The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-06-09
By No Means Certain Who Wilt
be -Four Delegates to Ma II
tional Convention. s,
GOVERNOR MONTAGUE is q;
VOTED FOR BY MARTIN MEN NJ: N \
This Statement Was Made La!stta !stsa
Night, the Agreement Having
Been Reached at a Midnight 81
MeetingF Fight for Viva 3
Voce Method Of Vot-
ing Is Certain. 3siSs

Aga State NOnVcHC1OIl CAPSG@S'NHAA 3e'>N{ssSS
instruct for Fitzhugh Lee tor the%
Vice-P Presidency. SAL
The Delegates at Large: Sem Sen II y
ator Daniel, Senator Martin, Gov 9l
ernor Montague, and fourth
not possible to forecast. .s
Convention is not expected toIS; t'ss
do more than endorse Judge
Parker for the Presid dency. 5sS
Sharp contest for places ;1!s a!sS
Electors at Large; the result 4 s. ..8S
much doubt. ssss
Contesting delegations will
take up much Of the time Of the
district meetings to-day; no ap-
parent prospect Of Element ir1S
the meetings, except by the frac.-sl r'a5ls.,sl
tional vote method.
agT The Democratic state Convent lion #yyi III
assemble at noon to-day !, ithoutlss sthssss
situation having been cry greatly ac!arl-
fied as re CARDS many Of theS Stnotst In pof
tant questions w.lh hichE g the body WI
l3have to deal The State Committee last
night selected temporary officers for the
convention, but It did nothing more
which had any tendency to clear the at ~
1nosphere and make the result OF to-day's sS "
session anything OF foreg ono4 81 r1,
The committee adopted the re port q 33fl
the subcommittee appointed to draft y
amendments to the primary pla 5ttI u 3
changed the report SO as to strike ouu OUT n
the recommendation for the secret oallot se
IN ali primaries by the adoption OF q II
substitute which proposed to leave to4lne
local party authorities the question oE @
using either the secret ballot or tae
viva yoce method In local elections. It IS /
certain that the report will be the SUBJ, =
iect of not debate in the conven tion.
,rhe question Of who shall be the dele- x
| The convention will instruct for Gems
eral Fitzhugh Lee for the y1cesl;Eesl--H
dency.a The question Of giving such tln-s
structlons was raised yesterday. ana
after much discussion 1t was dete rmlnea
that he should be seen IN regard y g us tip1ES
| matter.
/ General Leo told the delegation Wnicn
| called on him that he would be wiling
Sto have tile delegation lHstruc. 60 t,t.si ioL.
Y him for second place on the u 5tlcKasy tlcsy ~ y
! such action were taken without g nsnsss e,...
There will be no such l.ght necessary
4 and the instructions Will be Voteo.
pat es- at large to the Natlona!
was the burning one Of yesterday I2,is I2,is'. gs #
cussion OF lit ragged until mldnight' any .t.,
| n was impossible at that hour 70 illltl illls q
q man who would be willing 70 say ti.n.
| than that the two senator's aha y. ". !. III
/ Braxton would be three or the Iour. Ssh Il.
4 Ia believed that Representative ones WIZ VIA
! be the fourth and IT looks as y. .no
| stands the best chance but SpsakoEss
RYAN and Representative Maynard are
i IL tha field with good chances III thelrlas
! favor. One Of the most astute poll ticians =
l,n the state said late last night ne
4 ,honpht there was no doubt Mr.. Ryan 4
4 would be chosen, Y
Not Fighting for Place.
4 Mr. Jones has not made q canvass for a
tha Mace. and II he is not chosen many z
4 A. his frineds will be more disappolntteeo eo . u II
4 than he IT have positively refused Y
maka a fight for the place ne salo. .'t &
hIs usual deliberate way, 10 representa-
tive az The Times-Dspatch last nlght.
"I made a fight for It four years aso'
and + said then / would never make ans
ot,,sr one. The convention may do as ~
pleases so far as am concerneu'
4 Mr.. Jones spent much OF his time apoaI q
tho Hobbies OF the hotels yesterday, lpus
n nlVlt lie WAS dt tA1o SSSsAsN' -
sta,a Committee and took the most
prominent part IN the debate on the spri-
mary plan amendments,
III am candidate for one OF the
nIaces as delegate-at-larga to the Mas
| tIonal Convention" said Speaker Ryan.
few moments after he arrived at Mur-
phys yesterday afternoon, Il have not
made an active canvass, a NUMBER OF
my friends have asked me to stand fof&
the position. have assurances OF their
| support, and I believe ] am justified IN &
thinking L will he elected
Maynard Very Active,
/, Representative Maynard has some OF
the most active men in the conversion az
work In behalf OF his candidacy, Juds
| ing from the character of the support hsa Il
Is receiving. the personnel OF the forces
at work for him, II would ordinarily -be 4
safa to say he would win. but there are Z
lust as good men working for those who
oppos so, him. The fourth place IS IN doupf ss
| II is about assured that Governor Mont