waiting for New York to name
the candidate"
1.-The chances of Joe Willard to se,
cure the Democratic nomination for
Governor are growing Simmer day BY
day." said shrewd Democrat TODAY
lie was asked on what grounds he
based the assertion, but declined TO
say. In response to a question what
would be the attitude of Senator
Martin, he having taken prominent
part in the last gubernatorial cam.
paign, he replied:"Mr. Martin will take
no part in this fight. He has one on
his hands himself which will occupy
all OF his time.,,-Richmond Corr. IN
Roanoke Press (Rep)
Capt. John N. Opie, of this CITY.
has announced his candidacy for
Congress from this, the 10th district
Capt. Opie has been III public life
for some years. he has just en- ied his
second term as State Senator for this
district where he served with credit.
lie was a gallant confederate soldier.
and since the war has written a most
readable book entitled "a Rebel Cav
alryman," replete with personal rem.
inisences of the war.-Sfaunton
Spectator. Capt. Opie endeared HIM
self to Underwater people as one of
the fonr up-country State Senators
who stayed the tide in favor of the
Jordan oyster bill.
There are today two grave dangers
that confront the Democratic party
and the menace of each ID about
grave. The one is that it
shall sell itself to- Wall street for a
fund and become sordid,
soiied and despised thing of the !
bargain counter, and the other is
that it shall lapse into socialism, be-
come stranger to sanity and wild
eyed and dishevelled advocate of the
visionary and Impossible. The bull
dog of plutocracy has the Democratic
SOW by one ear and the cur of social
ism has her by the other, and while
they pull and tug in opposite direc-
tons the animal seems incapable of
doing anything more efficacious than
standing still and sqpealing. In the
meantime opportunity beckons the
Democratic party. We can win this
year, beyond the peradventure of a ]
doubt, by putting up sound man
and a clean man. We cannot WIN |
with a traitor and we cannot win
With radical or man whose frank
appeal is to- radicals. The nomina-
ion of either sort of candidate would
De the signal for the departure of
Democrats in droves, either to the
party or the high grass.
But an able and loyal Democrat we
IAN elect. The country and the Re,
party does not want. Roose-
'elt. Even Republicans concede
hat. And yet with this situation
understood of ali Democrats, no
lefinite movement for an available
Democrat has been inaugurated. The
cleveland press continues to whoop
or the Great Stuffed, Mr.. Hearst
.oes ahead capturing delegations,
.udge Parker looks pleasant and
Ion. David Bennett Hill plays at
he game of politics that no man
noweth, but one that can be de-
ended on to find its finish in the
chris, as usual. In truth and sober
ess, it is situation as exasperating
IL is dlsheartening to the Demo-
rat who sees the opportunity and
ne danger that it will be neglected.
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