Evening star., 1948-10-22
CuIpeper Voters
Back Robertson,
Smith d SoIidIy
Trumun Seen Leading
In Presidential Vote
Despite Purty Split !
(This Is one OF q series on the
political situation in Northers
Virgirta.l
By Alex z. Preston
Stur Stoff correspondens

S'A' S's'' SStosPCuoosH
CULPEPER, Va, Oct. 22.-Sena.
tor Robertson and Representative
Smith, Democrats, never stood more
solidly with the voters anywhere in
Virginia than in Gulpeper County.
The assumption, too, is that Presi.
dent Truman will receive the larger
vote here, but Democratic leaders
have refrained from calling the
county committee together so as to
avoid tiff among themselves over
the Presidential campaign.
Although Republicans are In the
minority, they constitute the only
party to have a campaign feaduuar-
tiers IN town. It displays large
posters and has piles of campaign
literature.
The 9th Congressional District
candidate, Tyrrell Krum of Fairfax
and the COP senatorial candidate.
Robert H. Woods, Pearisburg, are
conspicuous by the absence of their
campaign literature. Sample Re.
publican ballots, free to all comers.
Dear marks for them, however.
Sees COP Vote for Smith.
Commonwealth's Attorney Roger
a. Blckers, Democrat, who has been
N Office 20 years, said: st guaran.
tee that so per cent of the Re-
publicans in this county will vota
for Smith" Mr.. Bickers incidental.
~. heads the areas States Rights
movement which held a rally here
Tor Cows. Thurmon and Wright.
states Rights candidates for Pres
ident and Vice President: also for
senator Robertson and Representa-
tive Smith.
Jackson Eggborn, operator of ths
Lord Culpeper Hotel, is the county
republican chairman. Even he con.
ceoes the certain vote for Senator
Eooertson and Mr.. Smith, but diff.
fers with the Democrats in his
estimate Of the county's vote ON
the Presidential ballot. II will hs
close between President Truman
ana Gov. Dewey, locally, with Mr..
Dewey sure to carry the State, he
feels. '' 'e
representative Smiths strength
IN tnls midway area of his district
Is due largely to the dairy farm
ing which predominates here n
mas been the history of previous
electlons and is believed to hold true
now that he is strongest in the
rural sections of the district and
weakest where there is labor vote
conversely, Mr.. Krum is exnected
70 make his best relative showing
fax areas. ~
State Senator Robert y Rutto,
OF Capepper does not believe manv
,.s, y2eers Will turn out election -fjav
ne antl-Truman drive of Senator
6yrd and Gov. Tuck has not meme.
erated the rural areas sufficiently Ia
arouse local interest, he believes
U. I. Quinn, clerk of the Circ,,;t
Court for the last 20 wears ssus
ABOUT 1000 persons are qualified ia
vote IN the county, but he does NOT
oeneVe more than 1000 will par
tlclpate. As many as 1000 votes
nave been cast in hotly-contested
local races. 1
Old line Democrats have don.
nothing to get out the vote and
notnlng Is scheduled, Mr.. Quinn
saio. Even in 1928, when Virginia
voted Republican, Culpepper County
gave Al Smith 1856 votes to 753 for
Herbert Hoover. In 1894 II eavs
PRESIDENT Roosevelt 1,022 votes tn
1o0 Tor Gov. Dewey and in the sans
year Representative Smith received
LOO to 27o for his Republican op-
ponent, Lawrence Michael of Arlinr-
ton. Only a little more than ion
republican votes were cast in the
States first COP primary here this
year. The Democrats at the sans
time recorded 672 ballots for their
candidates.
Wants Dewey to Visit State.
Mr. Eggborn believes Gov. Dewey
would cinch what he termed favor.
able prospects of carrying the STATE
II the presidential aspirant would
make one or two personal appear.
ances In Virginia. The Republican
chairman sought to encourage q
visit by Gov. Dewey when he sent
the New York Governor an editorial
from the Richmond Times Dispatch
posing the question will Dewey
come here?" He received an &C.
knowledgement. The Republican
campaign headquarters incidentally.
Is managed part of the time by vii.
liam A. Bickers, brother of the
States Rights commonwealth attor.
ney.
Attorney c. M. Waite, chairman
OF the Democratic Committee. is
among those convinced that most of
the Democrats here will vote the
straight party ticket. He has been
Democratic chairman for more than
80 years and the Smith Hoover
campaign is the only bitter presi-
Dental contest he can remember.
The Democratic Committee has
not met to indorse candidates for.
mally.
We want to avoid a split like they
had In Fairfax, Mr.. Waite said. He
referred to last weeks action by the
Fairfax County Democratic Com
mittee asking for the resignation of
members who refused to support
President Truman.
Church eunnnr Ta~~-..