The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-01-08
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IS AGAINST TAFT N:
Will Soon Declare Himself to
That Effect, Says Congress
man Richardson.
NE is RoosEvELT's FRIEND
Would Like to Support Presi-
dents Man, but Pressure Is
Too Great,
Times. Dispatch Bureau,
AfIneey Building,

Times. Dispatch bureau.
washington. p :, 6" Jan. &.
j Booker n Warrington will soon de-
clare himself opposed to the nominal
ton Of Secretary Taft to the Presi.
drncy. according to Representative
Richardson. Of Alabama. Mr.. Richard
ton said TIM. tremendous pressure was
bcing cSerte,1 to make Washington de-
clare himself. He has held out nth
srto' but he will.not be able to DO SO
much longer. 4
"All the impulses Of Washington
move min to support the man Presl-
! dent Roosevelt desires to sec nomi-
mated. said Mr.. Richardson. "He IL
! great. believer in1tllc President. and
the President believes in him. Nat
be for the man the President wants,
tut the pressure IL too great. The me-
gro leaders In Alabama are pressing
i'm too hard. They urge that Foraker
Was tho only man who stood out for
their race when nobody else. not even
the President, would do so, when the
president, in fact was againct them,
sIiuding to the Brownsville affair l
Feel confident the Republicans Of Ala
bama Will declare for Foraker.
Taft Against the Field.
tOelleSe, continued Nr. HlCHarQ.
son. that the candidates opposing
TAFT, including Cannon and Fairbanks
and Knox. are standing back and will
GLOW the delegation 70 go to Foraker.
OF the field against Taft"
1t is. very evident that the various
tsepnib l n. csndidates are guessing as
going to do. Time was when the adj
ministration. and especially the adj
m' l11 Of President, Rooseveit
aince the dismissal Of the coiored bat.
TALON Tor the shooting up. of Browns
Booker s,panxs INDEED TO see
TO oppose the nomination. OF candi-
late put forward by President Roose-
Yell for every time President Roose-
she name of Booker Washington recurs
to the mind.
The Currency DilI.
The sessions OF the Senate and House
to-day were dull The Senate session
u the Committee on FINANCE In re-
porting the emergency currency bill
not that this action, created m inter.
esting debate. but the bill itself was
much discussed. Senators would not
Nave much to say concerning 1t.
THIS currency question Is one upon
cams care to talk, There is u great
deal of Ignorance about It, and not a
little OF this lack of information is
found In Congress.
s.In God We Trust"
In God We Trust was the text OF
An eloquent speech in the House by
Morris Sheppard, Of Texas. who showed
TO MS own satisfaction that the re-
motto not restored TO the coinage. By
the way. Representative John Lamb has
received copy of the resolution adopt
ed by the Virginia Annual Conference
hn Hn<lf tcV
requesting Congress to enact legisla-
tton making the use OF the motto on
our coins compulsory.
Representative Ollie James. of Ken
lucky. said to-day that he had received
nvers3,ooo letters. commenting his bill
to compel the restoration OF the motto
TO American coins. In addition to this
fas GhTIsdian He s Of New york had
large packages of petitions signed by
many thousands of people. praying that
the motto be brought back into use. II
Is doubtful whether Congress will en-.
act such Legislation.
Don't Care for Tariff.
Representative Hardwick, Of Geor-
gla. made e 9 e, "a speech bristling with fig.
nanutactnrers sold their products al al
a less price abroad than they sold
them to an American consumer. II
was good tariff reform speech. blu,
neither side OF the House listened we'll
slemp's Good Committees.
The. Speaker announced at the open
ing of the session to-day that Repre-.
sentative Bascom Slemp elected tc
serve out the unexpired term of his
father from the Ninth Virginia Dis.
trict, had been appointed to the Com.
mitees on Accounts and Private Land
Claims. The committee assignments
are unusually good for new memoer
the Committee on Accounts being the
Chief patronage committee OF the
House. Every time bill is intro.
duced to employ additional men abou,
the House OF Representatives. 1t is re.
ferred to the Committee on Accounts
anditi s needless to say that the mem.
hers thereof have excellent chances Of
securing places for their constituents
Patronage and Buildings.
Speaking of patronage. Mr.. slemr
Tazewell county. at S1,400, and ex.
penses, pr. GILLESPIE viii be stationed
inaNews Mexico and Arizona.
Mr.. slemp introduced bill to-da!
approprtatirg 600 for q public
building. a Big Stone Gap, and another
anpropTiatinE s25.000 for public
building at,.Wytheyille. The Weather
Bureau alone pays an annual rental Of
& $500 for Its squartersGa t Wytheville. ~