will cer
tainly control the convention so his
friends sav and they do not propose to
nllovv an j thing to happen which will In
the slightest degree militate agalnt the
favorite Not that IJiey fear anything of
the kind happening for believe and
their belief is founded upon the present
situation that the Norfolk convention
will to a certain ext3nt be like the Roan
oke convention of four jears ago but one
real candidate for Governor the other
places on the ticket to be filled after
a fight
At one time it appeared as if Judge
Robertson would be a figurehead
in the fight for Attorney General but de
velopments of today seemed to bring him
forward quite For exam
ple a month ago his name was men
tioned in the nature of a dark horse It
was or seemed to be understood at that
time that Senator Jeffrieshad almost a
walk over for the place but when the
name of Major Anderson was brought
forward there was a change In the situa
tion Finally the contest for the secur
ing of delegates grew warm and warmer
and then it was that Judge Robertson
became a factor In the fight Ills friends
had decided hopes and after several con
sultations with leaders of other candi
dates here today these hopes became
much stronger
As In days of jorc the of
the State promlsts to cut some figure in
the nominations Tor example Senator
Jeffries and Senator Willard are both
from the Eighth Congressional district of
the State The latter is receiving the
hearty support of the friends of Monta
gue and for that reason is confident of
winning jet when the friends of Senator
Jeffries met and considered it advisable
to make n light to hive the contest