Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-08-05
DEMOCRATIC VOTERS
HAVE HER SAY TODAY
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Swanson won the nomination ONe'
Judge Mann and Captain Joseph T.
Willard by an overwhelming majority
In their closing speeches the candi
dates were net as bitter toward eaci
other as they had been in previous
addresses. They devoted their time
more largely to summing up OF the
campaign and in predicting their elec'
ton by big majorities.
! Mr.. Tucker, in his speeches In Rich
mend, summed up the campaign by
saying: The canvas is closing and
the summary of the arguments can be
put in these word: Judge Mann's at
tempts 10 place liquor and temperance
in the same bed in his support has
proven a failure"
Judge Mann made "A final appeal
to the temperance element Of the
State in his final speeches. saying AT
Suffolk Tuesday night: The temper
ance people of Virginia owe ne their
support. for | am their acknowledged
leader, and my defeat would be their
defeat"
Minor Fights Overshadowed.
The gubernatorial canvass has so
Ovorshadowed the campaigns for the
other places on the State ticket that
little attention has been given them
by the great mass of the voters. And
yet the fight between John Thompson
Brown and George W. Koiner for the
nomination for commissioner Of agri-
culture has been almost as sensation
81 as that for governor Mr.. Brown
has made charge after charge against
Mr.. Koiner and the latter has been
busy denying them both from the
stump and in printed pamphlets. The
outcome of this fight seems TO be
shrouied in doubt.
While there has been nothing SEN
satiC nal about it. the battle between
col. Robert Catlett and Judge Sameu.
w. Williams for attorney general has
been hard fought and each candidate
is claiming victory. Little or no in
terest in this fight has been shown
here and it is almost impossible to
get a line en- the vote
Very little attention has been paid
here to the contest for lieutenant
governor. but in all probability the
city will go for Eilyson as against
Catcn.
Secretary of the commonwealth d.
Q. Eggleston. Of Charlotte; State
Treasurer A. W Hartman. Jr., of Rock
bridge: and Superintendent of Pub
lie Instruction ]. ID. Egglestcn, Jr-,
we're without opposition and have
tcen declared the party nominees.
Their lanes will not appear en- the
ballots.
Two of the candidates Offering for
the State treasurer, who has been de-
clared the nominee is from Rock
bridge. Mr. Tucker is from that coun-
ty and it is the home OF Mr.. Cation.
Local Clubs at Work.
With the local Tucker and Mann
clubs making an energetic campaign
among the voters, interest here in
the gIbernatorial fight has been
increasing rapidly this week and in
ssme quarters feeling runs rather
high.
In spite OF the activity or the lead
ers, however, the indications last night
were that the vote today will not be
near as large as it was in the NUM-
oipal primary of June IL. And it was
due 10 this uncertainty regarding the
strength Of the vote polled that the
Mann and Tucker leaders were reIuc-
tant to give out any figures yester-
day. That Tucker will carry the city
no one doubts, but the more conserva-
tive Tucker men do not claim more
than $50 for him and. others will make
no predictions at all.
Majority Depends Upon Vote.
President Allan d. Jones. of the
Tucker Club. gave out the following
statement last night:
The sentiment Of the town is de-
sidely favorable to Mr.. Tucker. His
majority depends entirely upon the
total vote cast. II is not supposed
that as large vote will be cast to-
MORROW as was cast in the recent
primary. The information
gathered by the Tucker club leads the
members to the conclusion that Tuck
CT vili carry the town by a sub