The Washington herald., 1921-08-21
VIRGINIA CONTEST
WAKES HOT AS TIME
OF DECISION NEARS
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Craftsmanship have as yet not indi-
Gated their hand and party leaders
are still in the dark as to what they
expect to do.
Another Trinkle man. in the per-
son of J. NJ. Harris, of Nottoway
county, is being put forth by frienas
for the toga. He. too, supported
Trinkle in the recent primary and
Is one of the best known Democrats
in the Fourth district
Sees Need Of Strong Hands.
In view OF the fact that the op-
position win be different in the fu-
ture from what II has been in the
past, because Of the bid Of the 1te-
publicans for the white vote, the
Richmond News-Leader, one Of the
leading Democratic papers Of the
State, says the activities of the OPP
position need a counter offensive.
The position OF State chairman is
no longer merely a place of honor.
which it came to be after the OPP
position became SO small twenty
years ago. following the adoption
VI hhC pACoChS oNakt
but the State committee must lead a
crushing counter blow; it must ed
ucafe many new voters and their
proper instruction as Democrats re-
quires among other things that the
new chairman must be a politicai
educator with imagination. The
News-Leader suggests men of such
type as william r. Reed or Henry
G. Stuart, former Governor OF the
State, and the paper calls upon the
party to forget factional differences
in the choice Of a chairman, urging
that the Democracy OF Virginia Is
too sacred a thing to be put in
jeopardy.
Senator E. Lee Trinkle, the win
ner of the Democratic nomination
for Governor in the primary, spent
S9,433.62 in the campaign leading
up to the primary. just little more
than $500 less than a years salary
OF the Executive of the State. While
the sum appears to be rather stiff.
Senator Trinkle did not approach
by more than $4,000 that fixed by
the State election law as a dead
line" for the maximum OF expenses
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voter cast for the party at the
election next preceding the one for
which he was seeking nomination
and as the vote last fall was 141. 0or,
in round numbers. it will be seen
that his expenses could have gone
up to $4,000 without embarrass-
ment.
The Congressional Battle.
In the Fifth district they are hav-
ing a rather warm time, and It will
grow warmer as the time ap-
proaches to select a candidate to
represent the Democratic party for
congress-for Governor Davis has
ordered a special election to be held
on the November election day to
select a successor to Representative
James.
Thomas G. Burch, Federal mar
shall of the Western District of Vir-
ginia. who came near being a can
didate for the office when Mr.. James
was first elected. is expected to seek
the office. ]. NJ. Hooker. a party
leader in Patrick, is said to cherish
ambition to go to Washington. He
fs q lawyer at Stuart and was men,
toned as a candidate at the time
Judge Saunders resigned. John W.
Harvey, Commemorative attorney
for Danville and Judge E. J. Har-
vey, also of Danville, are being
mentioned and Franklin County may
have a favorite son in Dalton Dill
lard, a lawyer, while Pittsylvania
County may come forward favoring
either Turner Clements, Common
wealth's attorney, or Joseph White
head. another lawyer.
Tired of a primary, the chairmen
OF the county Democratic organiza-
tions in the Thirteenth senatorial
district, came. out squarely for a
district convention when they met
to arrange for nomination of a
successor to Senator West, who has
resigned to be candidate for Lieu
tenant Governor. a The committee
issued a call for. a convention to be
held at Suffolk September 20. be-
ginning at 1880 az m.. the delegates
being based on one for each TWEEN
ty-five votes cast at the Presiden-
tial election last fall. Col. Parke
p. Deans was selected for. tempo-
rary chairman and Miss Louise
Britt and Miss Daisy Nurney were
chosen for temporary secretaries.
Ann. Staece Richa rdson hos xvri,