Evening star., 1935-08-07
CLOSE CONTESTS
MARK BALL0T|NG
Virginia Legislature Pri-
mary Returns Not Yet
Completed.
By the Associated Press.


ate contests and three House races
were In doubt today. election officials
counting far into Wednesday morning
in some sections where voters visited
the polls In record numbers to record
their choice for Democratic nominees
for the General Assembly in yester-
days primary.
Apparently the victory, but with
two precincts still to be tabulated, the
veteran Saxon Holt, President protein
of the Senate and chairman of the
Privileges and Elections Committee,
had a margin OF only 432 votes over
A. L. Bivins, Newport News attorney,
in the thirty-third district The miss
ing precincts were heavy-voting urban
centers.
Casts Heaviest Vote.
Elizabeth City County cast the heav-
lest vote In history In the primary,
the climax of the most spirited po-
litIcal contest seen on the Lower Pen
insula in a decade.
Complete unofficial returns gave S.
Bernard Coleman of Fredericksburg
the Senate nomination in the twenty
seventh district by margin OF only
Is votes over H H Walton of Mineral.
who had the staunch backing of W.
Worth Smith, jr., Senator from the
district, who did not seek reelection.
Not until SO Of the 81 precincts
were tabulated could it be ascertained
that Gordon B. Amber, Z. r. Fuller
and Hill Montague were winners in
Richmond City. Morgan r. Mills
was the unsuccessful senatorial can
didate.
In doubt today was the race in
the twenty y-second senatorial district
between Senator Hunter Miller of
Bedford and G. e. Heller, a fellow
townsman. A considerable number
OF precincts had not been reported.
The contest in the big twenty first
floater district found Leonard G. Muse
of Roanoke and Hal c. Tyler of Rad
ford leading for the nomination of
the districts two senatorial seats. while
Senator H. B. Apperson. opponent
of the Roanoke "home-rule" proposal
of Mayor Sydney Small was trailing.
There were a number Of missing pre-
cincts which political observers said
might be expected to give Apperson
a majority, leaving the race in doubt.
Senator J. Belmont Woodson held
to a slender lead Of just SO votes
over I. Paul WALES of Amherst in
the fourth senatorial district, with
three precincts missing.
House races still in doubt were
those between Delegate S. M. Chit
wood and Frank P. Perrow in the
Bedford Franklin Floyd f1oater dis
trict; the Grayson race between H. T.
Smith and John L. Reeves and the
four-ply contest for two seats in
Pittsylvania County, with Charles j.
Ashworth. D. v. Spangler, C. 3.
Yeats and c. A. Hodges as candi-
dates.
Scott Defeated.
Walter H. Scott, incumbent for the
House in Roanoke City, was defeated
for denomination in one of the
States most interesting contest. Scott,
who like Senator Apperson, opposed
Mayor Smalls home rule" proposal
to allow the City Council instead Of
the State Compensation Board fix
salaries Of the city's constitutional
otices, saw the nominations for two
seats taken by Ray o. Lawson and
M. S. Battle
Reminiscent of the political revolu-
ton Of several years ago, when ad-
ministration forces we're soundly
trounced. Allen s. Carr and ]. N.
Maxey. "anti-organization" candidates.
won the nomination for Portsmouths
two House seats with the backing of
Norman r. Hamilton, publisher of the
Portsmouth Star. Robert w. Moffat,
defeated incumbent, gave credit to
the Portsmouth Stars publisher in
the decisive victory. Carr and Maxey
campaigned on a platform for direct
ward representation in the council
through charter change, for civil serv-
ice reforms in fire and police depart
nents and in full support of the
Roosevelt social security program, in
ciuding old-age pensions and unem-
ployment insurance
Robert w. Daniel of Brandon, for
merly a member of the State Board
Of Education, won the nomination
handily in the sixth senatorial dis
trict over David Harrison of Hope
well. Senator Robert Gillian Of Pet
ersburg went down to defeat before
Benjamin Muse of the same city in
the eighth district.
Replaces Ferguson.
Charles Moses of Appomatox won
the nomination to succeed the late
Senator S. L. Ferguson in the
eleventh. defeating J. Kent Early OF
Charlotte and Charles E. Burks was
renominated in the twelfth, composed
of Lynchburg and Campbell, over
Dudley Davis Of Lynchburg.
Edgar B. English and Charles w.
Moss we're among the incumbents to
be defeated for the House In Rich
mond. Charles r. Purdy and w. F.
Robinson were nominated along with
four incumbents, w. H. Adams,
Charles w. Crowder, Albert o. Bos-
chen and Horace Edwards.
Lucian Shrader, delegate from Am
herst, was successful for renomina-
ton against C. A. Mitchell in a
close contest. G. G. Quesenberry and
H. NICK. Smith were nominated in
the Augusta -Staunton district.
Incumbents generally came through
with flying colors In House contests.
John T. Duval of Gloucester and
Mathews was renominated, although
his opponent. Mrs. Emma Lee White,
carried her own county OF Mathews.
Norfolk sent back Richard Ruffin
and Ralph Daughton and chose w.
w. Venable and E. l.. Breeden to ac-
company them. Norfolk County re-
nominated Z. T. Humphries and z. L.
Oast Charles T. Stuart won in