The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-02-14
WILL not
ISSUE; ORDER.
President Roosevelt Says He
Cannot Return the Confederate
Flags to Southern States.
CONGRESS SHOULD ACT ON 1T.
The President Willing, Bit He
Fears Grand Army Would
Make a Protest

Make d. Protest.
(Trom Our Regular CorrespondcntD
WASHINGTON, u. O.. Fob. l3.--Prcsi-
dent Roosevelt said very positively to-
Lday that he would not issue an order
for the return OF the captured Confcder-
ate flags which are now in the. War
Department, where they have been ever
since their capture. Some t9lys ago
Senator Clay, or Georgia. and Rcpresen.
tative Hnrdwicke, Of that state. waited
ON the President and asked him If he
would not issue such an order. Mr..
| Roosevelt said he could not at once say
what he would do, but that he would
ask them to walt q certain time at the
end OF which he would let them know
us decision.
Senator Bacon and Representative
Eurdwicke went to the White House
again to-day, and the President told
them he had concluded 10 do nothing in
the matter. He said almost In SO many
words that but for, the trouble tile
Grand Army veterans would make, he
would order the flags returned to the
Governors Of y the various States. He
E;id that 1t was a matter In which the
Congress should act
representative Hardwlcke will intro-
duce a BILL III a few days directing the
Tres dcnt to return the colors to the
Governors Of the various States which
composed tho confederacy. 1t is pre-
s,lmed that 1t will$meet with the siren
uous opposition of Senator Foraker, OF
Ohio who said Swhen 1t was proposed
| some years ago toHreturn all the cap-
t,lled flags, that 1t should not. be done
as long as there was breath IN his
Lcdy. |5sl
WE'LL REPRESENTED.
The average citizen Of Virginia will be
surprised to know that there are no less
thar / $3.50 Virginiansin government en-
rioy In Wasnington.s The total compen-
eation@ received BY 5athe VlrGiniuns who
ale in public office, not including the
senators and presentatlves, of course,
Is $1,225, 49, So.
Tie number of Ohloans in office under
the national and district governments, Is
Loss, a smaller number than from Vir-
I!giria, but tie Ohio people have managed
to capture - -er places, for the total
compensation. hey receive Is s125o,7f264
New York has 2,o1o people In the civil
service, receiving az total compensation
|; CT 81, All 1893. 13. ag
l. elIlSS ~ UNA mas LIP 6ONel LlnSuL AeillS
.p.cyes here receivingHa an aggregate an
,Hal compensation Of ST. s35, 6l5.60, which
is rot so very far ahead Of Virginia,
| though the keystone State has over twice I
the population OF the@ Id Dominion.
Pennsylvania, New orres7and Maryland
are the, only States which have more Of
fice-hoIders in Washington than Nir-
GINA has. Maryland, with only Six rep
| resentatives in Congress, to ten from
Virginia. has 1868 places in the depart
ments and the government Of the Dis
trict of Columbia, receiving a total an
nual compensation Of s1,49O, S0455
Tho contiguity Of Maryland and Vir-
ginia to the national capital accounts In
large measure for the proportonately
large number of employees under the gov
eminent which each State has The ap-
plicant for place can and does stay
here TO protect his interests, and when
the vacancy occurs he has the advantage
Of being on the ground and ready to slip
in. The record shows that he very ire
quently does SO.
Though North Carolina Is not SO very
far from Washington, she has only $50
/ OF her people in the employ Of the gov
{ eminent at Washington, who receive an
annual compensation ofs$25s, &C., so.
West Virginia. with not half the pop
ulation Of Virginia. has $50 representa-
tivcs in the civil service. who draw from
the treasury every year the total OF
s405,04953
Tennessee has s1s employees here under
the government, and they receive a total
annual compensation of s415,573.97.
VIRGINIA SOCIETY.
There is q lnoveuent on foot IN this
city to organize a Virginia Society, COM
posed Of sons of the Old Dominion resid7
Ing In Washington The movement has
not vet assumed deflnite form h'i 60
OF the people interested are among the
best known citizens and business men,
Who are not In the habit Of stopping work
until the thing planned Is accomplished.
It Is proposed to have q club house,
probably in the residential portion of the
city, In which may be found the Virginia
papers, and where It will be the pur-
pose or the members to gather as many
souvenirs Of Virginia as possible. It IS
expected that the movement Will be
launched next week.
There was at one time a flourIshing
society of Virginans in Washington, but
1t lanEuished and died. AYirgnian said
Yesterday that because of the fact that
there were so many Virglntans here the
life OF q society composed Of people from
that State was more precarious than that
of one made up of mersoers. born In other
States much further away, Every Vir-
pinian here knows a great many others
who also live here, and lie cannot appre-
cIate the advantage of having them all
gathered into club. 1t is likely that the
club will be called the Virginians, which
is the name OF the Virginia Society In
New York. 4 F&ga3
Jones-Hudgins.
Especial TO The Times ylspatch,)
ARVONIA, YAr Fep' tla'r-Ihe residence