Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-09-10
WASHINGTON GOSSIP.
ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL
poYp AND THE WOOD CASE.
COLONEL BRADY'S ARGUMENTS.
Composition of the Republican
Party in virsinfs-rhe Lambite.
and tho Probable Success. of Tnc,r
observation-disclosures Notes.

tspecal assistant Attorney coror.t
James =. Boyd is now acting Attornav.
General, IN the absence Of Mr.. Mcken,,
aho EFT today TO join the Presideo, :,
somerset, Pa. IL Is understood tho, a..
Auoraey-General goes to consult tho
President ana Senator Hanna with 70.
ference to the discriminating duty"
clause IN the tariff bill, about which thoro
seems 10 be so much MISUNDERSTANDING
and misconstruetion among the Treasury
officials. Mr.. McKenna VIII nrohahi,,
remain at Somerset. with the presidential
parry until Monday, when they Will all
return 10 this city. In the mean time
Acang-Attorney-General Boyd Is en-
gagged IN preparing the governments
answer IN the civil service case Of + T.
WOOD department Official. who de-
eAned 10 accept a reduced position and
salary, 10 make way for a Republi
cam ana resorted to the courts to test
the matter. This case is somewhat SINH
Jar 10 the cases Of the internal revenue
deputies In Richmond. removed by Col
lector Brady. except that Wood was re-
auced instead Of being deposed and he
Aeia on to mis- Office, disregarding the
oHcial order removing him.
COLONEL BRADY.
colonel James ID. Brady, as a member
Of tho quintuple patronage dispensing
Hcpuoiican Executive Committee of
Virginia, while here yesterday, en-
deayored TO defend the action of the
state committee In deposing Chairman
Lamb, and refusing TO call a State con-
Nention OF the party. He resorted to All
sorts OF shifty arguments to Justify
Wnat had been done at Iynchburg in
Guiding the usual Radical clap-trap about
unfair elections but he was candid
enough TO admit that Il was the negro
clement Of the party only that favored
= convention, and also that It was owing
70 a lack of funds-the want OF money
tht prevented the State Committee
from calling convention and nominating
q, State ticket.
Now, here are two admissions. made
BY Colonel Brady. which disclosed the
actual policy of the quintuple leadership |
Of the Republican party IN Virginia |
III IS well known that the negroes con- |
sutute mo voting strength of the party |
a. least two thirds Of II. II no more |
bnu that without the negroes, the party |
as IL mas been organized up to the pres
ent time, would be no party at all. Col
mel Brady discredts, and treats with q
lofy contempt. the bulk-tha rank and
nie-of his own party. but tacitly adj
nlls IN Z they opposed the decapitation
i Coionel Lamb, ana that they favor
ne calling OF a convention and the noni.
nation OF State ticket. In other words.
NE state Committee has deliberately
ridden rough-shod over the wishes OF a
large majority of the party. and adopted
oo-notning policy, TO which they are
Directly opposed
LACK OF A BARL.
The real secret OF this do-notbing nolicv
of the State Committee. however. trans
Pires when Colonel Brady innocently con-
fesses they had no money with which
20 conduct a State campaign. They
wanted fund similar TO the one In hand
last year, but it was not Forthcoming.
He said; Every practical politician
Knows that it is utterly useless to make
campaign without money. / have had |
ne much TO do, think. as any man in
he State. for the past twenty-five years.
With the raising of funds to pay the legi-
Innate political expenses of Republican
ampaigus. Northern Republicans have
ONE TO my assistance whenever / have
ippoaled 10 them. / do not feel Justified q
"A going to them again. and asking them
o contribute 10 another campaign In Vir-
mia, because / feel satisfied, with the
,Dowiedge / have of existing conditions.
,e might as wei take their money anu
brew IL into tho Potomac river"
The money. If II could have been oh.
aimed would not have been thrown
Ito the Potomac" Nobody ever heard
hat the funds contributed by the rail- {
Dads. insurance companies. and Mark :
lama last year was thrown into the )
otsmac.
THE LAMB POSITION. '
II seems though. that Colonel Lamb {
nd his followers. who include a large =
oItion Of the white element of the Re- n
1blican party in Virginia, do not agree |
ith Colonel Brady. and the Executive
ommittee. They do not call for such y
campaign fund as Colonel Brady thinks n
ecessary 10 carry on campaign A n
invention has been called. and the indi- b
atoms are that the call will be re- q
londed 10 in all sections of the State. !.
"a that ticket will be nominated. and
vigorous fight made for the State Of r,
'es and the members of the Assembly al
all the senatorial districts and counties "
the state Ct
As an instance of the feeling regarding q
e call Issued by Colonel Lamb in this a
ly, the Virginia Republican League. v,
hich Is largely composed OF colored men. nj
I'D meeting last night, at which each "
ngressional district I'm the State was
presented. The recent meeting of the m
ate Committee and the removal of II
lairman William Lamb vera discussed. III
was denounced as unfair. detrimental 81
the Republican party I'm the State and IN
ainst the interests and wishes of the te
ople of Virginia. The call for a State of
mention. 10 be held in Lynchburg
tober 9th. was Endorsed. A commit 10
E was appointed TO urge the Republ;- ~
D voters throughout the State 10 call un
unity and district conventions and send no no,
egates TO tho State convention. liz
-he league also decided to raise money ten
SEND delegates TO the State conven- n
y and 10 employ speakers I'm the cam up
IGN. resolution TO cali a public ON
ss-meeting for the purpose of iy3uing az
address 10 the Republicans of Vir- s sn.
lia. setting forth their duties and op- an,
.1H,ies' in the coming election, was rar
FRIED cur
WEDDING ANTICIPATED. WEI
N tuesday last. Miss Carolyn May
"-Ny the daughter of Mr.. Orlando 90
SUNNY Of Takoma Park, and Mr. por
. .. carroll Kirby of Fort Royal, Va. Ilei
'I''pated the date set for their we'd IA ~,
y curing the coming Christmas hoH- n noe,
. ana slipped quietly over TO Tow ninj
= near Baltimore. where they were | turf
~" lalcr in the evening at the resi- a Sc
ice ~. OF alr George p. Tracy, by Rev. bee
- Nailaher OF the Towson Methodist mn
scoYal church. thai
was lhe intention of the young nhis
PV 10 return 10 Washington imme- othe