The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-07-27
NEGRO NEIGHBOR FOR
GOVERNOR OF KANSAS.
III och Lover Of the Dusky Brother, Getting More
Than He Bargained or-Washngton
the Negro Paradise ID

imam was oh his feet But when a coored
woman entered tho 5darkles would rise ut
once aud offer their sAats to their dusky
fet1lninity. The regttlnr visitor to tne
departments, where the corridors asol
crowded wits sleek, we'll fed negro mes
snngcrs, not one OF whom, aggregates ono
days work liz tho course Of Il month";,
comes TO feel Il contempt for the negro
who Is constantly on tho lookout for such
positions where the pay Is good and the
duties are light. But tho negro Is not
50 much to blanc rs the party that puts
HIN OH the government payroll without
requiring services In return. 5s
Colored mon with white wives are not
so very rare In the District Of Columbia.
1t Is snid that a negro who has q good
position In one OF the departments Is
tho husband Of a white woman. This
couple recently created n sensation by
taking house In n portion OF tho city
occupied solely by whites, and the lcase
had to be cancelled bcca,ise or thof op-.
position. Fred. Douglass and his white
vito used to be seonI on the streets Of
Washington every day. 1t Is n remark
able fact that nobody can DO found In
Washington who ever saw q white man
with Il colored vito s
There Is small ground for wonder that
speculation Is rife ms to the outcome In Y
the City OF Lynchburg OF the fight for
tho scnatorshlp I talked last night at
tho Metropolitan Hotel with Mr.. Woolen,8
n business man Of the Hill City.
Senator Martin will carry Lylichburg
by good majority said Mr.. WOODEN.
Governor Montague carried tho city four
years ago, when he was n candidate for
the nomination ig to the goIernqrshlp,#
but he cannot do It this year. Senator
Martin has been growing In strength
there, and I have no doubt he will carry
the city, fH
This was in the lobby, at the clerks
desk A few minutes later / found seated
IN front Of the hotel, Colonel X. ~ D..
Urquhart, the biggest and one OF tho
best known travelling men In; the coun.
try. He lived In Lynchburg for years
and spends Il great deal OF his time
there.
Montague is certain to carry Lynch
burg" said the colonel ''The Montague
club has thousand members. There Will
not be over sixteen hundred votes cast
4 In the primary. Making allowances for
somo OF the Montague men who have
not paid their capitation taxes, he will
still hnvo the city by n safe majority
A pnrtial canvass OF the city shows no
Is far In the lead He Will carry Camp
boil county. The City Of Roanosc is t Tor
Montague beyond a doubt. q
So there you are.
Mr.. S. L. Lupton. OF Frederick county,
who has held the position of purchasing
agent for tho Panama Canal Commits
sion at New Orleans for several months,
is in washington. Mr.. Lupton left that
CITY lust a day or two prior to the out
break of yellow fever there. and does
not express regret at his departure or
a desire to return Mt once.
Tho following bids for furnishing and
instal,,nr steam heating apparatus for
the Federal postof1ce and courthouse an.
mex in Richmond have been reGe'v asi 81 81
tho Tronsury Department.: NJ. ". Hin
Co. Co. baltimore. s5,oes; W. P:@Longworth
ana Richmond s!1s seG s gse11er anl
n ney G Wosb n'ets s,5so; D. a., Thonr-
klns Co., Charlotte. n. G., $3.50. Inc inc
award Will be made in few days.