Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-16
MOI RUN,
WILL NOT BE; CANDIDATE FOR
THE GoxsERNonsH1PIN 400
OF MR.. .ELLYS0N.
Prominent Member of vIrsinialYY
Delegation Says II Hard Work for
Pnrt,tD Deserve. Any Reward, Mr..
Ellison ought. TO Have #

yVAsH1NGTON, ID G, Januar ny :. 15.---
Especial. )-Representa tive Glass. CT the
Sixth district, whose name has been per-
Esistently mentioned in connection with
the gubsrna torial nomination in $50, to-
day authorized the Dispatch correspon-
dent TO state for him that he is IN no
sense WHAT a candidate for the nomi-
nation in 1904, and that he does not ex-
spect to be- He says that he believes the
next fight for the gubernatorial nomi-
nation is going to be one Of the hottest
in the history of the. State,s and Il that he
does not desire Ito be a. participant in
that fight. IN speaking of the contest,
and Of the candidacy Of y. TaylorE Ely
son, a prominent member Of the Vir.
ginia delegation In Congress said:
The services of Mr.. El1yson to his
party have been con spicueus 8 firmly
believe that if he had stayed In the fight
last time he would have won the nominal
ton, and have been Governor to-day As
chairman of the Demo cratic State. Com.
mittee he has labored earnestly con
s,antly.. and successfully X, and 1t seems
to me That # hard work for the party
deserves any reward, Mr.. Ellyson ought
to have it. He is strong Throughout the
State, and solid with the people,
NO PLACES FOR VIRGINIANs.
Members Of the Virginia delegation are
being constantly deluged with letters from
constituents asking for positions. Every
mail they say. brings them letters OF
this nature They have long since.edis=
covered the, uselessness of trying t, Sc
cure situatiolis in the Government de
partnnents or9:Firginians: and invariably
they have to write back. to that effect
The quota of Virginia has long since
lleen filed. end none resign, and few die,
50 that there is no opportunity to fill
vacancies. Those who write for posi-
tons might as we'll save their postage
End their time" said one of them. for
We are absolutely unable to help them,
much as we would like to- I find tnat
it is growing harder every year to secure
a government position through influence. :
Tomorrow, at IL o'clock the House
Committee on Public Buildings and
Grounds will hear a delegation Of Rich
.rond people on the question Of the post
office sit. IN. Richmond.
Alfred p. Thorn, of Norfolk, q member
Of the late Constitutional Convention,
Was in Washington yesterday
Mrs Edward S. Hunter and Miss Hut
ter and Mrs. j. Davis Christian, OF
Lynchburg, are visiting the family, OF
Colonel. Whittle, at Fort Meyer.
THE BARkSDALE BILL.
The question Of redistricting was side
tracked today by the. majority Of the
Virginia delegation in Congress, to make
way for IT, 6 discussion Of the Berksdale
pure elections bill. The measure met the
approval OF nearly every member Of the
delegation.
You may. write me down as being
decidedly in favor of. any measure look
ing to the purity of the ballot
T1,ese.views accord with those Of nearly
every I,cmber. Of the delegation. The
Use IF money is one Of the things every
one Of them wants to see kicked out in
Virginia. II. ::.z..55 ~ Z. S
TALK ON REDISTRICT1NG
What s5tallS there. was on redlstEicting
was along The lines or yesterdays dis
clssion. There have been .iI1sinuations
that the redistricting bill was framed iii
Washington, but if such. a statement is
true tie most careful inquiry has fallen
to discover the fact. Z.
JONES MAY RUN FOR, SENATE. =
Representative Jones, Of the First dis
trict, said to-day that he had no intention
whatever of becoming :gubernatorial
candidate. tina ii he was a. candidate for
ANYTHING lit would be for the United
StaleS Sena to