The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-25
WILL MONTAGUE ALSO
BE IN RACE FOR .HONOR7
Viii the Primary Plan PrevailWhen Sue
cessorls Chosen to Senator Thom-
as S. Martin, and Is He as
Strong as When He De-
feated General Fitz- 35
hugh Lee2
By Walter Edward Harris
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WASHINGTON. D. c., February "a 4.--
There is scarcely room for the slightest
doubt that Ex-Governor j. Hoge Tyler,
will be candidate for the United States
Senate against Senator Martin in 1905.
j talked with the Governor on railway
| train to-day. and In the course Of con-
versatlon Of an hour or more he made
| this statement:
"The election of i successor to Senator.
| Martin is a long time off. Nobody cal, 4
| tell what will be the conditions prevail
| Ing three years from now. But, II COM
litions in 1905 are what they are now.,E
do not suppose there is man In y ir-3;
| glnia who doubts or has ever doubted \
that will be candidate. especially as i
the Senator is to be nominated In n Den,-
ocratlc primary. which would enable me
| to appeal directly tostlis people that Is 4
| all I have ever asked. W. VIZ
Governor Tyler refused absolutely " 40
discuss the question of hisscandidacy any
further than this It was only after per-
sistent effort that he was induced to#
make the statement printed above. He "A
evidently thinks the time for talking has I
not arrived.
But it Is as certain ns anything in the
womb of the future can be that /. the
Democratic nomination to tile senatot-
ship is made in n party primary ciowerl,s
or Tyler will be one Of the canlidatesSs
voted for.
But will the primary plan obtain In
1905? There has been expressed much
dissatisfaction at the praeticnl operation (
OF the plan SO far as apl5iie to the npini7.
nation OF candidates for Congress. fheGs
will be a State convention in 1s04 fqrs
national convention. 1t is almost certain
that the party law requiring sllscandi-
| dates for general state offices and for
| the Senate and Congress TO be nomi-
mated at u primary election will be tina
| subject Of warm debate. and that an eff
fort will be made to amend II in several
ways. among them, to eliminate the Sem
ator from It's operations.
WILL MONTAGUE RUN?
Quite q prominent Democrat from tile
Northern Neck, who took an active part
in behalf OF AR. Montague in the guber-
| natorial contest in 1901. said to-day that
We're Governor Tyler a. candfdate Gov
ernor Montague should not enter tlls
race, Governor Montague has never said
publicly that he would be a candidate
for the Senate. That he will be seems
to be one Of those things one knows
! without being told.
Governor Tyler was one of the most
ilueill pl =Sil. AIOillaSueS $ supporters IN
The last gtlbernatorial contest. hap-ia
pen to know that friends told him he was
too warm in his opposite to Mr.. Swan II
son. But he greatly admired Mr.. Mon
tague, and gave him hearty support. al
though Mr., Montague did not actipety
support him for the Senate. in the T.
ler-Martln contest of 1899. The fore
going makes plain two facts:
If Governor Tyler and Governor Mon.
tague are candidates against Mr.. Mar
tin. the first two Will draw from each
other.
If Governor Tyler is the sole candidate
against Senator Martin. the former will Z
expect, and naturally, to poll tho vote
which would otherwise have been for Mr..
Montague. h
1t is apparent that Mr. Martin will not
| be In the least weakened by the can
| didacy of Governor Tyler. should Gov-
ernor Montague also run. The only cans
didate yet suggested who would draw {
from Senator Martins support is Mr..
| Braxton. FTa has almost declared he
would not be a candidate. Il
Will Governor Tyler be stronger than
! he was when he opposed Senator Mar
| lin In 1899?
Will Governor Montague be as strong
rs when lie received the guhernatorial E
nomination by such. an overwhelming
| majority two years ago?
Is Senator Martin stronger than when
he defeated General Lee In 1888, or Gov
ernor Tyler In 1899?
IL | could accurately answer these
question. would be prophet q \ {Si
COULDN'T. STAND PRESSURE.
The House to-day accepted the Senate
bin providing for a currency for the
Philippines. This is almost precisely the
measure reported by the majority of tina
InslIlar Committee of the House, hut
which was defeated by Democrats s and Il
.twenty-eisht Republicans under the
leadership of Mr.. Jones, OF Virginia. Mr..
Jones led the fight against the Senate
bill to-day. He made an able speech sct
about half an hour, In which he sought
to persuade the Republicans who had
voted with the Democrats before to stand
up for the measure which passed tho
House. hut they couldn't stand the press
sure. as Mr.. Jones had predicted soma
days ago, and every one OF them voted
for the Senate bill. The reason given
In most instances was that II the bill VI
under consideration We're not passed there &
would be no Philippine currency Iegisla-
tlon at this session. and that the Senats
bill was better than nothing. Mr. Jones'
"A aff,sr thAi sill ma aafrArpnor,