Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-06-23
BUSY WEEK AHEAD
FOR The CANDIDATES.
With Primary Just Seven Days OF
Numerous Meetings Are
Scheduled.
mr.. AsHBY IN FIRST WARD AGAIN
ASprant for House Again Declares
Himself On Question of Sunday
Liquor Selling and Privileges OF
Social clubs-Mn m9ss Announces
That He WIN MakS No Speeches.

Mr.. G. Aylett Ashby. who is offer
Ing for the nomination TO the State
Senate in the Democratic primary to
be held Saturday. addressed quite a
large crowd at the corner of Wash
ingtcn avenue and Twentyninth
street for nearly two hours last night
reviewing nj length the record of Sen
ator Holt during the past four years
In the senate and outlining his own
platform. MIR. a. c. Garrett presid.
ed and introduced the speaker. In
hts address Mr.. Garrett declared that
he was opposed to Sunday liquor sell.
Ing and believed that the day was
near at hand when 1t would be stop
ped The Old Dominion bnnd fur
nished music for the occasion.
AS In his address in the Fourth
ward Friday night, MIR. Ashby again
dwelt at length on the question OF
Sunday liquor selling. lie declared
that the senate journal showed that
Senator Holt had twice voted against
calling up bill which would have
stopped social clubs from selling
whiskey on Sunday, and that II elect.
ed he would reverse Senator Hollis
position and vote and fight for any
and every measure that would tend
to change the law so that no club or
person could sell liquor on the Sab.
bath Day. He said that the social
Clubs of Norfolk county. which can.
under the law run on Sunday are
n Disgrace to the state and that con-
ditions in Norfolk county demanded
that the privilege of Sunday selling
be taken from the clubs
Mr.. Ashby again declared that the
M IN Inn. no No ,tn
much influence In the State Senate
and that he thought the time had
come when the people should elect
men to that body who were free to
act In the best interests OF the PEG,
pie Mt all times and on all subjects
In this connection he said that
bill had been offered In the Senate
to allow persons who brought suits
against corporations to have mn op.
portunlty to present their side Of ;he
vSessS when the suit was taken to the
Supreme Court Of the State, but that
1t had been voted down and that
Senator Holt had been recorded as
voting with the majority.
Warm Week Attend.
With the primary but five days off
the campaign will wax warm this
week and all OF the candidates for
the House OF Delegates and State
Senate will be very busy making
speeches In different parts of the city
1t IL possible that one or two of the
Candidates for the Corporation Court
judgeship Will also make speeches In
favor of the judgesllp primary be-
fore Saturday.
Tomorrow night Senator Saxon w
Holt will speak at the corner OF Wash
ington avenue and Twenty-ninth
street and 1t is probable that Justice
b.. b. Semmes will speak from the
snme stand hi support of the judge.
ship primary Tuesday night Sena-
tor Holt VIII address The voters OF
the Second Ward at Twenty.cighth
street and Jefferson avenue and on
the same evening Mr. c. r. Fellows,
who Is n candidate for the legislature
will speak In the Fourth Ward at
Huntington avenue Fortyseventh
street Justice Semmes will speak
with him In syOnort of the primary
Tomorrow night Mr.. w +. Barrett
VIII speak IN the Fourth Ward mt
Huntington avenue and Forty-seventh
street and Tuesday evening he will
speak at Washington avenue and
Twentyninth street.
Senator Holt will make his final
speech of the campaign Mt Chestnut
avenue and Twentyseventh street on
Thursday night and Mr.. C. Aylett |
Ashby will conclude his campaign
atfthe same place Friday night Mr.
Ashby will be Mt Little Bethel tomor-
row night; at Fox Iiill Tuesday: Crab
Neck Wednesday and Hampton Thurs
day
MIR. Moss Not Speaking.
Former Mayor Allan A. Moss. who
is Offering 10 ithe nomination to the
House of Delegates. has announced
that he Will not make any speeches
in this campaign. He has been max
Ing n personal canvas OF the voters
of the city for several weeks and will
not take to Inc stump