The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-08
ALL CANDIDATES
BUSILY At WORK
Friends Of Richardson Claim He
Has Won, but Kizer Does
Not Agree.
MANY AT WORK FOR PAGE
teatherston Proposes Modihca-
tons of Byrd Primary
Measure.

! With the arrival yesterday of Chief
OF Police Charles G. liizer. of Norfolk
who desires to be Register of the Land
| Office. all the candidates for positions
within the Eift Of tho General Assem-
bly, arc on the ground. All are busy
| and all are hopeful, at least on the
surface
Friends of Colonel John w. Richard
! SON the incumbent register. expressed
the opinion that Major Kizer was a
! tribe late, and that he arrived in time
TO see substantial majority in the
hands of Colonel Richardson. But the
NORFOLK man smilingly said that things
were going just as he wanted them.
and that tho situation from his stand
point left little to be desired.
The movement to deter the Joint
primary for the nomination of base
ment" officers has been abandoned. and
In all probability the fate of tho va
rious aspirants will DC settled either
on Thursday or Friday night OF this
week. Tuesday night will be taken up
with separate caucuses for officers Of
the houses. while "Wednesday night Is
set for the biennial dinner rendered by
of-town legislators
Everybody Hopes.
While Colonel Richardson and his
suppoi bciS say the uEnt Is all over. no
candidate for any other office says So
The main struggle-that for the posi-
tion OF Auditor OF Public Accounts-is
more up in the air every day. AS il
stands, 1t Is anybody's fight with the
chances of the four nearly equal No
one has shown disposition to quit,
and IT is safe to say that four names
will be presented TO the Joint caucus
II. NJ. Darnall, OF Roanoke, Is here.
Is Ia o-rt,
noke carly yesterday morning.
Less is heard about the contest for
Second Auditor than about either OF
the others. And yet there Is more be-
meath the surface than Is the case with
both the other Nights put together. The
outside aid being given to Roosevelt
Page Is tremendous. and It is evident
that he has very many friends who are
extremely active In his behalf. Mem
hers OF the Legislature are heing called
upon hourly In his behalf, and this
branch OF campaign work has certainly
not been neglected. He Is handica pped
by the fact that q good many were
pledged previously to tho support OF
Judge John g. Dew, tho incumbent.
VINO has had and will have large fol-
lowing In the caucus
Something in Wind.
There will he interesting develop
''cHtS III tHc SECOND auditor night be-
fore twenty-four hours shall have
elapsed. And there will he interesting
happenings In the Auditors contest
before anybody ls forty-eight hours
older. Who viii, be helped and who
will be hurt is to be seen.
Primary legislation Will claim a good
deal of the attention OF Senator H. C.
Featherston, OF Lynchburg. during the
session. II Is possible that he Will
collaoorate with Speaker r. F. Byrd
In the matter of framing a satisfa Glory
Dill 70 leGalize all primaries. While
in no sense a primary advocate, Sena-
tor Featharston thinks that as long
as they arc here, they should be made
as easy o. access TO the man of mod
crate means, and as free from posi-
billy of wrongdoins. as possible. He
would not force the primary plan on
the minority party. nor would ne re-
quire Republicans to go into a party
contest run by Democrats. But he
would limit expenditures Of candidates,
and would try to make Il possible for
men who have no fortune TO spend in
politics to aspire to public office.