The Washington herald., 1907-06-17
CARLIN IN The LEAD
This Is the Positive Claim at
His Headquarters.
ANALYSIS OF THE SITUATION
Each of His Three Competitors Re-
allies that He Must Bent Carlin to
Win, and Alexandria Mans Friends
Say lie Is Already Assured of the
Congregational Nomination.

Alexandria, Va, June 1.-THE following
statement was given out here to-day:
A careful and thorough canvass Of the
Eighth district OF Virginia has demon
strated clearly two facts: First, that Hon.
Charles c. Carlin IS the leading candl-
date for the Congressional nomination.
and. second. that a greatly increased vote
will be polIed over that cast IN the Mar
tin-Swanson campaign. II Is the con-
sensus Of opinion Of the press Of the
district that Mr. CarlIn has the lead
over all his competitors in the race. and
this is supplemented by the admissions Of
the other candidates themselves. In the
section friendly to Mr.. r. Lindsay Cor
don It is generally conceded that he must
beat Mr.. Carlln TO win, and this is also
admitted b. the adherents OF John r.
Ryan, who say Cariin IS his strongest
opponent Friends Of Judge Nicol de-
clare the fight IS between their man and
Carlin. and thus It appears It Is a case
Of Carlin against tho field From all
over the district come reports from lead
ing men in the various communities, as
suring Mr. Carlin Of their support,
coupled with the declaration that the
country is ablaze with enthusiasm for
him and voters are tumbling over each
other in their efforts 70 get on the band
wagon. Reports from the treasurers' Of
fees in the various counties show an IN
| crease in the list OF qualified voters. IN
some instances Of more than 90 per cent.
/ This is accounted for by the fact that
| friends OF the four aspirants for Con-
| gressional honors are bestirring them
selves with view Of getting out every
voter the day OF the primary, and the
/ results Of these efforts are apparent
everywhere
/ When # IS taken into consideration
/ that the Democratic voting population
/ Of the Eighth district numbers upward
| Of 1900. il can readily be seen that IN
/ order TO secure the nomination. the sue
/ cessful candidate must poll more than
/ 4,0O votes. although some Of the candi-
/ dates have asserted that from 9 500 %
| 1900 votes viii be sufficient 90 insure a
/ nomination IN the fight now drawing %
close
1t is claimed by Mr. Carlln's friends
/ that he viii secure King George County
/ vote make a good showing in Stafford
4 and carry Culpeper by a rOusing ma
/ jority. In FauquieT. Loudoun. and Prince
/ William counties a big vote viii be cas-;
I for the candidate from Alexandra city
/ and the same is predicted in the case 0t
/ Fairfax. although this claim is disputed
/ by the other candidates. In Orange and
/ Louisa there are assurances OF support
I for him from hitherto unclaimed sections
/ and IN his home city and county OF Alex.
! andria there is every indication Of "A tre-
/ mendous outpoJring for a townsman and
/ neighb0r. None Of the other candidates
| will be in the hunt So far as Alexandra
/ city and county are concerned and unless
/ all pledges and signs fail, the figures III
{ these two places will be so large as %
swamp the hopes Of any OF the competi.
/ tors Of Mr.. Carlin as to their ability tC
/ divide his vote at home