Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-12-23

WASHINGTON. p. G. December c.
tSScciai. Representative Rixcy went To-
DAY 10 Culpeper. where he has a case
pending in court Mr. Rixey will re-
main here during the holidays.
Nv W Marmaduke. of westmoreland
county has been reelected for the fifth
Consecutive time secretary Of tho amcr1-
can Ticket Brokers Association. Mr..
Nar1naduk is one OF the best-known
Ecilct brokers in the country,
5%ReprcScntat;Tc Lamb. l.aSsiter Rhea.
e:ld Glass haze all gone home 10 spend
the holidays.
as P MssSaso xf a;si a Miss ses Scot
Norfolk, Thomas O. ISonney. Nortolk: =
" Condor Riverside Park: c. N. Breigh-
on. Herndon; r NJ. Kemp. Middletown:
iron. Richmond: ]. a. smith; T. G. Per,
Unison and wife; @. +. Parkinson and
sife: James Cox. Mount Jackson; Viii
lam Lamb: ] ". Schoolfred. OanF.lle;
: s. Mccoy. Sowego; George s. Fletcher.
Rarrenton; ". ]. Humphrey, I. \: Haas
lId wife Harrisonburg: ". y. Clarke.
j. Richmond: q. r, CoyerSton and wife
Farrc11ton: w r. Fitzgerald, DanTiile;
1 KV Boyer, Woodstock; S. \. Baker.
bristol: John G Graham, Roanoke: D.
\. ]. Dawson and daughter. Richmond;
Mss Lenore Coleman. Brandy: w. 9.
towman; a. II. Pinney, Richmond; G j.
d.
richmond; T. Q. Troy. Richmond.
The following pensions have been issued
. NrginianS to-day:
Increase. reissue, etc.-GeorSe AleXan-
y DER SI2 tMeXican war;.
s@. Widows. minors. and dependent rela-
s DE YES Louisa Thornton. Richmond. S.:
@sdiine Bland. Petersburg, So war with
w ipainl
o Air. George Thorne. of Newport News,
(nd Miss Eva @. Skllman. of this cty.
TIE. MINORITY LEADERSHIP.
The announcement of Representative
Clamp Clark that he will be a candi-
ate for minority leader in the next House
fas thrown some spice into that contest
& is an empty honor, it is true, but, like
Ic position OF Keeper Of the Chetern
sundreds in England, a position with no.
hing but 4 title il is much sought after
lohn Sharp Williams and Champ Clark
IRE now avowed candidates for the place.
Major Richardson of Tennessee, who
aolds the position at present, will take
= it is said by a member of the Viz
inia delegation if he can get it. but
not willing To make fight for it. He
aaS told friends that he would not be
candidate. if there was any opposition.
It is probable that the majority of the
delegation from the Old Dominion VIII
line up with the Williams forces when
: tn" caucus meets To choose Richardson s
( Successor. Williams is counted the keen
est deb-ter i'll the House. and is said 10
he without a peer when ii comes TO see
INK al Inc possible $l'bSS Oi Il question
in moment Henry Clay once said that
he would rather be right than President.
and now Mr. Williams comes along and
says, according to the Virginia congress
man quoted above. that he would rather
he floor leader than speaker.
RESPONSIBLE / POSITION
The position OF minority leader, while
sH empty honor. is yet responsible
position. a party is judged more by
its record in Congress than anything
else. II deToives on the minority leader
10 get the cause Of his party before the
country in the best shape. He must
watch the vulnerable spots in the oppo-
7iuon. armor and then he must pierce it
al those spots and al the right time. He
must lie a thorough parliamentarian and
ifave ii all at his fingers ends. A good
thought coming Il moment slow may undo
\ n important cause. These qualities. his
friends claim. Mr.. Williams possesses to
z larger degree than any other member
OF the House.
1t IS a noteworthy fact that Mr.. Will
Jams. like a great many other promi-
aent members Of the house was educated
- the University of Virginia