The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-01-26
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UPAE |. || ! IN :! THIS [
Federal Office ol ',Lt' 81 Desert 'e
organization on Almost Almost il
a Stampede.
GET OUT BY WHOLESALE |':''
.B BE- One Member 81 Old ID s.. Execl e
tive Committee: Left Il
Chairman.
5G {: OUT j BY WHOLESALE VI % T We
4. I.

The Republican party organlztllllto'E, VI,
Il, now n ana !, for many years COMPOSER
almost exclusively Of Federal ollceh o Ill
arc Id Il dominated by tllcn, has Just
undergone q reorganiza ton IN the nature nature
II 4 nolitical revolution. The desertIion OF
,thc5s state Central and Executive Commit
stncs Nv tho holders Of nppointiye ottlccs
Ia II "a general at the meeting IN l1Sllch-
h,,,,.- saturday evening as to be almost
S'tstnnIr5ede Uncle Sans u employees i, M
this State deserted the ~ ~
Fats fleeing from a SINKING mp. - ~
cnairmun Park AgneW, who rs ,cGlie4I1Iiol
5of internal revenue for the SlXtn - LIS ~
a iict led the revolt or the stampede. ~
&iie ten executive commit 4, lsWe ,.a
3y.,ssn Shl1t one remains, eight having = Y
s,sncd and one having been relnoved e. 5itere
AS Inc listof rctlrements from tns, LNe e,,i.
S5 Il % Committee bySdistricts and their sue
cessors where they are E.l ff,n,
1of fredericksburg, who VIII probably I'D be
succeeded by Captain Joseph'uls lraoer'
jE3of Mathews. .S.Ss - III -, 80,
s Official who VIII DC succeeoeu Gpy IVY
4aThird District Edgar Allan, Jr., removed
and superseded by {. sE' Snead oil h lhs
MI Fourth District-Gcnerals Stith BOILING,
Il postmaster at Petersburg; succeeded ee'd'ai BY
n Nv. W. Martin. + 4,
Sixth Distrlot-W. "a. Mospy, pos an
Eighth Distrct--J, L. Crupper Federal
official resigned successor not yet named;
Tenth Districts. Brown Allen, United
States marshal, resigned and 10 DC sue
ceeded by Thomas Connors. ~
Mr.. L. p. Summers, Of the Ninth Dis
trict, Is tho only old member of the Exccu-
Y tive Committee left. He Is not an office
influential Of the fighting Republicans III
Mr.. Slemp's district. II. e r.,
Son Of Colonel Slemp.
Mr.. G.. b. Slema .of Big Stone Cap
who succeeds state Chairman Agnew,, is
a son of Congressman Slemp, and was the
campaign las year, He Is a graduate Of
IF the Virginia Military Institute, afterwards
a sub-professor there. Mr., Semp Is q
very quiet gentleman, but Is an Intelligent
& md efficient organizer, who promises to
make the campaign this year vigorous,
The wholesale dcsertion Of the party
ship by tho Federal oficeholders was di-
rectly attributable to the fact that the
edict had gone forth from the White
House, tllatGit was not pleasing to the
President, that men who held Federal
4 positions should be active IN party or
gantzntion. Heretofore prominence in the
a badge of distinction emitting the holder
TO recognition IN tho auadrennlal distrl-
button of patronage That explains the
large number Of Federal appontive otl1-
Gals on the old committee. l s 81
The seating of Mr.. Snead In place OF
Mr.. Allan as Executive Committee fol-
this district was a foregone conclusion
Il Mr.. Allan had contested Mr.. Snead's
claim to the position last summer, nnd
The Executive Committee had seated Mr.
Allan. With the Federal officials off o.
Rthe committee the result was reversed or
10 hearing of the evidence In the contest
Mr.. Allan was not permitted TO resign
THAT would have been n recognition tina
q la wa d rtt1 hlr nf mn nF,t 10
political opponents would have nothing
short of a removal, and they got It.,
5 Hereafter. during tho administration o
Mr.. Roosevelt, at least, the Federal office
holders Will be as inconspicuous us posi-
bic in the party organization. The Presl
den, wants men who have made hgh
before the people and been elected |,
Office TO dominate the Organization