The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-02
NEW MEMBERS 70
CONTROL SENATE
Entire Appearance OF Upper
Branch Changed for First Time
in Many Years.
BYRD LEADING FOR SPEAKER
Friends Say He Will Be Next
Presiding Officer OF
House.
NY q A. RnYCE.


Democratic nominees for the Sem
ate have been chosen in thirty-one OF
the forty districts of the State. and
eighteen Of the thirty-one are new
men. This gives the latter up to date
a majority of five, and indications arc
that these figures will not be mute-
rally altered by further results
House nominees TO date number sew
enty seven, and they stand forty-three
If these relative figures obtain in the
end, the House will be easily. controlled
by inc,imbents and the Senate by new
men. The latter condition has rarely,
IL ever, prevailed in Virginia before,
and was made possible only by the
abolition of tho hold-over featurd of
the Senate.
Looks Like Winner. II
1t looks as IL Hon. Richard Evelyn
Byrd of Winchester, will win the
speakersfip of the House. It is known
nv those close to the Valley leader
that he has recently made great In
roads upon tho Underwater delegation.
and he is claiming that he Will get as
many votes in that section as will Mr..
Withers.
Messrs. Withers and Churcfman arc
lighting, however. and neither will
conccde Mr.. Byrd's nominations. Many
of those who follow the game of poll
tics closely seem of opinion, however,
that the Winchester man has the IN
side track. and will come under the
wire on the home stretch by a safe
lead.
The reorganization OF the Senate
along anti-railroad lines is clearly
foreshadowed for the first time In
more than two decades. Nominations
for the Senate and House of Delegates
made up to Saturday night are as fol-
lows:
First District, DR.. David Buchanan,
Marion.
Fourth District. John NJ. Hart. Roam
oke.
Seventh District Floyd W. King,
Clifton Forge.
Ninth District, Edward Echols, staun-
ton.
Tenth District. r. NJ. Ward. Win
chester.
Eleventh District, G. L. Fletcher,
Warrenton.
Twelfth District. r. s. Parks. Luray.
Thirteenth District, +. w. Sims.
Louisa.
Fifteenth District, T. z. Carter,
Washington, Va.
Sixteenth District j. B. Watkins,
Seventeenth District. N. B. Early,
Earlysville.
Eighteenth District, ws C. White,
Hardware.
Nineteenth District, Aubrey e. Strobe
Amherst.
Twentieth District, Don. P. Halsey
| Lynchburg.
Twenty second District. j. Ran. Tuck
er. Bedford City.
Ridgeway.
| Twenty District, George T.
Rison. Chatham
| Twenty-tifth District, j. D. Elan
Ebony.
Twenty-seventh District. A. r. Hobbs
MARI.
Twenty eighth District, William
Hodges Mann, Nottoway.
Twenty ninth District, Charles T.
Lassiter, Petersburg.
Thirtieth District, Z. u. Holland,
Suffolk.
Thirty-second District, DR.. C. U.
Gravatt, Port Royal.
ThirtyNhird District, Jno. A. Lesner
| Portsmouth.
Thirty fourth District c. Harding
Walker, Heathsville.
Thirty-ffth District, r. Ashby Wick
ham, Richmond.
Thirty-sixth District. S. w. Holt
Newport News.
Thirty-seventh District, Ben II. Gun
| ter. Accomac.
Thirty-eighth District, =. c. Folkes
A. G. Hartman, Richmond.
Thirty-ninth District, John r. Saun-
ders. Saluda.
House OF Delegates.
Accomac. John r. Rev.
| Alhamarla and Cha Int aSvil1e
Thomas NJ. Dunn and D. II. Pitts.
| Alexandria city and county, James
r.. Cation.
Allegheny and Craig, N. Il. spessard
Amelia and Nottowny, j. A. Sydnor.
Amherst DR.. Fl. S. Myers. :
AppomattoX, Thos. ]. Stratton.
Augusta and Staunton. John w
lChurchman and Silas Fl. Walker
Bath. Highland, Buena Vista and
Rockbridge, s. w. Sterrett.
Bedford, II. C. Lowry and Thos. s
West.
Botetourt, Geo. w. Breckenridge.
Brunswick. DR.. r. S. Powell
Buckingham and Cumberland. A. S
Hall.
Campbell Howell c. Foatherston.
Caroline, y. B. Powers, Jr.
/. Charlotte, B. D. Adams.
Chesterfield. w. w. Baker.
Chesterfield, Manchester and Powha.
tan, Willis G. Pulliam.
Culpeper, Alden Bell.
Dinwiddie, Thos. Z. Clarke.
Elizabeth City and Accomac, Harr,
r. Houston.
! Fairfax. w. T.. Oliver.
!; Fauquier, M. NJ Green.
. Fauquier and Loudoun, John Or,
Franklin. Joseph II. Chi.wood,
r Frederick and Winchester, Richar,
5 e. Byrd.
+ Gloucester. J. N. Stubs. /.