Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1905-09-08
POLITICAL.
Repub licans are said to be laying
plans to capture Claude A. Swanson's
seat IN Congress.

seat IN congress.
OF course Senator Martin nomi-
mated Mr.. Swanson. Senator Mar
tin does everything Stanton Spec
tator.
The State Democratic Committee
met in Richmond last night to cam
vass the returns from the recent pri-
mary election.
Full returns from Amherst county
show that the vote for Senator was
tie, Martin and Montague having
received 542 votes each.
Robert w. Blair, of Wytheville,
Republican candidate for Attorney
General, and O. q. Baker, Common
wealtE's Attorney of Westmoreland
county. met in joint debate at War
saw Monday, Court day. There was
quite large crowd. Both speakers
were given warm reception. T. j.
Downing, of Lancaster, had been
advertised to meet Mr.. Blair.
The Democratic State Committee,
which met in Richmond Thursday
night to canvass and declare the re-
turns OF the recent primary and to
transact "such other business as may
properly come before it," will 6e re-
lieved of dealing with contest from
the Thirty-ninth Senatorial District,
Maj. J. N. Stubs having fully de.
cided to make no further ght against
Mr.. Sears. The Committee had only
one contest to settle, that of Bland
Massie against Aubrey Q. Strobe, from
Amherst.
The Republicans of WestmOreland
and Northumberland counties met at
Kinsale Tuesday for the purpose of
nominating candidate for the House
of Delegates from that Legislative dis
trict. There was u full attendance
OF delegates, but the convention post
poned making a nomination until Oc-
tober 3. From information obtained
on the inside this is done in order to
get Mr.. George n. Reed, a prominent
and successful merchant of Reedville.
to accept the nomination. Mr.. Geo.
Z. Mason, a prominent lawyer and
present mayor of Colonial Beach, is
the Democratic candidate for the
office from these two counties, and
with Mr.. Reed as opponent the race
would be close one.
Judge William Hodges Mann and
Lieut.-Gov. Joseph Z. Willard, both
defeated in the recent contest for
the governorship, are getting ready
to begin a campaign for the nomina-
ton four years hence. Capt. Will
lard is q young man, while Judge
Mann is only GO years old. The
chances are that there will be other
candidates in the field. Harry
St.George Tucker, j. Taylor Ely
son and Judge T. r. w. Duke will
probably be candidates. Judge
Mann has two more years to serve in
the State Senate, and he will devote
himself largely to resisting the at
tempt which will be made by the
liquor men to repeal the law bear
ing his name, which closed practi-
cally all the country saloons in the
State.
The Republican State campaign
was formally opened at Harrison
burg Saturday. The chief address
was made by the candidate for Gov
ernor, Judge l.. l.. Lewis. but speech
es were also made by Col. Campbell
Slemp, MIR. John Acker, candidate for
State Treasurer; Col. s. Brown AL
len, of Staunton, and by State Chair
man O. Bascom Slemp. In his
speech Judge Lewis said the Demo.
cratic party had only succeeded in
keeping the voters of Virginia in the
Democratic columns by the unfound-
ed fear of negro supremacy, but that
now even that argument was taken
from them aud that if the voters
wanted to improve their state of af-
fairs they could do it by putting the
Republican party in power. He
paid a tribute to the fairness and
courtesy of the Democratic papers
10 this State during the present cam
paign, and said that they had mis-
represented neither Republican can
didates nor platform, and expressed
the hope that the campaign would
be conducted ON high plane.
Virginians in Washington are
commenting on the fact that Cover
nor Montague did not send a letter
of congratulations to Senator Mar
tin upon the result of the primary.
They point out that the common
amenities of political life require it,
even when the fight is between OPP
posing parties, and that much more
ia 1t proper courtesy between men,
bers of the same party. They point
to the magnanimous messages of
congratulation sent by Mr.. Willard
and Judge Mann to Mr.. Swanson
and wonder why the Governor refus-
ed to send such a message to Sena-
tor Martin. They point out that
four years ago when the fight be-
tween Montague and Swanson was
almost or quite as bitter as the re-
cent one between Montague and
Martin, Mr.. Swanson was one of the
first to extend his congratulations
to Mr.. Montague. 1t is interesting
to note that In nearly all political
tights the loser sends his congratula-
tons to the winner. They point out
that the magnanimity of Swanson in |
defeat four years ago gave him a |
stronger hold on the people this time |
than any other thing, and wonder
why Mr.. Montague refused to profit |
OF that lesson.-Evening Journal.
A gentleman of observation and ex
perience in politics who spent the last
few days in Richmond informs us
that the opinion among well-posted
people in that city is that the signal