The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-16

/ wednesday. given ! public ksaYIl ilS
committee THURSDAY ana uron sn9y Han
Of O. G. Davis, of Norfolk cennfS. Tho
! was defeated In the recent prtmayy&the.
COMMITTEES went into exetutive Sea4l0R
yesterday afternoon n o'clock .3or
i ing out the bill without amenArlent:.
Senator G. OConoT Goolric9s.sl ok
| Frederick hurG chairman OF the Kris
lative committee OF the virginin qood
! Eoads association. ID both patrah 1nd
Trainer OF the ASSOCIATIONS BILL ~ 10
re- garded as An expert on roadS =
He declared before the coniGnl(teA
| Thursday that he was In doubt. u 10
whether members Of the comnht4bio
should be elected by the Legislature
or appointed by the governor ID
! undcrstood to have said that either
plan would be acceptable to HING
! Senator Aubrey r.. ssrode, 81 the
! Nineteenth senatorial district. win. Il
IL believed register contest on the
ontcbmc OF the recent primary. His
district embraces the counties o1 AM
herst and Nelson. On the face OF the
returns. Senator STROBE. who has only
recently returned from Franc0Nsand
who now occupies his seat in the tre-
ciai session of the. LEGISLATURE. was do
feated for reelection by DIR. j. r.
Woodsor. OF Nelson county. by 4 r,n-
iority Of seventeen votes ont ~ n total
vote polletP Of more than 1900.
IRREGULARITIES. II IL urderstood are
alleged to have obtained in nj least
ono precinct and that. should this pra-
cinct be thrown out tho non,inatine
would GO to the incumbent over DIR.
Woodson
Notico Of contest OF electfos vas
fled yesterday nv Ala. y. JonrA. ara
others contestants ant comnlaina~ts,
! against Senator Saxon w Holt in .ha
| circuit court of Warwick cc5nty TIE
fnotice was signed by Mr. Jones ~tsn.
/ on the face of the returns. was defeat
ed by 242 votes by Senator Holt. ard
+ by sixteen citizens OF the district
| 1t is charged that J. p Sawyer 49,
4 ing as iud~e and clerk In a prn~a-rt
1 in the Fourth ward of Newport sNe~'s,
/ was Mt the ~ame time candidate f>r
: election as Democratic city committee
/ man for said ward and was RUNNING
with opposition. and was disqualified
from acting.
4 II is charged that A. Al Aroiewh,.a.
another Judge in tho ramc Newpc~t
News nrccirrt after r-.inr entered
upon the discharge OF his duties -
Judge. left the precinct about 3 o'clock
! the day of the primary and did not
return. and no one was sworn in to
act in his place. a.
/ Former sneaker John r. Ryan. ~
Loudoun. who served in the honss
! several years ago and who presided
| for several terms mingled with tho
solons at the state capitol yesterdrv
and was given cordial greeting nv
| those who served with him. a. did
Capt. Cardwell. Of Hanover, who Is.
clso former speaker
| Senator Saxon w Holt. Of Newport
/ News. is being backed. II was said yes
| terday, for the position Of president
pro tenn OF the senate for the term
commencing in January next. Sena-
president pro tenn AT this time. but.
retired from public service at tha-end
OF his term
Senator Holt Is floor leader and Is
one OF the oldest members Of the SEN
ate In point of service.
! Election OF members TO MI -vacan-
| cies in the senate committees have re-
suited as follows: y
| Senators II. F. Byrd and W. l.. An
drews on the finance committee to
succeed Senator'S Downing and tsaie:
Senator STROBE. of Amherst. as chair-
man Of the committee on insurance
and banking and Messrs, Booker.~Fer-
guson and Leedy. Assignments. are
for the extra session only