Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-11-29
sOltOI HIlu
WHAT CONGRESS WILL Do IS YET
PRoBLEs1AT1oAL.
EX-GOVERNOR 'TYLER's RACE.
It viii Add Decided Interest to sem
atoria1 Contest.
APPOINTMENT OF JUDGE LEWIS
1t is Personal One with the Presi-
dent, md Doesn't Mean Turn
Down for the Republican Party Orr
gan1zation In virginin-a1r. Hay
Strengthening. Out the Free Mail
Delivery Trouble In His District.

t(Special)-An unexpected complication of
the Virginia Constitution cases has come
to the surface. The matter will come be-
fore Congress, and will agitate the mind
of that body, more or less, for some weeks
to come, since it involves very delicate
point of law. upon which the minds OF
even the same school seem to differ
Carter Glass is the Congressman-elect
from the Sixth District for the unexpired
full term following. AS Otey's successor
he is, in the natural course of events, en-
titled to take the oath as such. when
Congress meets next Monday. But the
time being set up a dictatorship over
the political affairs or the Old Dominion.
and. pending tho decision of matters per-
tanning thereto, will not allow the Board
of Canvassers, who are authorized by the
Constitution to do SO, to issue to Mr.. Glass
MS credentials in the shape of a certifl-
cate of election. In the absence Of this
certificate, it looks as If the House would
not be very safe in swearing in Mr.. Glass,
in that it would possibly establish dan
gerous precedent; anc yet, on the other
hand. the question arises: Can Fede-
raj Court intervene and prevent State
from having it's representatives in Con-
gress, right guaranteed under the Con-
stitution OF the United States?' These
two aspects of the case will vex the mind
of Congress for some time to come
Several prominent men from Virginia
were discussing the case of Mr.. Glass this
One nf then, al think IT
is one of the established principles of our
government that there shall be three CO.
ordinate branches of our government the
legislative, the executive. and the judi
cial, and that neither shall interfere with
the works of the other. And. moreover,
the Constitution cf the United States says
in express terms that each house of Con-
gress shall be the sole judge OF the cleo
ton of its members. How, then, the Fede-
raj Courts can have jurisdiction in the
matter is more than I ca see" The gen.
tleman just quoted was reminded that
the court would probably have decided
the question by the time Mr.. Glass is
ready to take the oath. THAT makes lit
tie differences" he replied. "if the State
wins the case the other side will take
an appeal to the Supreme Court, and
pending the decision of that body, the
State Board of Canvassers will be as
powerers to give Mr.. Glass his certificate
of election as they are now"
What Mr.. Glass will do in tie premises
is not known here. He has not arrived
l.ere yet, and has not acquainted any
of his friends here, so far as can be
learned, as to what course he Will pur
sue II is probable, however, that he
will endeavor to be sworn in, and at the
same time will appeal to the courts to
secure the credentials the suffrages of the
people entitIe him to.
What Congress will do is very problem
atical. There is some probability, how
ever, that the case will be referred to
the Committee on Privileges and Elec-
tons. and that there it will be held in
allowance until the question is finally de-
cided in the Supreme Court of the United
States.
Governor TyIer's Race.
The announcement that Ex-Governor
Tyler has decided to enter the senatorial
race to succeed Senator Martin has been
the occasion of considerable comment
here. 1t is felt that it will add interest
to one of the most interesting senatorial
fights ever pulled off in the Old Dominion.
There is a great deal of specula ton as
to what effect on the final result the
entrance Of this third corner In the fight
will have. The opinion, however. among
friends of Senator Martin, seems to b.
that Mr.. Tyler may gather a good deal
of his strength from the Montague forces,
since the men who followed him in the
last fight for the toga would probably
be largely identified and lined up with
Montague in the coming contest but for
his candidacy
In this connection it was stated In
dispatches from Richmond last night that
the Martin forces were opposed to the
primary plan. as now in force in Virginia,
and that they would seek to change it.
Upon this subject the Dispatch CORE
spondent has made careful inquiry. and
is informed that there is no ground what
ever for the sta tement, or anything that
would lend color to it. The impression
here is that neither side will take any oe-
cided stand on that question.
Mr. Hay in Washington.
Congressman Hay. of the Seventh Bis
trict, is here for the winter. He sa i'd
this morning that he had come to town
earlier than he otherwise would hav.
come. in order to get the rural free mall
delivery tansle in Rockingham straight
ened out before the rush of the opening
Of Congress came on. Rockingham has
been made a network of free delivery
routes and it was the intention of the
Post-Office Department to give free de-
livery thorough trial In that county.
But 1t is still operating to the detriment
OF a great many businessmen. to whom,
the delay in receiving and dispatchng
mails under the schedules now in vogue
is serious hindrance. Mr.. Hay has been
over the county, and has studied the con-