Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-03-20
Nothing Definite 10 Figure on But
/ Is Said Mann is Ia Lead
at Present.
aAS The ORGANIZATIONS SUPPORT?
a" Analysis of Figures in Last Cam.
paio"-E'ement Of Weakness in
m'"n'a Case is Rumored Detection
Of Anti Saloon People. auiwark Of
His Initial Strength:

His Initial Strength:
RICHMOND. VA. March 10 IL The
nichinond Evening Journal today has
.ns TO say of the gubcrnatoriaI attn
alton in Virginia:
however premature II may seem to
nose with eubcrna,orial osniro,Inrs
'"c polit'cians already have bee,in in
speculate and talk freely obon, M
coming ilsht for the eoycrnorah,r
.bI' 'hat contest is still consider
"oI! more than year on
NO basis OF argument in his con,
rv''"n can he absolutely accurate n,
mus Time. and every prcdic,ion Van
.u'p" must be taken with MANY .r,,ns
Election figures. past ana nroson,
VI conrsd lave their weight n.i,,
iposhos'ica'ors. bur the sovefniers ~,
80 reserve the right TO nrove then,
s.'Ves tickle ana TO cbnnpo ,hn,.
sire '"ey so de-
within the next 10 mon,ho ,o.o...
imnrov. S", happen TO blight or
'"p'ovr me chances of The yar,ou,
, n.,,. laliied OF IN connection win ths
approaching battle. w" WIN me
Indeed, Il is not VET rnourn
many candidates VIII enter ,hn no"
'ur 'wo men at least a,c atm ~ " ~
uncertain bench. while thi,J LIZ ~"
mny decide TO shy his castor ,n, "'so
political arena. ~ INTO me
=, Two sin Thinkin..
man nc Two Two uncertainties are Congress
, ,, carter Glass, of Iynchhm"a 's .,
a' James Alston CabclI 80 80 nnu
I I, while the third snssibi,,,, '" rs
Judge 7. w. Duke. or cha r,n;, ~
,'ns' Until these gentlemen na 'o.,'s-
irmra e ueclsion the politicians mnsl
iiaota wy OH The three avowe; cnnN
,,onu -senasor William Hodras
,omm, or Noioway ;ex-corporoiion
,.''asiohcr Henry C. Stuart ana
= Y" 80, ,ossi''ah Harry ST. George Trc,.
y, more recently Prominent a. ".h
,om' 90, OF the Jamestown Exno siua,
oa,,m "out meaning to hurt nnvhod,.,
"ss or to discourage NM 80,
"'e II must be said nj III eanii
amc ' nrs,,, nlann, at this stage OF Tho
.atlon o. 'I Az has the best organ
ha - me trio mentioned An, =
IN ,n aosh he ought to have N"'
~ 80, as a candidate for oovar
~ ro Du"' MS first fences. and whnn e
~ s'u'hS OF the primary wcrn oon "," ii
ne result was as follows. sn,a hit Il
u Aiann 2O,4s5. ana willard ', 90 a
IN, Judge and his temnor,a "
'ner prohibition-theories nof W
o"d u' fo | cut much figure in Rich
foi,ows. 'ne vote in this civ was 81
n O Wow, !, Swanson l.SO1; Mann M Son T
nn' politically speot,rn III
va ,' nv days of long ago. ana tbinas "
60 rna vastly within the las, nc
rof instance in 1905 mo 80,
; s"t- Martin fight was AZ II, 'Ion MOI, ma
-, ,,, n.a almost everybody ovcon NJ co
'nipiticn folk. camped r,i,, s'p. the Po
How, , me other of these factions AT
II kro "a, contest evenuated js nov
q for ~ n's'ory. Martin. in his wa
nn 'U"."sne 36,3O7. making Tho 80 Dc
9os '.'i"'lc votes cast in The c,ato
v vS = ''e state of
me influence of this sen,,ors,,
=, p pei. even The gnbe,Sa,nn -
u r"inpaign. and, as cxplaineI n a1n',a
" " u sharp issue between sw %pore. Ma
Willard Mann therc nmanson
Srn'sd at that time an elemsn, re-
aa delicate and sensitive ~ n. us ,,'
"rasus- His 2O,4S5 votes ~ ~ yo a ~, IN
De put down entirely ne lime ~ me NV, me
' I'D II he had this strength in ,oo- ion
bo seem, from the rapjd nro ,uv his
b, prohibition movement thai Vw IN o.,
~ 10 be still more powerrn, 'e ~, ne t ~,
~ ~ me anti-saloon clement st,cps sob
o l"', which is regarded as extrem oes thu
men, TOO. nobody must over,oo,, Will
,,,', INA, .hat among the happenings -, c ror'
y. days. has been the alIiancs o, urn
so-callei ring. or dominant foc OF S Sn,'
!, far n. pIst NAM will
ohu Is concerned. frs;