The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-02
.RHEA is CERTAIN
STUART GAN WIN.
Ninth District Leader Pledges
Hearty Support to Party
Nominee.
sTRoTHER CONFIDENT, TOO
Republican Senator Predicts That
Democrats WillsCarry
District Now.
sTRoTHER CONFIDENT, TOO

Judge William F. Rhea. member of
the state Corporation Commission, and
an active leader of Democratic poll
tics of the Ninth District, last night
pledged his hearty support to the can
dldacy of Mr.. Stuart. After hearing
of Mr.. Stuart's nomination by the Bris-,
tol convention he dictated the follow
ing statement:
"I hnve sor months urged my friends
In the Ninth District to Insist on MIR.
stuart. accepting the nomination. not
because personally preferred him, hut
because 1 considered him the logical
candidate. I knew he was amply able
to conduct II success full campaign, and
NV anxiety to redeem that great dis
trtct from the control of the Republt-
cans led me to sink any personal con-
siderntions and advocate Dir. Stuart's
nomination.
"I believe we can win, and sim
cerely trust MIR. Stuart will be elected
to Congress, aud he shnlI certainly
have my hearty support to that end
Stuart VIII Win-strother.
A. p. Strother. Republican Senator
from the Fifth Senatorial District.
composed Of Giles. Bland. Wythe and
| Pulaski City, when asked about the
nomination of Henry c. Stuart by the
| Ninth District Democrats last night,
| said:
"Thc Democrats have nominated the
! strongest man possible. MIR. Stuart Is
4 the peer of any lnnn in my section OF
| the state. He Will not only command
the solid support of his own party,
hut will have the support Of many
influential Republicnns. who cannot and
will not further indorAc the political
course of Mr.. Slemp.
at Is my opinion thnt Mr.. Stuart
: will be elected to Congress this fhii.
. Means Great Campaign.
:, Probably one of the momentous cam
!, paigns in the history of the Ninth
/, District, which has been the scene OF
:, so many stirring contests will be the
: result of the nomination of Mr.. Stuart
The mountain district so long neglect
ed as to its natural resources. and nov
$ by far the richest in the State, ha
I always been debatable ground. Ever
: in the seventies it was necessary TO
5 the Democrats to fight to send rep
resentative to Congress.
: In the memory of men who are no
u yet old the campaigns waged by Fay
: cite McMulln are remembered witt
I the greatest interest. Those were tn
:. days of accusations and recriminations
$ and when the code duello had no
$ vanished from the Old Dominion.
: When the power of the Read1uster
y Republican organization had been bro
ken, the Democrats of the Ninth tool
d a lawyer, a man who had served hi
r country in battle and who had distin
Y guished himself in the courts and sen
I him to the House, of Representatives
He served two terms and despite th'
lprotests OF the people. declined renom
9 nation. He said that politics did no
Z suit him and he did not suit politics
: The Democrats of the Ninth have neve
2 ceased to mourn for John A. Buchanan
a and nearly all of them will say to-da!
: that he would, but for his own de
a cision. be serving the district In Con
. gress In this year OF our Lord l9lc
r But that is past history.
Democratic Year.
D, After the retirement of Judge Buch
i. anan the nomination was won by "Cy
IS clone Jim" Marshall, OF Craig. II wa
ia the Democratic year of 1899, and hi
" majority over the late Major Henr
is Clint Wood, who has been buried onl
ir a few weeks, was the largest eve. re
10 corded in the district, exceeding 5000
j. Int seems strange to say that only NV
years later the Republicans carrie
d the Ninth,
,e They were led by General James
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