The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-11-02
WILL NOT POLL
0NE-HALF OF VOTE
Lack of Opposition and Demo
/ cratic Apathy May Have
Serious Effect.
ONLY THREE REAL CONTESTS
Norfolk, Bristol and Rockingham
Storm Centres OF This
! Campaign.
ONLY THREE REAL CONTESTS

tered vote In Virginia Will be polled
on Tuesday. when tho State elects q
Governor and other state officers. and
House of Delegates. and when the
other officers. Henry G. Stuart, the
Democratic nominee for Governor. mas
only nominal opposition from Socialist
and Sooialist-Labor candidates. In
twenty -four countiep there are con
tests OF moro or lzsa Importance for
seats In the House of Delegates The
three real contests at this time are In
OF clerk of tho Corporation Court:
In Bristol. where a State Senator Is
to be chosen. and In Rockingham
County. where the fight for the House
has developed much bitterness.
Urges People to Vote.
In Richmond j. ]. Redmond, indie
pendent. will have his name on the
John L. SatterHeld. Mr.. Sattcrheld is
not worried. Other local officers have
no opposition. The problem hero Is
to get people to go to the polls. James
II. Price, chairman OF the City Demo-
cratic Committee, yesterday said that
1t weB Of great Importance TO this city
to have good vote cast notwith-
standing the lack Of opposition. Rep
reaentation in the next state Democra-
number Of Democratic votes cast for
Governor. With contests In Norfolk,
Bristol and other points to bring out
tho vote. ~ Richmond people fall TO
go 10 the polls. II Is PROBABLE that this
city's proportinnate representation in
the councils OF the party may be ma
terially reduced. In tho determining
State, the influence of Richmond may
20 II n hal hN ia Of
Gratis to go TO the polls on Tuesday
No Republican State Ticket.
The Republicans and Progressives
have put UP no State tickets. and the
opposition OF the Socialists Ia merely
nominal There are no contests for
seventy two seats in tho next House
OF Delegates. Contests are on IN TWEEN
tyfour counties, involving twenty
eight seats, Many of these are OF no
Importance. though In few of the
Ninth District counties there is
formidable Republican opposition.
The fight In Rockingham Is a per-
sonal or factional attack on former
| State Senator George b Keezell. In
a Democratic primary. former Senator
| keezell and Or. C. II. Rolston were
nominated for tho two seats from that
county. The Republicans have put up
| George Earman and NJ. p. Harrison.
/ The fight on Keezell dates back TO q
contest for the treasurership OF the
county. In the Senate some years ago
keezell was chairman OF the Finance
| Committee, and won for his county the
establishment Of new normal school
! Ut HarrisonburE. Henry e. Stuart, who
did not have to fight for his own cleo
ton. has made an address at Har-
risonburg urging the election OF
| Keezell
! The Norfolk Fight.
| The Norfolk fight is one that few
! outsiders claim 20 understand. Party
! lines have been ignored. In opposi-
ton to the present officeholders. who
| with candidates for the House make up
what IS known rs the "Organization'
| field n Citizens" ticket. Some re-
| ports have II that IL Is g mere cons
test of the outs" against the "ins."
btu others see in the fight more deep
seated condition, and predict q clean
sweep similar to that which occurred
in the Democratic primary in Peters
burg. and which recently sent two
lanti-organi2ation members to the
| House from Norfolk County.
| Tho fight centres around James V
Trehy. clerk OF the Corporation Court
and candidate for reelection Mr.
Trehys friends point 10 Endorsements
by many business men as capable and
| efficient officer. His enemies call him
the boss" OF Norfolk. and allege un-
| holy alliances between the Democratic
| court clerk Oh NOTIcik city aNu the
| Republican court clerk and alleged
! boss of Norfolk County. The Norfolk
| candidates for the House of Delegates
! are: w. II. White. Jr,, and w. $.
Bcnsten. Organization: s. A. Woodward
| and w. P Cousins. Citizens. The city
is entitled to two seats.
Senate Vacancies.
| The Senate vacancies are to De filled
| on Tuesday. James e Cannon, nomi-
mated from Richmond TO succeed e.
| c. Fo!lIes, resigned. Will have no OPP
position. The death OF State Senator
D. c. Cummings. Democrat, OF the dis
| trict composed OF Washington and
toll. has precipitated fight. Is. +. Buch-
anan being tho Democratic nominee
and Lou p. Summers. the Republican.
| Tho district is close. In recent cleo
lions Bristol has gone Democratic and
the two counties Republican. Both
counties went for Kent against Gov
ernor Mann four years ago. Tho en-
abling act figures largely in this con-
| test. The late Senator Cummings vo-
ted dry. Mr.. Buchanan IS in favor OF
the enabling act. Mr.. Summers ia
vors submission OF the prohibition
question to the people. but not In the
form contemplated by tho enabling
act. a curious phase of this fight Is
in Smyth County. where former Sena-
tor a. It. Lincoln, who once represent
ed that district in the Senate. is n Re-
| publican candidate for tho House. w.
| V. b. Tilson. an independent Republi-
can, has come out against him, charg-
ing Mr.. Lincoln with falling to sup
| port Mr., Summers, the party nominee
for the Senate. Mr.. Lincoln is vice.
president of the Anti-SaloOn League.
| TO Succeed Tucker.
| Another contest involving n Senate
seat Is to BIO settled on January 6. the
Governor having ordered special cleo
| ton to choose the successor to Judge
John Randolph Tucker, resigned. The
district Ia composed OF Rocllbridge and
| Bedford Counties and the city OF Buena
Vista. No method OF making q Demo-
! cratic nomination has been agreed
upon, but 1t is expected that conven-
tion will be held. Major William A,
| Anderson, OF Lexington, former Attor-
ney General OF Virginia, Is tho most
prominently mentioned candidate, sew
eral newspapers In tho district having
expressed the view that with his great
ability and intimate knowledge or
| State affairs no would easily become