The Washington herald., 1921-10-09
CHAIRMAN FLOOD
PREDICTS $1,000
LEAD FOR TRlgKLE
Col. Anderson Wages
Warm Campaign for
Va. Governorship. .
MAPP GIVES STAND
Says He Is Not 'N9w" Can.
didate for United States
Senate.
MAPP GIVES STAND
Especial to II. w.shinesss H.r.h.,

topsoAAi 70 Iue Wesmu8ton asrAin.D
RICHMOND. Va, Oct. s.-Repre-
sentative Hal ID. Flood. chairman
of the Democratic State committee.
is predicting a majority of at least
10000 for Senator Z. Lee Trinkle
over Col. Henry w. Anderson. can
didate for governor on the Repub-
lican ticket. The condition which
led the State chairman to make
this forecast. he said, was the great
crowds which lare attending the
Democratic rallies in all parts OF
the Old Dominion, With the large
crowds, Mr., Flood points out. is an
activity and enthusiasm not appar.
ent in campaign in this State In
twenty years at least. Mr.. Flood
had just returned from q trip in
Middfesex and at West Point when
he made his prediction.
Senator Trinkle Is speaking to
crowds that would do credit to
forty years ago when the Virginia
Democrats were put to their best
efforts to regain control of the
State. At Christiansburg his audi
ence was declared to have been the
At Lexington, the home of Henry
st. George Tucker, defeated candi-
date for the nomination, Senator
Trinkle had a large hearing.
Danville is making big prepara-
tions for Mr.. Trinkle. who is to
speak in that city on Armistice
Day. which appearance. however,
will be after decision has been
registered at@the polls.
The State headquarters report an
increasing demand for Senator
Trinkle's first or Keynote" ad-
dress. and this 10 being printed for
general distribution over the State
between now. and the close of the
campaign.
Col. Andersen Renews Attack.
! Col Anderson. for the Republi-
cans. is continuing his Statewide
canvass, in which he is continuing
his attacks upon the State Demo-
cratic party. The outstanding fea-
ture of this is his claim that the
rule of one party any great length
Of time results in what might be
called Al machine. He holds that
the Democratic party in Virginia is
| now such a machine and that in
dependent men are unable to stand
before the machine. He prephesied
khdN SON. bdNls WOulu nOL SURVIVE
the grip of this machine, recalling
that A. J. Montague had tried to
buck IL and was put down when he
| ran for United States Senator. al
leging that when Montague bowed
to its will again he was allowed to
be a member of the House Of Rep
resentatives. where he now does
the bidding OF the machine.
One 0f the iuteraxfino
currences Of the week in the politi-
cal arena of the State was a nat
denial froom State Senator G. Wal
ter Mapp. father of the Mapp pro-
hibition enforcement bill, that he
had definitely decided not to be
candidate next year for the Demo-
cratic nomination for United States
Senator against Senator Claude A.
Swanson, incumbent. and Gov
westmoreland Davis, both avowed
candidates. The morning papers OF
the State this week carried the fat
announcement from Frederick sburg
that r. C. L. Moncure, of Stafford
County, had received a letter from
Senator Mapp. stating that he was
not a candidate for Senator and
was supporting Senator Swanson
for denomination. From this source
1t was stated that the recent state
ment that he was thinking of be-
coming a candidate was without
authority from him.
Mapp withhoIds Decision.
1t is not known whether this
took Senator Mapp to Richmond or
not. but he was at the capital the
next day and while there author
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candidate and that IL is practically
certain that he will not be a candi-
date during the present campaign
in the State. Just what will take
place in the future only the future
can determine, Senator Mapp els
quoted as saying. He stated. that
the original report that he would
be a candidate came from over
jealous friends. He said: mo. one
can foretell the events of the fu
ture and l do not mean TO say ab-
solutely that I will not be a candi-
date. At present the State cam
paign is on and II is the duty of
all Democrats to avoid any fights
inside the patty. We should unite
and give Trihkle a large majority,
You can readily see that this IA n6
time to announce my candidacy,
even II i had determined to run for
the United States Senate"
Senator Mapp, stated that as soon
as 1t was published throughout the
State that he would be a candidate
he was fairly swamped with mail
from friends rallying to his sup
port.
Mrs. otey Explains.
Mrs. Elizabeth Lewis otey, Re-
publican candidate for superintend-
ent of public instruction, in her
speech at Lexington. when Harris
Hoge, OF Roanoke, was also a
speaker explained that she voted
for Debs for President while ne
was in the Atlanta penitentiary be-
cause aDemocratic administration
had held Debs in prison long after
the war had ended. She declared
that she was no Socialist, but was
running for office chiefly because
shs believed she would be able to
do good for the State. She dis
claimed any previous party affllia-
ton.
I The situation in the Fifth dis
trict, where a successor to the late
representative Rorer A. James is
to be elected in November, is stir
ring up q hot fight. ]. NJ. Hooker,
democratic, and T. L. Felts, Repub-
hcan candidates. respectively. are
making close canvass.