Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-03-05


the wildness Of that nights ride. Il could
never have made the trip in time to catch
the train but for the fact that the man l
was driving had plenty of nerve" said
Cronin.
Opposed to the Lee Statue.
The fact that the Virginia legislature has
finally passed bill providing that a statue
Of General r. E. Lee be placed in statuary
hall at the Capitol and that the bill awaits
only the signature of Governor Montague
to become law, has again aroused opposi-
ton to the placing Of the statue. and there
Is every promise Of a revival of the opposi-
ton that has manifested itself. While the
act OF placing the statue will be many
months, possibly several years off, inasmuch
as the statue must be determined upon,
there Is every prospect that vigorous oppo-
sition will be aroused.
Representative Lacey of Iowa, who was
at the White House today, made this state
ment on departing: Il am sorry that the
Virginia legislature has acted this way. At
the time when everybody Is feeling fairly
good to his neighbor this question of the
propriety of placing the statue in the hall is
injected and will result in much ill-feeling.
The action Of the legislature means that
the cenfederacy is to be exploited and glori-
fed through General Lees statue. 1t would
not surprise me to see Kansas now provide
for a statue to John Brown and place it
alongside of that Of Lee. This would add
to the ill-feeling that would be aroused, and
there is no telling when the agitation would
stop. A mistake has been made. I say
this as Virginian myself. l was born in
what is now West Virginia.
The design for the statue will have to be
determined upon after Governor Montague
signs the bill, and sculptor will have to be
selected for the work. AL this, with the
work. will probably postpone any possible
conflict Of a wordy character about the
statue for eighteen months Or W.
The law as to statues in statuary hall pro-
vides that each state, by direction of the
President, has permission to place two stat
ues in the hail. Congress does not exercise
any direct authority in the matter except
to act upon the acceptance of a statue. This
may give the matter an official turn in the
end and result in threshing over of Ihe
civil war for political advantages to mem
bers of the democratic and republican par
ties.
The Crum Fight to Be Settled.
The fight over the case of DR.. w. D.
Crum, the negro collector of customs at
Charleston. Is to be carried to a finish at
the extra session Of the Senate, the Presi-
dent having reached conclusion that there
is no better time to ascertain the sentiment
of the Senate than now. Instead Of waiting
until the next regular session of the Senate
the President has sent Crum's name to
the Senate. This will insure all the time
necessary for action, and there will be no
question OF Crum's confirmation if the re-
publican senator's view the case as does the
President.
1t is generally believed that the nomina-
tlon VIII be confirmed Within the next two
weeks. If the Senate, however, should
fail to act upon the nomina tion and leave
1t as 1t was left at the adjournment of Con-
gress Yesterday, the President would not
reappoint Crum at the close of the extra
session. He would seek another man for
the place. He does not propose to use any
influence to bring about the confirmation
The nomination, when first made, was re-
ferred to the committee on commerce. 1t
VIII go to the same committee at this ses-
sion. The nomination was reported un-
favorably by a vote Of the democrats,
Perkins of California Mr. Jones has re-
tired from the Senate, and newly elected
republican will take his place He will
probably act with the other republicans in
Bills Vetoed.
The following bills were vetoed by Pres1-
dent Roosevelt yesterday:
An act removing the charge Of desertion
from the military record of Jonas Albert
Acts granting pensions to David s. Taylor.
Cynthia Thomas, John W. Chancellor and
Luke Madden, alias John E. Mcdonald.
Today's Nominations.
AHe IreeiueHt toOdy cent the Following
nominations to the Senate:
William d. Crum. collector of customs,
district of Charleston, s. c.; Page Morris,
United States district judge, district of
Minnesota; William M. Byrne, United
States attorney district of Delaware; Will
liam A. Day. District of Columbia, attorney
to the Attorney General; Milton D. Purdy.
Minnesota. assistant attorney general:
Samuel ]. Wilson. postmaster at Macon,
Mo.
Congratulations to the Speaker.
President Roosevelt yesterday afternoon
sent a letter. of which the following is
copy, to>David B. Henderson. late Speaker
of the House Of Representatives:
WHITE HOUSE,
WASHINGTON, March 4, 1908
my Dear Mr. Speaker:
'As 1 did not see you today at the Capl-
tol. wish to write you line to congrat-
ulate you on the work accomplished by the
Congress which has just closed. There
were certain measures of Importance, the
failure to act upon which L greatly re-
gretted: but It II nevertheless true that,
taken rs a whole. no other Congress Of re-
cent years has to its credit a record OF
more substantial achievement for the pub
lie good than this over the lower branch
OF which you presided. I congratulate you