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VOL. 1.—No. 240.
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RICHMOND, VA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1910.
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CONFERENCE IS ASKED I
TO END CONTROVERSY
REGARDING COLLEGE!
Rev. Dr. Cannon Presents;
Resolutions Before Annual
Methodist Body
WILL DISCUSS MATTER
ON THURSDAY MORNING
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Session Opens With Song and
Prayer, Great Congregation
Joined Heartily in Sing
ing—Roll of Minis
ters Called
Introduction *>t r*solutions by It®'■
Dr. James Cannon. Jr., urging that
"there should he a speedy and final
setlcmont of what Is known as the
Randolph Macon question" formed
the leading feature of th* opening
session of the one hundred and twen
ty-eighth annual Virginia Conference,
which convened in Centenary Meth
odist church Wednesday morning. '
Hishop Wilson presiding.
lty unanimous consent, on motion
of Dr. Cannon, the matter went over
until 10 . e'-cloi k Thursday mronlng.
when It Will he taken up as Hie rirst
order of business.
Meet In SUlj Days.
The resolutions request that the
board of trustees of Kandoiph
Macon College meet in special e*‘-mou
within the next sixty days and to ap
point a committee with instructions
that the said committee unite with a
committee to he selected by this con
ference in an application to the proper
civil authorities for such changes in
the charter as will provid* that trus
tees shall be selected in accordance
with the requirements of the .dis
cipline of th*' Methodist episcopal
church. South, and a will further
provide that the property held in trust
by the Kandolph-Macon board shall
bo declared in the charter to be h> id
In trust for the Virginia and Raltl
more conferences of the Methodist
episcopal church. Mouth to be used
for educational purposes
Might \ct Independent!!
The resolutions also »t>
"In the losnt tnut tin board of
trustees shall refuse to unite with
the conference oimniUtrt' in the res
quest to the civil authorities for the
above mentioned changes in the char
ier, and in th® event the civil authori
ties shall refuse to grant the request
• >f the conference • ommittee, acting
alone without the assistance of the
board of trusties, and in the ewut
that it is found to tie impossible for
the Virginia annual conferetu. to s
turn any voice in the selettiou of th*
trustees or In the control *.f the prop
erty which has been created and de
veloped said built up through the
authorized, accredited, ami until Au
gust, ISAS, confessedly proclaimed
agents, of the Virginia annual con
ference, then the conf* ron •*■ commit
tee is instructed to consider with
greal care and thoroughness the
question of th* desirability and th*
feaslbltltv of the establishment and
maintenance of one or more institu
tions of learning, the charter of w hich
will comply with the requirements of
the discipline of the Methodist Epis
copal church. South, provided that the
committee shall not in the name of
or acting for the Virginia annual con
ference Incur any financial or moral
obligation concerning the establish
ment or maintenance of any institu
Mon of loarine
Hoports submitted tiering the open
ing session shotted grntlfvlng pro
gress in lines of church work cox -
or h! Presiding elders of the ton
distrhtH iv o r»- especially optimistic
in statements they mode to confer
ence, Revival meetings. they sold,
hid In most instances been prolific
of excellent results.
Hev. It. M. ('handler. pastor of
Cla.v-iStr<*t church, Richmond, in the
course of statements from ministers
of the various churches, asked that he
be transferred to some other charge.
He realised, he said, that his re
peat was rather out of the ordinary,
hut under the elrcumstances he felt
eonstralned to ai t as he did.
It Is understood that Hex. Mr.
Chandler will probel»lx be assigned
to an eldership
Conference opened at >:Sh A. M. with
brief devotional services. Hlshop Wil
son reading from the latter portion of
the 15th Chapter of Rt. l,uke. The ns
aemblage then joined In singing hymn
122, beginning "Jesus' name to sinners
dear." after which the holy communion
was administered by Bishop Wilson,
with the following assistants: Rev. \V.
It. Edwards, Rev. Joseph H. Amiss.
Rev. J. W. Bledsoe and Rev. Richard
Ferguson
A* this Impressive service was con
cluded, the assemblage again sang In
unison. Bishop Wilson closed the ser
vices with appropriate prayer, follow
ing which Conference got down to
business.
Roll Call of Ministars.
Rev. T>r. S. H. Lambeth. secretary,
first called the roll of ministers, a
targe majority of whom answered to
their names’. When the name of Rev.
Stonewall J. Brown was reached Dr.
Lambeth called out "Stonewall Jack
son." Amid laughter he corrected ISm
self, saying, however, that Rev. Mr.
Brown l»ore the name of Btonewall
Jackson even If that waa not his last
name.
Occasionally Dr. Lambeth waa com
pelled to urge the ministers to answer
louder, and In one Instance remarked,
“Just waked up." when a minister fafl
- «g| to answer until his name had been
called twice.
The roll showed thet a few of the
ministers had passed to the Brent Be
yond since the last Conference.
The roll cell of the lay delegates fol
lowed, each of the ten districts be
ing called 1 in order. These delegates
number forty.
The first named called In this Hat
was that of John P. Branch, of Rich
mond, who failed to answer. Most of
the other*, were on hand, and Mr.
.Branch e-rived Itder.
Dr. Lambeth Re-elected.
When nomination#' were asked for
aacratary a number of voices called
*W*S. Lambeth.’’ Reg. Dr. Lambeth
IIISIlol’ A. W. WII.Mt\.
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SHUIBERS SAFE :
III THE FIFTH
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JOIUTY.
(Special i<i The lliehmond \ Irgimun.1
I>ANVIU.K, VA . Nov. Practi
cally complete unofflciat returns from
n!! over the Fifth district give Satin
iters a majority of 195 over John M.
P;*raoti» hi those figures Parsons it*
uiven ttie benefit of Kepuhlican claims
as, to his majorltv tn Carroll and
<;ra\«on. his strongholds latter re
turns from Stuart to-day reriut * the
majority ac< redlt- d to Parsons In Pat
rick last night from ."40 to, 300. and
indoau- thal th ae figures may be
further redueed. Prartn all> complete
» gores from the entire district show
ihe following result'.
Saunders' majority- -l»anvlUe. "53;
Pittsylvania. *»3u. Franklin, Hi; Hen
ri. 13.' Total. 1,931.
Parsons maJority—Camatt. **21;
Grayson fo"- Patrick. Jot*. Tvtlal,
1.7 5 f».
Saunders' majority. 195.
These figures are believed to tie
pru< tlealty < >rrect, and are conser
vative viewe d from a I teinocratlt
standpoint.
Th. Kepuliliean* inn given full
• Ttdit for their Halms In t'arroll and
Grayson w hich ex. ceded all estimates
ELECTION OF SLENIP
IS NOW CONCEDED
HKISTOl.. TKNV. XwemlK'r ».—
ChMlrmiiii H. I'. Irvine, of Um- Demo
cratic (amiwlxn iiimnilllrt1 of (lie
Ninth ili-trlct of \ irginJa. (|OB(t‘df«
tlie plniion of ( . H. Sletnp, Itcpub
Itcan, mcr Henry < . Stuart. on the
face of l lie return* by a majority
of front 200 to .too.
The Hemp jieojile eluitn his ekvtlim
bj 260 majority. t rite*, tlu-n• are
tiiunder, in returns Slemp Is undoubt
edly eli-etetl over stuarl after one
ol tin- hottest tight* ever waged.
IX>KI Ml * OKKHATS
IIKVJIY BY it.ooo ton's
DKTKOIT, Mil’ll Nov 9.—Kr
pubticau State headquarters this after
noon conceded that Doremua has de
feated lienby by 2.000. Republican*
have also conceded the defeat of Con
gressman ldekina, of the Fifth Con
gressional district, by Kdwin F. Sweet,
Heminrat. by a majority of five hun
dred. This gives Michigan ten Re
publican ami two Democratic Con
gressmen.
HOU.AMVS MAJOKm
OV Kit FORK THOI SAN i>
i Kiiecml to The Richmond Virginian.)
NORFORK. v ... Nov. 9.—Com
plete returns from the Second district
gives Holland ft majority of 4.934
over Rumble. Republican. Two years
ago Maynard's majority over D. latw
n nee Groper w as 4,272. All the con
stitutional amendments were defeat
ed. but the complete vote on them
Is not yet available.
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“I DID IT” SAYS
CARD ON PHOTO
NEW YORK. Nov 9.—A fine picture
of Colonel Theodore Roosevelt. class
of 1880. which he gave to the Har
vard Club -'ini which has hung in the
hall there for vesars, was the cuuso
of much amusement to-day. A load
ing members who hod heard the news
decorated It with a card, and mem
bers passing have read it. smiled and
then gone away to bring other also
to read. On the rard in bold letters Is
this inscription: "I did It."
PROBE COMMITTEE
TO HOLD MEETING
Members of the special commit
tee appointed from the committee on
streets to investigate conditions In the
office of the" city engineer w.u meet
Wednesday night to examine the four
assistant engineers of the department
and to hear any other witnesses who
may care to testify.
The meeting was to have been held
Tuesday night, but was postponed on
account of the elections.
MORE COTTON GINNED
THAN LAST YEAR
WASHINGTON, T>. Nov. 9.—A
cotton ginning report issued to-day by
the Census Bureau shofcs 7,389,983
hales, counting round aa half bales,
ginned from the growth of 1810. to No
vember 1, as compared with 7,017,849
In 1909.
Round bales included this year are
*1,187, as compared with 109.031 In
1909.
Sea Island cotton shows 40,516 bales
for 1910, as compared with 55,237 in
1909.
GOOD NIGHT.
CHICAGO, Nov. Fifty prom
inent Democrat* united In * tele
gram to Colonel Theodore Roose
velt early to-day. It read:
SHTEJLSTBRNI
Latest Returns Indicate Vic
tory in Nine Congress
ional Districts
AMENDMENTS APPEAR
TO HAVE BEEN LOS1
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Missing Precincts May Turr
Tide in Fifth and Ninth,
But This is Deemed
Improbable
MORE THAN DELIGHTED.
'*J am more than delighted ni
the Democratic success©* not only
in Virginia but throughout the
country at largm 1 confidently
expect Mr. {Stuart's election in the
ninth district, and am pr&etical
ly positive that Judge Saunders
tias won in the fifth.
"The victor*. won by the
Democrats It Now York. Ohio.
New' Jersey. Massachusetts and
Connecticut arc nothing short of
wonderful, though It was gener
ally known that the people would
no longer submit to such treat
ment as that given them by the
Kepublican ad ministration.'
,T. T.\Y1/»R ELLYSON,
Chairman State Central Demo
cratic Committee.
Caught ui.dcr the Democratic land
slide which Tuesday swept across tin
1 country, th> Republicans in Virgin!:
were practically hurled and lost sigh
• •f and if, when the final cotim 1
ni.ulc, it bp shown that they have sen
candidates to 1 '■ ingress from mot'
> than one of the ten districts, the r-'s
of the State will bo surprised.
There were no real contests |t> elicit
districts, but in the other two—tin
Fifth and Ninth, known as the Hepub
llean strongholds u Virginia—the foi
i lowers of Republicanism realised frott
1 the beginning that they bad the tlgh
of their lives on band, that they wouh
! be shown no quarter, and that If the:
! wished to preserve even a vestige o
, ihelr party in the Old Dominion the;
i would have to work as they had neve
worked before
1 According to she latest reports r>*
ceived. though authoritative return
; from all precincts have not been sen
I In, the tight of the Republicans wit:
i in vain, In the Fifth judge Kdwan
W. Maunders is believed to have over
| come his Republican opponent by a
j least 100 majority, though it is knowi
that In some sections of the distric
! the Republican candidate, John M, Par
son. developed unexpected strength
j The wires are still telling what Stuar
| and Hlemp did to each other In th
Ninth. At the very outeet Mr. Stu
! art had a Republican majority of be
I tween 4,000 and 5,000 to overcomt
This he bas done, and returns not ye
complete Indicate his election by no
less than 2o0 plurality.
The vote in many parts of the Htatf
the Democratic candidates being naff
was rather light, only the propose,
amendments to the Constitution keep
ing up Interest.
Big Majority for Holland.
In the Second district, howevci
where some little uneasiness was fel
on account of factional differences, an.
where It was at one time feared tha
the Republican candidate, H. H. Rum
ble. would, by keeping the Democrat
split, win his way to Congress, Colon*
Edward E. Holland, the Democratl
candidate, was elected by a majortt;
running well over 4,000, every count;
and city In the district giving hit:
splendid support.
Captain John A. Lamb was, c
course, elected, his plurality runnin
near the 4,000 mark, Vawter, his Re
publican opponent, polling scarcely BO
votes In all, and falling to show a ma
jorlty In a single county, his nearei
approach to a majority being his p<>
In James City county, where he re
ceived 1( votes, the same number be
ing caat also for Captain Lamb. •
Virginia’s representation In the nes
Congress will consequently by virtu
of Tuesday’s election be as follows:
first PMMrlct.
Congressman William A. Jonas r«
(Continued on
JOHX A. DIX,
<#oven»or Eltvt of N>w Tori**
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I GOVERNORS ELECTED AND THEIR PLURALITIES.
Alabama—Emmett O'Neal, Democrat.45,000
California—Hiram W. Johnson, Republican. 5,000
Connecticut- Simeon E. Baldwin. Democrat . 2.60fr
Kansas—Walter R. Stubbs, Republican.12.000
l Massachusetts—Eugene N. Foss, Democrat.22,000
Michigan—Chase S. Osborn, Republican.?.50,000
Minnesota—Adolph O. Eberhart, Republican.30,000
Nebraska—Chester S. Aldrich, Republican.10,000
New Hampshire—Robert P. Bass, Republican. 6,000
New Jersey—Woodrow Wilson, Democrat .36,800
New York—John A. Dix, Democrat.62,487
Ohio—Judson Harmon, Democrat.40,000
Oklahoma—Lee Cruce, Democrat.20,000
Rhode Island—A. J. Pothler, Republican . 1,200
South Carolina—C. L. Blease, Democrat.47,000
South Dakota—Robert S. Bessey, Republican.12,000
Tennessee— Ben W. Hooper, Republican and Fusionist.15,000
Texas—O. B. Colquitt, Democrat.125,000
Wisconsin—Frank E. McGovern, Republican.50,000
Wyoming—Joseph M. Carey, Democrat . 2,000
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BLAMES DEFEAT ON
BITTERNESS IN RANKS
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Result Not Surprising. Declares Chairman McKinley. Who
Predicts Republicans Success Two Years
From Now.
CHICAGO, November 9.—Blaming
, the rout of the Republican party to
t bitterness In its o'.vu organization t ut
predicting success for 1912, William
il. McKinley. chairman of the Repub
lican national congressional commit
tee. to-day gave out the tallowing
statement.
"When it is considered that earely
two-thirds of the Republican vote in
the middle West states went to the
polls and the further faet that fac
tional differences had aroused an un
1 usual degree of bitterness among the
Republicans, the result Is not sur
1 1 prising. ,
"The revision of the tariff hat al
ways proved a disturbing element in
politics and this year was no exoep
' tlon. Judging by the light vote, the
Republicans had the same experience
1 ! as in IH92, two years after the pass
1 ; ing of the McKinley bill,
"It is my opinion that two years
•! from now. after it shall have been
1 demonstrated that the present tariff
j hill is beneficial to the country, the
t] same conditions will prevail as in
'court commences
MOORE INQUIRY
; SPECIAL TKRM COMMENCES TO
[ PROBE lilBERATIOX OF CON
DEMNED SLAYER BY MOB.
' (Special to The Richmond Virginian.)
: I.VN’i'HIH’RG. VA., Nov. 9—A spe
1 ciul term of the Circuit Court at Lov
ingston, Nelson county, began Wed
nesday morning with the empanel
ing of a grand Jury to investigate the
liberation of John Moore, condemn
ed and sentenced murderer of Frank
Howl, by a mob several weeks ago.
1 Nearly fifty witnesses have been
summoned, and it is probable that
! fifty more will be called. *“
The whereabouts of Moore are still
a complete mystery, and it is doubt
r ful whether ihe jury will be able to
' get any Information out of the wlt
1 nesses who are from the section where
Moore is supposed to be in hiding in
‘ the mountains. Many of them arc
{ prominent farmers, and are well
“ known to the people of the whole
® county.
Sacs Tobacco Company.
1 Suit instituted by 8. P. Mayo aguinat
' the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
' was placed on trial before Judge In-'
gram In the Law and Equity Court
1 Wednesday.
8 The plaintiff seeks to recover f 110
damages as a result of an alleged vlo
vj lotion of contract on the part of the
idant. The cnae deala with the
InOnn to sail cartaU tahoooa shag an
1S94. when tile Republicans swept
the country After the IK-mmrstic
WUton hill had become law, thi -iis
trau In the country was so widespread
that the people returned to the Re
publican party to power by a tre
mendous majority.
“It is my opinion that this defeat
will wipe out all factional difference}*.
There can he no question in my mind
that the American people in 1912
will give to the patient, patriotic man
In the White House a substantial en
dorsement for the wist* administra
tion he has given them. '
COHN ( KOI* IS LAKGKR
HJ/ t.OOO.OOO lU bUlil.S
WRAHINOTON. Nov 9,—A crop
report Issued by the department of
Agriculture to-day shows the percent
age of the 1909 com crop <>n farm?,
November 1, 1910. as 4.3 per cent., as
compared with a ten year average of
2.8 per cent.
The average weight per measured
bushel of this year’s wheat crop is
SS.S pounds, as compared with a ten
year average of 57.8.
The average weight per measured
bushel of this year's oat crop is 33.7
pounds, as compared with 31.1. the
ten year average.
The. 1910 corn crop was 3,121.381,- ;
000 bushels, ns compared with 2,
772.37S.000 last year.
! Governorships and Congress-*’
ional Positions Wrested from
Republicans by the Whole
i sale—House Now Con
trolled by Followers
of Jefferson
MAJORITY IN SENATE
WILL BE DECREASED
BY MANY SENATORS
Dix Beats Colonel Roosevelt’s
Candidate in New York—
Harmon Defeats Hardingtn
Ohio—Woodrow Wilson
Wins Over Lewis in Jer
sey—Foss Triumphs
Over Draper in Mass.
—Stuart Leads.
WHAT STIMSON SAYS.
M W VORW, No*. ».—Henry
I., silnimn, tHmicd raodldalf
for Governor of New York. |iW
out the following internet to
day:
‘•I believe tills riectlpa Is »
mere Incident In oar fight foe
progress, which will go on antli
I is end* are attained. The lead
ership o* the RepubUcna party
is hi the hands of pragf*asl*M
and we do not propone la bn
discouraged by any temporary
setback.
•‘Instead, I feel conAdent tWn
fight appealed to all men of all
parties who are looking Wr»
ward, and tlint eventually they
will he found enrolled with na
and fight for the same end.
“There is so much to he done
to nuke our American pohUoat
life clean and efficient and an
many problems still to he work-'
ed out by thoughtful and pa
triotic men, I have no four nt
the itermanency of any Who*,,
tlon."
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NEW YORK, November
tional returns to-day only empli
the completeness of the Demo
victory in New York State, for
first time since Isa 1 the Demo
will be In control of all the HUUn'
departments. They have reversed g
Republican joint majority of sixty Id.
the—Htate higlsisturti to a LiemovttUO
majority of twenty-five and have made
a clear gain of ten congressmen. , S
The change in the legislature Wfll.
insure a Democratic senator to
cecd Senator Chauncey M. D*
The new congressional delegation
have twenty-two Democrats and Itfci
teen Republicans as against twenty**;
live Republicans and twelve lam**’
orals in the present congress.
Plurality ia 82,487.
Dix's plurality is fi2.487. He wife;
despite the fact that hm total vote
WHS about 26,000 below the vote
Chanler, the Democratic defeated can*:
Uidaie tor governor In 1808.
sons 'ote. however, was approxO
tnateiy 100,000 under that cast
Hughe*.
Aside from Dtx, the entire Demi
cratlc ticket was elected by plti
ties of about 50,000.
William W Docks. Roosevelt**
home congressman, was defeated
Martin W. X.ittleton.
That the Roosevelt Issue was
vital one In this State was proved
the vote for governor in his
count;. Two >ears ago Dover
Charles E. Hughes carried Nassau
3.502. Yesterday the Democrats
a plurality of 300 there. The
d It ions that prevailed on Dong Isis
were duplicated In the Twenty-'
congressional district, where Ha
Dish, an original Insurgent, who
the rim progressive to send gre
to Roosevelt, when he emerged
the jungle, was bowled over W
ard K. Connell.
DEMOCRATS CARRY
TAFT’S OWN STA1
O.. November 9.
ENTIRE TICKET HEADE
HARMON BORNE
TORY ox la:
COLUMBUS,
entire Democratic State ticket,
vd by Governor Judaon
stands elected to-day, as the
of a ili'tm cratic landslide whtc
Ohio, Taft's own State, in the
rank in the progressive
against the Taft u JmtnlstrotloB
s and-pattern.
_ The ru-.te ^legislature appears1
safely Democratic, which mesas,
a democrat will 1/e elected to
Senator l>luk. The Democrats
appe'entiy carried the coi
delegation, get tin* from IS te
the S> representative#. vQsg
Political observer* say pi
Rep it id leu ns did It. In every
and corner of the State, they
with the Democrats to pot
puKcr stand-pat KspobUooaSt
wer« not enough orthodox
In the Statu to do It unaided.
WILSON IS WI!
IN NEW JJ
CARRIES STATE COB
■V BIO MAJORITV AN9
UP FOP Mil ^
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Arst time to.,
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