Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-08-05
MAJORITY F0Ra
PROHIBITION
Are Assured Of At Least
80 or 40 Members of
:. Next Senate
PILCHER is ELECTED
Apparent That Anti-Liquor Legis-
lature in General Assembly Will
Have No Serious OppostOn.

Richmond, Aug. 5-Witn the re-
turns received last night, all doubt
full senatorial districts in Tuesdays
primary have been cleared up. Nc
results have come in from i've House
districts, but no contestseof particulal
Importance are missing. The indica-
tions are that, with the Republican
Senators, who will he sent from the
Southwest, there will be at least
thirty of the forty members of the up
per branch pledged to the 'enact-
ment of prohibition legislation which
will be proposed by the Anti-Saloon
League.
The prohibition majority in the
House is overwhelming, many of Sae
men who opposed the enabling act
having been defeated by "original"
Try candidates. 1t is apparent that
the anti-liquor legislative program
will meet with no serious opposition,
if any at all unless there should
arise dissension among the prohibi-
.ionists themselves as to the strin-
yency of tie laws to be enacted.
Belated returns Indicate the de-
feat of Senator w. T. Paxton, OF
Rockblidge. in the Tewnty-second
Senatorial District, by A. W. Robert
ION, of Bedford. S. H. Price was
third in the race. In the Eleventh
district T. C. Pitcher defeated R. 4
McTntrye by small majority. A. D.
Kelly cut in to McIntyrcs vote.
Mayor W. H. JelTrys. Jr., Of
Chase City, was elected to the Senate
from the Twenty-ffth District by a
large majority over J. D. Elam,
Senator .Jahn B. Watkins has safe
majority over DR.. Thomas II. Hen
iipg in the Sixteenth District. Wat
iins carried Powhatan by more than
100, votes
Julien Gum, of IIcnrico County.
will have q majority, estimated at 300
or 400 over W. w. Ware, of Jane:
City, Aubrey Strobe had a clear maj
3rity of 500 over Senator P,and Mas
sic in the Amherst-Nelson district.
Additional results in contests for
The House received yesterday follows:
NJ. P. Gatcwood defeated w. P.
Massie in Amherst by fifty votes b.
C. Goodwin won in the district COM
posed of Allegheny, Craig and Cliff
ION Forge by twenty-four votes.
Kenneth Gilpin defeated two oppon-
,nts in the Clarke Warren district by
majority Of 500. Gilpin is young
member of wealthy Maryland fam
ly, which owns a large estate In
Clarke County: R. o. Norris won
over John M. Lyell in the Lancaster
Richmond district.
The election Of N. l.. Henley over
J. D. Parker and j. H. Proctor in
the district composed of New Kent,
Warwick, Charles City and Williams
burg, is conceded.
In Northumberland and Westmorc-
land T. A. Jett is apparently the win
ner over Thomas Brown, ST., Alex
ander James is leading in four-cor-
nercd fight in Matthews and Middle
sex.
E. V. Barley, member Of the
present House is believed to have de-.
feated Major P. +. Brown in Botc-
tourt.
The House districts missing are
Brunswick, Dinwiddie, Fauquier and
Loudoun, King and Queen and Essex
and Nelson.
Amelia, Va, August 5-George +.
Allen seems to have defeated R. X.
Brock for the Senate by about 100
votes.
Lancaster, Va, August 5--Norris
is nominated for the House of Dele
gates from Richmond and Lancaster
Counties by 2S5 majority over his
opponent, Lyell. Norris carried every
precinct of the two counties except
one.
Warrenton, Va, August5-Com.
plete returns from Fauquier County
in Tuesdays primary for the State