Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-04-24
POLITICAL.

sylvania Democratic delegates. Thos.
B. Lee, formerly of Virginia, won out
as Bryan delegate in Pittsburg.
A mass-meeting of Democratic voters
of Westmoreland county win be held at
Montross next Monday, court day, to
elect delegates to Roanoke Convention.
The following Virginia Congressman
have been declared renominated with
out opposition: Messrs. Jones, Saunders.
Glass, Hay, Flood and Lamb. The fol-
lowing have fights on their hands in
primaries: Messrs. Maynard, Lassiter
and Carlin. All of the above are Demo-
Gratis. Mr.. Slemp will be renominated
by the Republicans in the Ninth district.
The Democrats of Bristol, in mass
meeting. appointed delegates to the
State Convention, which meets in Ro-
anoke June 18th. Resolutions were
passed indorsing Bryan for the presi-
dency, commenting the administration
OF Governor Swanson and indorsing his
appointment of Judge William F. Rhea
to place on the State Corporation
Commission.
Senator Daniel says that he has not
abated one jotor one title from his ex-
pressed hostility to some of the views of
Mr.. Bryan. He said further that while
there were these political differences it
did not affect their personal regard for
each other, and that each recognizes the
right of the other to his views. Sena-
tor Daniel is, however, daily in recent
OF assurances that the Virginia Democ-
racy will not consent to lose his SER
vices in the Denver convention.
The indications are that Congressman
Carter Glass will make formal an
nouncement soon of his candidacy for
the gubernatorial nomination in Vir-
ginia. If he should enter the race his
determination will give assurance to the
people of Virginia that the
campaign for nomination to the Vir-
gina governorship will not be ANYTHING
OF tiower-tossing contest, in which
the Alphonso and CASTOR business will
be worked to anything like the extent
which has characterized such cam
paigns in times past. The campaign
will be bitter one. Records will no
searched with a thoroughness not
known in recent interparty contests in
Virginia.
The Omnibus Lighthouse bill intro
duced by Mr.. Mann, of Illinois. was
reported favorably by Interstate and
Foreign Commerce Commission of the
House. The bill provides that in case
of the death by reason of perilcu $
service or any wound or injury received
or disease contracted in the line of dutv
OF any lighthouse keeper or assistant
keeper, his salary shall be paid quarterly
Tor two years thereafter to the widow
or surviving child under sixteen years or
dependent mother; but if the widow
remarry within that time her share in
the benefit shall go to the other bene-
fclaries. An allowance to keepers
and assistant keepers of one ration a
day, or thirty cents day in money. is
granted.
Il am not candidate for governor.
am not candidate for lieutenant
governor. / am not a candidate for
encouragement. i do not know where
all these reports. started, but the
hrst L heard of them was when a Re-
publican official of this city went to
Norfolk and was quoted in a newspaper
IN that city as saying that the machine
has arranged for a State ticket and
that L was to be the candidate for at
torney-general. If the gentleman who
is reported to have given the interview
had come to me he might have gotten
some information as to myself and the
machine which might have prevented
such mention of my name as a-candi-
date for Office" Speaker Richard E.
Byrd made this statement to a re-
porter for The News Leader.