Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1905-09-01
FOR STATE TREASURER.
ASHER W. HARTMAN.
FOR COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE
GEORGE w. KOINER.
FOR STATE SENATOR.
EDWARD ECHOLS.
The RESULTS.

THE RESULTS.
The results OF the primary were pro-
badly not more astonishing to those
who were defeated than to those who
won, though the latter will always
maintain that the results were lust
what they expected, only not quite as
sweeping.
Mr.. Martins election, whilst not
unexpected to us, was surprising as to
the extent of his majority. His organ
ization was nearly perfect. He had
counted the votes he expected and he
had somebody to see they were forth
coming. He went outside the State as
Well as in it to hunt them up, men
were brought from different points in
his interest; North, South, East and
West were raked to find who might aid
him, and they were sent in. just how
many of these came and at whose ex.
pense the world will never know, but
that they came at Mr.. Martin g expense
will never be believed. All in all it
was a clear demonstration that a well
handled machine is sometimes hard to
beat, and can only be defeated when
the people rise up and determine to
smash it, which they did not do this
time.
The ticket for Governor and other
State officers is entirely to our liking.
IL could not. in our opinion. have been
stronger. In this section of the State
many persons preferred Judge Mann
to Mr.. Swanson or Mr.. Willard. They
were anxious to see the sale of LIQUOR
further curtailed and restricted, if in
deed they were not for prohibiting it
altogether, and they believed Judge
Mann could accomplish this. In this
they would have been mistaken.
Judge Mann could have accomplished
nothing unless he had had a Ieg1sla-
ture in sympathy with him, and this
he would not have bad. The Republi-
cans were anxious for the nomination
OF Judge Mann. They were certain
they could have beaten him, because
they believed the disaffected Demo-
Gratis who were not in favor of prohi-
bltion would 60 to their candidate and
thus elect him.
Their fight is now hopeless, unless
they spring some issue not visible in
the campaign. Judge Lewis will be
as overwhelmingly defeated as has
Deen any candidate of his party in
years.
He Will OF course endeayOr to prove
that the negro is out of politics in
Virginia, and therefore the white men
can vote upon what he terms the ''real
Issues" instead of upon the question
OF negro supremacy. But so long as
the separation of white people from
negroes in cars and in schools, and 80
long as the chance of Increasing the
negroes as voters and as jurymen con-
tlnues to be the hope of the Republi-
cans of Virginia, Virginians will vote
the Democratic ticket. Because whilst |
the Republicans may assert that they
want none of these, they secretly tell
the negroes they do want them, and |
the people know the Democrats do not
want them, hence they will take no
chances by eIecting Republicans. Mr..
Swanson, The Democratic leader, is
young, brave, talented, and loyal and
true Virginian. he has the courage of
bis convictions on all subjects. and he
has convictions ON all of them. He has
won phenominal victory, and he
will win another this fall. There is no
bitterness between Democrats as to
him, and the party will stand united
against RepubIicanism, and win.