Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-14
Special Correspondence Of The Star.

RICHMOND, Va, May IL, 1905.
The week has been one of the busiest in
| the history Of the state In political
sense. The illness of the governor, who is
! making the race against Senator Martin
| for the senatorial nomination, has elimi-
| mated him from the campaign for two
| weeks, and 1t will doubtless be ten days or
| more before he can again take the stump.
The governor is recuperating at the Chase
City Springs. and will not return to the
| city until tomorrow. He has been quite
| Ill. due to an abscess forming in his left
| ear
! While the governor has been untitled for
| either public private duties, Senator
| Martin has been on the stump and has
| been making a swing around the state.
| He has made speeches in many places and
| his receptions have been fiattering and
| enthusiastic. His speeches have been
| confined to a REPUTATION of the charges
| which have been made to the effect that
| he was mere department runner" had
| done nothing for the state; that he was
| unknown and had never made a speech on
| the floor of the Senate, and that he had
| voted against the resolution which had for
| its object the investigation of the methods
/ by which certain members of the Senate
had been elected to Office Another charge
| was that the senator had claimed credit
| for the adjustment of the old debt between
| the state and the federal government, the
charge being made that the debt of many
| hundreds of thousands of dollars was set
| tied and that the state got just $3.50 in
cash.
The senator admits that he is the servant
of the people of the state, and that when
ever he can attend to any duty there he
will run to the departments; that if a letter
has been written to him. even by the lowli-
| est and most humble citizen, he will apol-
ogfZe to the writer If he has not replied.
| He quotes the record to show how he voted
| on the famous Call senatorial investigation
resolution, showing that he voted as did
| the patron of the resolution, against refer
ence to standing committee, when spe-
cial committee asked.
Regarding the statement that the state
received only $3.50 in settlement of a
| claim of approximately $2OOO.0OO. the sem
ator quotes from the report of the tinan-
cial officers of the state, in which they
point out that the state has virtually got
| ten the sum claimed by the senator, and
| that in doing so the senator showed his
value to the state. The federal govern
ment held bonds to the amount of 100000,
on which no interest had been paid since
1860 The government owed the state a
sum of money, the claim being nearly 100
years old, and that had been repudiated by
| the federal government. Senator Martin
had the claim restated. and placed the
bonds of the state, held by the government,
government, and in that way the accounts
were balanced, the state getting back her
bonds and the sum of $3.50 in full pay
ment.
| to take the stump it is expected that
meeting will be arranged for him in this
city, when he will probably reply to the
speech made by the senator. The meeting
held here under the auspices of the BUSH
ness men a most flattering Endorsement
of the senator. and the speech he made
on that occasion was a surprise to his
friends well as to his political enemies
The governor, however, is the more at
tractive and catchy talker, and he has
numbers of business men here who are
supporting him.
The Governorship.
The governorship is attracting much at
tention at this time, and all the cand-
dates are appealing to the voters on the
hustings. Judge William H. Manu. known
as the temperance candidate, has COM
menced to make things lively by his con-
| tinuous appearance the stump and his
speeches. He has been doing considerable
work on the eastern shore of the state,
and reports from that section indicate that
| he is working up the church people to an
extent that is causing some of the friends
of the other candidates to open their eyes
Judge Mann is a man who speaks his SEN
lllHentS appealing directly to the
people and telling them that he stands for
the purity of the home, the soberness OF
the people and the preservation OF the
young men of the state from the evil er
fects of the saloon. He is being applauded
and Endorsed by the church people, and the
women are showing their hands by indors-
ing the judge and asking their men folks
to vote for him. The fact that the judge
as well the other candida tes has taken
a stand for the single book list is factor
in his favor, and there is not a material
difference on the general principles of all
the candida ties, except that Judge Mann
favOrs suppression of the liquor traffic
in communities which devoid of police
protection. He is a democrat however,
and says he prefers for the people to say
whether they want liquor sold in their
communities.
Claude A. Swanson, the member of Con-
gress from the fifth district, who is gener-
ally conceded to have the best chance for
| carrying off the nomination, is losing no
time. He Is speaking nearly every day,
and he is being well received. His head
quarters here are constantly filled with
people from all over the state, and reports
which come to him are of the most assur-
ing nature. and come from all sections.
Beginning tomorrow Mr.. Swanson is to
make a tour of the southwestern part of
the state and will make dozen or more
speeches. That is the section in which
Colonel Willard has been speaking for sew
eral days, and it is the one section of the
state in which there is considerable doubt
and uncertainty, all the aSplrantS Claim
ing that they will come from the ninth
district with a majority. Judge Mann has
not yet been out that way, but he will get
out there, and there are many of the
counties in which no liquor is sold, he is
thought to have good following.
All the candidates on the state ticket
will have to notify State Chairman Ely
son of their intentions thirty days be,orS
the election-that is, the primary, but as
| the state executive committee has not been
called to fix date for the meeting of the
state committee, 1t is not yet known what
date will be chosen for the primary In
the primary for state officers the candl-
dates for the United States Senate are to
be named.
For City Officers.
The local primary-for city oficers-is to
be held June 20, and the contest for Office
is being hard fought. There are eight can
! didates for the position of attorney for the
commonwealth, three for city sergeant,
two for city collector, two for auditor and
only one for the other places to be filled.
Judge David c. Richardson is the attor-
ney for the commonwealth and his deci-
nation to stand for the Office is responsible
for the numerous crop of aspirants.