Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-01
BYRD is ALSO after JOB
Would Be U. S. Attorney for West
ern District of the State.
ANNOUNCES HIS CANDIDACY
Harry st. George Tucker Aspires to
Be Chief Executive of
Virginia.
Special Correspondence of The Star.

Special Correspondence of The Star.
RICHMOND. Va, November 80 1912
Rumor has it that when the term of
Gov. Mann expires he will make an APP
plication for the position of district at
torney for the eastern district of Vir-
ginia, position which is now held by d.
Lawrence Groner of Norfolk. Whether
this is correct not cannot be stated
at this time but if the governor enter
tains any such idea he has not made il
known by any utterance among his
friends in this city. Attention is being
called to the fact that Gov. Mann, when
he was candidate for the governorship.
declared that he would never again run
for any position. that his ambition to be
Governor of Virginia one that he
had cherished from boyhood. and that
that would be the browning event in his
political career
Mr.. Groner has some two years or
more OF his term to fill before the four
years shall expire, that soon after
Gov. Mann shall have Quilted the execu-
tive mansion he would be eligible for the
place If he should be named for the po-
sition by President Wilson it is believed
that he would continue to make his home
in this city, it being conceded that he
would not care to return to Nottoway
county and engage in the practice of
law there. where the remuneration would
We ana the cases Few.
That Richard e Byrd of Winchester
and Richmond will aspire to the position
OF district attorney for the western dis
tr1ct of Virginia created little surprise
here, except among those who were con-
fdent that he would aspire to some more
important place. He is the man who
managed the Wilson campaign in Vir-
ginia, and his work is responsible for the
vote of Virginia not being cast as a
unit Tor Clark or Underwood.
Mr.. Tucker for Governor.
Harry st. George Tucker. who was here
to spend Thanksgiving day with his son,
announced that he is d candidate for Gov
ernor of Virginia.
Yes, / am in the race and in the race
TO finish.' announced Mr.. Tucker when
questioned, and l expect to make an
even more active campaign next year
than did the last time l ran for the
nomination. L expect to start out at an
early date. 1t will be a hard affair /
know. but the honor is one that is worth
the best light that a man is capable of
making. did last time and lost, but 1
am confident that with the friends made
then, and the promises of support that
came to me from men who had previously
promised their support to Gov. Mann,
i Will win the nomination
The suggestion made at the recent ses-
sion OF the United Daughters of the Con-
federacy that the Home for Confederate
Women In this city should be taken over
and managed, controlled and supported by
the organization, has struck a popular
chord, and the recommendation of a
special committee sent here to investi-
gate the matter will be for the home to
De made an institution for the women of
the south who have been made homeless
and friendless by the fortunes of war.
The home has been in operation for sew
eral years and is supported wholly BY the
contributions of people in the city. and
state. and 1t has afforded a comfortable
home for some thirty we'll known women.
fhe management of the home has been
principally in the hands of Mrs Andrew
jackson Montague. the president. wife of
the representative-elect from this district.
Grim Was Not Considered.
Jack Grim. the base ball man who
was reported to be trying for fran
chfse in the Virginia State League,
came out Just as was expected. He
did appear at the meeting in Ports
mouth. was afforded chance to have
his say. and then the league adjourned.
having agreed 10 make the league six
Grim declared that he had the support
and backing of some of the best known
men of the Hill city, and that ample
funds were to be had to insure the
support of a club in that city. 1t is
no secret that several of the mag
mates would be glad 20 see the Hill city
back in the league, but as the other
cities had stuck to the league last year
they could not see way TO throw one
of them out.
The Norfolk proposition to have the
League raised class higher and to
have teams IN the city of Washington
and in Baltimore was not even dis
cussed. and was not taken seriously,
Tor the reason that other than Rich
mond and Norfolk not one of the other
cities in the state could have support
ed higher-priced club than obtains
IN Virginia at this time.
For some time an epidemic Of high
way robberies has been reported from
time to time by the police, and a hunt
has been on foot to capture the men
who have appeared in various parts Of
the CITY. The officers have succeeded
In capturing a negro man who is
known to have held up three men in
different parts of the city He has
been sent to Jail for year for carry
ing weapon. and is ching held for
the grand jury on the more serious
charge. and there are very good rea-
sons for believing that the negro will
get chance for the electric chair
the crime of highway robbery being a
capital offense in this state.
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