Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-06-08
CANDIDATES IN PRIMARY
Entries for Slate Contest VIII
Close IN One Week.
-FOUR ARE WITHOUT OPPOSITION
Vote in the Primary is Expected to Be
Very Light and Some Even Place IL
as Low as Sixty-Five Thousand.
The Candidates.

RICHMOND. VA, June 7.-One
week from today, at noon. the entries
for the state primary will close.
The primary election will be held
| August 8. and on that date all the
| State officers are to be named for
| the next four years-for nobody ex-
poets the Republicans to put up any
serious opposition
The first Office to be filled is that
Of United States senator, for which
| there is only a single aspirant. Sena-
| tor John w Daniel, who is now serv-
| ing his fourth term. The people really
elect the senator. though the election
| is made formal in the legislature
shortly after it assemblies. Senator
Daniel has no opposition. Some years
ago when the primary was put into
effect. he was the first man to be de-
clared the nominee. Several gentle
men were flirting with the nomina-
tion but so far they have failed to
make a declaration Of their inten-
tons.
other Places 20 Be Filled.
Below is list of the other places
to be filed and the names OF the can
Gidafes whose names are TO appear on
the ballots in case there is oppOsi-
ton the state committee will merely
declare the nominees and leave their
names off the ticket:
Fer GcvernCr-Judge VIM. Hodges
Mann, Of Nottoway: Harry St George
Tucker. of Rcckbridge
For Lieutenant Governor-CClonei
James II. Catcn, of Alexandria, and J..
TaylCr Ellyson. of Richmond
Fer Treasurer-Asher w. Harman
CT RCckbridge.
Fer Attorney General-Col. Robert
Caltett, new assistant attorney gen.
eral. Of Lexington. and Judge Samuel
w Williams. of Wythe
For Superintendent of Public IN
struction-Joseph ID. Eggleston, Jr..
of Prince Edward.
Secretary of State-David G. Eg-
gleston. Jr, of Charlotte.
For Commissioner of Agriculture
and Immigration-,J. Thompson Brown
Of Bedford. and George w Koiner, OF
Augusta.
-Four Have a Free Field.
II will be seen that there are four
gentlemen who have clear field
Senator Daniel, Treasurer Hartman,
Superintendent Eggleston and Secre-
tary of State David Q. Eggleston.
Next TO Senator Daniel, Treasurer
Hartman is the oldest man in point
Ct service. having served for some
twenty years or more. Then comes
Commissioner Koiner. who has held
his present office for some ten years.
and Secretary Eggleston, who has
served some eight years. and then
Superintendent Egglestcn. of the de
partment Of public instruction. who
has served one term. 1t is consider
ed a tribute to the fidelity. ability
and character Of these gentlemen
that no one ESSAYS to oppose them
for ofice. ana their records are open
to the public at all times
AS to Size Of the Vote.
Due 20 the absence Of real live is
sues for the campaign, when there has
been no convention of the party. no
declaration of principles. the cam
paigns has been most remarkable
one Some of the candidates have
been attacking the records of their
opponents making charges and deny
ing Others. This has. served 70 arouse
thetpartisans CT these candidates. bur
IL EudS iditu " ctlI tnV BCOlot W
the state. The campaign is dull. fias,
listless.
Men who for years have been
watching politics and who Nnow a
thing or two by experience and OBJ
servation. say that the vote In the
primary will not exceed s.. 900 votes.
In the campaign of four years ago the
vote was 'a>bit -mpre Than So COO for
the governcrship. At that time there
were three candidates and for the
United states senatorship there we're
two. This time there are only two
IN the race-SO far-for the governor
ship and no opposition for the sen
atcrship.
On the other hand. there had been
no such campaign as there has been
this ;ime-perscnalities, examinations
and determinations. charges and coun-
ter charges. Il is not believed posi-
BILE that the vote viii be more than
three-fcurths that of four years ago.
II may X a little beyond tat. how
ever. II the counties and cities gen
orally provide for The nomination of
house members a. the time that the
state primary Is held. thereby al
ding bit of local interest 10 the