Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-30
NEW REGIME OPPOSED
Move to Reorganize Virginia
Senate to Die a=B0rnin'.
MANN TO SUCCEED HIMSELF
Railway Question to Be a Strong Is.
sue This Fall.
PLAN TO FIGHT OYSTER PIRATES
Virginia State Fair October 7-12.
Man Buys Secondhand Tombstone.
Historic Home for School.
PLAN TO FIGHT OYSTER PIRATES


| RICHMOND. Va, September 30. 1907
| Judge William H. Mann candidate for the
state senate from Nottoway county. and
| who for years has been chairman of the
| senate caucus. is to once more be elevated
| to that position by the democrats Some
time ago a move was inaugurated by GER
tain new men named for the senate to IRE
! organize that body and to put a re-
! gime in control of legislation 1t was said
at one time and generally believed that such
| scheme would be carried out but there
is the very best OF reason for believing that
the promoters of the plan have overtaxed
their strength and have expended all their
| energy before they got a glimpse of the
eyes of the enemy.
From what is known at this time 1t is safe
to say that Judge Mann will be reelected
chairman of the caucus. and that he will be
| the floor leader on questions of political
policy of that branch of the general assem-
bly,. In other words. the reported ambition
of Senator keeZeli of Rockingham to be-
come the chairman of the caucus will not
be realized at this time. Senator elect Folkes
| OF this city Is said to have been one of the
| men who favored the reorganization, and
he had the cordial support of many of those
| who believe that Judge Mann is too closely
| aligned with what has been known as the
Martin forces
| This move has been defeated by the nomi-
| nation of men who are known to be In line
| with the administratiOn-them machine, as 1t
| Is designated. One of the new senators who
IS being counted as belonging to the ma
chine in brother-in-aw Of Andrew j. Mon
| tague the former governor. who went down
| In defeat at the hands of the Martin forces.
| Col. Saunders defeated J. Boyd Sears. one
| of the closest Of the former governors
| friends.
Prohibition Against Railroads.
| Tho u,,borpatoriaI cap>pai0n 10 still
| some time off politicians and wise ones are
| beginning to say that the contest will be
| between Judge William H. Mann of Motto
| way the apostle of temperance and H. c.
| Stuart of Russell, the member of the cor
| poration commission and author of the re-
| port on the rate cases decided by that body
| 1t Is contended that Judge Mann for
long time counsel for the Norfolk and west
ern railway. is still friendly to his old
| clients. though he resigned from that office
| some time ago. Mr.. Stuart Is understood to
| represent the people" In the exposition of
| his views in the matter of the railroads. So
| 1t would seem that the forces of the state
are to align on the issue thus stated-those
friendly to the cause of prohibition and
| not antagonistic to the roads for Judge
! Mann. those favoring the bringing OF the
| roads to terms and against prohibition for
| Mr.. Stuart.
| In that condition of affairs there will in
| evitably come a split in the ranks Of the
| democrats. The liquor men will not stand
| for Judge Mann in any case: the prohibit
tionists would not support Mr.. Stuart in
| case he should stand for that element. The
| opportunity for electing an independent"
| would be first class, and there 10 little Ques-
ton that such a nomination would be made
| ]. G. Tinsley Fortescue Whittle and Sam
| uei ]. Morgan. all connected with the vir-
ginia- Carolina Chemical Company. the fer
tiiizer trust. are to- go to Memphis and
! stand trial for alleged violation Of the fed
eral trust laws. The gentlemen are all resi-
| dents OF this city. They were araigned here
on indictments some time ago. bailed and the
! cases appealed. The fight was made against
having the cases transferred from this city
| to Tennessee for hearing. Able counsel ap-
| peared for the indicted men. and the fed
eral courts have held that they must go to
| Tennessee. The action of the government
! in running down this trust. which has con-
! trolled the selling Of fertilizers to the farm
| ers of the south. has been received with
| satisfaction by the farming element. They
| hope to see this and the tobacco trust put
| out Of business.
Some time ago the question Of Con-
| federate choirs at the approaching reunion
| In Norfolk created something of stir in
! this city. due to the action of Lee Camp
Confederate Veterans. in cOndemnng the
| move. 1t is being charged now that there
was something at the bottom of the OPP
| position. the veterans of Pickett Camp
| inaugurated the scheme before Lee Camp
had thought of IT. Possibly the question
of precedence entered Into the matter. Sew
eral camps concurred with Lee Camp when
the question was first agitated and now
! some or these nave recOhSlueTeU ana are
| cordial in their approval of the subject
| The choirs consist of party of young
| ladies. daughters and granddaughter of
| veterans. who have been rehearsing war
| songs and who will appear in uniform and
entertain the veterans. Several camps will
| have such chOirS.
War on Oyster Pirates.
| W Mcdonald Lee. chairman of the state
board of fisheries is making war on the
oyster pirates. The past week has been
| busy one, and he has devoted almost the
entire time to operating along James river
| He has had three vessels engaged in
| ming them down, and he has succeeded in
| capturing more than dozen of the vio-
| lators The men made resistance at first
| and when they saw that the chairman was
| prepared for fight they surrendered. He
| has collected several hundred dollars in
fines and is getting his forces in line for
| an active campaign. He Is determined to
| break III, the work of those who try
| ing to destroy the oyster beds and is pay
ing attention to enforcing the Gull laws.
| 1t is expected that he will send two of the
| boats to the Rappahannock and Potomac
| rivers within a few days. The Maury. the
! flagship of the fleet. is a swift vessel and
! can readily overhaul any craft that plies
| In the waters of any of the rivers. What
| is more, she can run into shallow water
| and prevent the escape of boats that have
| heretofore gotten away from other vessels
George Med. Blake, business man Of
this city few days ago attended sale of
| unclaimed freight conducted for one of the
! railroads centerlng here. He stood around
for some time. and when the auctioneer
put up a package marked cigars" Mr..
J Blake ventured to put in bid. He
| forced to keep on bidding, but whether 1t
was dummy bid or not he has not been
able to find out. The package weighed some
200 pounds. and he was game enough to
keep the bidding going and just to see how
much of sport his opponent was. The
pa ckage was knocked out to him and he had
IL carted to his store. He opened it, and he
took out great quantity Of excelsior paper
and the like. and finally came to second
hand tombstone. He says he does not yet
need a tombstone. certainly not second
hand one. He enjoys the matter as much
as his friends
| Thomas F. Ryan Of New York and Vir-