Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-06
VIRGINIA POLITICS
CANDIDATES WORKING OVER
TIME AFTER VOTES.


Special Dispatch TO The Star.
RICHMOND. Va. August b.-Senator
Martin is to attend great barbecue at
Rocky Mount Monday. The affair has been
arranged by his friends and admirers In
Franklin county and has been advertised tor
more than a month. The senator has
promised to be on hand and TO make an
address. That he will go, no one for a mo-
ment who knows him can doubt. Some
two weeks ago the friends OF the governor
had a conference with him, and he was in
vited to attend the August term OF the
court at Rocky Mount and make a speech
The governor has accepted. and though he
is not invited to attend the barbecue gotten
up by the friends of the senator. he VIII
attend the court and make a speech. The
governor says that the fact that Senator
Martin is to have a barbecue will not In
the least interfere with him. that II Is
public day and he has right to go there
or elsewhere and make speech
Tired of Campaign.
The state primary is to be held just two
weeks from Monday, much to the relief OF
the candidates and the voters. who have
grown tired of the campaign. 1t has been
a severe strain on the candidates. and the
people are surfeited with politics. The ques-
ton of who is to receive the senatorial
nomination Is still one which Is sub)ect Oh
discussion, but the indications are that
Senator Martin will succeed himself. Inc
sporting fraternity regards him as win
ner and there has been some betting. ODDS
being given that he will win.
Governor Montague Is engaged in making
a campaign that is demanding his energies
and powers to the greatest. He Is making
speeches daily and his time from now 10
the day of the primary Is hlled with en-
gagements to make addresses. On all sloes
he in bejnU received with enormous CROWDS
and he is arousing much enthusiasm
Senator Martin. too. is putting In some
lively ticks in the closing days of the cam
paign. He has extensive campaign ar
ranged for the period intervening between
now and the I'D. The senator Is taking the
campaign easily. for he has made a tour
OF the state, delivered many speeches ana
seems to know pretty much how the lano
lies In every city and county. He is keep
ing his working force intact and strict at
teLtion Is paid to all details OF the cam
paign as though 1t were Just begun.
Mann Looming UP.
Interest is centering in the governorship
at this time. Judge Mann is proving to
be one Of the greatest and most uncertain
factors His campaign is remarkable
one Starting with comparatively little Or
ganization he has made a tour of the
state speaking often twice day. and has
succeeded in working his supporters to a
greater degree of enthusiasm than was be-
lieved possible when he first entered the
campaign He is an attractive speaker,
man of unquestioned integrity and
power on the stump. Reports received
here Indicate that he is having great
crowds to hear him, that he is being APP
plauded and lionized by the women and
temperance element. and he Is recognized
as the man who is fighting for the first
place the state ticket. BY many he Is
believed to be a winner, though a great
many votes that would go to one or the
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view TO defeating Judge Mann for the
nomination. No one doubts that he will
te the second man on the ticket admirers
of Swanson and Willard often expressing
the opinion that he Is exceedingly dan
geroIs rival. Talk of defeating the Judge
in case he is nominated. has disappeared
and all efforts are now conferred at defeat
ing him for the nomination. which is be-
lieved to be the only method of preventing
his election as governor
Mr.. Swanson. who has been on the stump
since the close of the session of Congress,
Is sanguine of his nomination. He has
been all over the state and his forces are
pretty well organized. He said TO The
Star correspondent that he did not see
how he could be defeated. he had gone
over the state. was In constant commune
cation with his friends in every section
and that he was satisfied with the condi-
tiOn al this time
Col. Willard has spent less time in this
city since the opening of the campaign
than either of the other candidates. He
has house here. and about six weeks
ago he opened up headquarters at Muir
phys. There is no lack of confidence
around his rooms, and his friends adhere
10 the opinion that the contest Is open
and that the nomination is not certainty
Tor either No extravagant claims are
made, but Col. Willard is making perhaps
the hardest campaign of either of the as
pirants for the nomination.
Prof. George H. Hulvey OF Rockingham
VINO entered the contest for superint endent
lar in he
mas been going over a small portion of the
state AT the recent session of the state
board of education he was reelected SUI
pertntendent of schools in his county He
paid his entrance fee the last dav and
Will appear on the ticket. Prof Joseph
d. Eggleston, jr., of Prince Edward countv
Is regarded as an easy winner in the con-
test, however, though when he entered tha
fight he was unknown