The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-30
PARENT DEFEAT
FOR DARLINGTON
Election Of DR.. Mann as Pcni-
tertiary Surgeon Generally
Expected. !.
WILL NOT ACT
Declines to Take Action Against
Nephew in Spite of Strong
Appeal.

Hardly doubt was expressed last
night by any one familiar with the
situation that when the board Of d.
rectors of the State Penitentlary meets
this afternoon to elect officers of that
Institution for the ensuing year IL will
supplant DIR. Charles V. Darlington.
the penitentiary surgeon, with Dr.
Herbert Mann. a young physician of
! this city and a nephew of Governor
William Hodges Mann. All efforts to
secure the reelection of DR.. Caring
ton have apparently failed.
The board usually meets at o'clock
! III the afternoon The members will
| probably gather at an earlier hour
to-day. as ii will be the occasion Of
the quarterly taking of inventory of
! supplies and provisions at tho prison
1t is not probable, however. that the
election will be taken up until late
in the afternoon.
Only One Contest.
| Major James B. Wood has no oppo-
F! sition for the office of superintendent.
7, nor has Captain T. j. Davis for SUI
i perintendent of the state Prison Farm.
The same is true of DIR. e. *. Bowles
as surgeon at the farm. 1t is barely
possible that the election for these
officials will not be taken up to-day,
but probably this business will be dis
posed OF. The term is four years. be-
ginning January l next, and the board
must elect prior to December l.
! The fight over the office of surgeon,
which pays only sl,soo a year. has
aroused the interest OF the entire
State. Letters and petitions have
| poured in upon members of the board
advocating the reelection of Dr. Car
rington. who has been in Office for
twelve years.
Men who rank high in the medical
profession have not hesitated to go
| into the public prints to urge such &C
ton. In politics the same thing is
true. Senator Claude a. Swanson and
| Speaker Richard L. Byrd are out
spoken in their advocacy of Dr. Car
rington. and have asked the members
of the board to vote for him. clyde
W. Saunders has exerted his efforts for
the incumbent, who is his personal and
political friend.
Delegation Secs Governor.
To add all this. FIVE of the six Dem
ocratic nominees for the Legislature
from this city called on Governor Mann
yesterday in regard to the situation.
They pointed out the criticisms which
have been visited upon the Governor
/ because of the candidacy OF his nephew
for an office before a body appointed
in large part by the executive. The
| object, of course, was to have the Gov
/ ernor use his influence to secure the
withdrawal of DR.. Mann. The delega-
ton was composed of E. c. Follzes a
c. Hartman, John A. Curtis. Hill Mon
! tague, E. P. Cox and j. j. Dreamer.
This visit was unavaiiing. The Gov
ernor later would not discuss the mat.
ter for publication. nor would the
members of the delegation talk. but II
is understood that the executive made
to them statement similar to one
previously given out by him.
He had not. he said. mentioned the
matter to any member of the board OF
directors, nor will he do so. But he
declined 10 interfere in any way with
the choice of the board. In fact, DR..
Mann has stated he would pay no at
tention to any such request on the part
of his uncle.
Appeals made by physicians. by leg
! islators, by party leaders. by philan-
thropic people, who indorse Dr. Car
ringtons work at the penitentiary as
humane and broad minded, have all
failed, and IL is stated with the utmost
confidence that when the votes are
counted to-day it Will be found that
DR.. Darlington will have but one and
that DR.. Mann will have four. There
was some rumor yesterday to the effect
that 1t might stand three to two, but
DR.. Carrington's defeat seemed uni
versally conceded, barring some uneX-
pected happening. The members OF the
board are as follows: Major James D.
Patton, Sam Cohen. Luther L, Scherer,
W. 3. Bradley and Gerald Stratton. the
latter of Petersburg.
DR.. Carrington's friends feel that
the members OF the board opposed to
him are under obligations to Governor
Mann for their anDOintment. And
party men, particularly those inside