The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-05
MANYCAnO|DATES
FOR LEGISLATURE
Franklin County Will Be First
70 Hold Democratic
Primary
SHENANDOAH COMES NEXT
Frequent Announcements for
Legislative lIonors Now
Being Made.
SHENANDOAH COMES NEXT

/ Hardly a day now passes when some
candidate does not announce himself
! as an aspirant to represent Ills fellow
! citizens in the General Assembly. All
| over the State notices arc appearing
in The newspapers, or news comes to
tNchmond that II new candidate Is IN
tho field.
While many nominations VIII be dc.
| fcrred until the senatorial primary 10
September. to save expense ana trouble
or Two primaries, number of coun-
ties will act nrior TO that time Lively
campaigns are already III progress in
some sections of the state ana fore
many weeks nave passed. there Will he
party nominations Tor places In tho
Senate and House Of Delegates
franklin Comes FIRST
First Of all in The state. the Demo
cratic primary in Franklin county
comes on March Il. At that time there
Will be nominated a candidate for the
House. with n complete list Of county
magisterial district officers. John p
Lee the present member. VIII not he
a candidate TO succeed himself. G. l..
Ross desires TO come TO the House. and
IT is expected there Will DC other can
didates before the primary is held
Next in line como The democrats Of
Shenandoah county. who VIII have u
primary on April S. Complete nom-
nations will be made for all county Of
| fees, and also for the blouse ut Dele
gates Shenandoah Is now represent
ed by B. IS Bowman. a Republican
Only Pledge Required.
Under the ruling Of tho Shcnau-
doah county committee, ALI voters
who are. or viii be. qualified 10 vote ii,
tho coming November election, snail
be eligible 10 vote in said primary.
l II
vote FOR the nominees Of same" II Is
evident that tho party there desires re
cruits. and will allow Republicans to
vote who will promise to support the
successful candidates
a Republican mass-mccting Will be
held in Franklin county on April 3, for
the nomination OF county officers ana
district commi sSioners Of the revenue
The committees call. however, Goea
not mention q candidate for the L.Eis
lature. and il is presumed ;his Will be
deferred
Under the Democrat ito party primary
law. nominations for the General AS.
sembly may be made either by pr,-
mary or convention, as tho local an.
ihorities may decide. IN quite a num-
Der of counties conventions will be
held, this method being preferred es-
| pecially by the counties IN the Ninth
| District.
| STROBE ]. Cnndtdnte.
/ Senator Aubrey Il. Strobe has an
nounced his candidacy to succeed him.
self from the district composed OF the
| counties of Amherst and Nelson He
! VIII. II is understood be opposed by
| former Senator Bland Massie, OF Mel
son.
! The House OF Delegates WI! lose one
! Of It's most influential members,
| through the declination OF Thomas H.
Lion, OF Prince William county. TO be
candidate 10 succeed hnlself
| Mr.. Lion has served four terms and,
! while he did little speaking. lie was
| known about the Capitol as having
great influence and as getting what
| he wanted for his constituents. lie
Will be a candidate instead Tor Com
! monwealth's attorney of his county.
/ Among those mentioned for The House
| from Prince William are Bryan Cor
don. G. J. Meetzc, c. y, Sinclair. George
| G.. Round and Robert A. Gutchson.
Would Succeed King.
w a. Rinehart, OF Covington. has
i,announced himself as a candidate for
! the Senate to succeed Floyd " King
Il OF Clifton Forge Senator King does
not desire 10 return The district IS
composed Of the counties OF Allegheny,
Bath, Botetourt ana Craig, and the
city Of Clifton Forge.
To succeed Senator J. D Elan, OF
H Brunswick. r J. Montgomery, OF
/ Mecklenbnrg, IS candidate. Senator
Elan vii! no, run. as under the sys-
tenn OF rotation between these Two
counties forming she district 1T Is
Meck!enburg's turn
J. ]. lawson. it is stated. will prob
ably be q candidate for the House from
Halifax. The present members from
that county arc James a. Glenn and
Joseph otebbins. j.