Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-07-30
Tho Campaign and the Candidates

me I afliiliSn ana the I antiiuatcS
NN the surface the campaign that will
~ end with the Democratic State pri-
mary election on Tuesday has commanded
little public attention. and there seems no
reason 10 suppose there is mach stirring
of the political waters beneath the surface.
nv comparison with other contests over
the party nomination for such Offices as
United States Senator and Governor. say
during the past thirty years. that of 1922
seems the most quiet of them all.
one reason for this is the small amount
OF speech making. Mr. Davis has made
half Il dozen or 50 addresses: Mr.. Swanson
none. y few scattered talks here and there
hay" been delivered by friends of the can
didatcs. when the audiences have been con
fined mainly to sections OF the larger cities.
Former Governor Wcstmorciand Davis
let his friends know last year that he would
he candidate TO succeed Senator Claude
\. Swanson for the term beginning March
4. 1928. He could do but little until af-
ter the expiration OF his term as Governor
on February OF this year. Since then
he has been extremely active. He is full
OF energy and rcsourcofulness and has
worked and thought and left nothing un-
done.
MIR. swanson has remained in Washing
ton, save for one or two trips To Richmond
FOR conferences. He has been in attendance
AT the session OF Congress. Work in his
behalf has been done by his friends. and his
campaign is we'll organized He has been
III public life in Virginia for more than Il
quarter OF Il century. acquiring a wide
knowledge of men and local situations
Both men have TO large extent based
their claims for votes on their records Mir
Davis points to the budget. To prison re-
for
plies, while he was chief executive He
announces that if elected 10 the senate. he
will align himself with the farm bloc He
is in close touch with the farmers and
was for years president OF the State Farm
ers' Institute. He points with pride to his
ehortS TO break up the political hold of the
plots ana his desire TO shatter the povtr
OIL certain political preachers" Mr. Swan
son refers 10 the record of advancoment
particularly in public education while he
was Governor. and to his services in the
Senate including aid Of President Wilson'S
war and postwar policies Mr. Swanson
is opposed TO the bonus: Mr.. Davis to the
snip subsidy. II may he said that any
voter who desires TO know what each can
didate claims for himself can easily find out
In the primary OF jus, one year ago about
l'",oO0 voters went To the polls That was
the governorship. and all the cities were
AT the same time nominating local officers
and those candidates brought out MANY
Votes. II may bq SAID that the vote Tues
day is not likely TO exceed 10000 There
may be surprises. and no election is sure
until the votes are counted So soon as
possible. The Times Dispatch will get the
results 10 the people. The campaign man
ayers are making the usual extravagant
claims; that is partly what they are for.
In the Sixth Congressional District. Col
onei James u. Woods. the incumbent and
Judge Clifton \. Woodruff who desires ia
be the incumbent have spoken through
out the district to let il be known in each
instance why the speaker should be elected
la the Second District. Assistant Attorney
General Josiah ID. Hank. Jr.. has been has
ing his campaign on law enforcement and
building up the port. Representative 10
Scph l. Deal says he stands for the same
things. and he opposes the Shcppar Town
er bill and complains because Mr. Hank
does not state his position on that measure
In the other districts of the State. the
incumbcnts q! congressional seats walked
quietly around the bases and registered
nom" runs without having 10 contribute 10
public excitement in their districts
Former President Wilson EXPRESSED the
hope THAT the contest in Virginia will ron-
crate enthusiasm for the purposes of the
party. but not personal bitterness" There
IL bitterness, hut probably less than in anv
hard-iought contest for many years