The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-11-03

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CONTINUED from First raEeD
and a4u4.3Sl w.ested tne 1iatrIot lIom
.-.. .,,4st.Aau Dos.tioi ms expects
..ltlrsaae IN The Ninth is oue - tns
Sacl tnat the lie at against VriJery has
proven successful TO large part
a On. aud Wa. eliminate a large part
! If t.e Ii.Htera.' IA ,reoVeT. lac re-
! & sIr tsaon rs not as large tnIs -
+ IS 1t was TWO years ago. the interest
at The outset being small.
Waning - An Nillti.
/ The increased Intelest in the cleo
tton In The ninth snown recently ~
! caused by the entrance of Wafer
uranam, the Bun NJ )ose cand date
: ior consl ess, lnto the field. When
Graham ammo -nced his candidacy
I but little attention was paid 10 it, but
! Of late ne mas thrown bombshell after
| ltmbshell into the Republican camp
1 and has attracted 10 has STANDARD
many Of the Progi essives Of The dis
ulcL The situation IN the Ninth ~
I peculiar. A large element OF the
| II. O, +. in that district is Progress
sive. II is even contended that koose-
~ eli wifi secure nure votes in the
district tnan wiu President Taft
! Notwithstanoing this, S4emp, the Re
| kubhcan canuIoate tor congress, will
In far anead of Graham, the Pro-
! sTtEsiSe candidate.
T.. This is due to the fact that the ,Bul.
! Moosers of the district, having taken
/ part In the conN entfon that nomi-
| mated Slemp. feei' that they are onIi
| gated to support him Tor congress.
/ The progressiyes went TO the Bristol
| convention of the district Republican
! party with the expectation of con-
| trolling IL in the interest of one Of
! their own faction of the party. They
| had not brought themselves TO the
! point where they could leave the q.
| q, l.. and form d third party. AT the
| convention, however. they were COM
! pletely outgeneraled by the Taftites
and Slemp renominated. although he
had previously stated that he did not
wish It, However, he accepted the
nomination ana has been appealing to
Republicans and proEressiNes alike sor
support. He was Tart man at the
convention in Chicago and voted for
his nomination. For this reason he
=4s= unacceptable To rnany-ef the=Btfi.
Moosers of the district, and Walter
Graham. of Tazewell, announced him
u self as the progressive candidate.
Slemp and his friends contended that
he was an Independent merely, that
he was not the nominee of the Bull
Moose party ana was not supported
by the State organization. Graham
u appealed, to the, orga nization and asats
endorsed and Slemp repudiated.
burHbSIett number one.
Hear From Roosevelt.
Then the Republicans declared that
Slenp was acceptable To the national
progressive party organization and
that Graham was not. Graham and
his friends then got busy aud soon
40 2ied the district with copies of
| telegram from Dixon, the Roose> eli
mana ger. declaring for Graham The
S;empites then heated the wires win
| kilograms to / Xon seeking to cecrfe
The specific endorsement Of Colonel
| Roosevelt. on the plea that. at beat
| stomp is a Roosevelt supporter. Dixon
refused however, to "f9u' fer 4h.s
and wired again urRi"g AL Bull
| Mcosers 10 support Grah7m nn2 to
| vote against Siemp This iasf tele-
nam, d4ted November tst a1dre. sed
| T. - 90 % NJ = -. ~ =
s've chairn'an, qnd signed by Senator
rixon, states that, 1--WE are n THIS
hit TO elect the progressive ticket
/ cd Ivy Rcoseseu and johnson. We
are gunncrting- eNe-,G-Eaa.itiata hat
- m favor of Roosevelt and Joha
son I understand Coy'grcS~man S'eu,,
| is supporting Taft He Vesei I r. TIA II
and against Rec SOY cit at the nationai
election. Prog" essive voters WON'T
s+rltify thev-s eives IN supuorpins
Siemp or any other candidate tor CON
ercss who ia not SUPPORTING thu pro-
gressine rational ticket. Therefore
the progresstge ynters- can no -utore
eupnort Scrip thar they can tn.
! rrrnocra 'ic c7n,'idate"
Senator Dixon expla!nod m his tel
egram TO Mr.. Moore that ha had sent
. 'e'egran cnn+ai~trr 'Nese iS"utacqi
words tn M nager pep9Ieton, OF
"ta~'os catrpat"n corlr~tttaa He
said tina sim lar telegram had been
i~oNt to another S"'ra '@7 ler. This
WIS ho'~b 1el' rrrhn~ two.
Ntst a-dal came the ha-dest how of
a'1' whom CotoaeI rocHe'sfft Nin,Feir
T-i~"f- ~ m OvFtcr Roy urring all h a
supporters to vote for Water Ora
~~--v NJ ara' re' r'asccrn s'n-,,. the
Republican candidate Bombshen
number three.
Looks Good for Ayrcs
TNes' ~ ing pu tn Progressive
r len camaa sa G. mnijiee ana the
e-at" tinEi Fsst'e "a 7t tata s. uar, Y
4, f3ttea1a ans s2s -l,-e.+
>o &aA Nice efs Ia ne 2!insh disisiat
saf o@t Of the party ~ n whrn he
Las DJt iatey eide9 nssyf As tho
.nrsNts streugfA in the . strict
tfe mtnaoCE II U.s. believed that thc.e
I tees ratls from Eeosese and Dixon
alA noS1 Congressman Slemp hna-
| - Is OF vote he would have secured
Of General Rufus 4. Ayres the DEM
| octaiic candidate Graham was en-
p"cged 20 pol al least Ave hundred
Democrat leaders in the n nth say
J. y, ~ 80 rfS.a rad esa.-s,.
! F"~ Nrf atn 10 !, aR4s,s. ssssf -
small Herph lean majority snd give
4 tNe cnorfats the dis lct
S ate Cha r,nan Tliygor said last
niAht hat the ehanees OF Demncratlc
vIcTory p the N'nf0 arc r. nnter than
ever befure '.I fan4 cnnfien.n he