The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-12-03

known for some time the President will
take no pant in the fight against Vir-
gina, and he told Wise so. Wise is per-
soma non glata. at the White House. so
rumor has It. and his having the nerve
- so there created surprise His state
,nent that Roosevelt would invite Booker
Washington 10 dine, but would not help
sight Of the White House. has probably
reached the Presidential ears. and its
effect can be easily guessed.
Captain Wise and the faithful Hayes,
having come 10 grief at the White House
the white member Of the firm then tried
Representative Hepburn, OF Iowa He
got a fall there also. Finding it i'm
possible 10 get any enc TO protest the seat
ing OF Class apta!n Wise then did the
next best thing. He determined to allow
The newly e.ected Eirginian 10 take his
seat and then have a resolution intro
dUced providing for an investigation Of
.he laws under which the election was
held. He saw Mr.. Taylor, and the Chioan
consented to act for him.
MIR TAYLOR 5 VIEWS
II discussing the whole case with your
ct respondent to-day, Immediately after
lie meeting OF his COMMITTEES, Mr.. Tay-
!or expressed his opinion in regard to
the peselt consideration OF the resolu
ten, and also upon the probable future
consideration OF ii by the House. He
said:
Il introduced the resolution yesterday
a. the request of Mr.. Wise without hav-
ing eivzn il any serious consideration.
After an examination Of it and after
hearing what he other members OF the
committee had 20 say about it, l came 70
tf1a conclusion that it should be reported
oc ok to the House adversely. Ny rea-
sons for this view l gave TO the members
IL rtFo-l. q
nounced the decision OF the committee
Al the same time l am Of the emphatic
onirliCn thai it was right and proper for
this matter to have been brought tor
raily before the House and formally
disposed OF by the committee This IS
IA better Liam having il hanging in the
air. as it would have done If some
prompt action had not been taken. As
: ii the whole matter is CLOSED as far as
HE Fifty-seventh Congress is concerned.
am OF the opinion. however mat II
Should be brought up before the Fifty
eiehth CONGRESS and settled. l may add
that l think such vii be the case.
This. however. is my private opinion as
coming from one Tho VIII not pe q mem
Der OF the next House.
Mr. Taylor declined denomination LOT
tire nsxt Congress.
there j. g.sat relief felt by the mem
bers Of tie Virginia delegation at the
,,,,oInr.nass with which the whole case
was disposed Of in favor OF Alr. Glass.
They were prepared TO fight to the emu
however. ami had been assured the Nach
fr.- of all the Southern Democrats. =
.,e,v tiibuster would have been con
dactcd GA the tloor in addition TO a :esa
battle in the committee and on the fiooI
Already the proposition Of having 'lr.
Frank Christian come on from Rich
morG had been discussed, and there is
no doubt but that the brilliant Richmond
lawyer would have appeared before the
committee had il been necessary.
STATEMENT OF Mr.. GLASS.
Mr., Glass was disposed TO say very
little abo 4 the matter, but made the
fol' owing statement Of his view:
There is nothing TO say about the
matter further than that the action OF
he Elections Committee was precisely
what il ought 10 have been, and not
FAR from What ] anticipated it would
be When I learned that the President
had declined 70 sanction Misses mer-
cenary crusade against Virginia and that
prominent Republicans. members ike
Niessrs. Cruulpacke- and Hepburn, had
likewise told the New York attorney
they would have nothing to do with his
scheme felt sure that the whole bust
ness would speedily be dismissed.
suppose Captain Wise vii! continue to
PASS around the hat and pocket the
sheckels OF the misguided Virginia ne
groes, hut that is all Il Will amount to-"
The general opinion in regard to the
reintroaucLon of this matter III the next
Congress is that ii will fail then as it
has failed this time. Any one who is
at all familiar with the attempts that
have been made of late years to get
force bill through viii realize how hard
a matter it il. Last year when the
Crumpacter resolution was before the
House several Republican leaders ad-
vised against any such move, and it is
hardly probable that such an investi-
cation as provided for in this cesolu-
lion would be started on the eve of