Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-06-26
CANDIDATES ADDRESS
. MEETINGS IN OPEN AIR
Holt IN Second Ward, Barrett In
First and Fellows In
Fourth.
ALL HEARD BY GOOD CROWDS
Campaign Issues and Official Records
Discussed-Ashby Speaks Again
Tonight = Democratic Legislative
Primary VIII Be Held Saturday
And Time for Work is Short.

Balmy summer weather with wei
come breezcs and glorious moons, IA
yors tho politicians and their open
air meetings these nights. The Demo.
cratic Legislative primary will be
held Saturday. and this will lie a
busy week with tho candidates. There
were three meetings lii the open air
last night, and all were attended by
fairly large crowds.
Mr.. Holt in Second Ward
Senator Saxon w. Holt made his
first speech In the Second ward
last night. lie was introduced by
Alderman Weston, who presided mt
the meeting.
inc senator spoke for more than
an hour, discussing the Issues of the
campaign and answering the attacks
upon his record that have been made
by his opponent, Mr.. Ashby. Ho
went over his entire record, paving
particular attention to tho subjects
upon which he already has been
quoted In these columns.
Mr.. Barrett Speaks in First
Hon. w. 70. Barrett. who is Offering
foi reelection to the Legislature.
SPOKE ut Washington avenue and
Iwenty.ninth street last night. Mr.
w. IS. Colonna opened the meeting
with II short address in support of
Mr.. Barretts candidacy and Mr.. w.
{. Stuart. who presided introduced
the candidate.
Speaking for more than an hour.
MIR. Barrett gave complete history
OF his record In the House of Dele
gates during The last session, dwell
Ing particularly on the Jim Crow car
law, nf which he was Il patron. He
said that IL sent back to the House
Oh Delegates he would do all in his
power to have the bill so amended
rs TO mako 1t applicable to passenger
uepots and steamboats, operating in
The state. He also pointed out he had
worked for and helped to secure an,
additional state appropriation for tho
jamestown Exposition md was the
author of n bill which gave the coun-
Ties tho right to make exhibits at 20
Tcrccntennial.
Mr.. Fellows in Fourth Ward.
MI Charles r. Fellows, who Is
/ ohering for the nomination to the
House OF Delegates. spoke in tho
Fourth Ward last night for the first
time since the campaign opened adj
dressing a crowd Of about two hun
dred men and women from The band
stand of the Eagle Engine Company.
corner Huntington avenue and Forty
seventh street. Captain Charles C.
i'erkley presided and made strong
speech In support of Mr.. Fellows
candidacy.
MIR. Fellows spoke for more than
an hour. outlining at length his plat
fern. He dwelt at considerable
length on the public school question
ana promised. If elected, to do all in
his power for the public schools of
me state and to have the single list
OF hooks adopted for all of the state
schools. He declared in favor OF tho
eiection or the members of the State
Corporation Commission and tho
commissioners of the revenue by Tho
people. The speaker also denounced
the present practice in this state of
hiring penitentiary convicts to man
l'facturing companies to place goods
made by the convicts on the market
IN competition with goods made bv
working mcn
Tho speaker dwelt at some length
on the question of immigration. He
pointed out that the state had appro-
priated $4,000 for the purpose Of
sending agents aboard to bring farm
iaborers to Virginia to till the farms
OF The state ana that although all OF
the sum had been used for the pur.
pose only 263 persons had been
brought into the state from abroad.
Only One Meeting Tonight.
The only political meeting sched
ulcd for tonight is to he held Mt
Jefferson avenue and Twentyeighth
street In the interest of the candi
dacy of Mr.. G. Aylett Ashby, who Is
offering for the nomination to The
State Senate.
Among the speakers who will adj
dress the meeting will be Col. John
w Friend and CAPTAIN G. C, Berkeley.
Tomorrow night there will be anoth-
err Ashby meeting at Washington
avenue and Twenty-ninth street. Inc
speakers at the meeting vii be Col,
Mayrus Jones. Mr.. a. c. Garrett and
Captain G. c. Berkeley At that meet
ing the power. purposes and uses of
the State Corporation Commission
will be discussed.