Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-05-18
STROBE MAY ENTER RACE
AGAINST HAL D. FLOOD
More Than Fair Opportunity for
Contest for Congressional Nomi-
nation in Tenth District.
STATEMENT BY STATE SENATOR
Indicates That If Next Two Weeks
Strengthen Relief There Is Desire
for Him to Succeed Incumbent He
Will Go Into Fight.

Conditions in the Tenth District. for
the first time In fifteen years. offer
reasonably fair opportunity for con-
testing the congressional nomination.
according to State Senator Aubrey T..
Strobe. Of Amherst. who made public
yesterday a statement in which he in
dicates, provided the next two weeks
shall strengthen his present belief.
that there is an earnest desire that he
run. that he will enter the lists against
Hal y. Flood, the incumbent.
II has boen known for some time
that Mr Strobe has congressional
aspirations. In statement TO The
Times Dispatch three weeks ago he
admitted that he had under serious
consideration the advice Of influential
Democrats in his district urging him
TO announce his candidacy.
NEW STRENGTH SHOWN
BY ORGANIZATION
In organization circles the sugges-
iion that Representative Flood may
have opposition this year was not until
recently ia ken seriously. Mr. Flood
was regarded as too strongly in
trenched TO be dislodged by any man I'm
his district. This is still the feeling
among organization men, although re-
cent developments, in which the James,
Glass episode has its part, have
strengthened the antiorganization
forces in the belief that decided re-
action against so-called Machine
methods may he expected. which will
strengthen the hand Of all candidates
Of tn" opposite faction
While Mr.. Flood Is allied with the
orGnniza tions. he was one of the con-
Srcssional leaders who volunteered
their support to Representative Glass
Tor the national committee As late as
Committee here last March. Mr. Flood,
in statement to The Times Dispatch,
affirmed his loyalty to Mr. Glass
DAY or SNAP CONVENTION
IS OVER, SAYS STROBE
Discussing his probable candidacy
and political conditions. In the Tenth
District generally. Mr.. Strobe said in
part:
For the first time in the fifteen
years since the primary plan OF nomi-
nation was adopted "a reasonably fair
opportunity seems TO be presented for
contestinE n Democratic conversational
the fixing of the date OF the primary.
the csst OF entering. the selection of
the primary Judges and other details
were all In the hands of committees
who too often appeared more intent on
giving advantage to the incumbent
IMAM on allowing the rank and file OF
the party opportunity for free and
full choice.
"'The day Of the snan convention
trance charge. ali engineered hy n mar
tiai committee. is happily past under
our leEalized primary law now ercc-
tive for the first time in a congress
Sional contest, while the primary cleo
ton Judges must be chosen by the
eiectorai hoards who VIII appoint tho
regular Democratic election Judges or
come under the suspicion of Juggling
the election machinery In favoritisk,
mat would be resented to the detrjnent
or the candidate sought TO he tbus
unfairly assisted
CONDITIONS IN DISTRICT
ARE NOT HEALTHY
~ snail offer il will not be to make
n fractional appeal. though 7 shall NOT
aba'e my protest against methods Of
party conduct that threaten its su-
i''",''E AS one who has been always
ioyai I" tho party and It's nominees 7
reel that / can Justly ask from all
democrats hearing, and fair consid
eration Of any claims that NAV have
1" present;
believe the Democratic partv b,s
""h''l itself the remedy for any dis
temper that it may devclop. ,Chn,
party conditions in the Tenth Congress
s'"na! district are not healthy is ies,I
neo |" by the Democratic defeats or
near defeats ny independent or Rnnub.
mean candidates last fall in the coup
ieS OF Augusta. Eotc,ourt. Rockbridco
NppcmattoH Cumberland and else
"here. IN apparent protest acains, Soma
iron hand. "'''o
ANXIOUS To RENDER
SERVICE no STATE;
1uily realize the daring. approacb-
ing the bounds Of reckless ternert,v 4,
.he sisht OF some, that may displav If
! oppose the incumbent. intrenched nc
ne may he between the bulwark Of m
'ronae" ana tie backing of great
wealth. Yet il offer ] shall venture
10 present my cause to the mass Of tho
democratic voters Of tie district on
tireiy confident both thai they will
give fair hearing and that in the
mana Oh the average voter Of the Marty
Is rue power 10 override all ohstac,es
10 the expression of his viii