Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-07-12
INTERESTING PHASES
Virginia Politics Developing Activity
of an Eager Sort.
TYLER'S BOOM READY TO LAUNCH
Many Lively Fights in Prospect
Over Coveted Nominations.
PREM YMPTOM S
PREMONITORY SYMPTOMS
pecial Dispatch to The Evening Star.

Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.
RICHMOND, Va, July 12.-Politics in
Virginia, which has been at low ebb
since the May convention, developed some
phases in the last few days decidedly in
teresting.
First comes the determination of Gov
ernor Tyler to give Senator Martin a race
for his seat, and next the announcement
of candidates for Congress and the legisla-
ture.
Governor Tyler WILL his intimate friends
say, issue a paper this week that will
launch his boom for the United States Sem
ate in grand style. He has been urged by
the May convention people to run, and
for the past few weeks has been at his
home at Radford, where he has been
brought to believe by his admirers that the
time is propitious for the race and that
success will attend him.
1t is not thought he will run the
didate of the Senatorial Reform League,
but they have given him assurance that
they will conduct the campaign for him.
The Martin people are well satisfied at
the prospect and express an anxiety to
have Governor Tyler make the race, be-
lieving that Martin can defeat Tyler hands
down, and that his candidacy will keep a
possible stronger candidate from entering
the lists
threatening Little cloud.
While Representative W. A. Jones has
been busy with the senatorial reform move
ment threatening cloud has risen on his
political horizon in the person of William
A. Little, jr., of Fredericksburg who is
making active preparations to try conclu-
sions with Mr.. Jones for his seat in the
lower house of Congress.
Mr. Little is at once very popular and
astute He was sympathizer of the sound
money wing of the democratic party in the
presidential campaign. but declined to take
active part against the regular party or
ganiZaton He, however, acted as attorney
for the Sound Money League. local or
ganiZatiOn here, outside of the Palmer and
Buckner campaign.
He is, therefore, in a position to attract
the gold people toward him, and nothing
can be said against him on the ground of
party popularity. for while he spoke his
opinion whenever challenged, he did not an
tagonize the party organization in the cam
paign. He is a man of untiring energy,
fine Stumper, and his record for long term
in the state senate was hardly ever excelCd
in Virginia. He is widely known in the
district and has stumped it many times
from one end to the other.
Jones is Popular, Too.
There is possibly more popular man in
all the district, unless it be Mr.. Jones HIM
self. and those who know the conditions in
the district declare that it will be Greek
meet Greek.
Representative Jones is one of the most
pronounced free silverites in Virginia. Last
years elections showed that there was con-
siderable division in that district on the
money question, and the conditions are ripe
for very interesting contest. Mr.. Littes
candidacy will leave a vacancy IN the state
senate. which he has held without oppose
ton for years.
Another lively fight for the democratic
nomination is promised in the second dis
trict, where Col. r. e. Boykin of Isle Of
Wight county, it is announced, will run
against w. a. Young. the incumbent.
Feature OF the Fight.
very interesting local affair has arisen
in that district in connection with the APP
pointment of supervisor of the census
which may have an ultimate effect on both
the congressional and senatorial contests.
Representative Young selected Mr.. John
Whitehead for census supervisor of the dis
trict, but was slow in making the nominal
ton. Senators Daniel and Martin were
asked by the census bureau to see that
nomination was made at once, and Mr..
Young not having responded District
Chairman Day was asked by the Virginia
senators 10 name a man, which he did. Mr..
Day is Senator Martins father-in-law.
Mr.. Whtehead's friends charge that he
las been knitted. He has been a great
worker in the party in Norfolk and yields
considerable influence, and it is regarded as
significant that since this matter occurred
Mr.. Whitehead has announced himself for
the Legislature. EX-Representative d. Gar
diner Tyler of the same district has just
declared his intention of running for the
state senate.
Activity All Over the State.
Indeed, there is an active movement
among candidates all over the state, and
the indications are that the legislature will
have an unusual number of new faces next
December when it meets for its biennial
session.
1t is regarded as foregone conclusion
that Mr.. Carter Glass editor of the Lynch
burg News, will receive the nomination for
the state senate from Lynchburg The
death of Senator VIM. NJ. Flanagan leaves
the republican party without a representa-
tive in the state senate, all having been
democrats at the last session except Mr.
Flanagan and one populist member