The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-26
VACANCY
TO BE FILLED BY
CITY COMMITTEE
Will Name Democratic
Nominee, Whose Elec-
tion Is Certain.
GOVERNOR TO ISSUE
WRIT OF ELECTION
Will Order 1t for November 4,
as Attorney-General Sees No
Legal Objection to Same
Date as General Election.
To Use Special Bal
lot Boxes.

On being advised by the Attorney
General that there was no objection
In law to having the special senatorial
primary for this district to fill the va
cancy caused by the resignation Of T..
&. Folkes on the date of the Noveuler
general election. Governor Mann said
yesterday that he would issue y w-rit
OF election for this district for Novcn,
Der 4. similar writ will be issued 70,
special election on the day OF tho
general election for the First Senate
'iai District. composed OF WASHINGTON
ana S!nyth Counties and the citv OF
hfIstoi 10 MI the vacancy caused b,
t"e dehth OF Senator ID. g. Cummings
Licutenant-Governor Ellyson recent
~ notified the Governor OF these two
NhcaHcies' and an opinion was rendered
80 oay pE Assistant Attorney-Gen-
erdi X - Davis in response TO Tho
Governors request Special ballots ,nd
separate ballot boxes will he uso,, .nd
III" !eturhs VIII be reported separately
as was done some time ago. wf,en thc
pcopie oil the state voted on cons,itu
tional amendments
Committee VIII Nominate.
me short time elapsinp hefo,o "
Ne.hber practically puts a Democrats
P't''df! ior selection OF a party norni
nee out OF the question. The two on
'io!.s oeiore the City Democratic Com
are ior the committee to norni-
ma te Tor which il has ample autbori,,.
uhoer the party law, and prec.d.nt -
'he case OF the state committed nor,i
hating Colonel &. O. James. or to hav.
no harty nomination and allow ali
.aHuidates to enter the general elnc-
,. as WIS zone when James B Pace
MS erected Treasurer of Rtchmood
II may we'll he cnncad.a
tnat tne committee has no intention
iattihg 10 exercise powers clearly
vested IN IT, and that nomination. ~
democratic candidate will be made
~ 'ne committee early next week.
iAe one objection to committee 49,;
nation-the fear of independen, 80,
uiuates IN the event that the commit
,te choice does not reflect tho wishes
OF the community-is not regarded So.
rlousiy, as all OF the names mentioned
az. ol men wen known in the cop,u
MY, cach OF whom would be abIn "a
muster strong following apoirst ,,,,,
'"uePehccht Who might offer.
'iuny Names Mentioned.
E"iiv Yesterday ii was freely Pc
uicten that the committees choice
Would iail on its former chairman,
MAJOR Niles NJ. Martin. Later i, was
s,n',ci 'n:'t James T. Cannon or
SaInuel uel l.. Kelley or President Y. Lee
letters OF the Common Council. v.oi,Id
be acceptable to many members OF the
committee y. Bierne Blair is fre-
quentiy mentioned, and would cor
'alhly be a candidate in the event or
primary General Charles J. Andar-
son. whose name had been mentioned
IN many quarters as an available man
sa'a last night; 81 am very grateful
toF lhe wiling Kindness of so MANY
friends who would again send me Ia
.i'e senate put am not, and cannot, be
No call has as yet been issued for
a meeting of the city committees
though ii is expected that the matter
or nomination will be disposed of
within the next few davs