The Washington herald., 1922-06-04
ONLY TWO VIRGINIA
DISTRICTS TO HAVE
CONGRESS BATTLES
Second and Seventh Have
Contests for Demo
cratic Primaries.
OTHERS UNOPPOSED
Rep. Slemp Reported Doubt
|. full About Running
Again.

n1ShMOND, Va, June 3.-Demo-
cratic contests will prevail in two
Virginia districts in the August
primary for members of Congress,
the other districts seeing the in
cumbents nominated without the
necessity OF entering the primary
ana they will be declared regular
nominees by the district commit
tees.
The nights are in the Second and
seventh districts. J. D. Hank, as
sistant state attorney general, op-
posing ]. T. Deal in the Second,
and Judge Clifton A. woodrum, for
merly Of the Corporation Court in
Roanoke. opposing Col. James P.
Woods, also Of Roanoke. in the Sew
enth district.
Unopposed for Primary.
The Democratic candidates in the
other districts are: First, 8. Otis
Bland; Third. A. ]. Montague;
Fourth. Patrick H. Drewy; Fifth.
J. Murray Hooker; Eighth. r. Wal
ton Moore; Ninth. George e. Peery,
who has already been nominated in
convention. and. Tenth. Harry St.
George Tucker.
At the last moment State Sena-
tor n. B. Early. of Greene County,
decided not to become a candidate
in the Seventh district. this leav-
ing Judge Harrison without pri-
mary opposition, though II is
thought John Paul will be the Re
publican candidate for the Novem-
ber election.
Sunner. sorur. Surnrf.e
Not a little surprise came in an
nouncement by L. T. Summers that
he had decided to accept the ap-
pointment as attorney for the West
ern district of Virginia. and he will
qualify at once. it is understood to
succeed Thomas J. Muncy, who died
in Roanoke several weeks ago. Col.
Summers had to be coaxed quite a
bit. IT is said, to accept the office,
as he did not care to give up a pri-
vate practice more lucrative than
the district attorneyship.
Interest in the Ninth district has
begun to warm up since the Repub-
lican committee of that district has
issued a call for a meeting of the
district committee to be held June
10 at Bristol to arrange for the
time and place of holding a conven-
tion to nominate a candidate for
Congress. Usually the convention
is held late in July or early in Au-
gust in Bristol. and there Is no
reason to think this rule will be
departed from this year.
sIemp Now Undecided.
The fact that Representative c.
B. Slemp is undecided as to whether
he will permit himself to be a can
didate again has the Ninth district
G. o. p. somewhat up in the air. not
because there is not plenty of tins
Der for the nominee but because OF
the uncertainty as to Mr.. Slemp's
future. II he wants the nomination
no one would raise a word against
him. but IL he announces that he
does not care to go back to Wash
ington after this term then the
woods will be full OF likely candi-
dates.
The Democrats have already
nominated George c. Peery, a pop
ular and widely known lawyer, Of
wytheville. and they are confident
they can win this year. but 1t is a
good bet that they are almost hold
ing their breath waiting for Mr..
Slemp to say he is done with Con-
gress. for the Democrats will doubt
less have an easier fight to give
Virginia a solid delegation in Con-
gress with Mr.. Slemp in retirement
than with him again a candidate.
G. o. p. May Call Convention.
The resolution adopted by the Re
I jlitican state Central Committee at
Alexandria that each Congressional
district should have Republican can
didates this year and that a candi-
date should be nominated for the
United States Senate, will not cause
much worry to Virginia Democrats.
except in the Seventh district. Such
a condition is to be expected in the
Ninth and 1t is generally accepted
that John Paul will take another
fling in the Seventh against the
nominee of the Democrats.
The fact that the State commit
tee has declared for a candidate for
the Senate may make II necessary
for the Republicans to hold a State
convention to nominate, unless some
way can be found to agree on a
nominee without a convention. The
Republicans have the right to make
the use of the State primary on Au-
gust 1, but they have failed to
avail themselves of this right by not
having candidates file the required
notice on or before June l.