Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1903-07-24

Information comes from Greene
and Madison C ounties to the eff
feet that Hon. N. B. Early, Jr.
who has so long represented that
district in the house of delegates, VII
have opposition this fall for the Dem
ocratic nomination, in the person 81
county Judge IF. N. MeMullen, of Madi-
son.
Mr.. Eearly came to the house in the
session of 1897 1898 and at once took a
high stand He is chairman of the
committee on schools and colleges and
is second on courts of justice He has
been a consistent champion of the agri-
cultural interests of the state and is
popular with his colleagues. The fight
which Mr.. Early has on his hands is
but one of a great number now going
on in the state, both for the house and
the senate, and it now looks as if a
great many changes may be made IN
both branches. Usually only about 25
per cent of the house members come
back. OF course, this low figure is aug
mented by a large number who do not
desire another term.
In this class, on the house side, this
time, are understood to be the follow
ing: Messrs. Baker of Westmoreland
(abel. of Danville: Cumming. OF
Hampton Edwards. of West Point !:
Featherston, of Campbell; FolkeS. OF
Richmond city; Harmon, of Richmond
city; Fulton, of Wise; Huff of Wash
ington; Jones. of Appomattox; Leake.
of Goochland; Murrell, of Bedford
Newhouse, of Culpeper; Nottingham,
of Northampton; OVERLY, of Lunen-
burg; Owens, of Norfolk county; rice,
of Charlotte; Sebrell, of Southampton;
Toney, of Manchester; Turpin, of Bed
ford West, of Louisa, and Woodward,
of Norfolk city
The following senators, it is under
stood, will not stand again: Messrs.
Bruce, of Wise; Clayton, of Bedford;
Cogbill, of Chesterfield; Donohoe, of
Fairfax Halsey, of Lynchburg; Keezell,
of Rockingham; Moon, of Buckingham,
and Watkins, of Prince Edward.
From the above it will be seen that,
should no others drop out, great many
changes would follow in both branches.
But there will be others.
Capt. R. S. Parks is almost sure to
come back again from his old district,
to succeed Mr.. Elkins, Republican, and
Democrat will succeed Mr.. Goodwin
from Nelson county. It. looks now as if
DR.. John c. Everett might be the man.
Hon. G. H. Harrison and others are
out to succeed Mr.. Toney, in the Man
chester district, and fight is being
made on Mr.. Boaz, up in Albemarle, but
the popular watch dog of the treas
ury'' is almost sure to return. Great
fights are on to succeed Colonel Cabell,
of Danville. and Mr. Edwards, of West
Point; but, for that matter, ambitious
men are springing up for both branches
in nearly every section of the state
Judge Galloway Brown, of Bedford,
is a strong candidate for Mr.. Claytor's
seat in the senate, and Judge w. l.
Clopton, of Chesterfield, will almost
certainly succeed Mr.. Cogbill in the
upper branch.
Mr.. l.. FL. Machen, of Alexandria, will
come instead of Mr. Donohoe from the
Fourteenth district. and either Capt.
Camm Patteson. of buckingham, or Mr..
Paul Petit, of Fluvanna, will succeed
Mr.. Moon.
There is going to be a large number
of the present county judges in the next
legislature, from present indications.
and, as rule, eX-judges in Virginia
have been found to be good law
makers The campaign for the nom
nations is now opening up all along
the lines. and some interesting deval-
opments are anticipated before it is
over.