The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-06-06
ROOSEVELT
NOT in 1T
What Was Said Of His Chance
of Carrying Virginia.
THE sT.LoUls EXPOSITION
Plan for Advertising virginia's Great
Mineral Wealth Has Fallen Through.
Views Of Times Dispatch
Endorsed.
THE ST.LOUlS EXPOSITION
The Times-Dlspatch Bureau,
u No. 14l7 G Street. n. Nv.


in Virginia The Tlmes-Dspatch CORE
spondent was talking with them when
Colonel semp made the statement that
Roosevelt would carry Virginia IN 1901.
An old gentleman was sitting by ana
heard the remark.
Yes" said he. Roosevelt VIII s.alia
as much chance of carrying virginia as
] stand OF going to heaven In a hand
basket
Mr.. Agnew said that II the Democrats
nominated Cleveland, Roosevelt wouid De
as sure to carry the State as ne Is 10
come home tomorrow. He then talked
about the political future Of Virginia. He
says that the Mann liquor bill Is going
10 be boomerang to those who passed
II. Colonel Slemp made the predlc.loh
that not only would his district De Ike
publican In the future, but that the Tenth,
Seventh and Fifth would be also. He and
Mr.. Agnew both agreed that the pros
poets OF Republican supremacy IN VT
ginia are good. They say that the dis
franchlsement Of white voters the pre-,
payment OF the poll tax requirement and
the Mann liquor bill are all boomerangs
which will fall in the Democratic camp.
Mr. Agnew says that the voting REQUIRE
ruents after 1905 are such that there Is
no telling what the consequences VIII pc.
I, but that they are very likely 10 nrlns
about Republican supremacy.
AGAIN POSTPONED
The date for holding the meeting OF the
Republican State Committee in Richmond
has been again postponed. 1t VIII PROD
ABLY be held now between the 23d ana 2oth.
The second postponement Is mace neces-
sary by'the fact that the United states
Court is in progress In both the Eastern
and Western Districts OF virginia. Many
O: the members Of the committee have TO
attend the courts in one capacity or
another; hence the advisabilty Of post
ponement.
onel Semp proposes to Gust the rural
free delivery carriers appointed by Judge
Rhea and put In his own licutenants. The
rumor goes that he will have the Post
Office Department al his back IN the mat
ter and that he Will accomplish his ends
by having route discontinued and after
wa rds re-established with slight changes.
which would enable him to put 1t In the
hands OF his friends. Whether there IS
any truth In the rnmor cannot well be
known. but the source from which 1t
comes seems to be reliable. Such course
would likely defeat the end which It
aimed to accomplish. and many regard
Colonel Slemp too good politician to do
VIRG1NIA.s MINERAL RESOURCES.
Last week The Times Dispatch cores.
pondent addressed a note to Hon. Charles
D. Walcott. director OF the United States
Geological Survey. asking him for infor-
nation as TO what was being done in
vey and the State authorities looking to
the proper exhibition OF Vlrgina's mineral
wealth before the world at the St. Louis
Exposition. In reply he got the following
letter which explains itself:
Dear sir.-Your letter OF May 20, 1908,
asking for information as to the co-opera-
ton OF this office with the commission
OF the State Of Virginia for exhibiting
the mineral resources Of the State at the
Louisiana Purchase Exposition at st.
Louis in 1904, is duly to hand. II you
desire to do so, you can. by calling at
the office. see the correspondence on the
subject. which took place In February
last. and which would put you in posses
sion OF the Information desired, II Is now
too late for anything more than small
part Of the plan contained in that cor
respondcnce to b.. carried out this sea-
son, but something might still be ac
complished by prompt action on the part
of the commission.
1T seems very desirable that the State
should be properly represented by It's ex-
hibit at the exposition; and there is no
better means of arousing proper public
sentiment on the subject than the agency
of patriotic public press"
PLAN FALLS THROUGH.
An examination of the correspondence
referred to In the letter reveals the fact
that the geratest plan for advertising
ginia ever set on foot has fallen through.
The survey wanted to get the matter
properly before the world at st. Louis.
and at the sam etime have It all ready
Tor our own exposition at jamestown The
plan In Its entirety would have cost the
state of Virginia only $4,000, and would
have been the greatest exposition OF her
resources OF which the survey hold
very high estimate, the world has ever
seen, It is felt at the survey that The
Times Dispatch hit the nall on the hend
when 1t took the ground that the time Is
here for Virginia to advertise her present
wealth. and not her past history.
Under the original plan as formulated
by the survey. the specific work to have
tn been undertaken was an investigation OF
4 the mineral resources of the Appalachian
Valley belt, including under that desig-
nation all of that part of the State lying
west of crystalline rocks of the Blue
Ridge,
PROJECTED REPORT,
A report was to have been prepared
describing the location. geological ren-
lions and commercial values Of the above
named mineral deposits suitable for In
corporation in a handbook on the State,
to be published by the survey.
On this work the estimated cost of
which would be $1,000, the survey pro-
posed to bear half the expense.
The Norfolk and Western Railroad Of
fered to cooperate in the work, but at
this time there is very little encourage
ment of having anything done,
In talking Of the matter an official OF
the survey said to-day:
THE Times Dispatch is on the right
track Virginia Is wealthy State In
minerals, She has been hugging her
past and glorious past 1t has been, to
her heart and has forgotten to advertise
her great mineral wealth. 1t is time to
change. We are very anxious to help
her,
ut is true time is too far past to do
much toward that survey and toward
proper mineral exhibit. but we could pre-
pare data and maps of the southwest.
which are rich In minerals. We can do
1t by prompt action, and hope we may
have it.
"Just now there is prospect OF
repetition of the coal strike of last year.
All eyes could be turned on the anthra-
cite beds of Montgomery and adjacent
counties by having thorough examina-
,,nn made oP II and the report handled