Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-05-09
SoulhWeslernsr Appears 10 Have
Call For Republican Nomination.
TO Be NAMED FOR G0vERA0RsHIP
Selection o. cabell for Commissioner
of Internal Revenue Regarded AS
Giving Almost a Clear FIELD 10
Tazewell County Man.


ted States, leaving :he Republican
J candidacy for the Virginia guberna-
,oriai nomination open. IL Is be-
! lieyed by prominent Republicans mere
that the choice Of the party leaders
| i'm the State for that candidacy Is
A p Gillespie of TaZewell county.
No announcement will be made as
TO the selection until Mr.. Cabell for
mally accepts the commissionership,
lint il is generally understood that Gil
| lespie is the man upon whom the
forces will bank their strength next
! fall. That Mr.. Gillespie will take the
| nomination is not doubted.
| Before he was chosen for the com
missionership the party leaders had
about agreed on Cabell for governor
and were preparing to nominate MIN
in the convention which meets In
/ Newport News in July. Other candi-
dates were in the field I'm the persons
of Gillespie, Alvah Martin and l.. +.
Summers, of Southwest Virginia.
/ Each section had its candidate but
Cal.ell was looked upon as the strong
est in the group and the leaders were
ready for him to lead the fight.
Summers TO Heip GitiesPie.
When Cabell was named Summers
announced that he would throw his
influence toward Gillespie, which
makes 1t practically certain that the
Southwest Virginia candidate will re-
ceive the nomination. Alvah Mar
| tins forces have made no open fight
for the candidacy. though it was tao
! itly agreed that he would accept the
| nomination il II was offered.
The Republican leaders all over the
state have declared that the fight next
fall will be no perfunctory affair. but
will be battle TO the finish. They
claim that such is the state of mind
of Virginians that the Republican
cause has advanced wonderfully anc
they hope to carry number OF dis
tricts. which have always voted sol
idly Democratic. into the Republican
ranks. The appointment OF Cabeil 10
the commissionership they profess to
believe will strengthen the party in
the State to such an extent that be-
fore many years have passed the Re-
publicans will have fighting chance
In elections all over Virginia.
carolinians Are Disappointed.
In regard to the appointment of Mr..
CabelI. il is stated that the North
Carolina Republicans are in mighty
| stew over the Presidents failure 10
appoint Spencer b. Adams, Of that
State.
A great many very influential men
have pressed Adams claim and 1t was
thought that he would be appointed
1 r.E. l.
he visited North Carolina during his
judgeship. that the North Carolinians
made such a disgraceful scramble for
Federal Offices that if he were elected
he would not appoint a Republican
from that State to any important Of
fee. This statement seems some
what borne out by the report that
the President will appoint Henry C.
Conner, associate justice of the State
Supreme bench, to the Federal
judgeship made vacant by the death
of Judge Purnell Judge Common is
an out-and-out Democrat, and those
who know him best are of the opin-
ion that his political views will not
change. even f he accepted the
judgeship.
No officiaI Confirmation.
The following special was received
from Washington today:
WASHINGTON. ID. C.. May s.
While the matter OF appointing Post
master Roy Cabell to the Office OF
commissioner of internal revenue, to
succeed Commissioner Capers. cannot
be Officially confirmed here. yet IL is
believed that such announcement
may be made later. pending the con-
dition of Mr.. Capers who Is still des-
uerately III In . Washington hos
pital.
Representative Slemp. Alvah H.
Martin and other leading Virginia Re-
publicans were in conference here
last night. but nothing definite con.
cernig Mr.. Cabell can be learned to-
day.
Il Is said. however. that inside the
lines a pretty fight 10 secure the
latter's place as postmaster at Rich
mond viii BE- pulled OF just as soon
as he Is oficially notified that be
viii be named as commissioner.
Mr.. Slemp was not In a position to
day TO say what would be done to-
wards the las;-uamcd matter and will
make no announcement until the frst
position is filed. but Il is certain
that the powers" are already AT
Gguring on Richmond's new postmas-
Ter TO relieve Mr.. Cabeu. should the