The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-08-20
Leading Contestants
u. Give Out$lnl I <,
Statements. &
EIGHT DIS TRICTS.
'.TWENT'.i Ut H OUJSAND'
These, Respec tively,4 Are EST ,'ti.
mates Announced Yesterday at
Headquarters Of Martinsand
Montague -swanson, Will
lard and Mann Mar T 7 :s;ttify
to Their Strength.
congressional districts, 80
(and) every city In the State."-Martin's

congressional districts, = 80
(and) every city In the state."-Martin's
headquarters. ,
6gI"conservatlve estimates as to his
$(Montague's) majority made II at least
E2o,oooaln the State at large. "-A1onta-s
gue's headquarters. IS
Convinced that .tt.5,. he (swanson)
will carry all the congressional districts
Of the State, excepting the El9hth."----.i
Swanson. a33
5 81 am warranted In saying that I Will
get pIuraIltIes In the First Third, Sixth,
Seventh and Tenth Districts, and large
m iorIty In the Eighth. So = there
fore claim with confidence that I Will be
nominated. Joseph r. Willard.
8t"I1 believe am going to be nominated
by safe plurality. will carry four OF
the ten congressional districts, ana wv
stand second In each OF the six dis
trlcts.''-Judge Mann !! III
K Great interest ccnters in what each
candidate in the stirring contest OF Tues
day has to say of his own chances Of
winning.
These estimates will make excellent
reading to-day, and on Wednesday many
win look back to discover the prophets
and the sons Of prophets A striking
feature present in all the statements is
that each arrives at precisely the same
concluson--that he WILL win.
From Martins Headquarters
Al Senator Martins headquarters It
was stated yesterday that he would
carry eight OF the ton congressional dis
tricts of the State by large majortles,
and that while the other two. viz, the
First and Sixth, were close, they would
probably give Martin majoritles; that
the Senator would carry every city IN!
the state, and from seventy to, seventy
five OF the counties, 1t Is expected that
he will get large majority.
Montague Estimate.
The following statement was given
out at Governor Montague's headquar-
tiers yesterday: =,
state tho Governor claims ixty-eight BY
90 fn n,aiorlties. In some ms anccs the
mn Iorities will be very large, In all the
other counties he has numerous. cnthu-
ala stic supporters, and It Is more than
nroha HE that he will carry Mt least six
nf them. OF tho eighteen cities OF the
State he will carry at least twelve. Com
seryatlve estimates az 20 ms niaIof'ty
make 1t at least 10000 IN the STATE ~
large This is based upon q total vote
in e Tie State primary OF not less than
100 loo. 900. should the total vote fall below
that that humber his majority n the s. STATE y
nav Ia smaller. but the result will be
,mu, The above esumate Is
based upon careful reports furnished BY
bis friends and supporters In the various
counties COZ and cities q tho state ., . Hyery
one al the Goyernors headqnaar,etrs, T 2
utmost faith In his success
Swanson Convinced,
Mr. swanson stated p response to an
inquiry that after . very 1horousn na, Gan,
az the reports from his friends and
leaders In charge Of HIS canvass IN the
cities counties and precincts, he - con-
y y that in the primary election g ne,
held on Tuesday. August I'D, ne VIII