The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-09-30

trirt pretty thoroughly. ~ SNVIne Co'u II.y
Democrat said To-day no thought the ne
4 cftebt OF Judge Lewis speeches mad p zee
10 cheer and stiften the backs 10 4 u Re- &
4 publlcans. lie did mot think I inc ,yole
~ IN the district would show any more
J,rnuhicnns than voted last year. IL
}f-SiIrhe full Republican strength was
q nnljsd m 1904 = he said, Tut the Demo
Il atats az, not poll theirs by II Et'eat deal.
1'hev forgot to pay their poll taxes.
INA Snot think there has been q great
u aenl OF forgetting this year. = II believe
TINT while tho Republicans vii III, IN al
probability, poll about tho number OF
& votes boiled last year, tho Democrats
\ Will poll more I'm;
M IA Great Campaigter.
Judge Sam. y. Williams. Of Wytho,
Il 4, 10 yyas n candidate for the Demo cratic
nomination to the Attorhey-G encrtlship
v "a M KIM some remarkable speeches "A
IN Giles county Democrat snid Il today ne
III had &bcet listening TO political speeches
4 for twcnty.f Ave years, ana had never
heard n better one tlian TINT which Judge
Williams made at Pearisburg, the county
4 sent q Giles, on Wednesday, OF TINS
s week. Similar reports have come IN
from other counties Judge Williams mas Ii
fcrsyears been a foremost ocm nc ~ :
gladiator In the Ninth District y TUG =,
not had his reward in the way OF parls
frcfermcnt, but he has ACHIEVED re el,l'.
tatlon MS n political depnter ln ~ ..,.ss
y disanpontments. And i llnye been re-
~ nueatcd BY moro than one So .lt ''s'
5iT,cn,oe1.at to say they serve notice on !, !.
1ho marty NOW that Judge Williams sh @
" receive some sort Of reward our years Gu! &
&, benca ar the thousands sturdy De me
E !. rota3Ein hat great section of the S1 1'
Sd ,yest a roanoke will know the reason
3 why. 1,or,o.
y An - R I'd not like tho primary meth 70.
q nominating .to state offices. il lS " -.
4 ,YItj the correctness OF the pr'ncip =.
,rhey object to the great expense s ] ~
VOWED. They also object 70 sucl' nc .....a
campaigns for the noniinatioi.' $500
of the ammunition II affords inc i .s'l'.n,
5,,cans, The Republican party IS lss ~ 81.
III. I. - s,n4,;,.n ~ such serious Importance.
!; ant o,,t in the Ninth, where there IS 2
( ,,ott1nT every year, it means great
If denl It is peculiarly aggrnvaa, ting ~
~ ,hosa southwest Democrats TO nave nave =
!, nn,,h,,cnn candidate get UP ana ue NN'
49, nm ior norton Of his time to resen Z.
Y i'm charres brought by the Democratic y. e
candidate who was defeated i ,iol Wy Wy
nar,,natIon This has been done g. great co
Go,,Sathis year. Judge William F. nlea'
\ - 5,,ristol who recently told q I1nes-
D,snntch reporter that the Ninth Us Us
! +r,ct would send to the next state C -}'i-
,ont,onS delegation solldly opposed 70
+he primary plan, probably sl ae' up l -
situation pretty accurately
.3# Judge Lewis Doesn't F II e ~
I Jdre Lewis does not predict his cleo
ton. Neither In his speeches nor y
congregation does he go so far as 70 say
4 the Republicans will carry the state state
Bascom slemp, the State chairman. says
1--WE have q good chance, th'hN, ". ~
quote him exactly me 'a.'t e.. en t,,,,o
man spends a great portion OF ms tii,'e
\ hero ut state headquarters though he
nlso visits many counties IN company
+ with Judge Lewis. M.
< az shall certainly have to Institute
1,hcl suit against The Dispatch,
said Judge Lewis, In conversation at
the Ponce de Leon Hotel here last night.
81 said was n student at the lhiSer-
slty Of Virginia when the reconstruc-
Mon acts were passcdA !rhe Times
Dlsnatch proceeded to show that ! held
nff,cem during the reconstruction regime,
md ia associate mo so Intimately with
the noliticnl events of those days that
X tho New York Tribune, alludinE to an
editorial In The Times Dlspa tcll spoke
ia of me as IL venerable Nilginlail.
Haven't ] ground for a suit for GAM am:
ages"
ia Judge LOWS says the Democratic
s newspapers of the State have In the
81 main treated him with great fairness
II JIe rescnts a story sent out from wash
" ington and published in a Richmond al
ternoon paper to the effect that ne
went to see National Chairman Cortel-i
YOU about funds for Virgin ma cam
paign. ,{ .9
d '-uI never mentioned the subject to
Cortelyou," he said, MY object IN max
Ing that trip to Washington WAS to see
Attorney General Moody and assure him
there were no strings to my res gnntion
OF the office of United States district
attorney You know It was stated IN
some OF the papers that resigned with
tho understanding my resignation was
not to be accepted. never have etrled
to induce Cortclyou to send money = INTO
Virginia 70 help elect me-,
What Is is All For.
Judge Lewis is working hard Chair
d man S!emp and his associates 1T hea q :
quarters are working. a large corps OF
Republican can1paigncrs are III t1le i - ~
What Is 1t all for? Why such an en-
nendlture OF time and money? have
heard this question many times IN fe"
weeks,
Judge Lewis knows he cannot be
elected Chairman Slemp knows IT.
Every Republican cnmpaigner knows ",
Primarily the fight is being forced by
Congressman Slemp. He cannot retain
his position as dispenser OF Federal pat
ronage In Virginia unless ne makes ~
least a show Of fighting. Also he wants
10 hold on to that seat IN CONGRESS,
TO do that he has TO keep his district
\ in applc-pie order That requires work
and money. a general flsht ~ .ne
in good shape. Judge Lewis is deyoting
nearly his entire time to that district.
II looks mysterious until analyzed. And
then It becomes wonderfully sln'ple. pu'
what will Judeg Lewis set out OF " IN
the stead OF the office which he resigned!
WALTER EDWARD HARRIS. Z
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