The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-10-10
STUART DESIRED
TO I. ENT !. /. I J ARMY
Was Much Surprised at the Ap-
pointlnent ThatsWas
Given Hin1a
AN AN UNAUTHORIZED REPORT
No Ground for Saying That Dan.
iel OF Martin Will Fight
His Confirmation,

(From Our Regulnrf Correspondent.
8sW,.AABldlNGTON. y. c. October y.--Col-
lector stunrt or tho Newport News Gus.
tom House, probably feels that IL Id
mad got the sort OF place ho was seek.
Ing when his appointment as United
Suites marshal for tho Eastern District
of VlrYinin WIS so suddenly and unex.
pectedly announced. he would not be III
the peck Of trouble that =, now boset.
ting him. And he Is undoubtedly right
4 In his assumptions.
This correspondent has season to know
that no ono wus more surprised than
he was at the sudden turn OF affairs.
AT the time that that office was given
him he was not by any means one OF
those who allows tho, Office to seek tho
man.. lie was seeking Office ar dill
gently as any man could. but 1t was in
q very different field than the one that
was given him.
After the Army.
It was his desire to emulate his fathers
example 9ii1 tho profession OF arms. He
was at that very time frying to land a
cnptaincXiHn The army. and was making
free use OF tho good Offices OF Senator
Daniel to, further his ambitions. He had
made frequent trips to Washington TO
ask Senator Daniel to press his claims
and It was through the efforts OF Senntor
Daniel to land him in tho army that
he was brought into the favorable no
tlce Of President Roosevelt The Prcsi-
dent thought that the place for such
Republican material was in Virginia, ana
not In the army, and the appointment OF
Stuart cnmo just at the time that he 4
was expecting the efforts OF Senator
Daniel to bear fruit in the, shape OF the
captaincy he desired. 4!f
A few days after stuarts appointment
to succeed Treat he WAS In Washington,
and In the presence OF this correspond
lent thanked Senator Daniel for his good
Offices, and expressed surprise that they
had brought him the rnarshnlship Instead
OF q cnptaincy. He would have preferred
the captnlncy, but was satisfied with
the other place and afterwards was
pleased when he was transferred to
tho collectorship
Unauthorized Statement.
Another paper publisher the statement
that Senator Daniel and Senator Martin :
will Tight tho confirmation Of Stuart
when It comes up next winter. The In 4
formation was published sin Richmond
moro than week ago that there was
some prospect that an effort TO defeat
his confirmation. and this correspondent
Is able To state that neither Senator Mar
tin or Senator Daniel mas aulnor!zca
the statement that they will do So AS
was stated at that time. there Is q prob
ability that opposition to the con1rna-
ton, but when 1t Is stated that sena-
tors Daniel and Martin Will fight the
nomination there Is an assumption made
athatsis unwarrantcdg Neither of them has
fully decided what course they Will pur-
sue In the matter
President 1rritated.
1t has been many a day since Virginia
cfficeholder has gotten such call down
by q President as that which has been
given TO Stuart. There Is good ground
for the assertion that Stuarts actions
huyc sorcly displeased the President
Stuart was given Virginia appointment
in the hope that he would aid the Presl-
dent in his efforts to build up respect.
able Republican party inVirginia, moi
less than in his deep desire TO win the
respect and confidence OF the people OF
the South. .,trhat Stuart has seen TT to
violate tbc9rivil service and has irritnted
the iPresM ert no little, and It Is a pretty
safe guess that he Will not carry his sup
FORT Of him. as far as he carried his sup
port Of Crnm.