Evening star., 1898-07-20
Warm Contest Among Republicans in
Tenth District.
Mr., YOSTS SCHANCEF DENOMINATION
The Situation in the State Re-
viewed by Republican.
THE ALLEG ED FRAUDS
peciaI Dispatch to The Evening Star.

to meet in this city August II. 1t is not
| unlikely that the scenes attending the
meeting will be fully as exciting as those
witnessed at the recent democratic conven-
ton in Covington. when Judge Quarles was
placed in the field for the same position by
the democrats.
At this time there are two avowed candi-
dates for the republican nomination-Rep-
resentative Jacob Yost, the sitting men,
ber, and Lawyer L. A. Hackman, both of
| Staunton. 1t is claimed in some quarters
| that while Hackman belongs to the anti
Yost faction of the republican party and
| would like to see Yost beaten in the con-
vention, he Is not really the candidate of
| the opponents of Mr.. Yost, and his name
has only been brought forward because of
the hope entertained by many that Hack
man will be able to defeat YoSt in the Au-
| gusta primaries, which, If consummated,
| would remove him from the list of candi-
dates.
| At the time of the assembling of the re-
cent democratic convention at Covington,
and for some time thereafter, close friends
of Mr.. Yost declared that under no crcum-
stances would he again be a candidate, and
| it is alleged that the reason he has changed
| his mind on the subject is because the
nomination of Judge Quarles has fallen
very fiat. This has caused many repub-
| icans to believe that there will be chance
| for them to keep the district in the repub
lican column.
| 1t is possible Mr.. Yost may finally decline
| to go before the convention, but at present
| he is in the race, so far as his friends are
concerned.
| Republican Review.
| Referring to this subject, one of the most
prominent republicans in the tenth dis
| trict said to Star reporter:
| Coupled with President McKinley's con-
stantly increasing popularity on account of
| his war record, the people in this portion of
| the state who have been opposed to Mr..
| Yost because of failure on his part to keep
prediction promises are disposed to over
| look their representatives derelicton in
this respect at least this is what the
| friends of Mr.. Yost believe, and it is said
| Mr. Yost further believes that the district
| ought to again go republican, notwith-
| standing the immense frauds that are usu-
ally put up a elections in the counties east
| of the Blue Ridge.
| The republicans have reason to believe
| that the frauds will be minimized this year,
| since those who have heretofore been most
| active in the past in monkeying with the
| ballot box were badly left In the race which
| ended in the assembling of the Covington
convention and the nomination of Quarles.
| whether Mr.. Yost can win in the con-
test after his announcement that he would
not be candidate for denomination is re-
garded in some quarters exceedingly
| doubtful. 1t is said that Rockbridge. Au-
gusta and Allegheny. the three republican
| StrOnShOlUS OF the district. are opposed TO
| his reelection, but it is to be tested wheth-
| er Mr.. Hackman can rally the republican
| forces to his support
disappointment of Office Seekers.
| "If he does 1t will be wholly due to the
anuYost sentiment in the district which
grew apace with the disappointment in the
various counties account Of the appoint
| ment of postmasters, only to be augmented
| by Mr.. Yost's strange and unaccountable
| opposition to the appointment of S. Brown
Allen to the United States marshalship for
| the western district of Virginia. His oppo-
sition was SO bitter as to cause the PreSi-
dent to delay all of his appointments in
Virginia. and besides cost this section of
the state the loss of all outside appoint
ments and held in check those that had to
come TO us by the fact that they were Vir-
ginia appointments. If, however, the con-
vention can be harmonious and select a
formidable candidate, whether 1t be one of
present there seems to be no other, the dis
| trict ought to be kept within the sepub-
lican lines.
Outlook in Other Districts.
"The outlook for the rest of the state SO
| far the next national House of Repre-
sentatives is concerned may be summed up
as follows:
''The first. which is composed of Acco-
| mac, Caroline, Essex, Gloucester King
| and Queen, Lancaster. Mathews, Middle
sex. Northampton. Northumberland. Rich
mond. Spottsylvania and Westmoreland
and the city of Fredericksburg. will prob
ably return Mr.. William Atkinson Jones'
the sitting member. At the election in 1896
the returns were: Jones. democrat, 15.525
Tyler, republican 10, 752: winder. prohibi.
| zionist, 216 and De Shazier. socialist la
Dor, 50.
THE second district is believed to be re-
lfaby republican, provided the party is
united. The district comprises the counties
of Charles City, Elizabeth City, Isle of
Wight. James City. Nansemond Norfolk
Princess Anne, Southampton. Surrey. War
wick and York and the cities of Norfolk,
Portsmouth, Williamsburg and Newport
News. With harmony in the republican
ranks it is believed the democrats are in
| minority of between 1000 and 5000 This
year. however, the republican party is
split into two factions, each being suffi-
ciently strong to draw off large vote from
the regularly nominated candidate. This
gives the democrats a fighting chance un-
der ordinary circumstances, and a winning
one with the methods the democrats usual
ly employ to get their men in. The returns
at the election two years ago showed that
William A. Young democrat, received 49,
780 votes against II. 800 votes for DR.. R. A.
Wise, republican: 1886 votes for William
A. Whaley, national democrat. and 24o
votes for A. B. Griffin Independent.
IF, however. the next House is republi-
can, it is believed it will be, the fight
for representative in that body from this
will be fought over again before the COM
mittee on elections in Washington, which,
under the deplorable condition OF affairs
which exists in the state, is the only place
where this district. with its immense re-
publican vote. has any show for a fair
count.
Democrat From Third District.
1.-The third district will, it is believed.
again return democrat. as there seems to
be at present no determined effort on the
part of republicans to capture it. The dis
trict is composed of the counties of .Ches-
terfield Goochland, Hanover Henrico King
William and New Kent and the cities of
Richmond and Manchester. At the last
congressional election Lamb, democrat, re-
ceived 1864 votes; Lewis, republican, H.
I16 and SIT votes were returned as scat
tering.
THE fourth district is republican by
1000 to 5000, but will, it is expected, re-
tCrn a democrat. 1t comprises the counties
of Amelia Brunswick, Dinwiddie Greenes-
Vile, Lunenburg. Mecklenburg, Nottaway,
Powhatan, Prince Edward, Prince George
and Sussex and the city of Petersburg At
recent conference of colored republicans
in Charlottesville Thomas L. Jones' a col
Ored lawyer, who votes in the district h,,t