The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-05-03
POLITICS BEHIND
OFFICE REMOVAL
Brownlow Makes Hard Fight to
Keep Collector at
Bristol.
TENNESSEE A STORM CENTRE
Democrats Put Forth Every
Effort to Capture Delega-
ton in Oklahoma.
By WALTER EDWARD mln,.ls.

WAsHINGToN, D. c., May 2.-Thcrc
Is no certainty as to what VIII be the
outcome OF the Evans Sanders factions
efforts to remove the office of collector
of the internal revenue from Bristol
10 Chattanooga. Representative Brown
low want sthe office to remain at Brig
toll, and told the Treasury Department
that he does. He said further that he
knows that the collector wants 1t to
remain at Bristol. But the other side
wants 1t to go to Chattanooga. The
fight Will be purely political one, and
81 bard one, unless the get together
policy which the administration is now
urging the two factions to pursue. is
carried out. The Evans Sanders faction
viii represent that the collectors office
is In an out Of the way corner of the
district and that If 1t were at Chatta-
nooga, IL would be more conveniently
located for the prompt dispatch of the
public business. But behind these
statements Will be the politics In IT.
Sound business principles have never
figured eonspieuousiy In the location
OF collectors Offices anyway.
AN Illustration of this fact was the
removal OF the collectors Office lor
tho Western District of Virginia from
I.ynchburg. the geographic. as wen as
the business centre or the district 70
Alexandria to please the convenience oil
the collector Mr.. Park Agnew. II was
la.,,r more VIGOROUSLY evident that
husIness arguments had to make way
Tor nolItical arguments. when the COL
leetorship was removed from Aleshii-
dria to Abingdon about as far from lhe
centre of the district as any place on
the map. to suit the convenience OF Ei''
Louis Summers and Colonel sleiiP.
And so in the Observation-Disclosures d
fight. II will be politics that WIZ o
eide the matter. And II Soiohai Dr. =" :
low does not find out where 90
,tand?" before this fight is pulled OIL
he will know then. for sure.
rennesse., and Ohio have become the
,,olitica1 centres of the country IN the
last two weeks
Tho Democratic Congressional Com
,,ittee proposes 10 elect the i've f a,inn
hers of the House OF Representative
10 which the new State OF okiahoiii.'
viii be entitled. Secretary Eo"hrus
az the committee has recently written
TO ali the Democratic senators an
,ne,nbers OF the House. asking them 10
~, in carrying the state at the cleo
zion IN be held in August. and ABOUT
dnzen replies have been received.
.ccentlng the invitation to go TO
oklahoma and make speeches IN pc
talf of the Democratic candidates.
Chairman Cir!sgs, of the committee,
win be here I'm a few days, ana
further arrangements to ala the Detio-
Gratis OF the Embryonic state VIII pc
nerfected. \ circular will be sent out
IN short time asking for contribu-
1ions to defray the cost of the cam
ratgn Dollar contributions VIII DC
largely depended upon.
Tho election to be held in August
IS for the purpose of submitting TO
the people the ratification of the ne"
ConstitutIon, the election Of cover
,or and other State officers, of a
Legislature which Will elect two United
states Senator'S. and the election of
1--WE members of Congress. OF course,
should the people vote against the
adoption OF the Constitution, the cleo
lion OF officers would be null and void.
but such contingency is not anuci-
pated.
But the new Constitution would not
be safe even IL the people should vote
10 ratify it. for 1t must then be APP
proved by the President. since the act
enabling the people OF the State to
hold n convention to formulate {
I,onstitution- and enter the Union. pro-
yided that the President should APP
prove the instrument before 1t should
become effective. The President sent
word to the convention framing the
Constitution that II certain things
were put into 1t he should veto 1t
While his approval is probable, it is
by no means certain.
Secretary Edwards said to-day he
believed there was little doubt tina,
the Democrats would elect all five
candidates for the House of Represen-
tatives, and that the Legislature would
yoiect two Democrats to the Senate OF
the United States.