The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-08
States5in Letter That lHe
Will & epltl, !: Nomtna: X n. I ! \ 1,
tion8for Governorshiip \
ROGERS LIKELY Y 4. .I}
TO LOSE HIS JOB.
Declared on Authority that There
will Be New Collector for
Richmond District t-
news Friends Waiting
to Get Laugh
!, on Slemp. ..ss
3.
y I, r,,,,. 5 ,,,o y Gor RESPONDENT. Y,

From Our Res ular $CorrespoNnn l'sr 45
e. SHIN GToN, =. 9. March "a S.: vol
known Virginia Republican. talking In; IN;
this city to-day, said that 3 certain gen
tleman had received Ia letter from Juuye g,
II. u. Lewis, OF Richmond i, which ' the
latter stated that he would accept the
nomination for the governorsfip 81 5t1s Of
Sfered it8 BY the publican state 4; Con- On
ventlon.SS It Is well known hat J Judge Ice
Lewis has been SO averse to becoming
the Republican gubernator candldat'e fis : \
that he has declined to yield to me solc.,
jtations OF friends that he " alloW hem
to- say he#would be al cand didate. nave
heard I'M refuse TO be g ven II drawn into
conversation concerning this matter ana
declare that the subject was distasteful !
to him. 1T Is \ known tina W ] I'd ge Lewis
bis tho choice " tho White House for me h1e
Virginia goyernorship, and that amounts
to- a great deal In 4 these 7 lines, when q
there Is a shake up anlon the g Federal 1s
officials In Virginia. M S
a. d r Rogers toS Lose Job. ss ~
@gs Whtch reminds me Il hat tits said to he
settled that Captain Asa Rogers Will lose
his place as collector OF internal revenue " n
for the first revenue district 80 !, la.
Il have his on the best Of aut i orlty,Sanmd m
from r Republican hot is n} warm, E1 per
sonal friend of Cd tain Rogers. .sS FRIENDS u1
OF Captain Rogers were successfu ful9 E1 for g
time iii 4 preventing his removal w hen IL
was was threatene Il few eks u g go but but
it Is said now that was on ,a post 4!
ponem entE that they cured, and ttlat ms ms
ioflcia days are numbe bered. s s
Tho Identity of the sue ssor4 81 Ca r.
tain Rogers cannot be- earned 4 and nv[ II
3is not known w hat err he Pre- dent
appoint sas Conf te 80 keS Genera
$Rofser, orr a newg issuets Repub bltcanss like
Marshal " JabS Stuart, #
Moore vii II not SDo@ disturbed m TIL posse
sion Of Ills of1lce. AT the 50 me time ST tSis
stated on the best authorit ity that Park
9Agnew Will be removed from the fposit lon
4 Of collector 4 Of the Alexandrla district,
and that Mr.. III II. Il s3umiile ers, Of "a bling y
don vii L be appointed. n here is pro ba ply
a chance out OF a d dozen that this fSwll y
not be. done, but no more. SS s4
SS AgneW and others Guessing S.
II Now thero5is wondering as to whether l7l II I
Isl. Brown a. len, marshal for the wv estel'n.
District Of 4 Virginia, Will & be rem oyed.l
8The chances fare that he will hayeSt to get
out and make room for, some ono VINO
has not had such a long a LIMO III winch
to Apartuko$ Ot&Lne9 pie seFVeu&tlHtne y ~ ~
seral counter. Postmast ter " Pat Mccall,
of 3Lynchburg.5i Is hand in glove With = no
menSat5tho head Of the Republ licantorgan nj
zation@in n Virg inla-t that Il is, tleS slemp
pero ct N fils-and made sey eral peeclles3
In behalf OF Mr., slemp' 8 ca anu.ua cy the
campaign last fall. But the a. resident
Is pretty determined to carry out his
policy Of removing those who have served
az torn, though he will max g executions
1t is believed, that there will 1 bez changes
InBthe collectorshlpfo n olk, and the
lpostmastership5 Of that city, and 81 that
similar changes will DO mad 9 mt Newport!
News. y stIlaster Nj Harris ssS IAoge y OF.
Roanoke, is on the anxious bench he
has had a seat there for some time. and
1t Is said that he has not yet found the
.consolation which lie sought. } 7 here ore
several cand ddntcs for; the place, nd jit3 Is
not known that Mr.. slempg will allow the
referees OF the Sixth District to endorse
the incumbent. rs ~
M It is not known that Post stnast ter iWrnyi
Knight. Of Rlchmond has opposition.
The Postmaster G General snId some weeks
ago that Mr., Knight appeared to be t.3l. a
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