The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-08-05
TODAY'S CONTEST PRACTICALLY
DECIDES WHO NEXT COVER
NOR WILL BE.
Judge William Hodges Mann and Har'
~ st. George Tucker Are the Two
Leading Candidates.
NOR WILL BE.


will be known. Until the returns are
all in, the result is, as police reporters
say. 'shrouded in mystery
The fight for the gubernatorial NOM
ination-and unless all precedents are
overturned it will be equivalent to
election-lies between Judge William
Hodges Mann and Harry ST. George
Tucker. The former is one of Vir-
ginia's most distinguished jurists.
while Mr. Tucker is prominent in po-
litical circles and was president Of
the Inflated Jamestown exposition.
The campaign brought to a close by
today's primaries has been an inter-
esting one. and not lacking in heated
personalities. The record of each can
didate from the time they We're boys
and played hockey or robbed the wild
Ow's orchard has been searched. turn
ed over and held up to the public gaze.
Nothing either has ever done has been
hidden. Today the democrats go to
the polls confident that they have lad
the whole career of each candidate
spread out before them and they can
choose the most desirable, and that
they have had what every true Virgin
ian dearly loves-a good hot figh'
The republican leaders of Virginia
are anxious for Mann to win, accord
ing to statements of many of them.
They assert that Mann will be a less
formidable candidate for them to tack
lie than Tucker and they believe they
will be able to cut down the demo-
cratic majority, if not wipe it out en-
tirely, with Mann as the democratic
candidate.
In the primary today not only can
but United States Senator and siI
state officers The candidates are AZ
follows:
United States senator-John w.
Daniel: no opposition.
Governor-Tucker and Mann.
Lieutenant governor. Taylor Ell
Tyson a"G James A Cation.
At,5rney general-Sam w. Williams
and r. w Catlett
Treasurer-A. c. Hartman.
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
G. Eggleston.
Commissioner of agriculture-G. w.
Keiner and J. T. Brown.
Superintendent of public irstruc
tion-Joseph d. Egglest0n.
Judge Mann had been more closely
identified with the dry element of
the state than Mr.. Tucker had been,
and it was believed that the anti-sa- J
loon league leaders preferred him. |
The large cities, like Richmond and
Norfolk, which still license the sa
looms. seemed afraid that if he were
them "dry" by forcing statewide !
prohibition bill through the legisla-
ture He denied any such intention or
desire. He said he was for local OPP |
ton and the right of each community |
to say for itself whether il wanted sa !
looms. Mr. Tucker said that he, too, ,
was for local option, and would not
sign a state wide prohibition bill I'M
der any conditions. Judge Mann hav-
ing said that under certain conditions
he would sign such a bill. The differ
ence between them on the liquor ques-
ton was really the difference between
tweedledum and tWeedledee.
No issue could be made on that
point. and then they began saying hard
things about one another. Mr.. Tucker
began it, and Judge Mann after a lit
tie while followed suit Each dug IN
to the others record and each. to his
own satisfaction, showed that the 9TH
err was by no means fit to be allowed
in the governors office even for day, !.
and if the people should commit such
great folly the grand old common
wealth would start down the toboggan
slide and wind up with crash thaI
would Jolt its backbone apart.
Judge Mann was alleged to be the
tool and the creature of corporations. !
He replied that it wasn't so, but that
Mr.. Tucker was no better than ne
should be from a corporation point or
view Besides, he had made such .
fzzle as president of the jamestown
exposition that it would be dangerous
II trust him with the affairs OF VIZ
qinis as executive. Mr.. Tucker came
hack with the assertion that ne WASH
really the executive of the exposition.
that his duties were largely social ana
Manns dig got Mr.. TucH-
ar in a tender spot, and all the Tucker
papers got busy and with the former
dirootors started out to prove that MI