The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-02

ployes and officials that the tax- payers
| would stand for slip-shod methods and
IN The case OF loss honest men than Mr..
to graft.
The Opposition.
1 The opposition to Mr.. Ileehler Is di-
! vided among three candidates. Mr.. w.
! IL Frayscr, formerly chairman OF the
| Board of Supervisors, was appointed by
1 Judge Scott az the successor to Mr..
| Hechler IN the office. Mr.. trrayser has
as bis deputy Mr.. Sidney OBannon.
/ formerly secretary of Tire County
Democratic. Committee, and the two
make strong team. Mr. l'rayser's
! chances have been damaged In the cs-
tinlntion OF many people however, by
several alleged transactions In Connec-
| ton with the new county Jail, In the
building of which he was quite active.
Mr.. Frnyser has secured from Boudnr
d Co, accountants, q certificate tbnt
the affairs of the office lave been
correctly conducted since he took
charge last spring. Mr.. Frayser has
never been before general election
in the county. and his strength re-
mains to be developed His home is
in Varina District. where lie hopes to
poll strong vote.
Mr.. John n. Broaddus, of Glen Allen,
is also In the race, and will be a
formidable candidate. Mr.. Broaddus
has Confederate record. He was for
many years clerk of the old Circuit
Court in the days when there were
two courts in Henrico. Mr.. Broaddus
has announced that if elected he will
have as his deputy Mr.. Leach. now
deputy clerk of the Circuit Court.
When the two courts were CONSOLE
n n To- ~ DrNn
Waddill, the clerk of the old County
Court. for the clerkship and was de-
feated by only a few votes the result
remaining In doubt until returns from
the last precinct was in.
One of the hardest working candi-
dates OF the four is Mr. George Watt,
whose canvass of the county has been
thorough and vigorous. Mr. Watt Is
entirely out Of county politics, never
before having offered for any office
In the gift of the people.
He was born and raised in the coun-
ty, making his home in Fairfield Dis
trict. He entered the Confederate army
as boy Just before Dahlgren's raid
and served through the war. He has
been IN business for forty-on years.
and for twenty-six years has been
employed as n boolSkeeper and special
accountant. Mr.. Watt has not an
nounccd who will be his deputy in case
of his election.
Other Contests.
Senator 7. Ashby Wickham, WHO has
represented several counties in the
state Senate, has had no opposition.
and has been declared the candida te
by the Democratic committees Mr.. C.
w. Throckmorton, who has represent
ed the county in the lower branch of
the Legislature, also had no OPPOSE
ton, and though his name appears
on the ballot. the vote for him will
be merely complimentary.
The real contests are for the posi-
tons of treasurer, Commemorative at
.torney and sheriff. and for all Of these
positions the fight is warm. AS an
out candidate expressed it yesterday.
All of us may not win, but we are
going to give the i'm crowd the run
OF their lives" and from all indica-
tons this is fact. The Hcnrico
ring. so-called, is aroused. and it is
not too much to say that it is fighting
desperately for it's life.
That the "ins" have the aid of the
Democratic organization of Richmond
Is not denied, and some of the polIti-
cal leaders of Richmond have been seen
taking long drives through the county
in the interests of the present Office
holders.
For the Office of sheriff. Mr.. L. III.
kemp. formerly commissioner OF rev.
;enue of the county, Is opposing Mr..
Simon Solomon, who has been the
county sheriff for the last seventeen
years. Mr.. Solomon is acknow lodged
to be the head of the Democratic party
in Henrico, and no man in the county
has wider acquaintance. He is using
In his canvass recommendation from
Judge r. Carter Scott, of the Circuit
Court, and expresses the greatest con-
lidence in the outcome of the contest
Mr.. Solomon has never had so sharp
a contest, however. his opponent Mr..
Kemp. having the Endorsement of Mr.
'Childrey, another commissioner OF the
revenue and a prominent Democratic
worker
For the position of commemorative
attorney, Mr.. l.. o. Wendenburg has
as his~opponent Mr.. Julien Gum, and
the race is being vigorously contested.
Mr.. Wendenburg has been we'll known
in Richmond and the county for some
time as leading criminal lawyer. and
he has been associated with a number
of sensational cases. Flo was counsel
for the gold brick swindler in the
famous Withers case some years ago
and Won considerable reputation. His
connection with the Frisco Slim" case
in Williamsburg and Henrico some
years ago in which notable crook
slipped away from justice, led to con-
siderable talk.
Mr.. Julien Gum. his opponent, is a
Henrico man, a native of yarina Dis
trict and resident of Chestnut Hill.
He is a graduate of Richmond College
and of the University of Virginia.
Though Mr.. Gum declined yesterday
to make any personal references to his
opponent. he authorized the statement
that he stood for q Tightening of the
lax lines of conduct of the county's
business. Mr.. Gum said that he be-
lieved the time had come for an awak-
ening of the public conscience in the