Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-22
GRAFT IN RICHMOND
Bids for Contracts Opened and
Duplicated.
GRAND JURY INVESTIGATES
Four Willing Candidates for Gov
ernor in the City.
EXPRESS ROBBERS ARE CAUGHT
Preparing for Arrival of the Episco-
pal Convention and ]. Pier
pont Morgan. .4--
Special Correspondence of The Star.

| Special Correspondence of The Star.
| RICHMOND, Va, September 81. 1907.
! The city Is filled with rumors of graft
| among the members of the city council and
| the several departments of the city gov
| eminent, all due to the discovery some
| weeks ago that bids for furnishing sup
plies to the city home had been tempered
with 1t developed that the bids had been
| opened and the prices of the lowest man
| duplicated by another person. Whether
| this was with the knowledge and consent
| of the bidders has not yet been made clear,
| but it was not done with the approval of
| the man whose bid was opened and his
! figures copied. Now It is charged that
| members of the council are violating their
| own ordinances by accepting proposals
| to do work for the city when the law ex-
| pressly forbids that This, it is said IS ac-
complished by having firms in which coun-
| cilmen and commissioners of departments
| are interested incorporated and having the
! firm bid on the contracts the com
pany." While there are some few cases
| of the kind in the city, the contracts have
| whole matter is expected to be thrashed
| out by the grand jury at the October
| term
Plenty Of Candidates.
At this time there are four men making
their homes in this city who are in the
race for governor to succeed Gov. Swan
son. Two of these have their official homes
here, though they own property in the
city. They are Henry C. Stuart of Rus
sell county and Col. Joseph E. Willard of
Fairfax county, both members of the state
corporation commission, and both of whom
are to retire within few months. The
other gentlemen are Lieut. Gov Elyson
and James Aston Cabeli, both of whom
are among the aspirants for the nominal
ton. Mr.. Cabell has about made up his
mind to enter the contest and it is known
that Mr.. Ellyson has long cherished the
hope that he would be governor Mr..
Stuart, however, says that while his max
ing his home here his legal residence is in
his home county while Col. Willard claims
Fairfax as his home. It is more than
their headquarters here when the cam
paign gets into full swing
Byrd Will Be Speaker.
Richard E. Byrd Of Winchester will be
the next speaker of the house of delegates
| This is positively known to all the menu
| bers-elect Of that body, except to the gen.
tlemen who said to be aspiring to that
honor. Mr.. Byrd has gone over the situa-
| ton very carefully and the whole list of
members has been canvassed. OF the total
| democratic membership of the house Mr.
Byrd Will receive more than fifty This
Will leave only thirty for the other candi-
dates to divide. In other words, Mr.. Byrd
has pledged to him one-half Of the total
aIano.ion fron, NJ tbts n;t Us so,;a th
Winchester man In a letter 70 a friend
in this city a day or two ago Mr.. Byrd
con1d asL onI +bat Sa Iy,S artain 49, he
had enough votes to elect him. and that
the action Of the delegation from this city
in coming to him had made his claim to
fhn h<,,, o1,co1, ta1, cot,
En;sconal Convention
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,-.i.es S,n.a s..,,, :, NV l,ett.on o. .le
. ~, 49," ~. 'l.-' 10y oe.ooei
w. -, ~ ,nS In &C
W., I'M 81 ''s"ops
W.. - 90. 1>'e't ~ Do''e' o.
lutte Oh missouri 10 presioe' Inc conVen-
| ton will also have about three hundred cler-
| zeal and an equal number of lay delegates.
| This latter body Will sit independent of the
| college or house Of bishops. The house of
| bishops will meet in the capitol of the state,
While the house Of deputies will hold its
sessions in st. Paul's Church, couple of
hundred yards away. For more than three
months the committee in charge of arrange
ments for the entertainment of the visitors
| has been at work obtaining homes for the
members of the two bodies. So far homes
than aoeo nersons who viii come to hi this
city. There are to be many prominent per-
sons here for the sessions. among them j.
fierppllt MORGAN, VINO mas leased mouse
brine bic. nUn servantS norriaaas ~
mobiles. He will entertain largely while in
| Richmond. The lord bishop of London. the
Rt Rev. A. +, Wlnnington-lngram, is to
be here, with Bishop Edgar Jacob Of st.
Adams
Tome Renublican candidate
After good deal or talk about what they
nd hat how WON I.,I,
the day of election. the "liIv white, renub-
,oons 80 ~ 49,, bo,.o -, 49,, .-iN,,
.'ana VI INC 'i'S iia.e ""iieu one cahdi-
date LOT the mousse IN THIS city. The city is
| entitled to five. The candidate Is L. H
| Drew, young LAWYER "Parson" w. F.
Ta1Iav the erstubiIe renublio.n o.nd,da,o
| 49, 60. 49, -eel., -. l"-. ' 'e
iol oons ess. wio leiio oi MS party NOT
| ioi!s aso, rs Uut as an iHuepehasnt cahui-
edte anu wiz oe i'ilolseu' Ihls step Is
~ ~ ne ne. pui poss VI ioitins Inc negroes OF
w, Ivy 49, ~ oit, tne NY VINES LOT
| lney nidue .. s. hrst ana IN that