The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-08-26

Der Of the House, while two others
Messrs. Felix NJ. Jones and ". j. Bln-
Bford, are ex-men1 bers Of that BODY.
MIR, Binford was elected to the House
In 1895, defeating one or moro contest
ants for the honor ut time when the
scnatorshlp was lively Issue. MT.
Jones was elected some years ago as d
compromise candidate In the conreht'on
when the forces OF N1essrs. Maupln anu
Gardner, the leading contestants, we're
dcadlocked. The other three Candidates
are Judge T. Ashby Wickham, now !uo &
of the County Court; Mr.. a. Won ~.
Rosenegk, a we'll known German-Amer-i
lean, engaged in the brewery BUSINESS
and widely known and popular IN me
county, and Mr.. James r. Russell. Win
these aspirants all In tho race ana al
making an active canvass and speahins
to small audiences In various parts OF tne
county in the evening, the campaign Is
fast reaching very heated stage, Where-
In complimentary eplthets are not a.
ways tho only ones INDUCED IN. @
POLL $500 VOTES. *
IT Is estimated that the county VIII pol!
Q 800 votes in the primary on Septem per
3D. and there Is great diversity OF OPINION
among the people as to VINO VIII VIII.
The locality whence the candidates coH'o
and their relative strength at the larger
DrGCl0ClS uIO IIlS DcSL AAiSe'AtS ~
| TO form an idea rs to tho result. There
| are five districts and sixteen precinc
| IN the county, but eight Of these are
large precincts and In these the result
Will be decided. Three Of the candloates
1 are from Tuckahoe dlstrict-Messrs. Jones,
Wickham and Russell; two from Brook
land observation-disclosures. Rosenegk and caro-
ner, while Mr. Blnford, the other canoI-
date, lives In Fairfield district:
l t~ta
embrace nearly two thousand votes, Ger
! t,inly more than eighteen hundred. These
arc Shumaker's, with about 300; Howard
| Grove with about $50; Hardtn's SHOP
with about the same number; Barton
Heights, with about 30; Jones, VIII
| about l75 votes; Chestnut HILL about lou;
! hungary, about 175, ana BAKER s. a ,C'o'
| ITO. ),
rho other precincts are Forks OF Road,
Ridge Church and Short Pump, In Tuck
ahoe district: Bruins, in Brookland DIS
trIct: Seven Pines, in Fairfield district;
Carter's Store, Town Hall and Whltloek -
| In Varina.
Shunaker's precinct, with Its large vote
IS Mr., Jones home precinct. and ne VIII
probably get his best vote there' jugs
| Wicltham also lives III the same dlstrlct
however. and will probably poll his best
| vote in that district
Brookland Is a large district, in which
| hot II Messrs. Gardner and Rosenegk nave
their residence. Mr.. Binford's friends also
| claim considerable strength for nm IN
that district. They say that Messrs
/ Gardner Wickham and Binford WI! a.
poll a good vote in Hungary fpreclhct
Barton Heights Mr.. Gardeners home. II
generally conceded to him. AT bruin
| and Chestnut Hill the Binford forces are
claiming great strength. Mr.. Rosenegk
will also figure In the running IN tha'
i district. his homo. "a,
! In Fairfield. another large district. VIII
| four precincts Mr., Binforos 1o11owelS
| ara expecting great things Of him. HOW
ards Grove is his homo precinct. and ne
claims that no VIII poll 200 OF It's 100 odc
votes. He also claims Seven Pines ano
expects pretty even break with Mr.
| Rosenegk at Hardin's Shop. In Tuckaho
/ The Binford forces are claiming hlst
| that he will carry Forks OF Road anc
| Short Pump, and that he Will carry Car
ter's Store in Varna and hold his OWE
with the others In the other two pre-
+. cincts. II these claims hold good Mr.. Bin
ford will be right in the running to the
fail of the flag. .
OF course, tho friends Of Mr.. Gardne
and Mr.. Rosenegk do not coneede these
claims. but, on thu contrary, claim tina
the real fight is between them.
ESTIMATING the vote that VIII be re
corded at $500. It will probably take
4 not less than 500 votes to give any mar
the nomination The indications are
4 that the fight Is going to be closer thai
many think, and there Is great dea
~ uncerta inty as to the result.