The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-10-02
STUART CAMP Align
GROWS IN FAVOR.
Thousands Flock to See Demo
cratic Candidate and Other
Speakers.
.-ARGE VOTE TO BE PoLLED
Excitement OF Contest Has
Caused Voters to Qualify in
Il. Large Numbers.

Instead Of diminishing as the cam
paign progresses. the enthusiasm over
the candidacy and canvass Of Henry
G. Stuart in the Ninth District is con-
stantlyt waxins g. Larger and larger
are the crowds which hear him, more
and more widespread grows the spirit
of insurgency a mong thes Republicans.
more and more confident grow the,
Democrats. s..s =. IL .ls ~. y 8,
Citizens Of the district Who come me to
Richmond are filled with enthusiasm
as they talk about the prospects for
Mr. Stuar1.s election 50 filed. that they.
bubble over. and enthuse the listener.
The campaign has aroused the old
party spirat as nothing has done with
In a decade, while itsis doubtful NJ
|Tthe party In the district ever had a.
more compact and effective organize
ton.
II, tell YOU we've got 'erp licked"
emphatically said Ninth District man
in the city yesterday. Nothing on
earth can stop the Stuart tide. We
have skinned 'em on crowds at prac-
tlcaily every point, we have beat 'em
on new registration. we have beaten,
sem everywhere. We are, united; they
are divided. We. re confident; they
are respondent.
splendid Outlook.
1t is this sort of spirit. that is con-
vincing the people OF the. State that
Mr.. Stuart is going to be elected, What
looked at first like an almost hopeless
task has; become a practical uncer..
tatntY. ~
r. burlng the week 1usts ended the pup
lie meetings in the district have
reached higher plane OF enthusiasm
I. than has been heretofore manifested
Everywhere the crowds have turned
out to hear the array of speakers pre-
sented by the district committee
AT the rally at Bristol, at the Abb
insdon meeting, at the all-day affair
at Chilhowie. at the Swanson and
Flood gatherings. at the Martin and
Williams and Irvine addresses, the
result has been the same Everywhere
the people want to hear De mocraftc
doctrine and to. SET the Democra tic
candidate and those who are spealtinr
for him. - .A77
Mr. Stuart himself has drawn the
largest audiences. AT each meeting
ne mas been greeted with what almost
amounted to an ovation AT the same
time the other distinguished sneakers
nave been most warmly received.
senators Martin and Swanson have
especially been active in making adj
dresses and In gaining votes for Mr..
Stuart.
Tucker to Speak.
Later in the campaign Harry St.
George Tucker will go into the district
and will make nine speeches for Mr..
Stuart. This will come at the end of
this month and in the early days of
| November.
Representative Carter Glass Will
make several speeches this month.
| On the Republican side, the event
! Of the week. and, Of course. of the
4 campaign will be the address OF eX-
President Theodore Roosevelt at Bris-
! tol next Friday morning While this
| has been variously advertised a Slemp
speech and as a nonpartisan speech
and as an Appalachian Exposition
! speech, there seems to be no doubt that
/ the Republicans will make his coming
! an argument for their side of the con-
\ gressional question Considering Mr.
! Slemp's constant allegiance to Speaker
\ Cannon and to the old guard In Con-
4 gross. no. speech which Mr.. Roosevelt
| has made or will make this year will
4 be .fraught' with much more signiA-
i canoe o rwill be watched with more
4 curiosity
In the i've weeks which yet remain
/ there Is much work to be done'in the
i district, but the Democrats are deter
| mined to see that 1t is accomplished.
/. The registration for the November
election VIII end next saturday, but
there can be but little activity in that
direction during the remaining days,
/ for the. reason that practically every
citizen IS already on the books and Is
\ qualified to-Evote, The vote on No
vember will be simply enormous.
\ So closely has the vote been quail
! fed that 1t IS estimated that twice as
ma ny bnllots will be cast as In the
I Fifth District, notwithstanding the
I hot night there. Probably the vote In
/ the Ninth will exceed that OF any
three districts I'M the State. excepting
Ethe FifthtG,, y II. L.