Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-10-09
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Fl GOD Confident,
uE EXPECTS To SCORE a CLEAN
VICTORY OVER Lyons.
auR new ELECTION LAWS.
,cpns,ican Plan to Test Them in
Congress. utterly without Ground
10 Go upon-cu1eerson and Faulls-
ner to Be mt Horse Show.
nuR new ELECTION LAWS.
cpun,ican Plan to Test Them il
conur... utterly without Ground
Nor to Be mt Horse Show.

WASHINGTON, D. c.. October s-tspe-
cial. ,-Representativc Flood OF the ei'''.
Dis,r;ct is in tho city to-day. Mr. fiooo
came here 10 attend TO some depa 'ii'e'
matters which required his Afternoon i'e
sas arranged some things appearances ~
rural free mail delivery routes AZ A''
district. Tho main object OF MT. iooN
,isit 10 Washington is to secure the re-
Instateu,ent of Miss Cassie Shanks. WIZ
war recently discharged from me 's''
of,cn. along with some siXty-oad o'iiei
Jerks The census officials promised MI
-,ood that this young Indy should be one
ns the permanent clerks OF the bureau
.-d bc is going to make a hard hsh1 10
,aen then, to their promise The under
standing when the bureau was h1aoe PEI
.nauent was that appointments stouid
10 made, regardless Of political ANNA
tons. yet it is easily noticed mat atnons
ne sixty-eisht discharges recently mace
.,l,he Census Office there is not single
Republican. a..
On account of the Grand Army OF the
Republic parade to-day all the depart
o,cnts were closed. and Mr.. Flood was
anabie to see Director Merriam. HOW
,ver. he is determined not to LEI the mat
ter rest there but will take 1T up, ana 90
al in his power 10 see that Miss Shanks
is renstated.
TEST OF CONSTITUTION
Mr.. Flood was asked what he thought
,f the alleged scheme Of certain Virginia
Republicans to bring the question OF the
legality of the new Virginia election laws
before the House of Representatives. he
said that there was not Inc sHShtest
ground upon which TO make such a move.
III any snch move is made sara MI.
Flood, l do not think anything VIII
come Of it. The new Constitution is per
feet. and there are absolutely no grounds
whatever to contest it with success elther
In the courts or in Congress
Mr. Flood is greatly pleased with the
condition in his district He has been
working hard for some time, and is conil-
dent of scoring a clean victory over ms
opponent. Colonel James Lyons. The
registration said Mr.. Flood, has been
very good. and the Democrats are taking
great interest in the campaign Sena'
tors Daniel and Martin have been at
work in my district. and have done much
good. They have made fine speeches. and
have impressed their hearers. wherever
they have gone. Senator Martin is gain
Ing ground all over the State, and both
he and Senator Daniel will succeed them
selves.'
TO BE AT HORSE SHOW.
Mr.. Flood leaves Washington tonight,
in order to reach Anporaattox by to-
morrow. as he is to make a speech there.
From now on he will be very hard at
work In his district Only two days be-
tween now and election are not taken up
in campaign work, and these two days
will be spent at the Richmond Horse
Show, In company with Senator Culber-
son. the brilliant and popular senator
from Texas, and ex-senator Faulkner.
they will attend the show October 18th
Ind 18th