Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-04-07
Caucus Candidates for Federal
Offices in Virginia.

Offices in Virginia.
WASHINGTON, April 2.-The Virginia
congressional delegation, which met in
the commit CO room Of Senator Daniel at
the Capitol Friday night to discuss the
difficult problem Of agreeing upon tie
candidates they would iodorse for the
principal federal local Offices IN their
State, remained in session until after 3
o'clock yesterday morning. Though the
session was so protractod there was little
If any Ill feeling eugendeTed. At the BE-
ginning Of the caucus Representative
Meredith, of the eight district, announced
that he would not Join with the caucus
in making Endorsements. He had already
promised bis Endorsement to certain car =
ddates and he could not desert them TO
support other candidates that might be
agreed upon by the caucus. This dec
laration brought about a long discussion
as to whether, IN view of the impossible
ty of obtaining the unanimous indorse-
ment of the delegation, any Endorsements
should be made at all. 1t was finally
agreed that The other members of the del.
egation should go ahead and make their
Endorsements without Mr.. Meredith. Mr..
Meredith remained in the caucus until its
adjournment. however.
Mr. Marshall, the Congressman elected
from the ninth district, offered a resolu
tion providing that the candida ties fol
the western district should be selected
By the Representatives from the district
in conjunction with the two Senators,
and the candidates for the eastern dis
trict should be selected by the Represen-
tatves from that district in conjunction
with the Senator's Representative elect
Swanson, Of the fifth district, opposed
this resol 1tion with one providing for th'
action Of the entire delegation on eael
candidate. Three hours of debate follow
ed and Mr.. Swansons resolution wat
finally adopted. Then came the selection
of the candidates, which turned out tC
be 8 difficult task A large number Of
ballots we're taken and all sorts of con-
binations were attempted. Tbs fiua
result was the Endorsement Of the follow
ing candidates by the signatures OF 81
the delegation except that of Mr.. Mere
dith: Western distriei-A. J. Montague
of Danyille. for district attorney; Mr
Levi, for marshal; Hamilton Shepherd
of WarrentOn, for collector of interna
revenue. Eastern district-Francis r.
Lassiter, Of Petersburg, for district attor.
ney Capt. j. NJ. Hudgin, of Caroline
county, for marshal, and william Ryan
Of the Richmond State, for collector of
internal revenue. 1t il understood the
President has already announced his IN
tentlon of appointing Mr.. Ryan to the
Office for which he has been Endorsed.
The delegation will present the slate tC
the President at their earliest opportuni
ty. They will endeavor to have Mr.
Montague'5 appointment made at once
though the term Of VI. Z. Craig, the
president district attorney for the western
district will not expire for some time
They will prefer charges of offensive
partisanship against Mr. Craig and
erdeavor to have HIM removed for cause
The action of the caucus dees not seem
to have discouraged all the Independent
candidates tor places in the State, and
two candidates for collector of internal
revenue filed their papers at the Treasury
Department yesterday. They were
James b Male, of Culpeper, and George
4. Mushback, Of Alexant ria.