Evening star., 1912-09-08
DEMOCRATS 0DDS|F0RCE UPON SLEMP
No Harmony Apparent in Party Congressional Nomination in
in Maryland. Ninth Virginia District
"MAcHINE" AT THE HELM BULL MOOSERS Defeated
Men Who Backed H. Stuart Apparently Ahead for
Gov. Wilson. Gubernator1al Nominee
REpuRTIcANs SEE VICTORY ROUNDING vENAL VOTERS
in Alfred Wright
Success of President Chair-Sruggle fol-
City Omces In Richmond
BULL MOOSERS DEFEATED
H. C. Stuart Apparently Ahead for
Gubernatorial Nominee.
ROUNDING UP vENAL VOTERS
Efforts to Save Alfred Wright From
Electric Chair-Struggle for
City Offices in Richmond.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
RICHMOND. Va, September THAT
the bull moose faction of the republican
party in the ninth district has been given
a hard blow there Is no question. 1T was
done with neatness and dispatch. Repre-
sentative Slemp and L. P. Summers be-
ing the men who did the work. They are
both supporters of President Taft, and
while the former representative was busy
preparing to retire and was grooming
Mr.. Summers for the nomination, the
other factfon-the bull moose division
was engaged in seeing who could land
tho nomination for Congress They were
wranging and squabbling and while this
was going on the administration folks
kept steadily ahead and were on the job
When the convention met it was found
that there were as many candidates as
were necessary for the proper splitting,
and In such irreconcilable mood as to
accomplish just what was wanted-the
nomination Of either Mr. SIemp or Mr.
Summers. The latter was on hand and
was working for the nomination. That
riled the bull moosers. who had not for
gotten that Mr.. Summers voted against
the Roosevelt contests at Chicago, and
to accomplish his defeat they decided
that they would vote for Slemp. And
they did. Mr.. Slemp sent word by tele-
gram that he would not accept, and went
to Ohio to escape the convention. But
the delegates were so. insistent that Sum-
mers should not have the nomination
that they stood for Slemp, got their men
in line and gave him the nomination with
a whoop Mr.. Slemp was not heard from
till the next day. after he had been in
formed Of the action Of the convention
and then he decided to accept. 1t is re-
garded as q. fine piece Of political work,
and, it is claimed, shows that the bull
moosers may know a thing or two about
politics, but when 1t comes down to nomi-
mating candidates and taking advantage
of situation they are the merest nov
ices.
There is a small contingent in Wash
ingtOn and Wise counties which declares
that it will not rest content with the ac-
ton Of the Bristol convention. but in the
absence of the 'sinews of war" and the
marked hesitation on the part of the am
bilious aspirantS to produce the money
believed that it will amount to very much
and that it will end in talk. Slemp win
make the best fight of which he is ca
pable, and he has always won in the past.
Apparently All stuart's Way.
With the congressional fights all out of
the way, save one, the people are begin
ming to cast about for the gubernatorial
nominee Of next year. At this time, al
though there have been many names men,
toned in connection with the nomina-
ton, the idea is growing that Henry c.
Stuart of Russell will be the only man to
face the people when the primary is held.
Mr.. Stuart is engaged at this time in MAX
ing a campaign for Gen. R A. Ayers,
who is trying for the congressional honor
in the Slemp district, and he is declared
to be in high feather. in perfect health,
and is better and stronger than for some
years. He is the favorite In all sections
Of the state at this time, and were the
primary to be held now he would have
but to step out and receive the nomina-
ton without making any sort of a try.
Mr.. Stuart is regarded as an anti-ma-
chine man by some, but he is being taken
by the people far and wide as the man
who is to be the pext governOr-the ma
chine and the anti-machine folks being
largely for him.
Plans Of Judge Burns.
Judge w. E. Burns of the twenty
seventh circuit has announced that he will
at the next term of his court take up the
same Line of work for his circuit that
Judge H. A. w. Skeen has been doing in
Wis., DiShCnSOu oAN A<cc COuhGcS-th0
matter of buying and selling votes Judge
Burns has three counties-Scott, Buchan-
an and Russell-and from all that is
learned pretty much the same conditions
exist there that marked the conduct of
the voters in Judge Skeen's district.
Judge Burns is a determined and strong
man and Is just as fearless as Judge Skeen
He says that such practices as have been
reported for many years past must end,
that the men who have been engaged in
| - hnx- Oh f< e..
themselves by confession of past acts.
Judge Skeen has already had 200 men in
dicted In Dickenson; forty-hve have been
tried and thirty-eight have been con-
victed. He Is merely taking a rest, and
will continue his Investigations to the end
The fact that he has received more than
a score of threatening letters has served
to make him more determined to push the
cases. The men who wrote the letters
have not dared to make good even the
slightest threat against him.
Wright Admits Guilt.
Alfred Wright, the young negro man
who assaulted a young widow in the
county of Appomattox some time ago.
and who has admitted that he is guilty
Of the crime. and who is under sentence
of death, has been allowed q writ Of error
and supersedeas in the supreme court of
appeals. wright's counsel came here a
month ago to make an appeal for the
man, and although the governor listened
to him with great deal Of care and pa
tience, the governor informed the lawyer
that Wright had made a complete con-
fession of guilt. The governor, however,
granted a stay in the sentence in order
to give the courts a chance to look into
the case, and the issuance Of the writ fol-
lowed. Wright's crime was horrible af-
fair He caught the young woman as she
was on her way to the village store and
threatened to kill her IL she made any
outcry. He denied that he was guilty, but
the special term Of the court decided
otherwise. He narrowly escaped being
lynched by the indignant farmers.
Hill Can Go Free.
Ruben T. Hill, the former cashier of
the True Reformers. the negro order
will have plain sailing IN future. The
officers of the order offered $1,000 for the
arrest of the man. but it has now de-
clared. In an open letter. ITO whom it
may concern" that the reward is with
drawn on and after September 10 Hill
is under many indictments here for al
legged peculations. but he has been miss
| ing more than a year with not the least
| trace Of his whereabouts. The order has
been reorganized and is struggling to re-
gain it's former position. the members
Il act