The Washington times., 1911-09-06
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structlOn Tor wilson, ana 1Of a uele'
cation that can be relied upon to stici
by him to the finish. They expect the
machine to STALL" to palaver, to try
desperately for a delegation that pre-
tending loyalty to Wilson, will be con:
troBed by the interests that VIII stand
ready to deliver 1t TO Harmon wnen .,n !.
win do the most good. II the Martin
machine wins this week, 1t will stand
a fine chance to go down on the rocks
of the national contest next spring
Just because he is Virginian, VIII
son's example in New Jersey has been
a great inspiration to the state OF ms
nativity. Scores of people have talk
ed to me about the States ambition TO
clean house and be worthy of the dis
tinguished son whom II hopes TO see the
next President
Strong on Mathematics.
For mathematical agility, these Vir-
ginfans have the world beaten. Ask
a Richmond man how big the town Is,
and he will tell you with perfectly
straight face that 1t has about 2OO,OO1
Ask him what the census said, and he
doesn't lust recollect, except that IL
was made by a lot of people who were
blind or couldn't count above lOO Will
out getting mixed.
same way with their political esti-
that they will carry every one of the
ten Congressional districts in the State
and in a total vote of about S0,OOO In
the primary, will get about 5O'oU IoT
Martin and Swanson. ..
The insurgents are not so strong. put
more detailed. They say the FIRST oI
Newport News district will give Jones
5000 or more majority, being his nome
district; the Second or Nortolk 9lslE6o. [do.
they admit is close, but claim py 'Vv.
the Third or Richmond district is
claimed by them by 100 and the CITY
of Richmond alone they say Is gooa
fer 500 majority for them. There GER
Iainly is a lot of fight on the two Sena-
tors here; it is generally admitleu "
be hotter here than anywhere i1e eL1e
in the State, without anybody oeins
able to explain just why. .,
When they get to the Fourtn OF
Petersburg district the insurgents au-
NIT that they stand chance TO lose;
THEY'LL break even they say unless the
regulars steal 1t from them In SuSseA
and Mecklenburg counties
The Fifth or Da1ville district Is tne
home of Senator Swanson, and Is
Conceded to be in uncomfortable shape
for him since the revelations about
his dealings in Tobacco trust stocks
which has made acres OF people thoi-
oughly disgusted. founo man -. VI,
a street corner reading to a group from
a Congressional Record. Siding up, l
discovered that he was rea6lng inc
feeling remarks of Battle BOD La
Toilette, in which Bob aired ms views
OF Smoot for voting for the high wool
duties while admitting that he was
woolen manufacturer.
Applies View to Swanson.
La Toilette said 1t was disgrace
and the street-corner orator was Ap-
plying that view to Swanson for rep
Presenting a tobacco district In Con-
t9ress, pretending 20 be against the
trust. and then investing in its stocks
He was getting a fine rise out of MS
auditors, too, and all the authorizes
agree that the same line Of talk is
making oodles or woe for swanson
down In his home district, and other
parts of the State. A man who Two
weeks ago intended 10 vote Iol h"4 liz
and Swanson said
Il Shall vote against Martin on ac-
count of those letters TO railroad looDy-
lists skiing for money TO elect pro-
railroad Legislature, and / shaIi Note
against Swanson on account OF thls To-
bacco speculation. Two weeks ago J
Thought Swanson would run 5000 ahead
of Martin, because OF the pre1uuice
against Martin for being head OF Tue
Swanson by 5000, and don't expect
either Of them to have over Io.OVo ma
iority Ten days more Of campaigning
and Swanson would be sure loser ana
Martin In great danger. II just 49,
ton, now, of getting all these reveal
tiofis to the people. If the weekly news
papers could get out another issue pc
fore athe primary, the machine would |
either lose entirely or have to steai a
victory. Probably it would steal IL.
10 get back to the situation by dls- /
tricts. The Sixth is Glass home, and |
Includes Roanoke and LynchbuTg as lts
most important towns. GLASS frehas
ADMIT it is close; his enemies say he |
win be repudiated by his own people. |
The Seventh, including CharlottesTlile' |
winchester and Harrisonburg, Is like
u ise put in the insurgents close list and |
in the regulars sure-thing column.
Down In Alexandria.
Tie Eighth is the Alexandria district |
and the insurgents think it will be theirs |
except Stafford and Fauquier counties,
for a curious reason. They say it's so |
close to Washington that its people have
a better idea of the true situation at |
the National Capital than other parts |
OF fre State get and therefore they be- /
tOvec II will vote pretty hard against |
the sort of representation Virginia has
been" getting in Washington.
The Ninth is the lone Republican dis
trict of the State, and the insurgents |
sayt will be the last one to report, and |
will then be counted on to provide what
ever ma jority the regulars may need TO |
pull them through in the State as a
west end of the State, and has about as |
much in common with the udewater, |
valley and eastern shore secuons' as |
Tombstone has with I1mbuctoo. II pc
longs to that mountain section which |
was Unionist in the war, never held |
slaves is rich in natural resources Tor |
which protection is desired, and mas
less colored population than the aver
age Northern community. 1t is SAID that
oriy one colored vote was cast in one
county at the last election.
All this mountain-western region is
expected to vote for Martin and Swan
SON. { Republicans will do the voting,
the primary law being SO administered
that IL is claimed they will get in, and
vote the machine ticket The Tenth |
district is included in this region and
general condition.
The two Senators who are seeking re-
election and vindication have been un-
fortunate in some of their statements to |
the public. At the opening of the cam
paign Jones charged Martin with So
iicfting money from the railroads. and
Martin replied with a terrific denuncta-
tiou. He said that any man who
charged him with such things was an
UNQUALIFIED liar. Thereupon Jones pro-
Ciuced Martins letters, and forced Mar
fin to admit their authenticity.
Much mystery surrounds the procedure
by which these letters got into Jones'
possession. They certainly were a wind
,faiI for him in his campaign. Various
stories have been told. The one that
seems to be correct runs like this: