Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-06-25
SENATORS IN APPEAL
Martin and Swanson Send
Letters to Virginia Voters.
KEPT BUSY IN WASHINGTON
No Time to Take Stump and Answer
Rivals, They Say.
WASHER FINED BY COURT
Arrest Probably Saved Him From
Rough neutrality-suspicious. in
the Penitentiary.
Special Correspondence of The Star.

Special Correspondence of The Star.
4 RICHMOND, Va, June a, 1911.
$50 far I have been unable to discover
any considerable strength behind Mr..
Jones' candidacy outside of the first dis
trict Even from the first district / an
getting most gratifying reports, and ]
by no means concede that Mr.. Jones will
get the majority of votes there. I have
seen no good reason assigned why Mr..
Jones should be substituted for me In the
Senate. OF course. any citizen Of the
state has the right to become a candidate
for any office. and the duty will devolve
on the people to determine who they think
will best represent them. I am willing to
go before the people on the record have
made. but will. Of course, need the as
sistance Of friends
The foregoing Is taken from a circular
letter which Senator Thomas S. Martin
is sending to his friends and the voters
| of the state, and they are understood to
be going to all sections and to all the
people, regardless of whether they have
tin says that he has undertaken to rep
resent the people. and that if he has
failed in that or has failed to respond to
| any reasonable call made on him, no one
| has CHdrSoQ IL, or II ne mas IdueO 10 us
charge any duty or request made of him
by the people of the state. whether they
voted for him or not, no one has so
charged Senator Martin makes abso-
| lutely no reference to the many things
with which he has been charged by Mr..
Jones, and the reading OF the paper in
it's entirety fails to disclose that he is
in any but the most tranquil frame OF
mind.
| 1t Is being reported that Senator Swan
Co ole dfnr foro fr1rn fro
| Washington, that 1t is going to the voters
Of the state in every direction. and that
he Is calling attention to the fact that he
is denied the right to appear before the
people and to champion his own cause
by reason Of the fact that Congress is in
session and he is attending to his duties
as q member Of the United States Senate,
q duty which he owes to the people at
| this time
straightouts and Fusionists.
There Is war ahead in the second dis
trict where for some years there have
been allegations Of deal between the
democrats and the republicans whereby
the offices have been divided. This al
legged fusion business has been repudiated
by the straightout democrats, and the
StraightOut republicans have also taken
a hand The campaign is on. and each
side to the triangular dispute is charging
that the other side has up dummy
candidates, that each Is trying to deal
with the other. that mendacity is a po-
| tent and ever-present factor in the con-
troversy. and in general there are charges
and counter charges on every hand, with
the short and ugly word being hurled
with freedom that is believed to mean
trouble before the thing Is ended.
Letters have been sent to the straight
out democrats by Senator'S Martin and
Swanson declaring that they hope to see
the straightout democrats win, and Al
yah H. Martin. the county clerk and
ing unending attention from the straight
outs. The situation is very much mixed,
with the result in doubt.
"Masher" Gets Heavy Fine.
That r. c. Miller. young telephone
inspector, is alive and we'll today is due
to the fact that the police caught him
before the two brothers and the brother
in-law of a young lady in the city could
find him. He was sent to install a tele-
phone. Finding the young woman alone,
he addressed her affectionately and then
tried to kiss her. She ordered him from
the house and told her brothers.
| The man was caught In short order,
| lodged in the police station for the night
and was fined $50 and costs and made to
give bond for his good behavior for a
year. He denied the charge made, but
the court paid no attention to him.
Many Try for Licenses.
The state board of medical examiners
has been In session here this week, hav-
| ing very large class of candidates for
license There were 15S when the SEES
sion started. and Of these there were
four ladies-two from Virginia, one from
| Texas and one from Tennessee. There
were twenty-seven negroes. the largest
number which has yet appeared before
the board. and some Of them have been
here many times before, and will come
again. in the opinion of some of the
members, judging from the marks which
| they made in the past
The examination lasted for three DAYS.
and is declared by the students to be
very severe. The result of the exami-
nation will not be made known for at
least four weeks
Headed for Penitentiary.
| Richard Redd the negro man who tried
last week to kill Chief Of Police Wright
| in South Richmond. is headed for the
pententiary, and If he shall be convicted
this time it is his last appearance on
earth a free man.
He Is forty years DID, and all but nine
He confessed to series of crimes when
finally subdued. and implicated his
brother and Jake Fitzgerald as his ac-
completes. They have been taken into
custody and will have to answer for
horse stealing and other felonies.
Convict Foot Ball Team.
Unless all signs fail there will be this
fall at the state penitentiary a foot ball
team made up wholly of the uniformed
men from the inside Of the prison. These
are to be the honor men, many Of
whom are now on the six base ball teams
now in that institution The details for
the sport when the base bal, season
shall close are not perfected, but there
is ample ground for the game
Maj. Wood. the superintendent de-
| clares that there has never been such a
| reform as has followed the system now
in vogue in the place, whereby the men
| are given promotion and encouragement
for good behavior In the prison. There
are some 100 who are on the honor roll.
and others are striving for it with might
and main. The men who obey all the
rules for year are those who engage in
the games and recreation outside the
prison cells
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