The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-25


g4hht she negro "a out Of state politics.
i i,ut asked, ''Do you know or know of a
Democrat who Will vote with the Re-
8sfiiblIoans because we have a new Con-
SstitItior?" DO not.
ID n 3 MONTAGUE AND CABEJL
IN Speaking Of state politics suggests the
/ story which has appeared in some OF tho
Virginia papers that Governor Montasue
and Colonel George G. Cabell. OF Dan
Vile, were not now political friends. a
i.virg1niar who should be we'll Informed on
The subject assured me to-day that the
matter had been exaggerated, The story.
lie said, first appeared III a Danville pa
4 her, During Mr.. Montagues candidacy
ii for the g,bernatorial nomination Mr..
Cabeli was one OF Ills most ardent sup
porters, and 1t was due mainly to his
efforts that the city OF Danvlle was car
8ried for Mr.. Montagtte. THIS sWeeping
victory had sns much to do with carrying
the State against Mr.. Swanson as any
other ono thing. Mr. Cabell was chosen
Nv Mr.. Montague to present his name to
the Norfolk convention, which he did III
a notable speech Naturally, perhaps,
Mr.. Cabell was regarded as voicing the
Sentiments Of the State administration
/ on the floor OF The House Of Dele gates. az
1t Is positively asserted that there has
been no disagreement between Ills .S--
cellency and Mr.. Cabell. though tho rela.
tions existing are not,Gns matter Of
fact, SO cordial as once they were. It IS
III rue, / believe, that Mr. Montague has
declined to follow the Recommendations
Snf Colonel Cabcll in making number OF
appointments, and that tho latter declines
I TO make further recommendations, Z put
there Is no personal misunderstanding.
It Is well known that others who were
prominent among Mr.. Montagie's sup
porters have not been uniformly success
fun in having their way with the Execu-
tive But It should be borne In mind that
tits not always possible for an official TO
anblige all hts friends.
s THE CANAL.
" Senator Daniel and Senator Martin
have each endorsed; ex-senator Jones, OF
Arkansas on the Isthmian Canal Com
mission 1t Is generally believed that ex-
Senator Harris. of Kansas, and eX-Gov-
5ernor Savers. Of Texas, will be tho Dem
socrotc members of the commission. STILL
Mr. Jones is Thought to have chance.
1t will DO a long while before work Is
begun on the canal. A member of the
Senate, whose name Is familiar to every
reader Sof The Times Dispatch told mo
a day or so ago he very much doubted
whether 1t would ever be constructed
He felt sure 1t would be ten years. at
least Dc1 ore IL WIS COUlDleleC, anu ~ op-
ably a century beforeit would pay.
4 a rural free delivery route has been
established from Level Run, Pittsylvania
county, TO commence April 1st. The
length Of the route will be over forty
two miles. There will DO two carriers,
and an area of thIrty-GLc square miles
will be covered. Nine hundred and twenty
people, living In $50 houses. will have
mail left at their doors every day. The
Io.,,, In 1J
be discontinued, and those at Straight
stone and Cedar Forest will be supplied
by rural carriers.
Pleasant c.. Shields has been appointed
rural carrier from Spring Garden, Va,
with John a.. Shields. as substitute.
{ Robert j.. Myers and Lloyd Myers have
been appointed carrier and substitute,
respectively. from Whitme Va.
A postof1ice has been established at
1Iildrup. Mcdowell county, n c., with
Charles +. House Al postmaster.
II a postofice has been established Mt
2C.lopton Gloucester county, with Thomas
y. Clopton as postmaster and one IT
3Doss Grayson county. with Walter e.
s1ough as postmaster.
4 Tho First National Bank OF Rocky
Mount. Va. has been authorized to be-
gin business. with capital OF s25.000
Taylor Brice Is cashier, "a.
Is new bank. to be called the Peoples
National Bank of Manassas, has been
given authority to organize. The capital
will be SEA. o0o.Y The incorporators are
Al W. Sinclair, s. u. Johnston, II. A.
Thompson, i. q. Herrell andesW H.
Brown.
Letters patent have been issued to r.
IL Dull Of Bridgewater, Va. on q moth
trap. and to Martin " Eanemack. OF
Portsmouth, on a self-watlng table.
MIR. GOODE UNWELL.
Hon. John Goode has been confined to
his home with sickness for several days.
Inquiry at his office to-day ELECTED the
fact that he Is still quito lnwell. though
he is not thought to be seriously III.
He is at the residence OF his son. on
Florida Avenue.
Colonel John s. Cunningham, OF North
Carolina. Is in the city to-day. Colonel
Cunningham is very coy in discussing
his gubernatorial boom, which several
North Carolina papers are fostering. lils
trip here has nothing to do with politics.
q hut is connected with big business deal.
which the Colonel declined to discuss
i Representative Harry Il. Maynard, OF
Portsmouth. was here yesterday. I1e
& was accompanied by Messrs. James Y.
Trehy and .Jolur' Lawler. OF Norfolk. Mr..
MAYNARD returned homo yesterday. Mr..
Trehy and Mr.. Lawler went back to-day
y In the new Congressional Directory,
lust issued, Mr. Maynard has a bio
graphical sketch Of two and a half lines.
believed to be about ns> modest as any
which ever appeared IN the directory.
congressman write their own sketches.
Representative Gregg. OF Texas, gave
{hjn,spIf n limo and n half w u H.