The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-09-04
MINORITY
LEADERSHIP /
Surprise That Mr.. Hay Favors
MCClelldnd.
WILLIAMS I'LL is THE MAN.
Almost Certalnt that Mlssls SIP plan Wi
Be Chosen BY Democrats-The Gig
Balls 10 Front Of the Armory
Belong to the University

The Times. Dispatch Bureau,
No. 14l7 q Street. N. w,
Washington. u. c., September 3d.
democrats In Washington express SUR
prise that Representative James Hay
should have declared for George 3. Nc.
Cleland, Of Now York, for the Demo.
cratic leadership OF the noxt House over
John Sharp Williams, OF Mlssissippl'
Mr.. Williams was selected for he lead
ership at a conference OF Democratic
members held at the last session. 1t
Is Understood that Mr.. Hay was at the
conference, as no is chairman OF the
\ mocratlc CAUCUS It Is not known that
the name OF Mr.. Mccleland was pre-.
scented as that Of Il man suitable to sue
coed Hon. James D. Richardson MS minor
& ity leader on the floor. OF course, MIR.
Hay has good reason for tho views cx.
pressed In the recent interview. but they
are none tho less surprising, especially In
view OF tho fact that the selection OF
n Mr. Williams seems about as sure as
the election OF Uncle Joe Cannon to the
Y Epeakership which Is as certain MS that.
the Congress VIII be called to meet in
extra session on the 9th OF November.
which, according to Uncle Joe, Is as sure
\ TO happen as election day is to come Oh
the preceding Tuesday.
FL 4
There Is good reason nor thinking
Representative Hay. by the way. Will
be put on the Appropriations Committee
There will be two Democratic vacancies
on tho committee, and his appointrn ent to
one OF them s regarded as moro than
& probable. Mr.. Hay has been member OF
the Military Committee for several years
and is now the senior Democratic mem
Der OF the committee. He would have to
retro from this committee II appointed
t. the Committee on Appropriations. but
would doubtless be willing to do SO, as
there Is not more important committee
of the House, unless 1t be that on Ways
and Means.
Many Richmond people have speculated
as to where the largo stone spheres set
on a pedestal In front OF the Reglmental
Armory at Seventh and Marshall Streets
came from. have seen explanations OF
the source from which they were received,
but do not think II is generally known
that they are the property OF the Uni
yerslty OF Virginia. This Is the assertion
made by Dr. Henry Clay Cameron. emer-
Il itus professor OF Greek In Princeton Uni
verstty
Before the war, said Dr. Cameron,
In conversation with The 5Tmes-Dispa tch
correspondent to-day. Sidney Lee. a
brother OF General Robert Z. Lee. pre-
scented one OF these spheres to Prince
ton University. 1t Is a cannon ball, such
81 as was used by the Turks He obtained
It at ConstantInople. He gave two more
to the iUniver,Aty OF Virginia. They never
got any further than Richmond perhaps
owing to the difficulty OF transporting
them to Charlottesville. I was In Rich
mond In the seventies, and one OF these
cannon balls was found In the hume
leading to the Haxall mills. Many per
sons did not know what 1t was. and how
- nj 70
as know. do not know that the fact
that the projectiles are really the prop
erty OF the University OF Virginia has
ever been published"
Then DR.. Cameron, who Is a ma tive
OF Virginia, proceeded to lament the fact
that the University OF Virginia had al
lowed the original tom bstone which mark
cd the grave Of Thomas Jefferson at
Monticello, to be removed to the Uni
verslty OF Missouri. Tha Missouri insti-
tuition got the stone when 1t was replaced
by the present obelLah erected by the ma
tional government. DR.. Cameron is on his
way to King George county. where he Will
spend some time with old friends
q Tho government has at last Undertaken
to Investigate charges OF official corrupt
II ness In the Indian Territory. Attorney
General Knox has sent experts thlther
and promises that the charges shall be
probed to the root.
= The charges made against certain Fed
eral officials In the Territory are very
grave. It is charged that officials OF the
Department Of Justice In the Territory
have profitcd from contracts for feeding
prisoners. and that some OF these gov
Il ernment representatives have made n
great deal OF money out OF the sale OF
liquor In tho Indian Territory. The sale
OF LIQUOR In the Territory Is absolutely
To1 !,
told mo few. days ago that whIskcy
could be obtained with comparative ca SO,
q at least, drunkenness was quite common.
A The work of Investigation Is In imms-
Z diate charge OF Charles W. Russell, chief
OF the Insular and Territorial Bureau OF
p the Department OF Justice. Indian Terri
toryis divided into four districts for pur-
poses OF administration. and In each dis.
trict there Is a United States District At
torney. United States Marshall, numbers
OF deputies and minor officials, Some OF
these are charged with having made much
money by crooked official dealing
Meanwhile the charges OF corruption OF
tho representatives OF tho Interior De
/. partment have not yet been investigated
II though 1t lis admitted that Secretary
Hitchcock has known Of the charges
since last June. Flo says he cannot find
4st the right man to put In charge OF the
investigation which 1t Ia his intention to
make, or have made. It seems Mr., Knox
had no trouble in finding anrlnvestigation
1t Is q fact that wherever Investigate
has been made this year, following q
charge OF corruption, It has beer prolific
Of most sensational disclosures,
IT was learned to-day that as a result
OF the attempt to assasslnate President
Roosevelt Tuesday night the force of Sc
cret service men on duty at Oyster Bay
will be increased at once. Heretofore
one detective has been on duty In the
daytime and two at night, Hereafter
two will guard the President during the
day and three at night,
Y There are one hundred very impatient
and highly dissatisfied laborers at the
governments propagatlng gardens In this
city to-day. Yesterday was payday, but