Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-28
.RORER A. JAMES DOOMED
FOR NATIONAL COMMITTEE.
Oid-lime Democrats Said to- Look
With Disfavor ON Car
ter Glass.
GLASS WILL MA11s NO CAMPAIGN
May BE One Of Four Delegates at
Largo From Virginia. With Stuart,
Martin and Swanson as His AS
SOciatcS.

In the hotel lobbiea and other
IeatHer-uphoiStered hooks where scaR-
ners OF the political horizon have their
hhunts. there is going tho rounds n
toothsome bit OF gossip. Like all other
children OF Dame Runor this bnmbino
Is fathcrlcss and mothcrless but he
runs everywhere and people are talk
ing about him.
IT Is nothing more or less than this
thcre has been m unaccountablc
change of sentiment In many quarters
since the days OF last winter. when il
was generally accepted that Congress-
man Carter Glass. OF the Sixth Dis
trict. would be elected national com
mitteeman to success Lieutenant Gov
crnor J. Taylor Ellyson. Friends OF
MIR. Glass announced ror him that he
would make no campaign for the ap-
pointment but that IT the convention
| chose To honor him with the office he
would accept II.
AS late as the meeting of the State
Democratic Committee here last March
the talk OF Mr.. Glass for national com
mittceinan was general. Congressman
Flood. who came over with Senator
Martin to shake hands with the faith
full snid openly that he Was In favor
of clccting Mr.. Glass az national COM
mittecman. While Senator Martin
maintained discreet silence Mr.
| Flood vcnturcd the guess that tl.s
senior Senator would be found among
the Glass supporters
NAMF or RORER 4. JAMES
rs NOW SUGGESTED
According to Dame Rumor. herein
before mentioned. Senator Martin Is not
ut all in fair way to realize Mr.
Floods proEnostication. and. further
more. II Is said. n number OF prominent
Democrats not only look with disfavor
upon the election OF Ny. Glass ma
uonal committeeman. but are looking
TO Danvllle to furnish the acceptable
candidate for this office In the person
of Rorcr \. James. owner Of the Dam
Vile Register, and n leader In the party
councils OF III" Fifth District
Mr.. James was a prominent figure
ut the meeting OF the State Demo
cratic Committee las, March. Tho
movement looking to his election to
tho national committee dates from this
meeting, and. according 70 well-in-
formed local politicians. has now at
ta!ned the dignity OF genuine boom
Those who favor the selection OF tho
Dnnvillc man. and many others who
do not. join In the prediction that
Congressman Glass viii not allow his
name to go before the Roanoke con-
vcntion as candidate. Mr.. Glass him
self has let II be known that he con-
templates making no campaign for the
appointment. Between Mr.. Glass az a
receptive candidate. and Mr.. James in
whose behalf Influential Democrats arc
interesting themselves. the placing Of
the honor promises L.. re ono OF tho
big features OF the Roanoke convcn-
/ ton.
GLASS MAY HE
DELEGATE AT LARGE
II Ny. James IL finally chosen. II
Is predicted that Mr.. Glass will be
named ono OF the four delegates At
large. While the national committee
man would himself he entirely compc-
tent To serve as delegate at large
the two honors. az far as anyone can
now recall, have never In Virginia been
given to one man, and the precedent
Ia not likely TO be broken. With MIR
Glass ONO Of the four delegates at
large, tho others would in all prob
ability he Governor Stuart and Senators
Martin and Swanson.
Al the Baltimore convention nf 1912
Virginia was represented by eight del
eEatcs ut large. each with half vote
Tho doubling OF TIE number OF dele
gates was resor.cd to in order to avoid
a break With the Wilson factions at
the Norfolk convention, headed by
| Richard Evelyn Byrd. The eight dele
gates al large were Governor Mann,
! Senators Martin ana Swanson, Hal D.
Flood, Harry NJ. Smith. .1r., Richard
Evelyn Byrd. r. Tate Irvine and AL