The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-11-10
MANY CHANGES AT
THE CAPITOL 1 [
New Faces in Many Pub
lie Places.
SOME HOT FIGHTS.
Much Ceremony About the Gos-
ernor's Inauguration;
CONTESTS FOR STATE OFFICES.
Pretty Race for the speakership ottss {
FIahts Before the Men Who Are to
Make the Laws This Win.
ter-sany Have Served
the People Here
CONTESTS FOR STATE OFFICES.

/ AS a result of the elections held through. 4
/ ont Virginia on Tuesday last there will De {
| surprising changes at the Capitol on Jan~iSss
uary 1st, 1902.
/ The new year comes in on Wednesday,
| and the casual visitor who leaves tho his I
/! toric old building on Tuesday win be (
startled at the many new faces he Will i
find in the public offices.
A new Governor will be in command az
| the Executive Department, and a new
Lieutenant-Governor will WELD tho Sarei
over the State Senate. There will bo
new Secretary of the Commonwealth, ana
over in the Library building a new Attor- |
| ney- General will be at the helm. New
| private secretaries viii receive at both tho
| Executive Office and that OF the Attor-
/ ney- General, and there may be some new
| faces in other State offices.
/ But changes will begin as early as tfs
| first Wednesday in December. for this
/ coming Legislature will have In it a lar
/ ger percentage of new men than any thar
/ has assembled in the State In years. Over
/ the deliberations of the lower branch oc
Il
/ that important body a new speaker will
preside. and it is expected that at least
some new officers ard committee clerks
| will be chosen.
WITH PoSIP AND CEREM0NY
It is expected that the new administra-s
| ton will be ushered in with much pomp
! and ceremony on the first OF JANUARY.
t t,Governor7eTec Andrew Jackson Montagns
| will take the oath OF Office before repre-
sentatives of the beauty and ehivalry OF
| the Commonwealth III the halt of the
| House of Delegates and his inaugural nd
! dress will doubtless be a masterpiece OF
| eloqueuce and logic. as he is regarded as
| one of the most splendid orators III the
| State.
! The new Governor will have but little
! patronage to distribute. and he has given
! no intinatior up to this time as to what
will be his policy in this line. 1t is :
| thought however. that he viii retain his
/ present efficient private secretary. Mr.. d. !.
a. Ritchie. and that he will reappoint j
| Hon. c.. w. Iloiner as Commissioner OF
Agriculture, and General WiiIiam Nails
! as Adjutant-Generai.
AS to Labor Commissioner, there Will
| be a big fight, and the result seems un-
certain. There will be many applicants i
for membership on the State Beard OF
Fisheries, and some changes are said to
| be probable. AIcssrs- Hartman, Chester-
man and AIurnhy are the present mem-
| bers of the Board of Directors of tho
/ penitentiary. The present board may 10
/ retained. This about completes the list
of places the Governor will have at his
| disposal, with the exception of physician
! to the penitentiary, eighteen coonels for
/ his staff and members of the Boards OF
| Visitors to the various educa tion;il and
humane institutions of the State.
| THE LEGISLATURES.
The Legislature will meet on the first
Wednesday in December. unless it shall be-
| otherwise ordered by the convention.
| which now has the question: under ad-z
visement Hardly in fifteen years has
| there been a General Assembly chosen In
which there Were so many new men.
There will be hardly enough old leaders
/ especially in the lower hranch-to faciti-
tate business on the start One thing.
| however. is true in this connection. and
that is that the body will be charged with
a great deal less responsible work than
usually, fails to such an assembly in Viz
/! siria.
/ The wisest leaders do not dream that
/ the Constitutional Conventions viii begin
to complete its work in time for the Leg
| islatttre elected last Tuesday to put it
| into operation. and it seems to be the
better opinion that the next one chosen
| will DC charged with that irksone task
/ It is expected thar the Legislature will
meet here at the usual time. pass appro-
priation bills and other necessary meas
ures:: count ths vote cast in the recent
election. according to law: elect State
officers; attend the Guber,iator;al !nstusu-
| ration and then adjourn sine die
MANY HOT BATTLES.
But however short the time OF the ceni-
ing session there will be some hot con-
tests for the offices 10 DC gwen out The
speakership of the House will furnish one
of the tprettiest contests. Hon. Samuel l..
Kelley, the brilliant Young leader OF this
I city. and Hon. JOHN Is. Ryan, the popular
member from, Lou<loiin- are the aspirants.
| and the Hon. George i. Hunley. of Math-
cws. has been mentioned by his frieneSs.
sIr. Kelley has flied many positions Of
honor and trust in his PARTY. and has
long Dser an active, working Democrat.
He was Democratic eIectar for this dis
-triet in 1st0. and in that capacity nsade
| IL powerful stump canvass 1ors the party. =
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