The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-22
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N/ Democrat and business man OF
N fNsasI lew e0dd ays looking * .as ai is'sy
member OF the board Of directors
Of the Laurel Reformatory and takes u
great deal q interest IN the work Of that
eountyman. Capitol Policeman t Lon roi ,'S
Haynes, and spent the greater part Of yes
tetdny with him. III
| ever lived since the days OF Andrew jack
SON." said Mr.. Kerr ut Murphys Hotel Inst
nlght.8"1 firmly believe he Will be elected
He is their leader and friend, and deserves
the great office to- which no asplres."l
who Is ahend for Governor in the Ninth
reply. iMr. Stuart viii carry our county
his
other sections. learn that he is strong in
Richmond and the Third District, and II he
we'll In the middle Of the State, II looks 10
me as Il he Is a winner"
. Captain ~ Keynes. who has g nne sense OF
came from Denver that John W. Kern was
named for Vice President. he at first thought
that u was his old friend. John w. Kerr,
OF Dickinson, and came near sending him
u telegram OF congratulation.
state Senator John c. Noel. OF Lee county.
Hotel. Senator Noel. who is the grand mas IA =
T.. OF the !. Q. Q; F OF Virginia. is here on
e%1es' ,e syses With and will
In speaking OF politics. he declared that
his party would renominate Congressman c..
h1assS9m NS'iemp as It's candidate for Congress
be held at Norton on July 3oth.
What about his chances OF election?''
well, that question Is settled. do not
know what Will be the course OF the Demo-
Gratis with reference to a nomination., but
! do know that the district is strongly Re-
publican. and we have about 5000 the best
poll taxes this year. Our voters are paid up
pretty well. and theirs are not. This is
"Do you think Mr.. Bryan stands .
.chance7" asked The Times Dispatch man.
mo more than do;n replied the Senator:
carry few scattering states in the Middle
West that have been recently going Rcpub-
lican. but he Is weak in tho East. according
s " my view and TAFT WIN have an easy
q. Sw about the industrial conditions in
have started in tho coke ovens. and most
Of our mines have resumed operations.
The financial depression seems about over
WIZ WIN nv Us, and our people are getting back
Mr.. J. y. Fitchett, an enlisted engineer
his vacation. is spending a few days with
old friends In Richmond. Mr.. Fitchett is
native OF Warwick county. Va. but spent
much OF his early manhood in Richmond
having served his apprenticeship as a ma
chinist In the Chesapeake and Ohio Shops.
He was later an engineer on that road and
finally Went Into the navy. He attended the
Virginia Polytechnic Institute with the
late Senator W. P. Barksdale. OF Halifax:
Mr.. Clarence Millhiser. OF this city. and
other well known Virglniany, and although
THIS was back in the 80. he can repeat the
alphabetical roll OF his class from memory
as II ne had left school only few days
ago. Mr.. Fitchett was under Captain phil
lips on one OF the biAAmerican ships at tho
battle OF Santiago. and went with the At.
!antic fleet under Fighting Bob" Evans on
the recent trip from Hampton Roads to San
Francisco. He says his vacation viii short
~ expire. and when It ends he will report
Tor duty on one OF the big government tugs
IN New York harbor. Mr.. Fitchett has cir
cIed the globe three times. and has had
some rare experiences. He has fallen in
love with the sea, and declares that he had
rather be riding the waves than to be in
orders