The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-11
WAS W IS ADVANCED A,' i j !, !. ! TO o
HELP BUILD CAPlTO ~
Senator Daniel say the Claimis Abso.5
lutelY Just and Z hat He is 4 ope: &ss$ :sS|3
ful Of Having itt& Settled.
Virginia Attorney Says s,SilS
He Can Get the "a
M oneY ails. ils
- '7Il1 2 No,
The mes-Dlsptch Btireau.

Washington, =. q. pril lot h.5sSss.s s.sa
$ / learned to- day Of the 8lnaugur ion o1
an effort to secure the payment t. Of 500.
600. due Virginia from the national gown
sernnlent.# The best lSno Wn claims q ttorss ssS
ney Iii Washing ton. g. Matt VS. Ss
Il native OF rglnia, has written Govern OH
Montague, asking him to call the a tten.S
ton 81 the General Assembly to the ma Ss
ter OF the claim and uthorize him to sssS
make an effort to secure It Is q a. -SsStt
Ssumed that the G overnor will act g ss :SsB
once before the Legis sla ture takes az re- HID
cess.
$s The claim Is for money loaned the goSi--sss5S
sernmentS BY the state Of Virginia. for he $S
construction Of the National pitol8 here. s8S#
The act making the loan was drawn byss.es
Chief Justice Marshal i. The word .SbSs aSa
vance Is used instead u Of loan. " 's
courts have not clearly " efined the 8fo} o}II2
merS term and in years pas I, wh zen pay
&me1lt Of the claim was resisted IT hai5ssSsS
been urged that Yrgl mia gave the money i$s
Ito the Federal goYernrne Is ;sstru
Virginia was m UGH ri her IN y hose &da! ga
5thanf at present, but the tdeaS q the soldS
Conlmonwealtt's having mao de- the SlJnltedssSSN ssSS
states a8 gift of such slarg gea SUM sSVs
Impossible to believ e hese n
poorer days. & II ss5 Is Ia .is;. 5#
n senator Daniel vas deepl y Int sted dliS al
iii tile n1overnen t. to SrecoYer#the money
due 8Virgirll la when II u saw him ut "A has
Capitol to-d day. i j, I'M
& ",phe claim is absolutely Just and should d$Si
have been paid long a be- sal nj
have known Of 81 for Years. but have W nos S
pressed It for the reason thnt IL thoug htSsS
fiat 81 nigh Z bo used as an q ffset An 8as
case the United States gov yernrne ent SOY & gnts8s
to make Virginia pa VI an eXorb ant sum sSS
In the settlement sof the old claim Just
adjusted the other day " hen, howe ever,FS t
the Senate agreed gto my plan o.
the counter claims OF ID he Federal md sSs
state governments is cane elled by the pa ay-SS SS
Ement Of the sum due t. a time yy he'll 5 ssS
they we're most nearly ed qual. re alized ass
that we night now press this ella N, .;s SaSs
shall do al III my power 70 sc cure s1ts g5S
payment. HI 5.s
'S .:rhe State kept an Il gent he rea5 for5sS
years in an attempt to " recover sa e e $Ss
amount the Senator cont tinued ne sSsg
matter has been thorough hly debated tnsss#s
the Senate. Seward, Summer and Ben,8 8ssS
FWade g. all agreed the claim was Just. but Il;
tho bill for he payment q tte anu ~
y ~ CAN &. q E1 THE MONEY. II
There is really good ground for believing S:3
that Virginia Will get this claim ~ 55
attorney who has written to Govern o. ss VIZ
Montague on the subj ject did not care e Ss
discuss the matter II advance e ot Y, ths
Governors reply, anll regretted Il It hat
any publicity had been given his own &ac-st
ton In the matter. But lie did say, wi tts
an air OF absolute con titbsnc ce. IN can SET
tho money. lam sure of IT. is
Senator Daniel, who has been here on l
business several days. will return to his II
homo In Lynchburg to- orrow proba bly,.
though lie may remain here unit sun lSS q
day. The Senator will be the ora tor iac !,
the Jefferson Day banquet In y Nevport
News Monday hit. He expressed ple cas- !.5
ure to-day at being able to speak here, its9
having been. forced to decline q numberittS# ttS#
OF similar Invitations to visit the sclty.3ssESS
though he has often made political
speeches there. 9l q q g II 5s M Ss
81 haven't heard OF any candidate @
against me for the senate,".hm he ne SAID to-
day. "There may be one, though $5 tt
But I think 1t well understood Btha t ny
Daniel will be the choice OF all the DEM
Gratis OF the Legislature, and It may hAi 3is
that the Republicans will support him ss
also, 7 remember that when he WAS ss
chosen five years ago, Senator Glanag ga y,
tho Republican leader In the Senate, l$s$
arose after all the Democrats had voted,
and In a most graceful speech explained sl
why he desired to cast his vote for sena-lS{ {
tor Daniel b, S 8 t5S&Si y
party OF fourteen young ladies' from III
TIolllns Institute are in tho city,! seeinR $&e
the sights. They are In charge OF ona 8
of the eachers, and are having a good
time. They will proba bly, remain over tss5
Sunday, sSs
Iostottlces have been established at si
Addison, Dlnwidde county, and at Sue 8
cess Warren county, with Annie 3.
Adams and Robert p, Pritts as posts
masters, f 4 x n
Martln 7. Richards has been commits
stoned postmaster at London North
Carolina. 5 t&Pf - 4s ~ III * s & ..s3ssg
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