Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1905-10-13
POLITICAL.

election.
The President has scaled down.
Collector j. Z. B. Stuart, at Newport
News, and directed him to reinstate
the Democrats be busted.
Judge w. H. Mann will speak at
Westmorelsnd court October %. Sc
far rs announced there will be no
other speaking this campaign in the
Neck from men of State prominence.
Capt. Josephus Trader has declin-
ed to accept the nomination for the
State Senate lately offered him by
the Republicans as candidate against
Hon. }. Boyd Sears, south of the
Rappahannock.
Messrs. Curlett and Owen, rival
candidates for the Legislature from
Lancaster and Richmond, will meet
in joint discussion tomorrow (Satur-
day. night at Weems, the home of
MIR. Owen, the Republican nominee.
Section 1872 of the new Code pro.
vides that only candidates for State
Offices shall file their notices with the
Secretary of the Common wealth, and
that all others, including members
of the General Assembly, shall file
theirs with the clerks of the conrts
10 the counties and cities composing
their districts.
Owing to the fact that many cities
and counties bore the expenses of the
recent primary Chairman Ellyson
has returned about half of the assess
ment fee to the candidates. The
proportion returned to Senatorial
and Gubernatorial candidates was
$S67 each, or about 9 per cent of the
total expenses incurred by Messrs
Martin and Swanson.
Mr.. Swanson announced in Fred
ericksburg with the utmost empha-
sis, during his speech at the Opera
House last week, that he would,
If elected Governor of Virginia, use
his best efforts to ferret out graft
and punish grsfters whenever found.
Mr.. Swanson referred to the record
of the Democratic party for twenty
one years as being as to honesty far
better than the record of either par
ty in almost any other State.
In Maryland, where the RepubIi-
cans put into operation law to fur
nish the books from the State treas
ury, the books cost more than thew
do lin Virginia. The Republican
plan in Virginia is to tax the white
people to pay yearly $780, 900 to pro-
vide the negroes with free books,
while the Democratic plan is to take
surplus money from the State treas
ury placed there by taxes on corpo-
rations and distribute it to the coun-
try schools for their improvement.
1t is likely that Congressman John
Sharpe Williams, of Mississippi,
Democratic floor leader and a great
friend of Mr.. Swanson, will make
some speeches in Virginia this
month. Arrangements are being
made for barbecue at Salem on
October Goth, when Mr.. Williams is
expected to speak with the guberna-
torial nominee. Another popular
orator from outside the State who
may lend helping hand to his Vir-
gInia brethren in the struggle, is
Senator-eIect Isador Rsyner, of Ma
ryland.
Hon. CIaude A. Swanson. the
Democratic nominee for Governor of
Virginia, made a most magnificent
speech iii Orange on Monday last to
large crowd of prominent citizens,
who were very enthusiastic and ap-
plauded frequently. Mr.. Swanson is
finished orator and man of very
great ability. He is man of high
character, and is fully capable of
filling the exalted position of Cover
nor of Virginia. Now just let every
voter turn out to the polls on No
vember 9TH and give him an over
whelming maiority.-Orange OBJ
The so-called "Good Govern ment"
party of Norfolk is passing, after
four years of rule. Last week w.
IL. Taylor was elected chairman of |
the city committee, composed largely |
OF Trehy people. In accepting the |
Mr.. Taylor said he |
knew from the personnel of the new
committee that all elections held in |
Norfolk under its guidance would be |
fair, honest and above suspicion. He
also declared that the minority fac
ton of the committee should slways
have representation at the polls as
long as there were two factions in
the city.
The result of "Buck" Royall's
laboring as a mountain in the Rich
mond primary frauds has resulted in
fning his friend, A. b. Williams.
editor of the News Leader, $IOO, and |
clearing police commissioner Man
ming. The violation alleged against
Mr.. Williams consisted in his paving
Samuel Goldstein $25 for work in
The interest of Mr.. Williams friend,
Colonel George Wayne Anderson, a
for Commonwealth attor-
ney. The jury had to impose the
line, hut brought in report to the
Effect that it was an "error of the
head and not of the heart" Thus
endeth the chapter.
Mr.. Swanson, the Democratic nom-
nee for Governor of Virginia, OPEN
ID his campaign at Manassas in
reference to Judge Lewis's action in
1876 in bringing United States SOL
iiers to Petersburg for the purpose
IF controlling the election in that
sity. Mr.. Swanson declared that
Judge Lewis had violated the Unit
ID States constitution, that a man
Who would violate the constitution
n 1876 would not hesitate to do so