Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-05-21
Stair COMMITTEE MEET.
Harmonious and Enthusiastic Gath.
erinS in Richmond.


The Times-Dispatch has this to saw
OF the meeting. among other remarks.
Democratic leaders who remained
mere yesterday, after their attepda nce
upon the session of the State Comm;r-
tee at Murphy's Friday night. We're
sa!Sing politics overtime, MANY of them
oeing enthusiastic over the prospects
oL ther respective favorites for the
f. various offices to be filed.
They are badly divided az bet,yoor
Mann and Tucker, though it is an omen
secret that so far as the committee is
concerned. large majority of the
members favor the election of .Judge
MANN This is claimed by the Nam
followers, and not denied by those who
are advocating the cause of Mr.. Tucker
therefore, the proceedings of the com
.nletee were largely "cut and dried. ,,
.ne program having practically been
maze up IN advance. No criticism 10
being offered as to anything that raas
cone, however, as the minority reeoy-
'iizes the right of the majority to rule
To one who was present, this ..cut.
ana oried' talk is gratuitous and with
OUT foundation. That the committee
was determined to have an earlv pri-
mary, for the good of the party and to
END the agony" of this inter-partv
nght for governor, was clearly seen.
WIN one or two exceptions the First
district members were virtually alo,e
and against the rest of the committee
on TINS point and some Others Eut
there was no clashing and there were
Var'ed opinions expressed on other and
MINOR points. 1t was more in the "a
'ure OF conference and exchange of
opinions than is usually the case In
the light of some former sessions r. i
nard to see how anyone could saw o,oh,
against the conduct of this meeting.
sentiment among committeeman was
overwhelmingly in favor of
Judge Mapn's candidacy:
An early date for the primary:
Aoohshing the primary plan ard
gong back to the convention method 90
nominating; and against a convention
at this late day.
thursday, August 5, was selected
almost unanimously as the date for the
primary Revision of the primary svs.
tenn was entrusted to sub-comm;,iea,
VI ~ one from each district, to be re-
ported 10 subsequent meeting of the
run committee, and by it to be laid he
lore the State Convention in 1919 40 3
directed by the Roanoke convention Ia e. !
year. '"S' @
4" tue primary, not only a candidate
- osernor VIII be nominated, but v
United States Senator and six STATE =
'lhcers. The candidates and the &c
'essment are 81 follows. o
United States Senator-.Jno w Don
Ell; no opposition; 81, 500.
Governor-Tucker and Mann, 1890
'ach. '''o0' Il
L'eotenant-Governor-J. Taylor Ellv- 81
on ana James A. Cation, $500 each. u
attorney general-Sam w. Williams
nd X. w. Catlett, $500 each. II
Ireasurer-A. C. Hartman, $500. m
secretary of the Commonwealth OF
J. Eggleston. 1900. pi
commissioner of Agricnlture-G. w o.
,oiner and J. T.. Brown, $500 each. ~
superintendent of Public ms, ruc,;o, II
Joseph d. Egslestou, $500. I'll
Sr,s 10
SEES oFFIcEHoLDERs' TRUST.
Judge T. 7. w. Duke, in discussing tn
ne primary costs, declared that the CO
''al costs or the candidatee for COVER n
or VIII reach si5, 600. He raped the
r'mary system, claiming that it has
req an officeholders' trust in Virginia ID
'a 't mas made the pemacratic party a ~,
Atty OF men instead of party of h.
rinciples. ~ ~ ~
representative w. A. Jones defended
'e system, claiming the candidates n
'r governor would pay that amount
'yhow In the conduct of their cam a..
aign. u's