The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-28
/ PRIMARY STRONG
At WASHINGTON
Is Favorable to Congressman,
and Gives Them Advantage
Over Opponents.
SITUATION is CLEARING UP
Not Hard to Guess Who Will BE
the Delegate to the Sixtietll
Congress.

The longer the present primary system SG a.e,n,
Is in operation In Virginia the more iaSOi-
ably Impressed are the members o., t ,o,
gress with its operations, for 1t admltteu,.
ly gives them q vantage ground they gu
not have underline old convention mehlooa1.
1t affords a sort OF endless cha IN Oh on
cial lncuinlency, and relieves the con.
gresham OF the worry of campais n, !, u IN :,
his own party when otherwise he might
have them thrust upon him. The early
notice required by the plan, ana ,r tne DIS ds.
tricts at heavy cost and then pu. up ~ -
fees to enter have. tendency to ae,e ,
mon from entering the primaries and re en.
der the incumbents reasonably safe . i9r
years. Tho original suggesters or ms ms
new departure did not intend that inc
system should extend to members . OF C ,on-
gress, but amendments were put on ''iN-
ing IN nearly all nominations
There is one aobjection 10 the primary
system which Is earnestly urged by Demo,
Gratis especially IN close ai srowing out out
OF the old-time conventions. and when CT,
usually permeated the entire district anu a
stimulated the. voters is lost unoer i'he
present methods.
The primary is particularly unpopular
in the Fifth and Ninth Districts. where
the Democrats always have to ilsht LOT
supremacy. #F'fJ
Leaves Open Wounds.
Party. men IN these SECTIONS say they i,eS,
fights inside The party for nominations It
is difficult to heal the wounds lnIllc.e, ~.
Lhe debates and acrimonious discussions ,ssto
That take place in the primary contests.
Democrats have put up their candidates
inTmany Of the districts. Here they are
so far as Yney have been named:
TTfth District-E. w. saunders. Frank
lin. g5
Sixth District-Carter Glass, Lynchburg
! Seventh District-James Hay, Manson,
- 4, "a pfttN Tn1 "
pepper.
ali Of these are incumbents save Judge
Saunders, and he will run for Governor
Swanson's old seat, y
Three candidates are running In the
Second. They are Congressman Harry
l.. Maynard, Of Portsmouth; Judge =:
Tucker Brooke. Of Norfolk, and Colonel
George c. Cabell, yJr., of the same city.
Congressman w. A. Jones, of the First,
has opposition in the person OF Mr. Otho
jA1ears. of Northampton.
Only Two Lett.
The withdrawal Sof Colonel william
Henry Mann, OF Petersburg, from the
race in the Fourth, leaves only Congress-
man Robert G. Southall, of Amelia, and
Major Francis Rives Lassiter, of Peters-
burg. Major Lassiter has served IN Con-
rress. and was defeated a few years ago
by Mr.. Southalliby a narrow majority:
They are making a warm canvass. ana
are seeing the voters in all the counties.
Things are terribly unsettled out IN the
Ninth, and the Democrats do not know
who they will putEup.5s Colonel slemp
will win tho Republican nomination, N
all probability, though he Is opposed ny
Senator J.GC. Noel, of Lee.
Postmaster B. A.. Davis. OF franklin'
seems to be the choice Of the Fifth Dis
trict Republicans for Congress-, tnousn
former Congressman John r.. brown, o.
chatham, is said to have further aspira-
tons along this line. -,
All the nominations Of both parties WI
he made shortly, and then strong battle
is looked for in several Of the districts.