Gen. Wade Hampton

General "Wade Hampton of Virginia is at present attracting the attention of the state leaders of the old democratie party of the south. Seeing that the masses of the party have rebelled against the aristocracy and joined with the populists in forming the young democratie party headed by Tillman, Atkinson and others, he has set about to solidify the elements of the aristocracy into a political party, which, if it can do nothing else, will join the republican party in time for the national convention next year. He said recently that a coalition with the republican party was not an impossible thing with the aristocracy of the south and that it may take place at an early date.