The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-03-31

buyers to the city every week.
"The recent visit of Mr.. Bryan to
Richmond and the near approach of
April LIST, reminds me of what hap
pened in Raleigh n few years ago
said N. M. Grant, of Cincinnati. at the
Richmond. ION April Fools morning
the two newspapers came out with
scarehead articles, saying that Will
liam Jennings Bryan would be in the
city at 10 o'clock. and that he would
deliver an address In the park adjacent
to the railroad station. Nobody stopped
to think whether the Nebraskan was
ir that territory, but everybody nocked
to the park. and by 0 o'clock there were
thousands of people waiting to hear
about the initiative and referendum.
They kept coming, piling In from all
tho side streets and wondering why
no stand had been erected in the night
"In little while train backed
into the station and the crowd rushed
toward it, but there was no Bryan.
1t took the audience half an hour to
take In the situation. but it finally dis
persed. But / DOUBT If conditions
would have been different to-day had
Bryan been there
Willis A. jenkins. of Newport News
r. D. Davis of Norfolk: John c. Ash
ton. of Portsmouth, and Dudley r..
Coles, of Williamsburg, are at Murphy's
Hotel.
Just as certain as the sun shines
President Roosevelt Will be nominated
at the Chicago convention said a
Virginia Republican at Murphy's last
night, land l make that prediction be-
cause there is a growing sentiment
a tt,tl No no ,,l1 a .lali
the goods. The leaders are afraid to
have his old record in the strike cases,
when he was a Federal Judge, revealed
to the voting men of the laborng
class.
1t will be revealed If Taft is nomi.
mated, but our sole hope of victory will
come from the fact that Bryan will be
named by the other party to run
against him. l might be punished fof
iese majestic for saying it, but would
rather take chances with Taft than
Roosevelt. The Presidents thirst for
glory, his interference in matters with
him of much of his former popularity.
believe this and l am not disap-
pointed office-seeker But l am a
Hughes man. The present governor Of
New York, once dubbed as the man
with the animated whiskers, would be
a powerful factor, and we could rely
upon him without the risk of being
deceived. Indeed, he would steal
votes legitimatcly from the Dcmocra-
tic party more easily than you can
walk out of that door
j. NJ. Lee, of Virginia. Randolph
Harrison, of Lynchburg; i. II. Smith,
IT., of Staunton, and Charles c. Row
lett, of fredericksburg, are at the
Richmond.
j.. B. johnson, special agent of the
Interstate Commerce Commission. who
worked up the evidence in the Chesa-
peake and Ohio cases. which will be
presented to Federal grand jury UNI
dor the direction of the AttorneyG
eral of the United states, is at the
Richmond He came mere on personal
business, but he may take a look at
things before returning to Washing
ton.
1.-The people forget all about hard
times and pancs when the baseball
season opens" said member of the
Toronto team at Murphy's last night
'and the attendance this year will
shatter the old theory that the public
Is saving It's money. Just wait till
the big leagues open and watch the
attendance. During tho winter the
squeeze play might have been worked
although there will be free and easy
delivery at the turnstiles within the
next few weeks which will gladden. the
heart Of the diamond magnate. Most
of the big league teams are limberns
UP in the South, preparatory to the
summer of hard work, and if you watch
the sporting pages you will find that
many of the old favorites arc in the
pink of condition, ready and anxious
to show their former greatness. Base
ball fever in the South is raging lust
as it has in the East and West for
years, which is a good indication that
money is plentiful and that the great
American game still holds first place
with the American people,