Evening star., 1909-05-16
TUCKER ON GR|DDLE
.Franked Republican Litera-
ture, Charges Judge Mann.
CAMPAIGN TO BE BITTER
Personalities Expected to Form
Great Part Of Argument.
MCCARTHY FOR POSTMASTER
Friends to Urge Appointment Of
Democrat to Succeed Cabeu
at Richmond.
MCCARTHY FOR POSTMASTER

Special Dispatch to The Star.
RICHMOND, Va, May 15.-The cam
paign for the governorship has grown in
teresting during tho past week.
Judge william H. Mann of Nottoway,
under severe attack by Harry St George
Tucker, has abandoned his announced in
tention, to conduct his campaign on high
lines-that is to refrain from anything
savoring Of the personal or to discuss the
record Of Mr.. Tucker-and has opened UP
in a manner that has created all sorts Of
talk.
Judge Mann has met Mr.. Tucker on the
stump once so far. The Nottoway man
declares Mr.. Tucker introduced In his re-
joinder matters which were not referred
to In his own opening speech and which
under the terms OF the debate could not
be answered by Judge Mann in his lin
tied time.
1t was at Buckingham that Judge Mann
began his speech in reply to the repeated
attacks and charges OF Mr.. Tucker. He
took up the record Of the valley man and
made statements that Mr.. Tucker will be
required to defend.
| One statement was that Mr.. Tucker
while q member Of Congress In 1895, when
| defeated for the nomination to succeed
himself, distributed in Virginia great
t
ture under his congressional frank. Judge
Mann gave the name Of Capt. c. B.
Koiner Of Augusta as his authority.
Judge Mann has q letter In which Capt
county of Augusta received such litera-
ture. Capt. .Koiner authorized Judge
Mann to make such use OF the tnforma-
ton as he might desire and to give his
ceived the campaign speeches franked
through the mails.
JudSe Mann has been receiving letters
tfrom his supporters all over the state In
which they declare that the position OF
the Judge and his review Of the record
of Mr. Tucker Is right and proper, seeing
| that the attack was begun by Mr.. Tucker
and is persisted in. That Mr.. Tucker Will
have something interesting to say In reply
to Judge Mann's speech Is generally ex-
pected.
Gillespie or Summersf
| Republicans are somewhat divided on
the governorship. One day it is that L.
P. Summers Of Abingdon 10 to be the
nominee OF the party. and in less than
twenty-four hours the sentiment in favor
Of A. p. Gillespie Of Tazewell manifests
itself.
Mr.. Gillespie is the representative Of the
''dry" element in the party. He Is back
| ed by that element In order to have the
issue between the two parties fought out
| on lines which will, to some extent, re-
fleet the sentiments Of the people on tho
question.
| Former State Senator Harman is one Of
| the leading men OF the party. He Is one
| Of the most determined and pronounced
prohibitionists In the state. Mr.. Summers
is AFFILIATED with the wet element OF
the party. is a progressive man and is op-
posed to the prohibition wave which has
come to tho state. Mr.. Summers and
Mr.. Gillespie are friends.
The work of naming q candidate for
| the governorship will be left to the state
convention at Newport News in July. It
| 1t settled that the republicans are TO
wage a battle for the state officers. the
| nominees to be from the several grand
| divisions of the state with regard to
ability and fitness for the offices to which
they shall be named.