Evening star., 1948-11-03
Virginia. Sticks
.1oDennocrats
BY $4,000 Votes
Presents Solid Front
Without Help From
Byrd Organization
BY Alex r. Preston
Virginia is out on a limb.

Al ycoGCIudy clcCtlOI, LQe Ol0
Dominion State presented a solid
Democratic front, but without the
aid OF the dominant organization
leaders, Senator Byrd and Gov.
Tuck.
The comfortable margin of victory
by which President Truman is as
sured of Virginia's II electoral votes
may have far-reaching effects on
the 194s guberEatorial primary.
The Republicans. though failing
to win the Senate seat at stake, or
any of the nine House contests, did
give evidence that they have come a
long way toward establishing a two
party system in the Old Dominion.
With 1867 of 1,755 precincts
tabulated, President Truman had
l98,787 votes to 169,675 for Gov.
Dewey.
Thurmond Wins One County.
Gov. Thurmond. the States Rights
candidate who had been warmly
received by Gov. Tuck a month ago.
poiled 1923. He was victor in one
county only and that was Halifax,
the home of Gov. Tuck.
Senator Robertson and all the
Democratic House winners said be-
fore the election they would vote for
President Truman, but Senator Byrd
and Gov. Tuck, sponsors of the
States "anti-Truman" election law,
may well stand in political disgrace
with the national administration.
Neither committed himself in the
presidential campaign.
With three Democrats already an
nounced for the primary for Gov
ernor next year, one, more than the
others, will claim yesterdays results
as personal victory. He is Francis
Pickens Miller of Albemarle County
former member of the House of
Delegates from Fairfax.
Miller Had Stumped State.
Mr.. Miller was more aggressive
than either Of his opponents in urg-
ing support of the straight Demo-
II dtAS GiShCt. 11Ao OPpO1iCiIS dl e
State Senator John S. Battle of
Charlottesville, and Horace Edwards
of Richmond, former chairman of
the Democratic State Central Com
mittee.
Although Mr.. Edwards did make a
plea for party loyalty when he re-
signed as State chairman and made
speeches supporting President Tru-
man in the closing days of the cam
paign, Mr.. Miller first fought the
"anti-Truman" bill passed by the
General Assembly, and has stumped
the State for the President ever
since.
President Truman ran far behind
Senator Robertson in the State total
but was leading in II Of the 100
counties and in 10 of the Is cities.
Gov. Dewey had won or was leading
in % OF the counties and in six of
the cities.
The incomplete returns gave
Henry A. Wallace a count of
2,033 votes.
Vote Tops That Of "A.
When 1867 precincts had reported,
the total vote was All ,818 compared
with 388,485 cast four years ago.
In the House contests, Represent
ative Smith of the nearby 9th Dis
trict won easily over Tyrrell Krum,
Washington newspaperman who
lives in Fairfax County. This dis
trict, however. was the second most
hard fought over by Republicans.
Mr.. Smith. who lives in Alexan-
dria, polled 1892 to 24,6S2 for M.
Krum in 232 out of 235 precincts.
In the 7th shenandoah Valley
District. Representative Harrison of
Winchester was reelected with
23.542 votes to 1897 for his Repub-
lican opponent, Stephen D. Timber
lake Of Staunton In 245 out of 259
precincts.
COP. Fails in Ninth.
The 9th district was expected to
be the hardest fought over. 1t
turned out that way. Thomas B.
Fugate, Democrat, of Ewing had
32,736 votes to 29,981 for Eugene
Worrell, Bristol Republican, in 233
of 248 precincts. Representative
Flanagan, Democrat, is retiring at
the end of this year.
Other House results, some incom-
plete. were:
First district - Representative
Bland, dean of the Virginia legis-
lators, 24.1s2; Stanley G. Adams,
Republican, 5,434, in 162 of 1854
precincts.
I'd Representative Hardy,
"a, POT; Walter E. Hoffman, Repub-
lican. 15,625, complete.
Sd district-Representative Gary,
33,85l; Richard C. Poage, Repub-
lican, 1890, complete.
4th district-Representative Alb
bitt, unopposed.
5th district-Representative STAN
ley. unopposed.
Sixth district-Clarence G. Burton,
Democrat, 29.067: John Strickler,
Republican, 1888 in 178 out of 1872
precincts, for the seat vacated by
State Attorney General Lindsay
Almond, jr.
Various polls, plus the "hands-off"
attitude in the Presidential race of
the State Central Committee, had
given Republicans their brightest
hopes of capturing votes since 1923
when Virginia voted for Herbert
Hoover.
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