The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1900-06-26
TENTH VIRGINIA DISTRICT
Four Counties Have Already De-
clared for Candidate Flood.
According to Ihe Present Outiesk He VIII
Have Moro Than Enough Votes on
the First Ballot TO Nominate
Him for Congress.
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Amherst. Va. June 2l-The Tenth Dis
triet, OF which tais county constitutes a
part. is the Only enc Of the ten Congress
sional districts In The State In which there
is an active contest for the Democratic
nomination. This district IS composed OF
twelve counties and TWO cities and is cut
in half by the Blue Ridge Mountains. six
counties lying east and six west OF the
ridge. II is Familiarity known as The Shoe
string District of Virginia" In this dis
trict there are six aspirsnts. namely,
Hon. J. VI. Quarles. OF S;aunton, the in
cumbent; Col. Robert Catlett and Mai.
Z. II. Barclay, OF Rockbridse. State Sen
ator II. ID. Flood. OF AppomattOx: Judge
William G.. Loving and Bennett 7. Cor
don, esq, of Nelson, the first three haiing
from the western counties and the oth,r
three gentlemen from the eastern COun-
ties
The nominating convention will be held
in BUena Vista on August l and will be
composed of l5s delegates. requiring 20
10 nominate. Only four of the counties
have thus far elected their delegates.
These are Apromattox. Buckingham. Al
leghany. and Highland. with an aggregate
vote of "a. all OF which have instructed
for Flood.
All OF the counties have appointed a
day for selecting delegates except Au-
gusta and the city of stanton. The dates
fixed are Cumberland. June 70; Amherst
and Nelson, June 80: BOtetOurt, Rock
bridge. and city of Buena Vista. July I:
Bath, July 10. and Fluvanna, July q The
local committees Of Augusta and Staun-
ton have been called to meet next Mon
day (Court day. for the purpose Of fixing
the time, place, and manner OF electiny
their delegates.
The fight in this county (AmhersO will
be between Judge Loving and Senator
Flood, and despite the fact that il is the
formers native county. the better opin-
ion is that Flood will secure the delega-
ton.
In Nelson County the contest Is quite
close between Loving and Gordon. No
matter which of the two may receive the
vote of the county in the first instance
there is no question that a large part OF
ii will 60 10 Flood in preference to any
western candidate there being a strong
feeling in the county IN favor of the
nomination of an eastern man, and both
Of the local candidates having expressed
themselves as being in sympathy with
this idea. The two remaining counties on
this side of the Blue Ridge, Cumberland
ard Fluvanna, are conceded to Flood
The situation on the other side of the
mountains is as follows: 1t is conceded
that Judge Quarles will carry his homs
city and county-Staunton and Augusta
with an aggregate of thiriy-eight dele.
gates. The eighteen votes of Rockbridge
County and the city of Buena Vista viii
I've cast for Col, Catlett, their second
choice being divided between Quarles and
Flood The friends OF Senator EI0pl CON
ndently believe that he will carry the re-
naming two transmOntant counties OF
Bath and AllCghany and High
land having already declared for him
II the above forecast be correct. Mr.
Flood will receive eighty-seven votes on
the first ballot, being seven more than
the requisite number TO nominate. But
II he should lose any one or even any
two, of the counties which his friends
claim for him on the first ballet, his
strength as a second choice would seem
TO leave no reasonable doubt whatever OF
his nomination.
The Republicans have nominated for
their candidate Col. Robert T. Hubbard, Of
buckingham, the defeated Congressional
candidate of their party in 1898, and whom
Mr.. Flood 1--WE years ago defeated for the
state senate by more than 1000 votes. He
is regarded as the least formidable can
didate the Republicans could put forward
and the Democratic nominee whoever he
may be, is quite assured OF success II is
not thought that the Republicans can he
gin 10 make so formidable hght as they
did four years ago, when the ma jority
was only fOrty-seven for Mr.. Yost. by
all odds the strongest man In their party.
In that contest the Republican candidate
not only enjoyed the advantage Of an
enormous campaign and corruption fund.
but had the additional advantage Of the
detection Of the Gold Democrats from
the customary allegiance 10 their party