The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-09-28
Conference of Leaders OF City
Committee Held Last Night
10 Talk over the Situation
LCCMMITTEE WILL
NAME CANDIDATE
Meeting to be Called for Tues
day or Day Later. When it is
Expected Miles Martin or
Samuel kelleyWill be Named
BLAIR and Peters Posi-
bilities

II Ia almost certainly positive, as
near as that is TO sure thing, that
ere eity Democratic committee VIII
nominate a candidate for the state sen
ate at a meeting TO be held TINS week
probably Tuesday. or, maybe, later,
At that meeting there win be a fight
10 the finish.
Friends of former Chairman Major
Miles ii. Martin and friends OF saThnei
Keliey. former member OF the tesisia-
ture. will lock horns. The horns may
remain locked, while the friends OF A.
Beirne Blair and II. l.. Peters get nusy'
and 1t may be that Mr.. Peters may walk
or with the laurel.
1t Ii understood by members of the
COMMITTEES that James II. Cannon is out
az the running, SO far as the commit
Tee Is eonoerned II can be stated
aalmost positively that from the four
names mentioned VIII evolve the nemi-
nee OF the city Democratic committee
Committee Has say.
/ Members OF the committee and those
who have been mentioned as canol~
dataR for the place have stated that
whatever the committee does VIII De
anal with them. In other words. they
say. III the committee dominates those
who so against that nomination VIA
b. considered as ''boiiers" from the
uesnpnratie party. -
AT a meeting az leading members OF
the city Democratic committee sestef-
day the situation was gone over. THESE
headers, Including Chairman Price,
FORMER Chairman Martin Flee-Chair~ e
man Saunders. John Fnreen ana FRANK
Ferraa1ini. the latter of whom de-
feased Major Martin at the last elee-
fton. seriously considered the preposs-
fion. There was no feeling ia the ais
eusslnn, Every man present knew
fha, the result of the meeting this
week would mean the election OF man
u succeed Senator Foxes. who resign
ID TO accept place ON the aduainistra-
tive board.
They felt that the Democrats OF the
CITY would abide by whatever actioh
4he committee might take. They real
fed that the situation presented IL
self I'm a complex form They anew
that the members Of the coInHli,see
az which there are thir;y~teree. heio
varying views They knew trat many
OF them would not vote for Major
Martin because he had been defeated
IN hES own ward fer reelection. ana
had resigned the Craftsmanship at fhas
fime. and had Indicated that ne waaia
retire to tho practice of his profession
and remain out OF politics, ana III q
primary were called, ne would not en-
Ter II They knew that X Major
Martin were named ny the committee
there would be no opposition at the
ueneral election, because no Demo
crat would feel that he might oppose
ina action Of the committee which Is
elected by tho people TO look out foI
the interests Of the party.
Martin Wants Time.
with ALI this In view Major Martin,
who Is recognized as one OF the moss
1oval of Democrats, and man VINO
would not he party 90 anything Whicu
might tend TO disrupt the party
stated at the conference that ne "oulo
nrefer 10 be given some time to con-
ssdar whether or not he might offer
FOR the nomination. He felt that an
der the circumstances II might be bet
ter not to embarrass the committee 10y
becoming a candidate for the noml-
nation. lie probably believed that the
majority OF the committee might he
favorable TO him as the nominee 90
with the spirit OF knight, he said ne
would withhold his decision until Q
further time.
lanes Cannon, whose Office is in
close touch with that of Major Mar.
ffil, and who had been looked upon
ma a possibility in the running, was
called into the conference Naturally
he had nothing to say concerning IN,
candidacy of Major Martin. nor OF
that OF Mr.. Kelley.
As a matter of fact. so far as coulo
be learned. he simply sat still in the
boat.
Mr. Saunders declared himself en-
phat!cally in favor OF Major Martin
and explained his position by saying
that he felt honor bound, because ne
had been supported by Mr.. Martin ~
his proposition Of placing the anneAa-
ton question before the people, anu
because he had been charged WITT
having had something to do with tht
defeat of Major Martin. He INDICATED
that he had been Martin man all the
time, and intended 10 he to the end
He further stated, however, that u
Il appeared that there was no chance
for Major Martins nomination, ne
would willingly support Mr.. Kelley.
Saunders Strength.
Mr.. Saunders support Is always
counted upon as worth something. II
Ii valuable asset Especially in 10
cal elections and IN personal favofs
His strength lies In his loyalty tt
friends, and his enthusiastic antagon
ism to political enemies. He fights
lii the open. and the man on Tho
other side always knows how Clyde
Saunders stands. He Is never on the
fence.
But Major Martin lis, also an astuts
p0lifician. He knows lot about tht
conduct Of affairs. He has had much
experience in nractive and ohserva
| tion. He hes!tates about going into
\ the fight, II is stated. because he does
not wish to be party to the disrup'
ton OF the party.
Later, the leaders got in touch with
Mr.. Kelley. Mr.. Kelley had nothins