Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-11-20
POLITICAL.

potatoes and few in hill, as they only
got total of fifty votes in Virginia.
| Congressman Saunders, Democrat.
carried the fifth district by 81. The
district went for Taft by one majority.
The future is not without great hope
for the Democratic party, 1t has
gained five or six governors, two sena-
tors and has reduced the Republican
majority in the lower house.-Free
Lance. sa--.
The Democrats that are;wanted today
are the ones who will not turn the coat
when the provision train has been cap
tured. the pay-checks are no good, and
the enemy Is over-powerful. = Hampton
Monitor.
Hon. Champ Clarke, of Missouri. will
succeed John Sharpe Williams as leader
OF the minority House of Representa-
tives. Williams made splendid rec
ord. fighting against great odds and at
a decided disadvantage. He goes to
the Senate next year.
Mr.. Byars, who made gallant fight
for the defeat of Slemp in the 9th Con-
gressional District, and Lost by three or
four thousand, reports his actual expen-
diture Of cash in that canvass at over
VI 500, and lot of useful experience
useful to young and ambitious man.
The victory of Judge Harmon in Ohio
and Gov. johnson in Minnesota will
place these two distinguished Democrats
prominently before the country during
the next four years. and to their guild
ance and leadership the Democracy of
the Northwest will look to lead them
out of the present wilderness.
In 1900 the South gave Bryan 1l6
out OF his l55 votes, or all but 80. In
1904 the South gave Parker every vote
that he got. In 1908 the South gave
Bryan 40 of his l66 votes or all but l6.
Has the Nebraskan's leadership driven
the Democratic party out of all power
save in the South? asks the Tidewater
Democrat.
Elihu Root. late of the President
Cabinet. is slated for u. S. Senator
Piatt's shoes. Meantime the President
is said to be slated for u. S. Senator
Depew's place. The same rumor has it
that Mr.. Bryan will be sent by his
state to the Senate also. The fur will
fly nightly when these long time an
tagonists tackle each other,
We do not pretend to dictate TO Mr..
Glass as to how he should conduct his
newspapers, but that he made grave
mistakes in opening the columns of the
News to passionate assaults upon Mr..
Bryan during the recent canvass, he
must himself confess. Outside Virginia |
the paper was quoted as violently anti
Democratic, and that didn't look well
from a Democratic Congressman
Farmville Herald.
The National campaign is hardly over
before the daily papers begin to stir up
the gubernatorial contest. The people
are tired of politics, but the politicians
wax fat on it. and the people are ex-
pected to furnish the fat. The scheme
to be advocated this time Is the double
headed primary. The politicians know
that Judge Mann will carry the primary
against any other candidate, so they
propose. very innocently. that two pri-
maries be held. one to select the strong
est opponent of Judge Mann's, the
second between these two candidates.
This scheme doesn't look so innocently
fair and square when it is known that
favorite sons in every section of the
state will enter the first primary with
10 thoughts of being nominated, but :
simply to draw local votes which they
hope to be able to swing against Mann !
n the second primary. Sussex Stand
lrd. /