Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-27
IN THE OLD DOMINION
DEMOCRATS STIRRED UP IN
THREE DISTRICTS.
Special Correspondence of The Star.

Special Correspondence of The Star
RICHMOND, Va, May %, 1905
Tn on1v three districts of the state is
there any contest for the congressman
nomina tons among the democrats nc
first. second and fourth districts are stlrred
up and the candidates are dong thelr pe'
TO convince the voters that each Is inc
proper person TO go to Congress- MI
Mears who Is opposing William a. Jones' IS
said to be making an active canvass anu
to be meeting with much encouragement
In the second district Congressman May
nard has two opponents-Judge u
Brooke and Col. George c. Cabeli' Jr' Whose
announcement was formally mace within
the last few days. Congressman May h<'io
saws he likes to have company Wheh man
ing his races and that the more there is
the better he likes 1t. .,. ,,s.
CONGRESSMAN Southall OF the foufth us
trict has company in his trip across the
district for votes Judge Leonidas ID. far-
rell of Washington and Emporla, WIZ
promised to make the race, mas uecliheu;
saving he could not arrange a series VI
debates with the candidates. Col. w. n.
Mann of Petersburg and former Congress
man Francis Rives Lassiter are III lne
fight and each IS at work as thoush ne
expected to win in walk CohsressAis,ii
Southau Is not Idle, however. and as ne
always has to make a fight he Is taxing
things easy till after Congress is out vi
the way. and then he will get to WORK
FOR the nomination. He has always won
In the face of strong opposition.
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II is reported from the fifth district that
Judee E. W. Saunders of Franklin county,
who is in the race for the nomination 10
succeed Gov. Swanson, will have no OPP
nos,tion. OF course 1t is a bit soon 10
saw this with any degree of positiveness'
hut SO far he has a clear HELD Inc coui
nnittee will meet June - to fix a date TOT
the urinary. but all the politicians OF the
district point to Judge Saunders as the
successor Of former Congressman swanson.
The city engineer has condemned tne
First market building, at 18th ana Main
.,raats The building is more than hall
a century old. 1t has been Tor years one
of the most noted buildings in all OF hicn-
mond Political meetings nave peen nelo
there for years, and Immediately a1ter tne
war, during Reconstruction ua!s =. 40
the possession Of the element which mao
control of the city's AFFAIRS The people
of the city had held an election ana mao
voted the reconstructionists out, put thc
ousted party refused to give up the gov
eminent One of the police stations oc-
cupied the top floor and here followed
a struggle The contest lasted for days,
the attacking party building flre dlrectiy
under the steps and smoking the occupants
of the building till they surrendered. For
more than fifty years the building has
been used as market but 1t Is in dam
gerous condition and will be razeo Inc
police have vacated and the butchers ana
market men have been ordered to leave
The property Is now desired by the railroad
branch of the Young Mems Christian AS
ISOLATION as the site for building to cost
s75 GEO. to which Andrew Carnegie has given
$4,000 and w. X. Vanderbilt, jr., $5OOo