Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-02
HOOKED UP WITH JONES
Democratic League Regards Them as
Running Mates.
PUTS BETTING UNDER BAN
Gov. Mann Determined Law Shall
Not Be Violated at James
town Meet.
Special Correspondence OF The Star.


| RICHMOND, Va. April I. 1911.
Representative Carter Glass of the sixth
district. candidate for the United States
Senate against Senator Swanson. is al
legged by machine politicians of the state
to have pledged his support to Senator
Thomas S. Martin. That is the report
which is going the rounds and which Is
attracting considerable attention at this
time in view of the efforts OF the Virginia
Democratic League to nominate Repre-
sentative Glass and Representative Jones
to succeed the present members Of the
United States Senate from Virginia.
Not that alone. but common report is
that the two gentlemen-Messrs. Glass
and Jones-are agreed to make common
cause against the senator's, and there Is
more or less speculation whether Mr.
Glass will be able to vote for Senator
Martin and leave Mr.. Jones off his ticket.
The report that he has promised to sup
port Senator Martin comes from such a
source that. it is declared, an emphatic
and positive denial by Mr. Glass will be
necessary to remove the impression which
the report is creating. Not only is Mr..
Glass said to have made the promise to
Senator Martin personally, but there are
those who say that he has told them that
he intended to vote for the senior SEN
ator from Virginia. It has been known
for some time that Mr.. Glass tried to get
Representative Flood TO accept the SEN
atorship promising his individual support
on the stump in case he would agree to
make the race.
Byrd Views Situation.
II have spent some time in the valley
Of Virginia, have talked with a good many
people, many of them gentlemen who are
acquainted with the political situation in
that general section of the state" said
Richard E. Byrd of Winchester. whose
law Offices are in this city, when dis
cussing the political situation. And
want to say that the information impart-
ed to me was something of q surprise.
have never had the least doubt that both
Senators Martin and Swanson would be
elected. but l was told that they will re-
ceive not less than 50 per cent Of the vote
in what is commonly called the valley.
In fact, during my visit and my talks,
and ! saw great many persons, 1 did
not meet man who declared that he
would vote for either Of the other gentle
men in the race. / heard of one man who
would vote for them, and. Of course, there
are number of others who will do the
| same. 1 am not given to believing that
oil tue VOTERS are going 10 vote one way.
That would be not only foolish, but un-
true. One thing that is against both
Messrs. Glass and Jones Is the fact that
| neither Of them is known in that section.
On the other hand. Senators Martin and
swanson are known
Will Suppress Betting.
in his determination to prevent any
hoff hrA <l,o
meet of the jamestown Jockey Club,
which begins April 10. The governor
says he has been informed that there
laws of the state a year ago, and he
has called the attention Of Judge
Joseph T. Lawless of Norfolk county
and Col. r. c. Marshall. the attorney
for the commonwealth, that he looks
to them to see that there are no infrac-
tions Of the law this year, and that he
will use every arm Of the state gov
eminent in upholding them.
a willingness and intention, if neces-
sary, to visit the meet in person and
to personally see that the laws are
rigidly enforced. Robert Levy. the sec
will be conducted and that the laws
will not be violated. The fact that
many wealthy men are reported to have
their strings of racers entered does
not In the lcdSt ducCt TIC 6oNCiuoi III
his position.
Renews Old Contest.
| Several years ago the Western Union
TELEGRAPH Company refused to obey an
ordinance of the city requiring that it's
wires be placed under ground. In it's
effort to resist compliance the telegraph
company sought an injunction from the
| United States courts restraining the city
from cutting down the poles and wires.
The suit has been pending for years.
Now the city has an inning. The West
ern Union desires to remove its offices
to larger quarters. and the city refuses
to permit the company's employees to run
wires or to make any connections with
the new building There Is an ordinance
prohibiting any electrical wiring by any
except men who are given license by the
city electrician. The other telegraph
company has followed the ordinance in
every respect.
Suit Against Governor.
During the coming week the trial of the