Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-03-31
TO Be 8O2 DELEGATES
At STATE CONVENTION
GalhsPIDg Of Virginia Democrats
al Roanoke In June VIII be
q Large Affair.
SPEAKER BYRD may Be CHAIRMAN

maNeeT oI iHSuuCtlo1 Onc OF
Live Topics-Threc important Com
mittees to be Named.
RICHMOND. VA. March SO-The
state Democratic convention, figur-
ing on q basis of ono delegate for cv.
cry 100 votes cast In the last prcsi-
dental election. will be composed OF
500 delcgates-6i6 from the various
counties and 1876 from the cities.
These figures, however, are subject
to few slight amendments. owing
to the rondju&mcnt of the appro-
tionment ncccssltatod by the recent
annexation OF considerable of con-
siderable country territory by certain
cities. Richmond. for instance. will
have Al delegates instead of 81, and
lIenrico. instead of having nine, will
have only five. Campbell county VIII
also lose some of her delegates, rs
Lynchburs hns taken part of her ter
rilory.
Deleaatep to Roanoke.
Hero are the Official figures:
Couuflcs Accomac i5; Albemarle
| IN; Alexandria. 9; Allegheny, y:
Amelia. 3; Amherst. o; Apponnttox,
q. Augusta. 16; Bath. 81 Bedford, 1S:
Bland. 3; Bortetourt, 8: brunswick
G.: Buchanan, s.; buckingham, 0;
Campbell. Z; Caroline. 8: Carroll, 0;
Charles City. l: Charlotte, . Chrs.
tcrhcld, 6; Clarke, A; Craig, 3; Gull
pepper. 8; Cumberland, 8; Dickinson,
g; Dinwlddic. d Elizabeth City. 6;
Essex. 4; Fairfax, s; Fauquier. 70;
Frederick. .; Giles. Z; Gloucester, q:
Goochland, 8; Gmyson, 8 Greene. Q:
tireencsvilc. 4 Halifax. 70: Hanover,
o; Henrico, 8; Henry, Z: Highland. 3;
Isle Of Wight. G; James City, L. King
George. 3 King and Queen. A: King
William, 3; lancaster. 81 Lee. s; LOU
1oun. i6; Louisa. 81: Lunenburg. A;
Madison. s.; Mathews, 3; Mecklen.
burg. 10; Middlesex, 4; Montgomery,
6; Nansemond 4; Nelson. 8; New
Kent. /; Norfolk, 10; Northampton. G:
Northumberland. 5: Nottoway, 8: Or
ange. 6; Page, 7; Patrick. Z; Pittsyl-
vania. II: Powhatan. 2; Prince Ed.
ward, 6; Prince George, q Princess
Anne. 4; Prince William, 4; Pulaski
a; Rappahannock. 4; Richmond. a;
Roanoke. 6; Rockbrldge. 10; Rocking
ham. 16; Russell. TO- Scott. 10; SheD-
andoah. II; :Smyth. S: Southampton.
.: Spottsylvania, 81 Stafford. 3; Surry,
3: Sussex 8; Tazewell. s: Warren, 5;
Warwick, 1; Washington. 13; West
moreland 3: Wise, .; Wythc, IL;
York, 2-646
Cities = Alexandria, Z; Bristol, 3;
Bp,na Vista. I; Charlottesville. a;
Eanville, s; Fredericksburg, 4; Lynch.
buae, 10 ManchFEter. g. Newport
News. 4; Norfolk. &c; Petersburg, 8:
Portsmouth. 10; Radford. 2; Rich.
mond. 81; Roanoke. 10; stanton, 5:
Williamsburg. /; Winchester. 4--l56
Total counties and cities. S02
Byrd May be Chairman.
II Is by no means improbable that
the permanent chairmanship OF the
stac Democratic convention, which is
/ W pe iciu III isOdHOkc, June lltn, VIII
fail TO the lot of Speaker Richard
Evelyn Byrd, of the House of Dele
gates.
! Mr.. Byrd himself doesn't care much
enc way or the other about the hon
or, though he is perfectly willing to
accept IL IL the party sees fit.
The old political FOUNDERS who arc
familiar with the workings of state
conventions. know from past expert.
ences that these bodies are most un-
weildly. and that IL requires strong
and firm hand to guide them
However pacific the coming gather
ing of the clans may be the meeting
will be clcphantinc in its proportions,
as it will be composed OF 500 dele.
gates. 60 say nothing of The alter
mates.
| Now 500 men, at hest. arc more or
less nnmanageable. and when thrown
together in political convention they
arc usually something more.
| Speaking in parliamentary way.
Speaker Byrd has an iron fist. He is
a quick thinker and a quick actor.
That's the kind of person needed for
a political convention, so BYRD. it
would seem, is the logical candidate.