The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-01-08
AG Great Struggle l''t)lI'. for the ii g
Senate i !! and al ! Gov. I. i:
Il .ernorship'iSSO:| On. o 4.
SPlRAN'II!,S 1! 5 MAKE, \ ! \ a
5s B FORMAL AVlOIW''Al4'IL][.,:t y 7 n J:
United
Those Running for for 4 Y United nited
4 States Senator, g Governor, 4 Lieu ]l.l, y &
4 tenant G Governor, Attorney
General and Other n l>l'crfli|- orni-- q:
nations in Demo , atic II 35s 4. .585
81 Primary, 8, in the Field. III

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4 !. i, III Nav Y ears he ci.tn paign
M lem ocratic Tor y nitsu
III oycrnorS and Stnt sta g
officers lie gai, actively and opcly. y S'r
months candidates had been nnnouneed
& most of Tie ffices for " Z;
mi ions IA rc lie made and N ne
arts for@the goVernorst,ir and selir "
q 4nraht, lad been swinging around INC
ctrclc, loang rtnnit e a i1t 't'est
ma ii, address The peoplc of section s
Sot the state. @ N @s M S$ sss
rho campaign various nom inas G
tiorH ii going to be u q @ q
he asons- us that tie ~ tic q
nomination II regarded as equivalent 9
election land second thu tS for the first
tr,o ;cLnd dates higii q fees ~ e
filled are 10 liosei, primary 81 81
Hon. 4. instead ofS ny convent Ion NJ hereto
fore. .Sa III, I, ,convention 4 he man vi t1e
smallest following ESorlg nj ~ VI
theS honor, on eri ine,fs ss who had q lrlost
enough elega tes pied gsd o@ Gle ct.s. ID
tho primary. condi lOrS q Ter
en- The man swi ( h mo 81 70 olio,f ers Wal
be mated ,ncr re Ply w
s$rality vote Will con fer he nonlnat = on. on
whether Il be also ~ maj ty or no I. 9A
SSs Inasrtlrch N ns u every Democratic voter
viii have IN equal voice in the sol cc-8s 81
$fion,g the candidates vii ins kc Tort
n nr the fayDrg az I tlie indiyid idua vot IN.
stead Of for tile n moro fluenttal in eii,
as hereto fore This Isl III result In $sl STUMP
cai ,pa gn, ii which ora torss sH Heard;
at every count ts sea ana "a he .crpsksi5;5 NJ;
roads throug hont SUNNI Jont 81 dlcs5
and spirit Cd ,a saa the
rival nj ES their HI fris H
SSvill tbe inevta blr.saince there flltlgs
or1 wl,cfi gto3 S,Yn "a the cam pni he
political 4racordss ~ n the var tons ls:
Will hes djffic,ilt tito fine$ the M,
paig Ii, toKnfflcial records and At will not,
he S,nexpected Fsifs the rvals got INTO ex W
5cllangea ots personalities, mako char rgtsi
and dcounter-ch hargess All ro Use the feel
Ing of 3thclr partisans. $s B83F si9
Formal Announcements. III
II Congressman Claude A Swanson Of
sPit,sylyana county ttls morning In the
columns OF The q mes L,ispat tcn, Il forlnal-
nv announces Ills candidacy for the g,lb-s
ernatnrtal 5Eominatio tion.S to hicsA,S VIII
)s recalled, ho $aspir ed y four yea rs a 8 d.
AIr. Swanaon's announcement speaks for
itself. III III # sssg 8gSa
lard, Of 4 Fairfax count IS, E several months
q 90 made formal announcement5gofs his
candidacy through an interview i In TIE;
Times D!spa tch & Il. # i
state senator liam SfI. !. Mann, 4 Of Not
9toway. generally known ns8Judge Mann
nearly a year ngo ammo unce,. ana Y he
would 4 be IA candidate. and has given no
intimation@ofisa any change Of mind since
that time. 81 He 4 ia N a candidate quite as
1Sy g,1c
Messrs, Swanson and WI lard, ,s s5
While II on.f J. lt)r il yson, OF this
fsolty: Hon. II. 81. George ,Tlicner OF
licking ton, /, and others have BEEN m cIi-
toned HI s jproba ble Il splrants. they have
made no announcement and given no re-
cent intimati6n OF suchS mention, md
are not &consld cred as candidates.
g For the he{senatorshipsth t here are two SaroN-
ed aspirant Senator Thomas s.. Martin
the incumbent, # now serving his second
term and rounding out his tenth yearStl In
the Senate. and Governor AZ, u 4. Month
que, who recent tlyfnlad do formal announce
81nent Sof$his candidacy, a fterg consultation
with friends a day or two be fore, s.5 Sem
5ntorR Martin was never ny candida ta for!
S1ub,ic office until n elected " sena tor t,ys
the General Assembly Of lS9i-'95, when
he defeated General Titzhugh h Leo ana
took tho sea 3 March i, 1865, Ho was re-
elected the General sse,ls.y of 500
and 1901, defeating Governor. ], !, lIogey ,ry-
lar. who Y taraily entered the field as a
contestant. sSs !, 3is n Al ttSe 8
u Governor u Montague wa "a 3 practicing
lawyer mt. Danvll lie, Il Va, until he Was
appointed United states district attorney
3by President Cleveland In 1898, s He NJ On
tho nomination for Attorney General in
Ia memorable fight nt the Roanoke Con-
yentioi, Of 1907, and while serving the last
year Of his term In that position, he
announced Ills candidacy for and WAS
nominated for Governor over Hon Claude
A, SWANSON at the conYen tlonf al 4 Nnr-
FOLK In August, 1901 He sis now enter
ing uppn the last year of his term Z as