Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-12-16

Terms OF United states COuTt IL
Year, Introduced by Senator Mar
tin-,Jnrtha washington Stamp
from First Sheet of Series Printed |
Sent to Judge Sencr.
WASHINGTON, D. c.. December Is
(Special)-Senator Daniel and a good
many other members of the Virginia del
cgation in Congress are not pleased Win |
the turn Of affairs in Venezuela. Ihelr
| sympathies are ra ther with the under and
smaller in the fight, and, furthermore,
there is just suspicion that the Monroe
doctrine is being encroached upon.
Senator Daniel and all the others who
feel this way refuse to talk. for the pres
| ent. They are waiting for facts before
| committing themselves, but they voice a
feeling that is getting strong in Con-
gress They ask numerous questions that
| Indicate the trend of their minds. The
| fact is that the feeling is growing that
the President and his Secretary of State
! have placed too much confidence IN the
assurances of England and Germany that
| they will not violate the Monroe doctrine
trying to secure territory. There are
| good many who believe that an entering
wedge has been allowed that will make
trouble for the United States, and bring
about an interference on the part OF this
| country that will be more or less serious.
| The trouble is that the United States may
! find it difficult to put stop to steps that
! were not contemplated at the beginning
| of the agreement that was made Secre-
! tary Hay agreed with England and Ger
| many that certain steps should be taken,
but the old trouble of inability to see
| certain other steps that are the results
+! of the first is beginning to be apparent.
| There is where the danger of trouble
lies.
How is the United States going to inter-
| fere to prevent successive steps belns
taken, any of which may lead TO serl.
| Gus impairment of the Monroe doctrlnet
| Blame is placed on the administration for
not foreseeng these possibilities and pro-
yiding for them.
President Asked to Virginia.
Senator Daniel to-day presented to the
President Mr. Julius D. Dreher, presi-
dent of Roanoke College, Salem, Va. The
| college will celebrate its senli-centenniaI
when the annual commencement exer-
cises are held, June II, 1868. and MT.
| Dreher desired to. ask the President 10
honor the institution with his presence.
The President expressed himself as nav
ing MANY engagements early next sum-
mer when the exercises will be held, and
doubted his ability to be present, but
said he would take the invitation under
consideration.
II remember having invited the Presi-
dent to my college under different CIR
AZ, bsc.,sI ~ nrah
1T was when he was assistant secretary
of the navy that I asked him to attend
the commencement exercises at Roanoke
College. 1 remember his reply well. He
said: 1t will be impossible for me to 60
The outlook is that there will be war with
Spain and if war is declared am. going
to the front as quickly as can set there
l asked him why he preferred going TO
the front to remaining where he was 1T
always pays to be a man. was his quick
answer, and l will never forget it,.
Not Hostile to Slemp.
Park Agnew. chairman Of the Republi-
| can State Committee, says it is not true
that there is any hostility to Colonel
Slemp in the Virginia Republican organ
ization that there is any jealousy. Colo
mel Slemp and myself are the best OF
friends" said Mr.. Agnew to-day to the
Dispatch correspondent. "He helped
is an important part of it. There is no
truth that there are Slemp and anti
Slemp factions IN the party. There may
be people who are trying to make such
factions, but they will hardly turn out
the trouble they had anticipated. There
will be no friction between Colonel Slemp
and the other officials of the Republican
organizat ton Of Virginia.
Circuit Court-Days in Virginia.
Senator Thomas S. Martin to-day intro
duced bill to give Charlottesville and
Roarcke two te1ms OF the United States
Circuit and District courts year. The
bill also provides that there shall be a
clerk appointed for each of these places.
instead of deputy clerks. as is the case
under the present law. Similar bills will
he introduced in the House tomorrow
by Representatives Hay and Glass. The
meeting days of the courts at the various
places will be as follows, if the bill
passes:
Danville, Tuesday. after the second
Monday OF April and November. Lynch
nurg Tuesday after second Monday OF
March and September. Abingdon, first
Monday in May and October. Harrison
burg, Tuesday after first Monday in June
and December. Charlottesville, second
Monday Of Aarch and first Monday in
July. Roanoke. second Monday in Feb
ruary and third Monday in June.
To Enlarge Federal Building.
Senator Daniel introduced bill to-day,
appropriating $600GO for the enlargement
of the Federal building at Lynchburg.
He also introduced a bill for the relief
of the Strasburg Evangelical Lutheran
church. and one granting pension to
Mrs Maria Elizabeth Horner. widow of
the late Surgeon Frederick Horner, OF
: the United States navy, of $40 per month.
Martha Washington Stamp.
Edwin C. Madden, Third Assistant
Postma ster- General, has written letter
to Judge James B. Sener. a well-known
Virs1nian; he says: You suggested that
| the announcement of the new Martha
Washington Scent postage stamp should
be made on the 21st of May. 1902, that
| heinr the Anniversary or the death OF