Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-07
DEALERS ARE JUBILANT
Slemp Fails in Promise to Reduce
Democratic Vote.
RICHMOND AWAITS PRESIDENT
Many Candidates to Succeed Late
Representative F. r.
Lassiter.
Special Correspondence 81 The STAR

Special Correspondence ~ The STAR
RICHMOND. Va, November 6, 1902
There will he no further liquor legis-
lation I'm Virginia and there will be no
proposition enacted in the general as
sembly looking to submission of the
question OF statewide prohibition to the
| people during the next year.
| This was the statement of one OF the
oldest and shrewdest political lights Of
the state to The Star correspondent
day or two following the election
Ground for the prediction is found in
the support given the democrats on the
state ticket by men engaged in the liquor
| business They stood by Judge Mann in
the ordinary and supported him In the
| general election. OF all who seem pleas
| ed with the outcome of the election
the whisky men are about as jublant
as any.
The twenty-eighth district elected a
successor to Judge Mann last Tuesday.
is not the advanced temperance man
| that Judge Mann has shown himself
| to be.
Are the liquor men pleased at the
changed conditions? With Judge Mann
our Of the senate he is in a position to
| do far less injury to the liquor business
than he would be in the senate.
| There Is not another In that body who
|
There is no one in the present body
| who entertains views that comport en-
tirely with the ideas of>Judge Mann.
| The impression grows that the enact
an emergency measure-just to head off
effort that might have been made last
session TO have the question of state
wide prohibition sprung at that
| time. Rigid legislation last year
increased the taxes. and elimination of
the saloon in the country districts may
/ have been preferable to a statewide fight
| this year and a split in the party, MAX
| ing IL possible to elect a republican gov
| ernor.
Slemp's Word Not Kept.
With the electin returns generally
known, it is seen that Congressman
Slemp has not made good his promise to
reduce the democratic majority. Not
that alone. but Chairman Slemp lost one
member of the house of delegates in his
own district. There is the further hu-
initiation of polling some 6,O0O or 5000
| fewer votes than were given President
| Taft last year.
Right in the face of that is the fact
| that Alvah H. Martin Of the county of
Norfolk has succeeded in winning his
county for the republican candidate for
| governor. Mr.. Martin is the member of
| the national republican committee from
Virginia. But while Norfolk county cast
| elected democrats to the general as
| sembly.
Kent and Rhea Charges.
Now that the election is over and the
smoke of the battle has cleared away
| there are those who ask II the charges
brought against Judge William F. Rhea
last year when nominated for member of
the corporation commission. and when so
bitterly opposed by republicans and some
democrats. did not suffice to bring out the
serious charges against Capt. Kent.
Fitness for the office was the basis of
the allegations in both cases. The in
vestigation of the Rhea matter was one
Of the bitterest controversies heard for
years.
1t was fight to keep out a man al
legged to be unfit for the high and i'm
portant office for which he was nominat-
ed by Gov. Swanson. The same thing
was charged in the attack on Capt Kent:
Judge Mann led the fight for Judge
| was presented. Were the friends and
| supporters of Judge Mann responsible for
bringing up the allegations against capt.
Kent?
The charges were not sufiicient to &C.
complish the defeat of Rhea. Kent was
defeated. One was a democrat and man.
| age1 to be confirmed. all the Affirmative
negative vote was made up of the re-
publicans solidly and had the support of
| some democrats.
Arranging for President.
The capital of the Confederacy will give
| President Taft a welcome next Wednes-
| day. He is to reach here at o'clock in
the morning and will breakfast in the
governors mansion with some half dozen
state and city dignitaries.
| The party will proceed from the train
| at o'clock to the old mansion. built
/ many years ago and which has been the
home of many governors prior to and
since the civil war The President is not
| to be hurried the day Of his visit He
will take his time. the program being so
arranged that he can 60 as slow as he
| likes.
He will 60 from the governors man.
| sion TO the state capitol. There he will
address the newspaper men of the state at
the annual meeting of the State Press AS
! ISOLATION. Later he will talk to a selected
| few OF the cOlored men of the city, not
more than twenty-five.
Then he will go to the Lee monument.
4 where he will review a parade. At =
o'clock the President and go prominent
| citizens will lunch at tire Jefferson. and
| later will proceed to the city auditorium
where an address will be delivered by the
| President.
This will end the day in this city. the
President leaving here at 5:l5 for WASH
I ington where he will arrive at $50. Vir-
ginia quail will be served to him.
Would Succeed Lassiter.
| Gov. Swanson has not yet decided when
he will order a special election for a sue
cessor TO the late Representative Francis
| Rives Lassiter OF the fourth district.
| There are any number of candidates for
| the position. but there will be a confer
| ence OF the members of the state commit
| tee for that district before there is any
| action.
! Among the more prominent candidates
are former Representative Robert @. |
| Southall OF Amelia, who defeated Mai. |
| Lassiter and who was I'm turn defeated by |
| Lsssiter. Mr.. Southall Is one of the best |
! known men In the district and is popu- |
/ lar.
/ Among others are State Senator Charles |
/ i. Lassiter. a brother of the dead con-
! gresham: Robert Turnbull of Bruins |
/ wick. former state senator; Judge Asa |
D. Watkins of Prince Edward, one Of the |
| strong men OF the democratic party and a |
| legislator of experience: Judge Leonidas |
| ID. Yarrell of Greensville lately elected to |
| the house OF delegates; Judge Walter A.