Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1901-03-02

The claim made by Hon. Claude A.
Swanson and his friends early in his
fight for the Gubernatorial nomina-
ton, that seven of the ten Congress
men were for him. has less of en-
couragement in it for them now, ac
cording to latest advlces received
from many sections of the State. The
people had not been heard from
then, but have been since and to the
effect that they do not propose to
allow their representatives in Con
gress to speak for them as to their
choice Of candidate for Governor.
Passing over the first and eight dis
tricts, conceded to Mr.. Montague and
the fifth, MIR. SwansOn's, the situa-
ton in the other seven shows, as
summed up in the following from the
Richmond Times, that there are
other candidates in the race for
Governor, besides Mr.. Swanson, and
that the majority of the Virginia
Congressman, with the scales SO
evenly balanced between the various
candidates, as they now seem be, are
not likely to be very active in the
interest of any one IN the Guberna-
torial contest or could control the
votes of the people in their respec-
tive districts, if they were so dis
posed:
Capt. Dick Marshall, of Ports
mouth, is the Second District candi-
date, and it is presumed that Mr
Maynard's first choice is the Ports>
mouth man. He is understood to be
for Mr.. Swanson when Capt. Marsh
all is out OF the race.
Captain Lamb has not, so far as
known, publicly declared his prefer
ence as between the four guberna-
torial candidates There ia a large
Echols contingent In the Third Dis
trict. and probably a majority OF the
delegates will be for Montague.
1t is asserted positively that Mon
tague will carry several Of the Fourth
District counties, despite MIR. L4ssit-
er's alleged advocacy Of MIR. Swan
sons candidacy.
Although Maj. Otey is said to ad-
vocate MIR. Swanson's nomination ii
is claimed by MIR. Montague's friends
that several counties of the district
are for the Attorney General for
Governor. 1t is stated upon what
appears to be good authority that in
the Seventh District several of the
counties will send Montague delega-
lions TO the convention, notwith.
standing Mr.. Hays advocacy of Mr..
Swanson's claims for the nomina-
ton.
Mr. Rhea is said to advocate the
nomination of Mr.. Swanson, but the
Montague and Echols men are claim
ing the delegates from the Ninth
District, with the exception of Bris-
tOl and Washington counties.
Mr.. Echols is very strong in the
Tenth District, being a Tenth Dis
trict man, and will, of course, have
all, or nearly all, the delegates on the
first ballot. There is said to be no
question that Mr.. Montague is the
choice of a majority of the counties
of the Tenth District. Mr. Flood
would scarcely care to display much
partisanship i'll advocating Mr. Swan
sons candidacy although he is said
10 favor the Fifth District man after
Mr.. Echols.
a special to the Virginian- Pilot,
from Richmond, February 9th,
seems to indicate that the prospects
of Mr.. Swanson are not as rosy as
they were for other reasons. 1t says:
The woes Of Congressman Claude
A. Swanson as an aspiraDt for the
highest honor in Virginia's gift seem
TO come all together. Yesterday af
ternoon it leaked out that the Order
of Railway Employees was against
him on account of his alleged enmity
to the employers liability bill. That
matter came up last night before the
Central Trades and Labor Council
here, which represents nearly all the
working people of Richmond, and ii
was decided by a practically unani-
nous vote TO endorse the candidacy
OF Hon. A. j. Montague. he is COL
siuered friend aid staunch sup
porter OF the workingmen, and this
action will have a great effect
throughout the State.