The Washington herald., 1909-06-07
VIRGINIA POLITICAL GOSSIP
Tucker Victory Means Big Shake-up.

quiet fight the Organization" Is making
for Judge Mann, but reports are that
It is an effective fight
The campaign is a quiet one. almost
listless. There is more interest IN the
race for the legislature than in the fight
for governor. A quiet, Indifferent cam
paign looks bad for Tucker. fuckers
hope Of victory lays with the independent
vote. He must get this TO counteract
the machine" vote Mann viii get II
he fails in drawing to the polls the in
dependent vote. he cannot hope 10 de-
velOp sufficient strength to nominate
him. At the present tine. all indications
point 10 a small vote The independent
voter is fighting shy Of the primary.
Judge Mann appreciates what q small
vote in the primary means 70 him. He
knows that the bulk OF the organization
vote, coupled with the vote controlled
by the Anti-Salcon League. win be for
him. His friends figure that alone Is
enough 10 nominate him II a light vote
is polled. Judge Mann. therefore. sees
virtue in a quiet campaign, and he
doubtless is shrewd enough TO realize that
joint debates, which he opposes, may
create a little too much interest for his
political health. Let the independent fel-
low sleep. is the way many Mann fol-
lowers are talking. And he Is sleeping
az the present time. too.
The Stuart vote, or following. how is
it going2 In the Ninth district. where
the bulk OF II is. It is beginning to look
Ike Mann has it. This is because the
Stuart papers out there are charging
that Stuart would be in the race to-day
had not Tucker forced him out by stay
ing in. II is known that Stuart wanted
a conference to pass upon the strength
Of himself Tucker. and Glass. as an
'anti-OrganizatiOn candidate His pur-
pose was 10 have a committee OF his.
fuckers. and Glass friends 10 decide
who would be the most formidable can
didate 10 oppose Judge Mann. Glass was
willing. bat Tucker was not. Stuart
then withdrew, realizing that Judge Mann
would get the organization" vote. and
two other candidates. In Tucker and him
self. would split the "anti-organization"
strength. This WIS not the direct cause
OF Stuart's withdrawal. but some OF his
friends assert II was the indirect cause
II is noticeable that Stuart refused 20
say a good word for Tucker IN his card
Withdrawing from the contest
The Republicans viii name A. P
Gillespie. OF farewell Mr.. Gillespie viii
make no announcement until after the
Newport News convention, but II he is
nominated. II is said, he viii not turn
down the nomination Gillespie viii make
the best race and be the strongest can
didate named By the Virginia Re
publicans for years. He IS an independent
man, Independent IN worldly goods and
independent in expressing his opinions
He is a Henry c. Stuart type OF nah
and comes from a section OF Virginia
which produces big men He viii appeal
70 the independent vote and the dis
satisfied Democrats.
Again there viii be a Taft Democrat
on the ticket. His name has been sug-
gested. and II he VIII make the race
he viii be named by the Newport News
convention. He IS a young man and
forcefui speaker
There VIII be another departure BY the
Virginia Republicans. Not q Federal Of
feeheldeT, nor man long identified with
the old-line Republicanism in the State
VIII be put on the ticket. In the past the
Republican State ticket has generally
been made Up OF oficeholders or man
looking for Federal Offices In fact, II
the men mentioned are nominated. Il will
be the strongest State ticket ever put
forward in a Southern State for years.
Whether Il can win is another question.