Evening star., 1914-07-12
SENATOR SWANSON
WILL Be OPPOSED
Expected That a Candidate
will Seek His Place in
Upper House.
VIRGINIA GOVERNORSHIP
TO HAVE SPIRITED RACE
Mrs. Victor Hall of Louisa County
to Be Placed on Trial for Muir
der Next Tuesday

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Special Correspondent" of The Star.
RICHMOND. Va July u.-"Senator
Swanson vii have opposition when he
offers for th" Senate next time. do not
know who Will oppose him. but | do
know that he Will have opposition. II
Representative Glass does not make the
race Tor the Senate. then Representative
Mon:ag1le VIII enter 1t is settled that
Senator swanson has got to fight for his
place IN tn" upper branch of the ma
tionaI legislature. am satisfied that
Representative Glass does not want 10
he governor He would like to he a mem
her Of the Senate He has made a record
in Congress. lie is stronger in Virginia
TO-DAY than when he entered the Con-
Gress
This statement was made To The Stars
correspondent by Il gentleman who is
very close To Representative Glass. He
Is one OF his greatest admirers. He
comes from the county of Albemarle The
speaker is a man who has been in public
life IN Virginia. is we'll known and is
generally well Informed Discussing vir-
ginia politics further. he said:
mere Is ALREADY one dN0NeC. candidate
for the sovernorship to succeed Mr.
Stuart That is Richard f. Byrd.
There have been frequent references
to tn possibility of the can
didacy o: Westmoreland Davis for
the governorship. am almost GER
tain that John Garland Pollard. the at
torneN general. Will enter the race for
the nomination 1t is q long way off. but
the gentlemen are at this time regarded
as aspiranis- Just what the result of a
-n.ara ovid f1.. I,r. 70
say. But there is no reason to believe
that MI. Glass is to enter the race He
VIII not go 10 the mansion as governor.
He prefers TO stay in Congress. But
there is a belief that the others are ready
TO declare their intentions. and as l said
above. MI Byrd has already declared
that he will make the race. That means
a long hight and bitter one.
MI Pollard asked if he had nay
idea of making the race. but he refused
10 either affirm or deny the report. He
did say. however. that he would not
again make the for attorney gen.
eral. and with that he turned to be the
interviewer. finally declaring that it was
q long time off 10 be talking of making
the race for governor 1t is accepted
among his friends that he will enter for
III. nomination
League Has Abundant Signatures.
Some doubt was expressed by some of
the opponents Of prohibition as to the
ability Of the advocates to get the neces
sary names to the petitions when the
bill was passed by the last legislature.
However. such doubts have proven to be
without very much foundation in fact.
Less than l9.oy' names were necessary,
and the petitions III hand show that the
total signatures will exceed :0.o0O. or
about three times rs many as are re-
Guired This result was achieved by or
sanized rffort on the part of the Anti
Saloon League. and while this number
viii Ire received, il is 1nlposr ole TO- make
a correct statement until Tuesday morn
ming next the day on which the returns
Will have 10 he Submitted TO the govern
or for his action.
There has been some netting on the re-
suit Of the election. one bet being made
az : tr that the state Will go dry.
and there have been several bets that
tn ma iur!tv VII exceed 2nEna. The es-
tinated majority varies great deal.
however. ard while the lowest figure has
been 1'.-.s'. there are some state officers
who insist that il will go to 10000 or
6h.'nn. Gov. Stuart has been reported
saving that the a.ority will not be far
from -ourN
While the "fr,-'" rner ere pleased at
their success in getting the signatures.
they are aware of the fact that any
where from :, 70 !" per cent of those who
ard al th- same time it is open secret
that many who refused 70 sign the petit
tons Will vote the dry ticket.
Veteran Printer Celebrates.
William H. Clemmit- Of this city this
week celebrated his ninetieth birthday
. He Is printer BY trade. one Of the old
school printers. who set type by hand
and who up to three wears ago worked
AZ the case every day and did a good
DAYS work The firm ny which he was
employed retired him on pension and
he IS spending his time at his home
reading and vlsi,ing his children grand
children and great-grandchildren. He is
In fIGl possession of all his faculties
comes down town from time to time is
en- officer III his church and enjoys the
full confidence of those who have known
him for years
Tuesday next is the time set for the
trial Of Mrs. Victor Hall of Louisa
county, who IS charged with having
shot her husband to death while he lay
in he'd al their home In Green Springs
that county, on the morning of April 10
This is the case which followed the burn
Ing of DUnkum's store. A business rival
April Il, few hours before the shoot
ing Mr.. Hall was sick in bed a. the
time OF the fre- He had formerly
terms with him His wife who was
Mrs DUnkum. vas not on the best of
terms with Mr. Dunkum. her brother-1n-
law she Is several years older than was
her last husband, Victor Hall
There were several other attempted
-:res IN Green Springs following the n,ur-
der Of Hall Mrs. Hall SAYS there was
>all AZ the door that night that Mr. Hall
arose and went through the store to find
out who IL was. and that he was shot as
he walked into the store Hall carried
lighted lamp. and that was placed on
the counter The state is hard pressed
however. to find a motive for the CRIME
Refuses to Take Vacation.
Zen T. August clerk OF the council.
has held his job for more than thirty
years- He has never missed a meeting Of
the council or the board Of aldermen in
that time. and they have been many He
had served the city In other capacities
for long time before he became clerk