Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-09
THREE IN THE RACE
Hot Fight on in Norfolk Con-
gressionaI District.
CHANCE FOR REPUBLICANS
Triangular Contest May Mean Vic
tory for Candidate.
PREDICT DEFEAT FOR SLEMP
Democrats of Ninth Virginia Dis
trict Declare They Will Unseat
Republican Member.
PREDICT DEFEAT FOR SLEM]
Special Correspondence Of The Star.

RICHMOND, Va, October S, 1910.
The action of the state democratic COM
mittee in multiplying the congressional
primary in the second district is still the
talk of the politicians and there are
those who are disposed to find fault with
the committee. For some days there had
been report that the committee, acting
under orders of the machine" would
stand by Mr.. Young, and when the re-
port of the investigating committee
recommended that the election be de-
clared void the anti-machine element
stood aghast When the report of the
committee was adopted there was still
further comment and excitement.
Now there is much anxiety on all sides
as to what will happen in the district.
The certainty of three men entering the
contest is conceded. They will be Will
liam A. Young. the nominee in the recent
primary; Representative Harry l.. May
nard, defeated in the primary, and State
Senator +. E. Holland Of Suffolk, who
has long been urged to enter the race.
There are others who are considering
the matter, and there is no telling just
how many there will be in the contest.
One thing which causes some concern
is the fact that the nomination will have
to be made before october 10, as the
nominations have to be certified to the
secretary of the commonwealth in order
that the tickets can be printed and dis
belief is that a convention will be called,
the delegates to be chosen during the
coming week.
The convention will be held in the city
of Norfolk not later than October II.
Possibly the convention will be called to
order the day before, so that II there is
a contest the convention may be kept in
session till the delegates have made a
nomination. Republicans in this city
claim that the chances are exceedingly
bright for the election of H. H. Rumble,
who has been nominated against the
democrats and who is making a very
good campaign. 1t remains to be seen if
Norfolk county goes republican. as it did
in the gubernator1al election Of last year.
Believe slemp Beaten.
The impression obtaining here is that
Representative c. Bascom Slemp of the
ninth district is serving his last term
in Congress. Henry c. Stuart, the demo-
cratic nominee, is declared by old-time
politicians to be certain Of election. This
is not confined to democrats alone, for
within the last few days many influential
republicans from that section of the state
have been here. and they do not hesitate
to say that the result will be extremely
close, and that Mr.. Slemp will do very
well II he can manage to win by much
as 800 These men decline to let their
names be used, for the reason that some
Of them are, or have been, beneficiaries of
republican rule, and to say anything as
to the possible defeat of Slemp would be
considered treason.
In no district in the state has there
been any such campaign as is being
Waged by the democrats in the ninth.
There have been speeches at from two
to six places every day for the last
month and the campaigners are just get
ting into good shape. Mr.. Slemp is jim
porting men to help him. and the local
orators are doing all that is possible to
keep the republicans in line. There is
much trouble on that score. and the dem
Ocrats have the names of several hun
dred republicans who have assured Mr.
Stuart that they will vote for him.
One feature of the campaign has been
that the word republican is figuring very
little In that section. 1t is always Slemp-
ism, Cannonism and standpatism. The
changes are being rung these lines
Mr.. Stuart is making his fight on the
conditions in which the people Of his sec
ton find themselves. They are being
asked what has been the gain to them
as a result of several years of Slemp in
Congress.