The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-12-18
VIRGnQAHEADCEARI
IN TENTH DISTRICT
OVERFL0WSR RING
Ten Now in Race for Late
; Rep. Floods Seat in 4
Congress.
FERGUsoNDECLINEs
Democratic Chairman of MIA
'riet Says Honor Belongs /.
Elsewhere.
FERGUSONDECLINES

RICHMOND. Va. Dec. IN
tenth Congressional disf-i~,
having a remarkable hat-tbro...--
contest and another week NAV -
as many candidates for the c.,
sressionsl toga, made vacant H., ,h-
death Of the much Iameptsd n,
Flood, as there are countI,, a.
the district. and there are ,y,, -,
OF them. The hrst to a,,o,-
themselves were Harry St Geo-r.
Tucker. OF Lexington. and fo-rn.-
State Senator Floyd W. King .,
Clifton Forge Then cau,. .
judge Clarence J. Canpb.Ii 80
herst and next was Mai Ricbsr5
r bierne' OF CovinEtOn. newspaper
man. who If serving as r,er,b.-
OF the state Industrial commission.
ne lie veteran OF the world war.
Much interest attaches 10 ~
lesoers or prospective candidates
IN Stsunton and Augusta County 4
for IL is admitted that IL eitbe-s
That city or county can center on
one candidate. with all other sec
tions Of the district represented in
the nght. there would be a GOOD
chance for the nomination 10 20 tu
them.
Ferguson Springs Surprise.
One OF the first surprises came
when State Senator S. L Ferguson.
chairman OF the Democratic com
mittee for the district. announced
that he would not be candidate
because he felt that his county.
AppomattoX, had had the Repre-
sentative for two decades auc.
therefore. he felt that the nouina-
ton ought TO 20 10 some other part
OF the district II would not be a
surprise to those in close touch
with the situation to see Mr.. Fer
Euson throwing his support 70 Mr.
Tucker or to some other csndidat.
from the valley end OF the district.
Col Aubrey f. Strodc. whose res
idence is in Amherst Comfy. al
though he maintains his law offiCe
in Lynchburg. will probably not
be a candidate. though some years
ago IL was known that he would
like TO have gone 20 Congress
Friends point out that he has been
so successful in building up a good
law practice in LynchburE since his
return from a long service wig
the army in France that there "
not much likelihood OF his deciSlnc
to give this up for q return tpi
politics.
Amherst party workers made
rather strenuous effort 20 bring
out W. Kinckle Allen. another ct
torney at law. as a candidate. He
finally decided not TO run. but an
nounced through friends that he
would give his support 10 Mr..
Tucker.
DARK steeds In stanton.
Maj. Hiram l. opie. OF stanton.
another world war veteran who
saw hard service in France with
the Twenty-ninth Division. could
not be enticed and has announce
that he will not be a candidate. H
is too busy at Stsunton with a
couple OF daily newspapers.
Gossip continues TO weave webs
around l. W. II. Peyton. Joseph 4.
/ Glasgow and Hugh B. Sproul. OF
Staunton. Each is being urged to
run. but IL is not expected that
there will be more than one csndi-
date 10 come out Of Augusta or the
4 city of Staunton
Senator Bland Massie OF Nelson
! County. is also suggested but ID =
not thought he will be worr 90
much over IL and that he will hard
ly give IL enough attention 20 say
that he does not care to 90 o. Con-
gress.
Hugh H Bird. Of Bath County.
and Turner Mcdowell. Of BotetuurJ.
are also suggested. and aIun- v !
these and others who are taIs.f
about comes the report that the
Republicans may decide TO pa: a
candidate in the race and try U7.-e
again to send man from that d..
trict Jacob Yost. the last e.. ID r.
follower TO represent tn district
and who was succeeded hy Ecpr,-
sentative Flood about ~ mtg yoar-
ago. is regarded as the most Likely
candidate for the opposition.
C. o. =. Under cover.
II is not thought the Republicans
pretty well established who IL q"
be the Democratic candidate. but f
the decision is 20 make a fight s7d
Yost will take the nomination DO
is the man the G. o. T. COUNCILS
will almost surely select
It is not known yet how the 1's-
trict Is to nominate. nor " IT'D ~
be determined until the distTi'i
committee is convened by Chairman
Ferguson. The committee usually
meets in Lynchburg, which c,'F =
about equally distant from q. : Ai''
Of the district
The selection OF a State ma
man, which place was also soe
vacant by the death OF Represents I
tive Flood. Is as yet attracting ia
tie attention. for interest no" GER
tiers around the Tenth district nom
ination. II seems generSuH
cepted, however, that state s'h4 ' II,
Harry F. Byrd. OF Winchestt'. W
be elected TO that place. Mt. hH -
is now chairman OF the Sven
ConEressionsl district and. u j. %
llieyed. would accept the charm
ship. 1t is not likely that the 80 60,
committee will get together p'.'.
next spring to MI this Na'a ~
unless some unexpected cond'' '''
should arise.
The impression prevails IN y.
lliticaI circles that Gen. W. W
will accept the appointment as
jutant general. which ONCE ne