Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1905-01-20
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swears allegiance to Bryan, and says
that leader must in future lead the
Democratic party.
1t is currently reported that Mr.. |
Roosevelt will likely not reappoint
Capt. Asa Rogers Collector of Inter-
nal Revenue but will put in bis place
Morgan Treat, United States mar
shall, to succeed whom be recently
named j. 4. B. Stuart, jr., of New
port News.
Because Secretary Hitchcock, at
a Cabinet meeting, dropped the
remark that an Oregon man was
never elecCed 10 Office because he was
too honest President Roosevelt took
him to task. The other members of
the Presidents official family are
said to have looked right "cheap"
when the remark was dropped.
A telegram from Richmond states
that the current report that Congress-
man w. A. Jones will be candi-
date for the u. S. Senate, to succeed
Senator Martin, is disposed of by a
letter from Mr.. Jones, written to
friend in that city, in which ne said
that he would not be q candidate,
but would support Gov. Montague.
Hon. Park Agnew, chairman of
the Republican State Committee, has
issued q call for joint meeting of
the State Central and Executive Com
mittees at the Hotel Carroll, Lynch
burg, on Saturday night. 1t is I'M
derstood that the meeting will be for
the purpose of taking action relative
to the coming State election aud to
discuss party matters in general.
Hon. Claude A. Swanson has just
made formal public announcement
of his candidacy for. Governor, which
is accompanied by lengthy express
sion Of his views upon important
State questions. The tone of his
declaration is manly, straightfor-
ward and frank, and deserves moth
ing but commentator. The contest
is warming up daily and promises to
be intensely exciting and full of
interest from now until the day of
the primary. Swanson, Willard and
Mann will likely be the three con-
testants, but the order in which they
will finish is hard to guess.-South-
side Sentirel.
Speaking of Mr.. Swanson's an
nouncement for gubernatorial honors
the South Boston News, an able
paper that has not been allied with
the Swanson people, or the Martin
faction, gives column of editorial
in praise of the paper. Among other
things it ssys: "It is peculiarly a
Swanson production. Made to ct his
own ideas of what platform should
be, and it's a good one, far better
than a special committee could have
formulated" The address is receiv-
ing commentator from the State
papers, without regard to faction or
creed.
Colonel Joseph Button, Secretary
of the State Democratic Committee,
when interviewed on the subject
said: "I am known to be a warm
supporter of Senator Martin for re-
election to the United States Senate
and | can only say that he has every
reason to believe that we will carry
every congressional district in the
State" "Has Senator Martin made
combination with any one of the
candidates now running for officer
the reporter asked. Colonel Button
replied: 81 am confident that no
combination has been made with any
candidate. In fact, / will state that
Senator Martin has told more than
one candidate that he was candidate
for the United States Senate himself
and that he would not, therefore,
take any part in the other contests. T"
Hon. S. Wilkins Mathews, of Acco-
mac county is in this city. He states
that he will not be candidate for
the House nomination, and that Hon.
j. X. Rev, the incumbent, will
stand for denomination. He expressed
the belief that Mr.. Waiter Mapp
would probably oppose him. Asked
as to the outlook In the senatorial
and gubernatorial contests on the
Eastern Shore, Mr.. Mathews stated
that as the situation now stands he
believed that Mr.. Swanson was ''away
in the lead" aud that he would beat
both of his opponents three to one
in Accomac. As to the senatorship,
Mr.. Mathews expressed the view that
Senator Martin would carry North
ampton. but that it was very close
between Messrs. Montague and
Martin in Accommodates Dis
patch.