Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-08-04
V|RC|N|ANS WILL ELECT
LEGISLATORS TUESDAY
Prohibition Department Proves Chief
Issue Of Apathctic Political
Campaign.
II. c. l.. ALSO ENTERS FIGHT
Some Candidates, Former "Drys,"
Now Against Further Operation of
Peters Oficc-Voting Places Are
Fixed.

When the sun goes down tomorrow
night there will come to close one
OF the most apathetic campaigns in the
political history of Virginia. The only
State officers to he elected this year
are members of the General Assembly
and the Democratic party has few is
sues 10 create interest in the question
of who shall be the representatives
of the counties and senatorial districts
in the General Assembly.
inc only dark spots on the political
horizon come from differences OF opin-
ion as to the maintenance of State
Department Of Prohibition. and OF the
proper met hods TO bring down the high
cost Of living. Virginia seems to ac-
cept prohibition as the inevitable but
there is throughout the state honest
disagreement over the matter of keep
mcnt Tor the enforcement of prohibit
ton laws.
Dry Agents Make Issue.
In many OF the counties and districts
TINS disagreement has come to the
surface as a well-defned issue in the
campaign. In the Twenty eighth Sena-
torial District, particularly. the lines
, Msre sharply M drawn when r. NJ. Will
State Board of Agriculture from the
Fourth Congressional District, entered
the lists against the incumbent. George
Epes. ' of Rf Hl aoGnousE Ind Louis
hvowedly against the maintenance of
the Prohibition Department. as IAN in
Efficient and useless arm of the gov
In Richmond there is no particular
issue Every candidate for the Gen
eral Assembly has promised to use his
nigh cost of living, and that seems
70 be uppermost in the minds of the
voters. All Of them will support some
antitrust bill, If that measure will
have the desired effect of making iiv
ing conditions a bit easier for the ay-
eraEe man.
Little OF Interest Here.
n! none OF the candidates here is MAX
has laid his case before the eIector
ate ana is resting upon the arguments
IN each particular case. 1t has been a
cinmpaisn particularly free of mud
Singing, just as il has been free of
issues.
:, The candidates for the Senate from
ihlSnmond are lanes l.. Cannon and
louis Q. Wendenburg. ncumbents,
and Councilman Morgan r. Mills. Two
Will be nominated
lanes nor the l H9usc the candidates are
Graham b; Hobson. Harry e. Glenn. r.
Gray Haddon. George L. Wilcox. James
r. =; Jones, j. r. Bethel and Il. Il. Fuller
fiVe OF these will be nominated
IL mas been pointed out that. under
recent ruling OF the Attorney-C;en-
Srai once. voter is not obliged. as
80 oScH the case, to vote for the en-
urc number TO he nominated. but NAV
cast MS ballot for as many as he likes
not 10 exceed the number named
p,ircclnct voting places in the CITY of
Hichnond are as follows:
Jefferson Ward
EirstI222l East Main Street
..rtCCoIo. sao! East Leigh Street
LrW uhhth,nsS North Twenty-iifth Street
tr!ith-,l OS North Twenty-ninth rret
Slxth.,lo20 North Thirty fourth Sire,
ScNch'h-Ss15 villa insburE Avenue
Madison Ward.
First-302 East Marshall Street
SsGond--il4 North Eighth Street
Ihird-lls North Seventh Sircct
Fourth--l3l3 East BROAD street
fiih-!o0 Hull Street
sixth 500 Hull Street.
SeNenth-.l502 Hun Street
EiEnth-2392 Hull street.
-N'h'n--oois Senimes Avenue.
Clay Ward.
tirst-6l7 West Main street
:s21.scond-Sl1 South Harrison Street
ihiro-3Oi South Laurel Street
tt.U,ufhth-is2t West Cary Street.
SIXTH South Elm street
Serenth-2927 West Cary Street
First-353 North Harrison Street
S:rftGnhhd.o1!!5S Nest Broad Street.
rourth---225 Nest broad Street.
fitn-406 Brook Avenue.
SiHth-.G;nter Park school
Sertnth-6l5 North Avenue
EiGhth-tilrhland Park Engine House