The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-08-05
MODERATE
VOTE IN PRIMARY
IN STATE TODAY
All Candidates for Three Offices
Confident Of Success
at Polls
LEAVE FOR HOME
TO CAST BALLOTS
State Officials, Candidates and
Managers Ready to Do Their
Duty---Lively Fight
Toward Close

With all candidates confident and
the friends of each enthusiastic
while many of the voters OF the state
appear Indifferent, the campaign for
the Democratic nomination for State
Offices closed last night with John
Garland Pollard speaking at Belvidere
hall. Richmond. and the other candi-
dates either at home or on the route
in order to be ready to vote early this
morning.
None of the candidates or their
managers was prepared last night to
give out any statistical statement as
to the result but all seemed satisfied
with the outlook. For all but MIR Poll
lard the stump campaign ended Sat
urday. with Cumming, williams,
Brown and koiner in kenbridge, Pol
lard in the Valley and Williams at
Lynchburg at night. Pollard made
two speeches yesterday. the first being
at Emporia, In Greenesville county.
and the other in Richmond
The Three Have Opposition.
At the primaries throughout the
State today Democrats Will nominate
candidates fer attorney lieu,
tenant governor and commissioner Of
agriculture Henry C. Stuart, for
governor; X. G. Stearnes, for super-
intendent of public instruction: Il. o.
James, for secretary of the Comm on
wealth. and Asher Herman. for state
treasurer. have no opposition.
The polls open this morning at
5:1s and close tonight at 7:I4 o'clock,
giving thirteen hours and ffty-six
minutes to the sovereigns of Virginia
for the selection of their next State
officials, nomination being equivalent
TO election. The ticket is as follows:
For Lieutenant GOVERNOR. Taylor
EIlyson, Lewis Fl. Machen.
For Attorney Generals. Gordon
Cumming. John Garland Pollard and
Samuel w. Williams.
For Commissioner of Agriculture
George w. Koiner and j. Thompson
Brown.
In addition, Democratic candidates
for the house of delegates VIII be
nominated In thirty-eight legislative
districts.
Leave For Home.
Governor William Hodges Mann.
w. Fl, Mann, Jr.. and Rives r. Hardy.
of the governors office, will leave for
Nottowav county this morning to ex-
ercise the right of private citizens.
Labor Commissioner Doherty and SUI
perintendent Stearnes vote in R,ch-
mond, while State Treasurer Hartman
votes in Rockbridge county, Insure
ance Commissioner Button, in .Apro-
matox. State Auditor Moore. in Alex
andria and Second Auditor Page. In
Hanover. OF the candidates. s. Corr
don Cumming votes in Hampton,
where he now is; Attorre y- General:
Williams, in Wythe county, having
reached his home yesterday afternoon.
John Garland Pollard, in Ginter Park.
Lieutenant Governor Ellyson. in Rich-i
mond: Lewis Machen, in Alexandria;
J. Thompson Brown. in Bedford, and
George w, koiner in Richmond.
The State capitol win be deserted
tomorrow along with the headquarters
of the various candidates while the
State officials. the candidates for office
space in the capitol and their CAM
paign managers and clerks are at
home casting their ballots.
Had Tame Start.
In spite of the fact that there has
been no opposition to Henry Stuart
for the highest State honols the
fight for the lesser places has been
warm, with the greatest interest cen-3
tered in the campaign for attorney
general. Shortly before the entries for
were closed it was elieved
that the primary fight would he =
tame affair with Brown and kninerT
the only excitement. ana
no opposition of any kind 10 the
others Floyd King. of Clifton Forge.
who had heen spoken OF as candi-
date for attorney general, but VINO
had kept his own counsel injected
little ginger into things by ming no.
tice of his candidacy several weeks
before the time limit expired lie was
shortly thereafter followed by s. Corr
don Cumming, of Hampton. TWO days
before time was mp Lewis Fl. Machens
of Alexandria, followed with a de-
claration of intention to capture tho
office Of lieutenant governor, arfn tffsni
Alexander Wedderburn. the day fol-
lowing came across with MS HtNcs
thirty-five dollars and said he also
had eyes on Mr.. Ellyson's place But
these lightning changes in the situa-
ton. binding all political observers
for the time, did not furnish al Inc
thrills. One hour before the lists
closed John Garland Pollard paid hss
entrance fees and announced that ne
would contest with Williams. Cum.
ming and King for the attorney-gen-
Two Candidates Retire.
when the lists closed there -wefe
nine candidates for three omccs. nuS
Mr.. King soon pulled out and was Iot-
lowed at the eleventh hour by Mr.
w eddenbburn. leaving two contestfng
for commissioner Of agriculture. tW0
instead OF three for lieutenant rove
ernor and three Instead Of feur tor a.
torney general. That's tho ticket to-
day, n
while these events have heightensd
interest In what promised to be = Can't
paign Of great duliness there has hesaA,
no evidence Of great intsrest IN Tho
part OF the yeters. ReecAt debates hAs|
tf,o = RATtAp0 oA
Rrewn and Koiner and \ .msetin9 1$
Kanbrjdgs Of CumWinG and WllltA
have made necessary the fexe41MY
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