Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-04
VIRGINIA AGAIN SOLID
Only One District Causing
Democrats Any Uneasiness.
AFTER INSURANCE GRAFT
Commissioner Shuts Down on Two
Farmers Companies.
WATCHING NEW YORK FIGHT
Scarcity of Labor Severely Felt,
While Crowds of Idlers Walk the
Streets-Chaingang Candidates.


The vote for representa- tives in this state
Tuesday will be very light. The campaign
will close with the meetings to be held
in various parts of the state today. In
this-the metropolitan district Of the state
there have been practically no meetings
or Speakings, except in the small precincts.
Not a solitary meeting has been held in
this city, and there has been no effort to
get the voters aroused. Capt. John Lamb
has two opponents, but the total vote pclled
by them will not in any way interfere with
the election of Capt. Lamb
The only district in the state causing any
uneasiness is the ninth, which has been
represented by Col. Slemp for two terms.
The democrats express their belief that
they will be able to elect Mr.. Bruce.
Chairman Rorer A. James of the fifth
district, here, day or two ago. said that
the impression that Judge Saunders would
not be elected was erroneous MI James
is newspaper man. active politician
and is in close touch with the party man.
agement. He says also that DR.. simmons
the republican nominee, has been trying
the "Still-hunt plan of campaign and that
he has succeeded in arousng only the de-
termination of the democrats to see that
the district remains in the place Whlcn IL
had occupied since Mr.. Swanson was hrst
elected to Congress- Judge Saunders is
making a whirlwind finish, according to the
chairman of the district, and the majority
is expected to reach at least l'5oo.
In all the other districts of the state the
democrats will succeed themselves, except
in the fourth, where Maj. Francis Rlves
I.assiter is the nominee in place of Repre-
sentative Robert G. Southall. These re-
ports are based on information in the hands
of State Chairman EllySon, who says he
expects to see Mr.. Bruce defeat Col. Slemp
Breaking Up Fake Companies.
Insurance Commissioner Button has al
ready put two fake insurance companies
out of business. Both We're local concerns
and have been operated here for several
months. One was the Farmers Mutual
Protective Association, and the other the
American Live Stock Association. The bus
mess under the charters has been confined
to Virginia, and~an investigation by Col.
Button disclosed the fact that with out
standing risks of more than $4,000 the
former company has overdrawn its account
to the amount of $500 and has absolutely
no assets while the second company has
some s63, coo risks outstanding and nothing
whatever to cover possible losses.
The commissioner made an investigation
and found that the books of the company
were badly kept, that there was no system
for determining either receipts losses or
expenses, and the only thing that is clear
is that the officers, who had charge or
voted themselves salaries of 5000 year,
with necessary expenses, and that the sal
aries have been paid. One feature of the
policies is that the premiums have to be
paid before November l of each year. and
that the losses are in no case payable till
after December 81 of the same year.
Two of the men connected with the first
named company have been held for the
grand jury in the county of Cumberland
for alleged fraudulent operations! The men
We're arrested at the instance of man
who took a policy in the company, paid
the premiums and then had the same re-
pudiated by the company, alleging that the
agent had been displaced. The complain
ants, however say that the day on which
the company claims to have deposed the
agent he came to them and got the policies
and collected the premiums.
Watching New York.
The politicians and others are watching
the fight In New York with far more In
terest than they pay to the local campaign.
The labor element hopes to see Mr.. Hearst
elected primarily because Hughes is being
supported, according to newspaper reports,
by Farley, the strikebreaker w-.o Is we'll
known here by reason of his connection
with the street strike several years
ago. The foremost men of the democratic
party hope to see Hearst defeated regard
ing him as a dangerous and unsafe man.
There is considerable betting going on here,
WIFI lIlt DS HAOiiey GUNS Oii iiuSAie
Liquor Men Disturbed.
The liquor men of the city greatly
stirred up over the movement to close sa-
Icons at IL o'clock at night. The ma..er q,
still further complicated by the introduce
ton of an ordinance which forbids the
granting of license to any person who is
not citizen of the state. This will have
the effect of driving out of business of
large class of Italians or force them to
take out naturalization papers, which will
require two years. The equestion is now
being agitated looking to restricting the
number of saloons to 100 for the entire
city. There are now some 800.
Demand for Labor.
The demand for labor In all kinds of in
dustry exceeds the supply to an extent
never before seen in the city. 1t Is impos-
sble to get men for railroad construction
or for building operations, and there is a
constant demand for cooks, laundresses,
maids and nurses There are hundreds of
idle men and women loaf1ng on the streets
of the city but they are insulted If an Of
fer is made to give them work. The police
are beginning to corral them and to send
them to prison, while the road force is
getting great many of those who insist
on being idle. In all the trades there is