Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-11-04
A Light Vote Expected In the Com
ing Election.
LITTLE ORATORY IN CAMPAIGN
Poor Prospect for tho Success OF
Independent Candidates.
EFFECT ON sen
Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.

| RICHMOND, va, November D, 1SSo
| There are many reasons why the vote
I'm Virginia next Tuesday will be small
| In the first place, there are few counties or
| districts in which there are contests Of any
| magnitude. Smallpox will keep a number
| of voters at home in several localities. In
| no year since the civil war has there been
| so little public speaking AS rule. the
very few stump orators who have gone out
have had to tax to small audiences.
Chairman ]. Taylor Ellison OF the
state democratic committee makes a
| rule never to give out figures. He states.
| however, that the regularly nominated
| democrats will be in an overwhelming ma
| jority in the general assembly. A new
house of delegates and half of the state
| senate will be eected. The republicans
| frankly admit that Mr.. Ellison's calcutta
| lions will be verified by the results. No
| fight has been made by the republican
state committee. That body early in the
| campaign decided that 1t would be a use
| less waste of time and money to attempt
| to defeat the democrats as long as the lat
| ter were in control of the eection machin-
| cry. In other words. it is the republican
| policy to leave the democrats to fight
among themselves, hoping the party may
| split IN into factions.
| This policy will bear some republican
| fruit this year, but not very much A few
| of the independent democrats will win. but
| they will not be numerous enough to con-
| troll any legislation. They Will, however.
| be driven out Of the party when excluded
from the democratic caucus as they surely
| Will be. They, naturally, will be ready TO
| &C nbine with any party to defeat those
| who will have Inundated them.
Little Hope for the Independents.
out of the 100 members of the state SEN
| ate and the house of delegates to be
elected The independents, republicans and
| populists will probably secure twenty. This
| will leave the regulars majority of 100 on
| joint ballot, as there are twenty hold over
| democratic senators. One of the most in
| teresting contests is that of the senatorial
| 0istrlct "nlch comprises Isle OIL wight
Nd'iST.iiofo anu 9outhatii2 AZ re-
ragI,11r da,nocrstic ror,tnna Ne is onDosad
| by VILLAIN Stands q LAWYER of Southamp-
| ION Mr. Shaufe claims to he the nop1i-
roa Of tho rartT biIt tba sta ,,ittaa
has decided tbot his claims arc not u,eu
| roI,,dad Vet NJ Cbor5s il, ,oal,iry a ,,ar,,
| atci,,e carI.aSs and viii rotI a bis, vota 10
| NAV defeat Col Rovl,in and ~ he sboIid
Do 60 49, nil: "a 49, na1a,a1, oba,tes
~ 90 -, ", - NC 49,, r, i;.,+
90 - ~ D'iiE Iess ION the sGcol.u Gl5tiIct
49, ~ -, GO C9 ~ 20. - T., mo
~. iouHg, I4@ present IepieseLla
JuuSt w II IalH f1oGseS Mann OF Notto"aS
mas DIG HShl on ms nahqs lor the sen
De -. nis opponent IS Il. r buiord OF
ID "lCh' young lawyer vi dDllltS' VINO
Is running as an independent democrat.
W. I Nlnn OF Lunenburg, who was hrst
put up against Buford, received such a hot
reception tnat Mr. Nlnn Withdrew. Judge
Mann is an ADLER man than the average
who comes to the legislature. He made
a great sacrifice when he consented to run
to save his party from defeat. He will
probably beat Mr.. Buford, for his own
| county will give him something like 1000
majority BufOrd will get 700 or 800 IN
Brunswick and Lunenburg viii be close
Ess.. an p,;,..., E..
" E'ec'""-
the republicans are watching Virginia
politics with much interest While they