The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-11-02
Seen and Heard IN Public Places

There was quite an exit of politi- h
clans, public men and voters from the |
city last night on account OF next
umesnays e,eGI zee! rn,a ana an1er
Nearly all the State officials and
clerks who reside without the city
will have left by tonight, and n large
those residing In doubtful districts,
have gone home to vote. Strong APP |
peals have been made to both Demo /,
cratic and Republican students who
live in tho Fifth and Ninth Districts.
to return and cast their ballots, and
most OF them will do 40; The com
Ing election was. discussed more thor
oughly around tlie lobbies last night
than on any previous occasion during
the campaign.
Democrats appeared apprehens,ve
several S astrSts . whieh
One Of them Is the city of Newport
News; another. Fluvanna and Gooch-
land. and still another. Stafford and
King George.
Normal conditions do not exist In
any Of them this year.
In Newport News the incumbent
who has been renominated by tho
Democrats for the House. has strong
temperance leanings,. and Newport
News has formidable whiskey ele-
msnt IN both parties. =.
E. Barrett. and he is being opposed
by an INDEPENDENT who has the In
dorsement Of the Republicans and the
| support OF many antf-temperanceD DEM
n big rally tonight in Mr.. Barrett's
interests, at which Hon. S. l.. Kelly.
of this city, and other orators will
| make addresses.
Democrats are badly split along fac
| tional lines, and the Republicans have
| put UP strong man in the person of
Mr.. John 6. Luce
Stafford is badly mixed. and the dis
| trict is regarded as somewhat doubt
full
General stith Boiling. postmaster OF
Petersburg. and Il distinguished Con-
| federate veteran, is here attending the
| convention 81 postmasters. and Is stop
/ ping at Murphy's General Boiling is
! popular In Richmond and was greeted
/ by a number OF his old friends in the
( lobby last night
He is still carrying his right arm
4 in a sling as result of a recent frac-
| ture.
A prominent Virginia Democrat from
nearby county was returning from
the football game Yesterday on street
car in company with q party of local
newspaperinea. He. was loud in his
/ praise of the Jim Crow" car law, and
was declaring how much he had to do
I with its passage He spoke. OF lis
wonderfully IlnE operation, aIlC OF the
i comfor, derived from the absolute sep
| aration of the white and coiored pas
4 sengers. About this time the car halt
ed and took on large number OF
4 people. This gentleman. who bad d
sent To himself, quickly arose to pass
out and give 1t to two ladies'. But he
did not succeed in his EFFORT at gar
lantry. A fat and very black negress
shut him off and hemmed him In by
dropping herseli down beside him and
riding for some distance.
The newspapermen chuckled and the
Democratic leader asked that the In
cident be not printed, admitting that
the joke was on him.
i Colonel Joseph T. Lawless. Of Nor
legal business. and was caller at the
J clerks Office of the Supreme Court OF
Appeals.
importan, cases on the docket for i tn !
). and was here looking after some mat
: ters pertaining to the records.
. When asked II anything new wa
! going on in the Seaside City. tn.
: former secretary of the Commonwealth
; quiet. He declared that great man,
3 Northern tourists and dlstinguishe,
e people were taking their turn at tn
exposition, and he understood the at
: tendance was keeping up remarkabl
i we'll.
5 Colonel Lawless resided in this cit
a for many years as Secretary of tn
|" C'omnionwealth. and has number o
= warm friends bore. He was greete
+ by many OF them on his rounds yes
: to-day
a Some OF the virginians at Murphy
e are Norvelle L. Henley and wife. WI
v ....-.-----.-