The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-02-02
Outlook for One at Present Scs-
sion Not Good Though National iat'-1rl
Aid WILDE Forthcoming.
From, our regular Correspondent.

WASHINGTON, ID. c., Fob. Livery
member OF the Virginia delegation In the
q t1onse OF Representatives Is understood
ia Ibe opposed to tho Mnchen primary
bifl. now pending In the Virginia Senate.
IRE netberg OF tho delegation do not
care, as a rule, to discuss tia ina ter
freely for publication, but they have no
objection to saying privately that they
arc sunabL, tc see the use Of SUCH legls-
latIon as lis proposed. Though some OF
them object to specific features Nof tho
h Bill /. they do not Insist upon these, but
are opposed to any general law regulnt- Il
5 Ing party primaries, further than the
one enacted ut the last session. legallzlng
thnin In 80 far as to make the penalties,
z for. fraud he same as those provided
I for the infraction Of the laws III this
\ respect that govern genera: elections. n
II do not sse the need OF any such
& legislation." said SIr. Flood. II think the,
whole matter OF choosing the plan Of
making nominations should be left TO
tho State Committed. II is frequently
4 In SessIon. and changes could be easily
made, more easily. than By the Legislu-
ture. a specific objection to thet BIZ: Is
that1t PROPOSES that the Judges Of tho
election shall be appointed on the recon-,
lhendatlop Of the county chnirmen.0S5
s IL arm u Opposed tos the Leglslature's
Il cpacting any law Ike the one proposed
by Mr.. Machen, said Mr.. Glass. There
are Certain features OF the bill which. In
my opinion. arc objectionable I'll nddi-
ton TO the position winch ! take that the
Legislature Is not called upon to do any
moro thanEit has done. II has made any
plan which n party may adopt. for the SO
lection OF candidates for office have the
sanction OF law, and provided that fraud
connected with the administration or
any party plan shall boz punished as
fraud is punished II r,rpctrhted In con-
nectlon With a national or State elcc-
tion. y
SOME CHANGES DESIRABLE.
There should be some changes made
IN our present primary plan" slid Rep
resentative Jones. "hut ! fall TO see th.,
need OF the Genera; Assembly's doing
! more than II has done. want to see
the plan amended so as to provide that
II may hs optional with the local author
tiles OF the party whetherDthe Viva tvocc
method is Used in the selection OF candl-
dates for local Offices But want the
viva. voce method retained in all other
elections. There Is no need Of the en-
actment}of any further law by the Gen.
eral Assembly, after It has already made
any primary plan legal. and thrown
around. It all the protection the law can
give In the matter of preventing fraud. /.
mary. a nd II want the viva v6ce met ,od
every time" said Representative Lamb.
II have not examined the Machcn bill,
but am inclined to think that there is
y lfttssA reed OF The General Asscmbly's
4 selecting the plan OF primary x
.2 captain Lamb wassreadIng Tho Times.
Dispatch OF yesterday when came upon
him int the corridor leading to Statuary
hall, and had Just acut out a paragraph
in which it was stated that Captain D.
C.. Richardson would }assurcdly be can
didate for the nomination to Congress
from the Third District this fall.
mo, am not scared he said In re-
spouse to question. II am confident
OF benig renomtnated There is no membe,
OF Congress who knows his friends bet.
ter than I, and I'm sure there are none
who Is surer Of them.s. Mr.. Richardson
cannot win" Z X n III s ts
II have repeatedly said that there
should not, in my opinion. be any furth.
or Legislation on the subject OF a prI-
mary plan for the selection Of candidates
for Office, said Representative Hay. II
may be that the Republicans OF Virginia
do not care to choose their candidates iI
that way. and It would not be fair TO-
the Legislature. which Is overwhelmingly
e Democratic, 10 compel them 10 90 so.
think VIC would be doing right toilet til,
entire matter alone now, as We have got
ten the Legislature to mako any 3paf
have. the. protection OF the laws asains
fraud.
J4AAIESTOWN EXPOSITION.
5 Members Of the Virginia delegaton In
Congress received a letter from Hon
s. Gordon Cumming to-day. asking them
to meet him and other members Of q
committee for the jamestown EXPOSE,
ton, Company at the Raleigh Hotel or
the evening Of February Sth, for the pur'
pose OF discussing the bill. which is to be
introduced. asking the national govern,
rnent to make an appropriation in ale
& Of the Exposition, There is'no one who
seems to have anything like an idea
Z OF how much will be asked or the con
ditions under which the government vii
be requestedeto make the gift. Is
The chances Of the apr opriation,s be-
Inc made at the present session Of Con
gless are not good. II 1t is made It vii
{ surprise many of the friends Of such
appropriation. though there are some