The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-08-09
the Democrats tho worst threshing they

| Why. bless you! the party has already
sprung up. / see its representatives, be-
fore me; the rank and file art at their
homes all over Virginia, waiting for this
convention to name their leaders. Ell Then
when the charge shall be sounded by
this young chairman of ours. who has
Infused such new life, enthusiasm and
REORGANIZATION into tho hearts OF Republic
cans, this army OF ours, Its ranks swol-
| len and increased by thousands OF indie
}pendcntt virginians. who love honesty,
! fairness and good government, armed
not with the anarchist!c weapons of shot
guns and bullets, but with ballots, which
Executes a freernan's will,
AS lightning doth the 4iill o. Coo, &
more terrible than an army with banners,
we will march to &ithe polls and with
chief, we will turn the rascals out"
and with a lash Of scorpions, drive them
IRON the land. h 1t Is too late now for
1.-the Democrats to save themselves by
q death-bed repentance. A
! sgsvYe-sYee & TINT { the dayflo OF our deliver
ance istat8 hand; wo feel that a poll tical
srevolutiop Is about to take place In VLr-
ginia, and we know that revolutions
| never 60 backwards. we propose to
nominate a ticket composed Of the high
est type8o Virginia cltizenshlp;aa ticket
|. of pure, clean, upright men; without fear
and without repronch; g ticket which
! will nots only deserve. but command the
respect I. OF every man IN Virginia. To
the support of that ticket we pledge our
best endeHyors.
Nominate such ticket us has been
lAdtcated and II promise our friends
frenl5 the rldewater from the great Val
leysof Virginia, from the -Southstde and
tie Piedmont, that We libertyloving PEG
the crest OF the Blue Ridge with nearly
tan thousand majority.
Elect that ticket, and US an humble
member of the Republican party, n party
which has redeemed every pledge, and
been true to every promise,8I promise
the people OF Virginia n pure, an honest
an economical administration of State AT
9fairs; i promise you that your money
shall not be stolen from the auditors
office; promise you that no system OF
graft shall be worked under the shadow
of the Capitol; ! promise you that your
free schools shall be cherished and fos ter
cd by the true friends Of popular educa-
ton, and above all promise you that
The right OF suffrage, and the purity OF the
ballot box shall be nviolate, and that vice
End corruption shall no longer flourish
Ticket Changed
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After tho report OF the Committee on
Credentials, which was delayed by
wrangle In the Fourth District delegation.
the convention recessed to meet at 8
clock F. NJ 1t was noticed that Chair
man C. b. Semp made no attempt at
experimenting, and somebody said: Gle
can't make q speech" Somebody else
quickly replied: Maybe, whom the tmo
comes, he will like Senator Martin. prove
that that asser zion Is a grlevous mistake"
Tomorrow tho ticket will be nominated,
but there has been quite slale-u up to-
day and the ticket predicted last night
Will be changed perhaps, very materially.
In the first place, a. B. Gillespie, who
was slated for Acknowledgement, tele-.
graphed here to-day that, owing to tho
uncertain condition of his health he will
not accept any place on the ticket. SEQ
ondly It WIS learned that some others
whose names had been put on the slate
were not satisfied with the positions as
signed them on the same,
A general rubbing out and rcarranglng
Of the slate seems necessary. and a won-
derful amount OF cnllcusing was the res
suit. There was running from one district
headquarters to another and during the
morning hours Hotel Roanoke, the con-
vention headquarters. was scene Of
activity, Mr.. Gillespie Is now In a Phil
adelpnluk noSFltal Tor treatment, ana II
Is from there that he wired he could not
allow his name to go on the ticket.
Blair for Attorney General,
At midnight the icket-huIlders are
yet at sea, but tho probability now is that
II, w. Blair. OF Wythe. will get the nom
nation for Attorney General. and the bal
ance of the ticket Will be as Wired last
night, However, there may be changes,
and 1t Is barely possible that Jake Yost
will be named for Llentenant- Governor,
In which event Revercomb Will be put
down for Attorney General, and the brill
liant young orator OF Wythe viii got on
the side track.
There is a lot of politics In this con-
yention, and the Republicans arc making
some far-reaching deals. Ono OF the
most Interesting developments that has
reached my ears Is that the Virginia Re-
publicans are planning to figure extern
siyely in the next national convention.
Political Trust,
1t Is understood here that the move
ment recently started In Republican
convention IN Texas to FORM lhe whole
Snuthcrn Renlhllcan reOreSen tat lon to