The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-11-03
CANDIDATE YOUNG
POLITICAL JONAH

NORFOLK, VA, Especial -"If ever
there was a man who played in hard
luck that man is w. A Young, Of
Norfolk"
Thus spoke a well known Democrat
OF the City by the Sea" Monday morn
ing, as he discussed the recent candi-
date for Congress. who had been put
aside in favor Of State Senator E. Z.
Holland. Of NansemOnd.
Yes" continued the Norfolk citi-
zen, who is a wise one in Second Dis
trict politics, some sort Of Nemesis
seems TO pursue Young, and that, too,
despite the loyalty of his friends
Twice has he been elected TO Congress
in the days when the Democratic par
~ needed loyalty in Norfolk, and
twice has ne been unseated by a
strictly partisan vote.
And then he was elected clerk of
courts-the fine position James V.
Trehy now has-but his hard luck
did not end even then. Just about
the time he was comfortably settled,
along comes the Rev. Sam Small and
starts a prohibition fight, In which he
enlisted the services of Republicans
and others.
Nobody expected that this move
ment would amount TO anything, but
many a man was caught mapping.
The ticket put up by the prohibition
lists and their allies, to the astonish-
ment Of hundreds, won and Young
again had to step down and out. This
was a crushing bloW-one calculated
TO discourage any man.
And now comes this Second District
squabble. OF course there were ir-
regularities in the first primary, in
which only Young and Maynard fig
ured as candidates. but Young was
plainly the winner. / fancy that his
Norfolk friends in the Second Ward
heard what was going on in Ports
mouth in behalf of Maynard and at
tempted to try the same tactics.
But even granting this and invali-
dating the vote at every precinct
where fraud was suspected, YOung's
majority still sufticed for him TO beat
Maynard.
"Young's friends wished the State
Committee to adopt this plan, which
they thought was equitable. But il
Vas otherwise decreed.
And there's wheer the soreness
comes in. The Young contingent feel
aSgrieVed that outsiders were allowed
TO enter the second primary They
think Young and Maynard should
have been allowed to fight it out
alone.
And they feel that Senator Martin
ought to have used his influence to
bring about this end. There were
other things, too. which seemed TO in
dictate that Martin desired to encom-
pass the undoing of Young, though 1
do not believe the Senator had any
thing whatsoever to do with the first
primary. Still. Youngs friends do not
think that their favorite received the
consideration he deserved as a friend
of the organization
1T should not be forgotten. in this
connection, that in years agone Young
was unfaltering and indefatigable in
his Democracy and worked day and
night TO keep down the negro vote
He is man Of ability and magnetism
and knows how to make and hold
friends. These friends today entertain
no kindly feelings for Senator Mar
tin. They recall the days when they
delivered the goods for him and are
Of the opinion that he could have
stuck by Young without in any way
doing aught calculated to jar his con-
science.
Now. so far as Norfolk politics is
concerned continued the wise one
who discussed Young's hard luck.
"One thing at least can be said-the
financial affairs Of the city have been
managed without any faint OF graft
Ugly as have been some OF the politi-
cal methods employed. the men once
in office have done their work with
honesty and fidplitVN