The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-05-15
BLACK AND .TANS
CAUCUS TONIGHT
THERE WILL DE A SWELL GATHER
ING At MILLER's UNLESS
ALL signs FAIL
TO MAP OUT PROGRAM
J. II. POLLARD TELLS Of TRiP TO
WASHINGTON AND ESPECIALLY
HOW r. MS MANAGER IN
PRESSED HIM.


scheduled to be held tonight at NH
ler's hotel, Second and Leigh streets,
for tho purpose of mapping out the
program for the convention Of this
wing Of the Grand Old Party in Nir-
ginia. which will be pulled off Thurs
day in the city auditorium.
Leading Republicans throughout
the State will attend the caucus, ac-
cording 10 J. X. Pollard. the we'll
known negro lawyer of Richmond.
who returned home yesterday from
Washington. following d conference
In that city Monday night with Sena-
ter-Dixet,,- fsenager- ift-ehief fer ths
Roosevelt forces In the presidential
race. At this conference. Pollard
said last night. there were forty Fir
ginians present. only three negroes
were I'm the list. The other were doc
tors. lawyers. bankers and other white
men who have long been identified
with the Republican party in Virgin
la. Among these was Jesse VI. New
comb, a well to do commission mer-
chant of Petersburg. who is slated
for State chairman in place of Bascou1
Slemp. 1t may be. though. that MIR.
Newcomb Will step aside at the
eleventh hour in favor of a member
of the party who Is way up In the
ranks. as Pollard expressed It last
night.
Meet ut High Noon
The program Is for Pollard TO Gait
the convention to order. Then he
VIII give Way to the temporary chair
man, whose identity is AZ yet n mys-
terry. The convention will meet at
4. III III.
session.
Pollard and Mr.. Newcomb are Stat
ed to be two of the delegates Mt large
to Chicago. The other two names are
being withheld, for the time being.
Today. the Fourth dist riet-cottyeft~
ton will be held in Petersburg. After
two delegates TO Chicago are named
from that district, those In attendance
upon the meeting propose to motor
over to Richmond in the SWEETEST au-
tomobiles available. They will re-
pair to the caucus at Miller's on their
arrival In this city. The caucus
starts at 8 p. NJ, or whereabouts. The
city auditorium has been already gaiiy
bedecked with bunting and flags pre-
liminary to the convention. The face
of Theodore Roosevelt stands out
above all others among the mural
decorations.
Pollard came back from Washing
ton enthusiastic over Senator Dixon.
The senator. he says, though hailing
from Montana. Is an alive born Tar
heel. having first seen light In Ala
nance county. n. c.. He has coal
black hair and but for this character.
would almost be a splitting image of
former Governor Andrew Jackson
Montague. OF Virginia.
n,xou Naex Aro;nhin
Senator Dixon Is the most aniable
white man / ever met" said Pollard
last night. He Is so easy to ap-
preach and he Is such q high class
man. He Is young and vigorous. ana
Is fully equal to the task of managing
a fellow lil.c Roosevelt who carries
the big stick. The senator may be
with us Thursday In fact. he gave
US every assurance that he would
awcw TO Ohio. which is now the storm
center. We hope the senator will be
able to come. He would surely throw
lots of fire into the meeting. He is
Just the kind of man to do that sort
of thing
But even If he don't come. there
! will be something doing out OF the or
dinarY at our convention We are GO
ing to have lots of swell folks with
us' HtfS VIII bf biftk
! doctors. lawyers. and f. II. VS. by the
dozen. can't divulge names just
| now. But they will leak out ut the
caucus.
Come around he told the news.
paper man. land get the news
Practically all the principal cities
in Virginia were represented at the
conference with Senator Dixon in
Wash ington
Mould Swat Trust.
II Roosevelt carries the dav at Chi
caRo. II will be goodbye to the office
holders trust In Virginia That Is
what Senator Dixon told Pollard and
the other conferees, and he ought to
know.
Among those at the conference were
8rs D. Il. Ferguson. of Richmond aha
/ w. H. =. Brown. OF Norfok. Mr.
Newcomh. of Petersburg. was also
present.
There Is talk that quite e. number
of the socalled Taftites now lined up
with the regulars. and Lily Whites viii
non OVER to the Black and Tans ere the
setting Of two more suns.
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