Evening star., 1905-07-30

| two factions-as has been for years. Chair
| man Slemp has recognized the white Or
| ganzation-that is. the "outs" faction, to
| which belong great many white repub-
| licans who not holding office. The
| negro votes are not closely affiliated with
| this faction, and there is littel exchange of
salutations between them. They are bitter
| toward each other. The whites are bitter
| the time has come for the organization of
| virile, active, energetic opposition party,
| and they believe they can do 1t II the negro
| is kept out. The whites are to send repre-
| sentative white men to Roanoke, and for
| this purpose meeting Is to be held at l
| o'clock pm. August 3 to select delegates
| This will be just the time when the col
| ored brother will be at his work. There
| are some 800 colored voters in the city, and
| they can easily control the party if they see
| fit.
| The colored people are preparing to offset
| this move. however. and there is good rea-
| son 10 hazard the opinion that at least two
| delegations will go from this city to Roam
| oke. one composed entirely of white men
| and the other composed of white and
| black men The hope is expressed that
| there will be no clash here, the home of
| Judge Lewis. but that the voters viii stand
| solidly for him for governor The con-
vention is to meet in Roanoke August 8.
Martins Organization.
The organization which has been perfect
| ed by Senator Thomas S. Martin in his
| fight for nomination for the United States
| Senate is one of the most remarkable
| pieces of work imaginable. Not a section
| OF the state has been overlooked, and he
! has the name and address of every demo-
| cratic voter in the state, except such as
! have registered since the time for the pay
| ment of poll taxes. He can give the post
| office address Of every man in the state
| and with remarkably few exceptions, 1t Is
| claimed. he can tell Just how every man
| will vote But the senator Is not telling
anyone these things. He Is Keeping his
| own counsel and will not make a state
| ity He contents himself with saying that
| everything is looking fine, and am en-
tirely satisfied with the conditions ana
| the outlook"
Certainly no candidate can be more SAN
guine Of the result than is the junior SEN
ator from Virginia. He is not worrying
himself over small matters. His corps OF
| assistants is one Of the most efhc1ent IN
| the state, Representative Flood devoting
| some time to his friend and Col Joseph
| Button. secretary Of the state coinm1ttee'
finds time to give him some assistance
The bulk Of the work has devolved on Les,
lie H. Martin, the senator's brother. and
John N. Brennaman Of Shenandoah, and
they Keep the correspondence ana mall
we'll in hand, in addition to receiving all
visitors and keeping the appointments for
speaking and reading the papers and ming
away all notices.
Montague is Active.
Governor Montague, who has been max
ing an active campaign, has been much on
the stump the past week. and he Is Still
reviewing the record of the senator and re-
peating his criticisms of the senator's Work
since he has been in the Senate. The gov
ernor repeats that he sees nothing to the
credit of Senator Martin in the debt settle-
ment, though a great claim is made by the
senator. He says the senator was opposed
to the constitutional convention and to the
corporation commission act, all Of which
the senator emphatically denies. The gov
ernor has been after the press of the state
for twisting the reports of meetings and
not giving him fair show He says that
Senator Martin has a series Of papers
which engaged in printing articles cal
culated and intended to injure him (Monta-
gue) and to extol the senator and magnify
his services. The governor has scores and
scores of friends In all parts of the state
who are the soul of loyalty. They bring
him all sorts of reports of the conditions
and outlook in the state, and express the
belief that in the country districts the sem
ator will easily lose whatever advantage he
may get In the cities, and that in the end
the governor Will carry off the nomina ton.
The governor Is game fighter and If he
loses this time 1t will be the first political
battle he has ever centered his efforts on
and lost. Governor Montague has great
many followers among the Odd Fellows,
the Elks and other secret nOn-political or
ganiZations.
Judge Mann in the Running.
Judge Mann is coming up strong in my
the hotel lobbies from people who come
from all sections of the state. Judge Mann
is making the most untiring campaign of
any of the candidates He is travelling
night and day, and for the last week he has
peen making two speeches a day, driving
after speaking in the morning often twenty
mics, talking at night and making a hun
dred miles at night in order to keep an an
pointment the following day His speeches
are winning votes. too, if what is heard has
semblance of truth, and the statement
made in this correspondence a month ago 10
as true at this time when first written:
The man who gets the nomination for
governor mas got to beat Judge Mann"
le there Is no doubt but that he is to be the
nrst or second man on the ticket The
friends of both the other candidates sdnut
that Judge Mann will give INV man the
race while the friends of the Judge insist
.ira, ana Az ne wiz WIN. His organization is queer
pnd is really not an organization He viii
ger tne Silent vote, the church members
anu am a. those VINO are opposed to the LIQUOR
tra,,lc train, ana such voters can be CON
trolled by the wishes of the women foIke
ana the factors named are most netent IN
.hls state at this time. 1t will occasion NO
surprise TO see Judge Mann get the nomina
tion " ZIG iioiiiiid-
Swanson and Willard.
one or the other Of these gentlemen will
be third in the race with Judge Mann. Mr.
Swanson is absolutely certain that he will
"iii' ana ne is pelng assured daily by friends
and politicians that he has nothing 10 fear.
ne working diligently and is making
talks whenever he can. lie has h.an
slightly indisposed for a few days, having
hliid attack of tonsilitis, but he is again
on the stump and is receiving splendid AZ
tentlon wherever he goes.
COZ. Willard is close on the trail of Judge
Mann and Is making a campaign that ia
causing great admiration. He is -pluckflv
sucking to his task. going night and day. .
uaVehnS In freight cars, wagons and often
gong horseback in order to keep his an
Poihtments He appears sanguine and at
ms headquarters Col. Robert Catlett. who
| Is In charge. makes the modest claim that
TIE contest is not yet decided and that II
Is anybody's fight. He believes that he has
| chance. and with that end in view he is
| making rattling stiff fight
The Recent Primary.
fhe disclosures made by the grand iurv
| In the late primary has created a sepsa-
ton. The grand jury indicted fve men
among them Alfred r. Williams, editor of