The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-12-22
is ATTRIBUTED TO
PERSONAL FAVOR
Marshal Treats Removal Gene
( rally Attributed to His Politi-
cal Activity and Presidents
Prediction for Confedc-
rate Cavalryrrlar1's Son. iil
The News Here. 81

city enrly yesterday az afternOon that Pres
ident Roosevelt had sent to the Senate
the nomination Of Mr.55J. II. B. Stuart Of
Newport News, to be United states inar-s
shal for the Eastern District OF Virgil inia.
succeeding Mr., Morgan Treat, caused -
profound sensation In political circles In:
this city The sensation was not con-
fined toll local Republicans. Indeed twas
as much discussed am c1lg Democrat ts - "A
Republicans nd was the uppermost topic III
wherever business men met yesterda ay$a az
ternoon and evening, on the streets, al the al
hotels and clubs and on the street cars u:
Ba The appointment OF Mr.. Stuart is moths
ing less than q pereInptOry removal OF ss
Marshal Treat who was commissioned ];
by President Roosevelt t,9 the pal per- being n
oounterslgned by former ~ ttorney-C Gene
raj Philanders G.. Knox. and Sda ted March
20. 1902. The term Of office for which s.
Mr. IS Treat was named was four years
and he therefore had until March 2osssl
1906, Ito serve. s. 5s II
Had d bomb been thrown into the Fed
3eral building yesterday 1t could u hardly.
have caused a greater com,no tion among y
the off icials there. .i AS soon as tile tele-
graphic bulletin was received one officialE
sneiGhbor5 TO- discuss tho ! startling news
and to speculate upon tile causes that
led to the unexpected action % course
"a variety Of views were expressed bus
the more general and conservative sopin.
ion IS that the Presidents action was Il
based chiefly on personal grounds, III afS5
Went to Wa shington
Efforts were made to SEQ u AZ. 81 reatSs
without avail He was not iii his office,
1T was stated that hi was 8 iii he city s
and he was, up to some time In the aaf
Sternoon, when he & left for Washing ton
to get at the causes Of this snnexpected
action. It developed hat District AT ttoIs.-
;ney Lewis and Judge Edmund Nv nd l1s
also went to Washing ton. "a
Mr.. j |. c. Enrigh NJ i. Treats Office
deputy. was in the or Ice all do y. 10 In
lutelyf no intimatlon In advance Of the
removal Of Mr.. Treat, nor had any
charges been made against the Ma rsha1 1:.ss
He said thai he was In a position to know
Of what he was speaking;
4 Mr.. Enrlgllt denied any knowledge Of
the report that Mr.: Treats resignation
had been asked for a week or two ago.S
It Is reported that. Mr.. Treat did not
ceive this letter until Tuesday nj glta orHsS
vest terday morning, IL y h Q received IT at
all. n. Mr.. Enrigh was not aware that h4sss
had received any such letter g n all He
further stated that II any charges had
been fled against Mars hal Treat he Swaa 81
not aware Of 1t. Both Mr.. 4 Irea and II hissS
deputies, "a It seems, were under the inl-As
preston that q he would be permit tter2stogs
serve out his Sfull term, even II he Wars
not then reappointed.
s5s It was known that Mr. Treat had been Il
active in the district factional fight
among the RepublIca and that he had
made some bitter opponents, not to say 81
enemies. among the fact on known aas th0 "
3"ou is, = lately as the Allan faction. That
was naturally much quiet satisfaction g
among these opponents yesterday at tho
announcement Of his removal. Some Gof "
them professed to have expected the re-Ss'
5sultsand claim that the Marshal s. resig-a9s
nat ion had been asked for. One OF them IL
said yesterday that charges "A had been I'll
preferred against him. presumably Of g
political nature, alleging great poll itical fs
activity on the Marshall $ part.
Lewis Not Against Hin.
yesterday that District Attorney Lewis
had endorsed Mr.. Stuart for the position IN
is not generally credited here among rs
those familiar with the local Republican,
situation. AS a matter OF fact. Judge
Lewis was affiliated with tho Treat fao-
ton iii the recent poll tical Scampaig ign.s
spoke from the same platform with Afr. Es
that faction and was the target sof some
OF the filings OF the opposing faction, all
of which he ignored While IT lis not Ii
known that he and M. Treat We're inti-s
mate. It Is certainly surprising news that ;sSs
Judge Lewis was hostile to the Marshal
1t Is equally incorrecr r>to say that ~ r.gssj
Treat was antl-Slelnp man. On the cons *
strary he made an open and charact M
iistically bold fight for tho Slenlp reors
tlon movement In both the district sss
and state conventions last March. and 8s
lciiAInpioned Judge Lewis for cliai man
of tile state convention at Norfo II II AZ
that same convention Mr. EDGAR Ailaii, ~
L... III. Ic,1ln sfs1Ia
were tho .'real reorganizers, while the
Treat faction We're the pretended reor-,
ganizers. 1t IS certainly true that NJ
Treat was bitterly hostile to State Ellatr,
man Agnew, National Committeeman
Bowden Marshal S. Brown Allen ana tha5ssB
prominent figures In the old Republlcan s
orga nization, still dominant IN the party
councils of this State. Certainly air.sS9
Treat and his friends were ayo yoyeel Y
lied with the Slenlp faction and hostll & &
IA the point of bitterness to the A gn
faction or old organtzat ton, which 'sll,rry 81
fought and arc still fighting deternli inedly Ss
Whether so Intended of not, " "a gen
orally considered that me rres,us.,a ~,
appointment Of q son OF the anlous. iss
federntc oavalgymnn Is al fine stroke IN ~
thc direction OF dissipatins any Idea tllalss'
tho executive was preiudiced 10 the Soatli i E
{or to the Confederate soldier, pni's ~
stuart Was himself a soldier ~ tlle spailrs5S
isl- -Ameiican war,Sa facI lins y n s
the President, 8. 81,
Voted for Mckinley, 81
Mi. Stuart is reported 20 have have yoseh7s .S.st
tast tNt.,Simiey In 1900. II not also IN 1895, Il
and an ID generally credited witt, HAVING s
5voted far sIr, Roosevelt this ysart PrlorsI
4 IA the 1900 campaign he was Eregardsd as S'S
'afDemocrats and was an ae,iysS l,enioefissS
!" a,yhen III Bnena Vista twelve or sfollrteersff f
Years W ago. He was q resi- tSnt lof1 a'llena
aud Insurance. business there during the q