The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-24

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i IL mission could get, the solid =
| M vote of the California delc-3
! cation at the Democratic Convention
In Depver,.. said former resident OF
COMMISSIONER. Lanes home state att
tho Jefferson last night. Tn these.
Republican days you would scarcely
4xpectsto find the most active member
OF the commission a Democrat. but he
is. When he ran for Governor OF Ca ~
ifornia in 1902. he cut deeply into the
Republican returns, mainly because oE i
his high standing and popularity. There
is strong sentiment out there for
him now, and the delegation, Accord
ing to San Francisco newspaper s, Will
unqucstionab1y present his name to
tho convention II by any chance Mr.
Bryan should fail to capture 1t.
st is apparent, Of course, that tlia
Nebraskan will secure the nominate on,
but whether it is Lane or Gray or some:
body else 1t occurs to me that the
| Democrats would have a magnificent
opportunity to win again II hesparty
would exercise little more conserya-4s
tive Judgment and not be hypnotized
by man who has already been whip
ped on two occasions. Commissioners
Lane is a Western product. but without
the rough edge. The way he handled
Mr. Hartman showed that he was not
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the country when they tanlpcr with
| the Hepburn law.
even If it has other faults, the
Pennsylvania Railroad is certainly a.
reformcr,'fsaId H. G. Hilton. of Phila
delphia. at the Richmond. The coma
pany has issued an order that there
must be no more profanity in the
shops. 1t is said that another will DO
promulgated forbidding employees from
having their nay checks cashed by +
Isaloonkeepsrs, along with a notice that
employees who drink liquor. whether
on croft duty. will be discharged.
.'The drinking man. like the free
pass and the rebate. will soon disap-5a
pear from railroad life Many of the
big corporations Of the day will not
employ men who drink, dismissinE
those in the service who are victims
/ of the habit. no my mind this is the
strongest argument of all for: tenn
] perance. There is no use to say that B
If man gets drunk he will go to the
lower regions when he dies. for it has
but little effect. But just tell a man
the bottle,san you will see how quiclS
| ly he reforms" II:
G. r. Nottingham, Of Eastvlle; II. P.Ss..
Rees, Of Petersburg; T. T., Roberts.
of Chase City; IL b. Farley, OF Chulas
r. "A. Epes. OF Blackstone. and L. b.
Perkins. of Norfolk. are registered at K
lMurphy's Hotel. at
Mr. G. Fl. Hix. general superinten-
dent of the Seaboard Air Line, was al: Y
the Richmond yesterday having come
here to meet President w. a. Garrett
land General Manager T.. II. WhittelseS.
Mr. Garrett spent the night in his pri -ss
yate car. and will leave for the South
this afternoon
r. IT Is understood that he came here to-
| confer with counsel for the receivers
and Judge Pritchard with reference to-
the question of reducing wages Of enl-s
Eployes. 81
Among the arrivals at tile Hotel
Gnerrant yesterday We're Mr.. and Mrs. Y
|; r. l.. Bailey. of New York; Mr.. and MRS.
4 III. G. Smith. of Norfolk; Mr., and Mrs.
Il. WILKINSON. of Norfolk; j. b. .Dan-
forth, OF washington; Mr.. and Mrs.
Abram r. Staples, of Lexington;i NIT..s
4 and Mrs. NJ ID. Norton and Mrs. NJ NJ
j Hotchkiss, or Holladayburg, Pa; Miss
Margaret Morson,5 of Lake Springs. Pa. s.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Hath OF SAM
Francisco; A. Fl. futile. of Norfoils..A
/ Miss 2allle pIdiciS soHHsi,s OI fFortlHIlAsS
Me. and Mr.. and Mrs. j. B. Norris, OF
North Carolina. S
Among the Nirgin!ansS at the n len.
naond yesterday were Armisteads G. Cor
don. Of Staunton; II c. Conlon, i, (
| Charlottesville; Mr.. and Mrs 0tho ~
| Mears, of Eastville; r. NJ. Nottinghalrs,
Of Eastyille and II. G. Elliott, of Isoa-
noke. s asSs
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