The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-06-18
FLOYD king OUT;
FRACTIONAL LINES
DRAWN IN FIGHT
Clifton Forge Man Withdrayvs
From Race for Attorney
.. General
DECLARES POLLARD
DISTURBED HARMONY
Injected fractional Issue Into
Campaign, He Says. And for
that Reason He Refuses
to Stay in Race

Floyd w. King, Of Clifton ForgA
withdrew from the race for the
Democratic nomination for attorneys
| general of Virginia last night. de-
! CLEARING that fractional lines have been
drawn and that he refuses TO be
! party to a campaign which must re-
suit in a factional fight rather than
a test of strength upon merit alone"
| Mr.. King, in his announcement OF
| his withdrawal, holds John Garland
| Pollard the eleventh hour" candidate,
responsible for the injection OF fac
tional differences into the campaign
and it is at Mr.. Pollard that he directs
| his only attack, whose candidacy. he
says, was announced as a result OF
la conference with a coterte OF gentle-
men in Washington of unstated names
and nationalites."
The Line Is Drawn
The result of Mr.. Kings an.
lnouncement is TO bring into promi-
hence again the fight between the two
elements of the Democratic party and
to make it certain that the cry OF
machine" and "anti-machine" will
again be raised in a party primary
I'm Virginia. on one side will be John
Garland Pollard and on the other ono
of the other two candidates. with the
third making the race with no fac
|
I race 1t was thought extremely inn
probable that there would be any fac.
| tional alignment, but Mr.. Kings
withdrawal and the tenor of his an
lnouncement. ii Is thought. draws the
| line. That 1t had been drawn before
I is the evident belief of Mr.. King. who,
indeed, gives that as the cause for
| his retirement, saying:
/ 1T is the dream 10 my life to see Q
united Democracy in Virginia. With
| all factions uniting upon Henry G.
Smart for governor, thought the time
Eripe for me to add my mite OF strength
to further that same spirit OF good
feeling. but as there seems to be =
Edesire upon the part of many to In
tensify rather than allay such feeling
Of strife, believe it wise that should
retire so that ! may do Justice TO
myself by refusing TO be a party to
campaign which must result In a fac
tional fight rather than test o.
strength upon merit alone"
/ All Seem Satisfied. @
I The three other candidates for at
torney general were in Richmond last
night. and all were made aware OK
/ Mr Kings withdrawal and OF hig
statements regarding the supposed
fight between the machine and
anti machine elements. but none OF
them pays much attention to this fea-s
ture of the announcement. None was
ready to admit that factionalism wa4
an issue in the race. but all seemed
satisfied with Kings withdrawal. At
| torney General Williams, candidafo
for reelection, had nothing to say:
s. Gordon Cumming predicted that
great part Of Mr. Kings support
would come to him; Mr.. Pollard
thought it Significant" that Mr. King
has assailed him alone of the three
opposing candidates None SO much
as mentioned the matter of faction
alism though limiting at It,
Mr. Cumming. when shown MI.
Kings statement last night at his
headquarters In Murphys hotel. ex-
pressed a very high regard for Mr..
king, and said that he expected that
the larger part of the strength upon
which senator King relied wouids
from now to August 5th, come to him.
He said that 1t had been his intern
ton. irrespective of whether Senator
King remained in the fight or not. to
I continue TO urge hts battle because he
/ believes that the Democrats OF Viz
| GINA of their own volition. and with
out dictation, desire to- select Tor the
continually growing important omce
of encouragement such candidate -
they deemed most Adequately EQUIP
ned to protect the interests of the
State.
When Mr.. Kings statement wa4
shown to Mr.. Pollard he said that ne
did not known that ii required any re-
ply, but added: 1T is significan4
fact that in leaving the race Mr.. KinG
should shoot his Parthian arrows 49,
me. This Is not conducive OF thNg
party harmony for which Mr.. King 80
tcloauently pleads.
81 didn't enter the race" said MI
| Pollard. Ito make personal hgh9s
against Mr.. King. or any of the other
candidates. In. fact. | entertain 81
j high opinion of Mr., King and ANn5s
very sorry that he should have look
ed on my candidacy as personal 49,
front. 81
After digesting Mr.. Kings STATE
ment | may have something furth44M
to say, but shall not under any cir
4 cumstances be lead into personaliftsssw MI
Williams Has No Comment.
\ Attorney General Williams W0ns
reached over the telephone and gtvoMA
the gist of the statement given 0ta&
hy MIR. King. but no comment conH1
be secured from him. MIR. WfAiAle
said that he preferred to wait u1tS11S
the announcement was published hNSs
fore he made any statement ~
d not be interviewed on the suht&e8
luntil ! have seen the announcem0&
lin full" ne said.
i The withdrawal OF Mr.. XII
Furnished another surprise to a III
alton already surprising enough.
weeks before the nominatlons
closed IL looked as IL there W1&
be but two candidates IN the ~
Then y. Gordon Cumming, az H4H
ton. entered the arena snE arnnut{E
his intention to give brittle f0p
nomination. For a time tina
seemed tn be closed. but on ~
day on which entrance into the m
airy was possioie--just hfteen M14l44
i before the last hour m fnx
/ Pollard paid his entrance
Treasurer Hartman and gsv< c