The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-04
Brown and Pollard An
sWer Attacks Cover
nor Observes Sunday.
MORGAN SHEPHERD
HOT AFTER KOINER
Feature Of Close of Campaign Is
Stuart's Strong Endorsement of
Keezell for the House-Close
Fight in the County of
Henrico for Legis-
lature.

On the eve OF the battle Of ballots,
which comes as climax to the Demo- :
cratic campaign for State Offices to-
morrow, candidates for Lieutenant
Governor. Attorney General and Com
missioner of Agriculture are putting
the finishing touches to the work which
has occupied them for the past few
months. The effort of all now is to
get out the vote, each candidate cen
tring his energies in making ii certain
that those who are for him do not
forget to go to the polls.
Features of the closing hours OF
the campaign were three statements
issued last night and printed herewith
j. Thompson Brown, answering former
President Paul B Barringer of the
Virginia Polytechnic Institute, in re-
gard TO the United Agricultural Board
John Garland Pollard, answering at
tacks made on him at Kenbridge on
Saturday by Judge Samuel w. Will
liams and S. Gordon Cumming, and Is.
Morgan Shepherd, managing editor of
the Southern Planter. making a hot
reply to George w. Koiner. accusing
the Commissioner of Agriculture of
having made statements at Kenbridge
which were false, and which the Com
missioner knew TO be false. comparing
his methods to those OF a cuttlefsh.
No Statement on Sunday.
Governor William Hodges Mann de-
clined last night to make any COM
ment on the attack made on him by
DR.. Barringer, saying that he did not
desire to issue a political statement
on Sunday. He was in conference yes
terday for time with Mr. Brown
Both Messrs. Brown and Koiner were
in Richmond yesterday. Mr.. Brown
will go back TO his home in Bedford
to-day TO vote John Garland Pollard
will close his campaign with an ad-
dress before the John Garland Pollard
Club of Richmond at Belvidere Hall
tonight. He speaks in Empora to-
day at o'clock. Judge Williams was
in Lynchburg yesterday. and will go
on TO his home in Wytheville to-day.
Mr. Cumming spent Sunday in Rich
mond, and will go to his home in
Hampton to-day.
Wedderburn's Nnme Ticket.
The name of Mr.. Wedderburn must
go on the tickets, and ballots cast for
him must be counted. although he has
informally retired in favor OF Mr. ELY
son. Acting State Chairman Edward
Echols said yesterday that ne had re-
ceived no communication whatever
from Mr.. Wedderburn touching his
no steps had therefore been taken
toward keeping Mr.. Wedderburn's
name off the ballots Mr.. Wedderburn
seems to have ignored the party au-
thorities and announced his retirement
in. a most informal manner through
the press and in letters to political
clubs, which had invited him to speak
Acting Chairman Echols added that he
had not looked into the point about
the election law requiring the ballots
10 be printed ten days before the cleo
tion. as no one had called his attention
TO that provision, and il seems to have
been generally ignored In many
places, it is stated, the party authori-
ties held the printing of the ballots
back to the last in the expectation that
Mr. Cumming would retire persistent
reports TO that effect having been in
dustriously spread. If any local party
committee has prepared ballots which
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