Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-09-18
lature as their only hope Of securing hon

est elections.
The Times. which by its tight last winter
the organ Of purity at the ballot, is looked
to by this dissatisfied element for still
greater reform in the old methods Of cleo
ton in Virginia. The Times is very likely
to lead another fight on this line when the
next legislature meets. Soon after the pres
ent law was adopted the owner of the
Times. Mr.. Bryan, stated that he would
wait and see the operation Of the new law,
and II 1t did not come up to expectations
further reform would be demanded.
The situation shows no Improvement for
the democratic party in the sixth district.
This Is the district where the prohibition
lists and populists have fused upon a can
didate. who is making great inroads upon
the democratic strength. MIR. Rucker. the
success. and from the present outlook there
Is good reason for his hopes of success.
Major Otey, the democratic nominee, Is
leaving no stone unturned to keep the dis
trict in the democratic party, but that he
has a hot fight Is apparent to every one.
Senator John w. Daniel. who is person.
ally responsible for Major Otey's nominal
ton. is making hard fight for his friend.
and will devote nearly his whole time dur
ing the campaign in the sixth district.
Major Daniel is making powerful speeches
In every hamlet and at every county seat
in the district. He has a long list of ap-
pointments fer the campaign and nearly
all of them are in the sixth district. He
spoke at Radford Saturday to a large crowd
and speaks at Salem in Roanoke county to-
day.
j. Hampton Hoge,s Hopes.
Some of the democratic leaders think that
Col. j. Hampton Hoge. the republican nomi-
nee, has a better chance of success than
Mr.. Rucker. They say that Rucker will
draw nearly all of his strength from the
democratic party and that Hoge, polling
the full republican vote may possibly win.
Hoge Is not making as active a canvass as
he promised to do, but says he will make
hay from now on.
The feature which is very favorable to
Maj. Otey's success is the generous act on
the part of John Goode, who was Maj.
Otey's opponent for the democratic nomina-
ten. MIR. Goode has gone on the stump for
Otey and has eleven appointments to speak
in the district between October and Octo-
bcr "a Mr.. 'Goode can do more for MIR.
OteY's success in two of the counties in
this district than any one else. These
counties are Bedford and Halifax, where
there is considerable disaffection among
the democratic party growing out of Mr..
Goodies defeat.
The Star correspondent Is Informed by
the democratic leaders that the chances
are Frightening in the fifth district where
there Is also an uphill fight for democracy.
Mr.. Swanson, the democratic nominee, who
is perhaps the most energetic politician in
virginia, Is making a vigorous and almost
unceGsing fight. Scarcely a day passes that
he does not mount the stump In his own
behalf. He is meeting Judge Cornett his
republican and only opponent in the dis
trict, at every turn, and is holding his own
remarkably we'll against the brilliant cham
pion of repubicanism. The fact that the
populist candidate in this district has with
drawn makes Cornett's chances much
stronger and Swanson's correspondingly
less. Mr.. Swanson has induced Gov.
OFerrall to make three speeches in his
district, and 1t is said will have several
democratic members of Congress of nation
al reputation to come down and help him.
He has a hard fight to make and he knows
1t, and Is availing himself Of every op-
portunity to enlighten his constituents.
In the Ninth.
Chairman Ellyson, who has just returned
from the ninth district. where Gen. Walker,
the republican nominee. is waging a solid
fight against the democratic candidate,
Judge Morrison. says tie outlook Is very
bright for the latter's success. He says all
Of the dissensi)n ms In that district have been
healed and that Morrison has a much bet
ter chance of Winning than had Mr. Mar
shall two years ago. The friends of Gen.
Walker however, say that their man will
certainly win.
The withdrawal Of ex-Judge Waddill
from the race in this, the third district,
has placed a new phase upon the contest
1t seems now that the republicans will have
no candidate in the field, and that the fight
VIII be between Elicit and Gregory. Both
are making determined fights and are meet
Ing each other in joint debate on the court
greens OF the district Representative Gee.
D. Wise. who was defeated by Mr. Elicit
for the democratic nomination. will return
here In October and make several speeches
for Mr. Elicit. after which it is said MIR.
wise Will make his home either in WASH
ington. d. C.. or in San Francisco, probably
the former place