Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-02
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MART|N-M0NTAGUE.
CONTEST ron FEDERAL SENATOR
sHrr NOW TAKING SHAPE.
DISCUSSION AT WASHINGTON.
atfI Govcrnorshir conunnc To End
rolitical Observation-Disclosures
,ia1 answer In The Ncsattve-,1at-
rimonial and o,hcr Notes OF viz
Kinia Interest.
DISCUSSION AT WASHINGTON.
atII s.arcrnorshir Con.innc 40 End

WASHINGTON. D. c.. January l.
Especial, when virsinians meet here one
OF the questions which are inevitable top
fcs Of discussion among them is the Mar
fin-alon.aguo Senatorial contest which is
now beginning TO take shape. though the
actual fight is a good many months off
yet The discussion takes very wide
range, from the possible chances OF the
rival candidates to the respective claims
of the two gentlemen upon the suffrage
OF the people for tho position.
To-day j group Of Eirginans were
standing lit front of the Metropolitan Ho-
tel. discussing The question, when one of
them. 2fr. NJ VI. Marmadukc, of West
morciand, said: Il am an admircr of
Governor Montaguc's, hut if he succeeds
in winning out in this fight he viii sue
coed in doing what no Governor OF the
State has done since the civil war-sur-
wig. politically, :. term as Governor. Why
# should be That the Governorsfip has
In The past been a graveyard for political
ambition is more than ] can tell. but it
has proved so in every ease. Even I7itz-
hugh Lee, with his ancestry and his war
record, couldn't win after he had been
which ! have thought a great deal. and
that is that no Governor OF the State who
vas atterwaI'd elected to the Senate. from
lSi5 TO the beginning OF the civil war, held
the position TO the end Of his term. l
have no means OF accounting for il, but it
is tue"
This opens up n wide field Of specula-
ton in connection with the contest. Why
has tho Goyernorship ended the political
careers of 50 many men who had strong
enough hold on the hearts Of the people
10 be given the first position within their
gift? And will these same things mill
tate against the success Of Mr.. Montaguec
Can Governor Montague, with his undo
niahly strong. personality, and the enthu-
siaStic support OF his friends. break the
"ecmipg bands of fate which have been
Tho undoing Of SO many Of his political
predecessors? These are questions which
probably Will not bc answercd-and no
one knows how they will DC answered
tl1en--until the votes are counted.
a PARALLEL.
Dut even the history Of the past does
not necessarily make il so in the future
III the case of the Presidency OF the
United states, there is a parallel it has
for years and years been q graveyard
for political ambition. So safely has
man been regarded as buried, politically,
in it. that when the astute Tom Platt of
New York, fearing that tho vrile and
strenuous Roosevelt would get tho upper
nand of linn in New York, wanted 10
eliminate the cowboy statesman from tho
political equation, he put him into the
Tic+-Prasidepcg. But therein Plat reck-
oned witllcut his host. Fate was against
him. The ball that laid Mckinley low
undid al Tho plans of Mr.. Plat, and
moved the man he Gought 10 shelve ZIP
10 the first position in the equation. And
II seeing TO be almost as sure as fate that
all The precedelts OF three-quarters of d
century will be broken. and that a man
elected as Vice President will again, by
the direct vote of his parts, be nomi-
mated for the Presidency
There is no reckoning the WAYS Of Io-
Titles, and whether precedent will prevail
or not in the Virginia gubernatorial con
test remains 10 be seen
MARRIAGE LICENSES
The following licenses TO marry were |
issued to-day to Virginia couples, 10y tho |
supreme Court Of the District Of Column |
bia
/ S. Cooper, Of Stafford county and
Mabel Anderson, of Hanover county. by |
Rev T. n. Bristol.
J A n. Shireley and obriana Allan, Of
Alexandria, by Rev. w. n Ferguson
t2lHE \, oplndic ana Ora Bradley, of /
Fairfax county. by Rex. s NJ, Hurt
Folk.
Spencer Da,1, and Martha Trammel, OF |
FairtaN county by Eev. IL. W. Filter.
John j. Cnbomo and Mary Camden. of
DanVilie, by l.. /. O'Neal,
Henry Mitchell and Annie NJ Alcxan-
aer. OF Loudoun county, by Rev. j. a.
Norton, Of Loudoun county.
W. y. Rogers and Lucy T. Haake. OF
Rockingham, by Rev Henach schroc-
der
The following Nirginans are registered
81 Washington hotels: Miss L. L. Clay,
Richmond, j. L. Farling. j T. j. Me
hahar, Norfolk; Morgan Treat, West
Point II. r. Campbell, Norfolk; stewart
john, Norfolk: John .. Hooc, Warren
ton T. BeclSham, 'Gulpeper: Z. d. Starke.
Rehmond; Mrs. Johnston, L McCraken.
", J.. Allen Richmond; W +. romlin-
son and wife, Richmond: H. II. Duvali.
bichmond; Congressman Borscc
Pensions issued to Yirginians arc as fol-
lows:
Originals
lobe cormick, Indian Creek. Sc.
Nelson Harold Brnad Greek. &c.
Edward y. Price Petersburg s6