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HARRISONBURG, VA., May K -
! ?< kint'.*ia:n Democrats tn (oravitp.n
yeMerdav indorsed the administration
pres.deft W.lson. pr.iisc d M,e U.jk
' present Congress and ei,.^t?.<l
r.treteer, de}et;ate;, 'o th- Stat- Co::
vention in Roanoke. The delegate;.
? re former Senator Oeorye r. k^c
/e!l Senator Georgt N" Conrad, r>-lc
c.te 1' H Rol??or.. James Nf Kava
r.augh. H. \V tVyant, \V. C. P*.^iT7^r
0 C. Graham W*. K Myers. T T Sho.'
??'?a^ter. Dr. A. S. Kemper, Prentiss
Wsaver. J. Harry I?iebrick. .1 Henrv
Miller, Or J K. Lincoln. D. J Driver.
S G. Witrip. s R. fiowman, \v Ji'
Shavor and S. H. N'eff
Op. account of the strained relations
!" ? w?en the organization and Repre
sentative Hay over recent post-offico
, fights, neither the organization nor
his friends mentioned his name on the
"?'* T of the convention, and the r>-so.
iutions committee studiously avoided
mentioning his name, though the Vir
ginia delegation in Congre?5Q wa*? nrns.
^^?d
I* was clearlv evident that any men
tion of Hay's name would have pre
olpitated s stormy debate, and both
sides were satisfied to maintain a
f-trict silence
The snti-Hiv sentiment here among
the organization dates hack to lf>i4,
when F. I. Siibleit was appointed post
mnster in the face of the protests of
practically all the organization lead
ers. Ruble.tt had been an independent
Democrat, at times openly fighting
the regulars. Moro recently Mr. Hay
ignored the organization again in tho
appointment of J. H Nave, another
anti-organisation man, as postmaster
at Broadway.
