The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-20
Opposition in the Fourth.

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}1tsjs not certain that there will be any
opposition to the denomination OF Mr.
Maynard ,of the Second district. although
II is believed that Judge y. tucker
Brooke will enter the race.
Representative Southall has all kinds
OF opposition In the fourth,gwhcre former
Congressman Francis r. LassilcrI ana
( cbI.lvilllam n. Mann and Judge Leon
jdas u Yarrcll have all announced their
Intention Of running for congress- IN
fact, each Of the candidates against Mr.
sou tllallS have begun work I and each does
not mind taking the public Into his con-
Gdencc to the extent OF declaring his
EDelict3that he will win. M III n 5si3s $i
."Ihere are two mon who can carry
the Ninth district for the deroGrats,
said an Abingdon man In Washington to-
DAY .'They are Con Trigg and John
buchanan Both have carried the dis
5tr,ct when n It was a harder thing TO do
than at present. and they can doit again:
Judge buchanan will not run and Con-
nally Trigg wont, understand. ! the
democrats were to nominate Trlgg you
would see the Ninth district democratic
8ns sure as the world.
~ believe Thlt Irvine can carry the DIS
trict Northumberland ~ Rufus a.
Aver. car; come mighty near to doing II.
There Is tremendous opposition to SiemP
4 in the district In his own party lie has
accomplished absolutely nothing for the
district ass member of congress and he
yyhas GOT Offices Tor obody but his closest
friends. - The places he, has got for bis
people have been federal offices In She
state.
HE has been as unsuccessful IN get
ting Virginia Republicans into bcrths IN
Washington and elsewhere outside the
State as he has been in getting through
legislation his people wanted.
B q " !.
Will Not Accept
IT could not accept the nomination to
f Congress-" said former Representative
connally Il. Trigg, WHO Is In Washing
ton on business. He was told what the
Democrat quoted above and said: II might
he nominated" continued Mr.. Trigg, land
b f nominated l should probably be elected.
for am convinced the Democrats are
go!ng<to carry the district this fall.
Everything points that way. But can
not afford to enter such race|1 have
not the time
.'Probably you are too busy getting
rich. Mr.. Trlgg," suggested the cores
pondont.
II hope so,'' responded Mr.. Trgg, as he
hurried down the corridor towards the
House end OF the Capitol.
cone OF the biggest pieces OF engineer
ing recently undertaken In this country
IS now being pressed in Southwest Er-
ginia," said Colonel Mari, dean Of the
school engineering ut the Vrgnin Poly
technc Institute, to-day. Colonel Mari is
here on professional business at the coast
and geodetlc survey.
&"I alude to the boring Of the tunnel
for the Underwater RAILROAD through I4un-
dv's Hill. between Christiansburg and
Hacksb,lrg. Tho tunnel will be over a
mile in length do not know that such
n big piece Of railway work Is under way
anywhere In the country at this time."s
Valuable Property.
AColoncl Mari Is engaged in some ex-
pert work for the South and Western |
road, which, he expects to see become ono
of tho most valuable pieces of railroad
property In the United States, II doubt |
whether any section OF this country IS
progressing so rapidly in an Industrial |
way as Is Southwestern Virginia., he
said. He has only recently gone to the
Polytechnic from the Virginia Military |
Institute. where he wns for years pro-
lessor OF civil engineering, hut he has
caught the spirit OF the Southwest, and
talks like ho was to the manner born
Colonel Mnrr says than an electric line
from Christlansburg to Blackhurg is a 7
fact which will be accomplished In a
short time.