Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-02-14
HUM OF POLITICAL BEES
HEARD AROUND CAPITOL
Leaders OF House Action May Soon
Aspire for Higher
Positions.
NO FORMAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
Hugh A. White Expected to Become
Candidate for Attorney General.
Judge Martin Williams May Run
for Lieutenant. Governor.

The hum Of political bees buzzine
IN many bonnets was distinctly audi
BILE In tho closing days before tho
General Assembly entered upon tho
recess Of three weeks
Many Of the colleagues of AUBREY a.
weaver. floor leader OF tho administra
ton element in the House OF Dele.
gates are predicting for him an essy
victory In his contemplated campaign
for n seat in the Senate. They base
. .ne,r enpeetations chiefly upon the sue
ces3 attending the fight for the Gov
ernors partial aggregation system.
which gave Mr.. Weaver extraordinary
prominence.
HUGH A, WHITE SPOKEN OF
FOR ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Hugh A. White, OF Rockbridge. who
Is credited equally with the floor
leader OF the seBregationists for what
was accomplished in the Hou1e Of Del
egates. Is recognized as having es-
tablished strong title to candidacy
for the once OF Attorney General, in
the event that he decides to aspire to
succeed Attorney-General Pollard. Be.
fore leaving the city Friday night,
however, Mr.. White said that he had
not asked the support OF his friends
for that office because he was averso
TO putting himself forward as a can
did1te so far in ADVANCE Of the actual
campaign. and he had not even sig
mined to any OF his friends that he
would be a candidate.
Judge Martin williams, OF Giles, has
not declared himself a candidate for
tho of1ice OF acknowledgements. and
In statement he has announced that
he will not undertake q campaign In
which strong opposition to his calndi-
dacy appears certain. His candidacy,
bers Of tho Legislature as foregone
conclusion.
FOUR CANDIDATES
FOR sPEAKERsHIP
There are four candidates for tho
speakership OF the next House Of Dele
gates. to succeed Speaker Edwin p.
Cox, who has announced his intention
TO retro to private life. They are
Harry r. Houston. chairman OF the
Democratic caucus. who haD served
Elizabeth City County in the Legisla-
ture eight years: George L. Browning,
OF Orange, one OF the ablest debaters
IN the House. who won unusual prom
inence In his first term; Major ]. N.
Stubbs. OF Gloucenter. one OF the old
&. J. Meotze. OF Prince William. Guy
T. Hornsr, Of southampton. is a can
didate for the Craftsmanship OF tho
Democratic caucus, TO succeed Mr.
Houston.
The formal announcement by Attor-
ney-Goneral JOhn Garland Pollard In
Tho Times-Dispatch yesterday OF his
candidacy for tho Governorship occa
stoned no surprise among the lawmak-
ers. The announcement had been ex-
pected several weeks.
Other probable candidates for the gov
ernorship arc Lieutenant Governor j.
Taylor Ellyson. Richard Evelyn Byrd
and Westmoreland Davis Colonel
James r. Cation. OF Alexandria, 10 re-
sarded as tho only opponent Of Judge
Martin Williams for the lieutenant
governorship now in the field.
GILPIN OFFERS TO
SUCCEED WEAVER
Mr. Viewers announcement that he
will not be candidate for reelection
to tho House OF Delegates 10 followed
by the announcement OF Kenneth New
conner Gilpin's candidacy to succeed Mr.
Weaver Mr.. Gilpin. who aspiTes to
represent the district composed of
Clarke and Warren Counties. Ia the son
OF wealthy Baltimore druggist The
new candidate lives in Clarke County.
According to a rule OF rotation that ha q
been observed for years, It Is Clarke
County's turn to send the next Demo-
v L.