Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-09
QUALITY OF TEMPER IS BEING kept QUIET
Like an Evil Spirit Dwes Nothing Known in Richmond
in the Mind About Taft Club
HURTS BRAIN AND STOMACH DENIAL OF AN OFFICIAL
With Good Digestion Ignorant Reported Republican
and Fine Feelings. Movement
sULKY MOODS THE WORST THE MANN.GRAvATT CoLLooUY
Of
Observation-Disclosures
Grouchy Disposition Senator Byaa
Nothing Known in Richmond
About a Taft Club.
DENIAL OF AN OFFICIAL
Ignorant of Reported Republican
Movement.
THE MANN.GRAvATT CoLLoQUY
Exaggerated Impressions Regarding
Pleasantry-Nomina
Of Senator Byars.
Special Correspondence Of The star.

Va ScAdtoE 0ye&os
Special Correspondence Of The star.
RICHMOND. Va, August g. 1903
Business men OF this city who were said
TO be interested in the movement to organ
ize Taft Business Mems Club are keeping
rather quiet or else the thing has been
abandoned. There is no Taft organisation
here at this time. and IL the contemplated
club is to become a factor In politics only
the promoters know anything OF II. A re-
publican official one OF the men holding .
lucrative position. informed The Stars
correspondent a day or two ago that 10
there was anything in the reported move
ment he knew nothing whatever OF 1t and
that he rather inclined to the belief that
the report was exaggerated. The impress
sion that the club is being organised Sc
cretly and that the members are keeping
all the details to themselves finds ere.
dence in the minds OF some. But this be-
lief is met with the statement that IL
there were anything like 500 members 1t
would be impossible to keep all the details
from the public and that some portion OF
the details would find their way into
print.
1t is no secret that a great many OF the
bankers Of the city are open advocates OF
Judge Taft, having announced that they
will vote for him, but that there 10 any
thing like the 500 which was claimed In
the early stages OF the campaign IL Wide
of the mark. Certain II Is that there II no
organization Of the sort in this city.
The declaration OF Wyndham r. Mere
dith Of this city, president OF the State
Bar Association, now In session At Hot
Springs. that he intended to vote for
Judge Taft occasioned no surprise here.
for 1t is understood that he voted for
AAnf MaL TIL al
dent Roosevelt. There In some criticism
of Mr.. Meredith for making the declara-
ton at the meeting OF the association.
lawyers contending that II might have
that the sentiments expressed by the
president were those OF the majority OF
the association. Such IL not the case, for
there are many lawyers In the city whS
astic supporters OF Mr.. Bryan. One OF
them, Samuel L. Kelley. 10 the eiector 1t
large with Judge Samuel w. Williams.
Judge Mann and Senator Gravatt.
During the meeting Of the State Farm
ers' Institute in this city early this week
there was a discussion in which Judge w.
II. Mann. a candidate for governor. par
ticipated. as did also Senator Charles L.
Gravatt OF Caroline. Judge Mann made
some reference to what the general as
sembly did at its last session for the
agricultural interest, calling attention to
the high schools for teaching agriculture.
the law for the betterment Of the high
ways and various other matters. Senator
Gravatt "a retired naval surgeon and
one Of the stanchest friends Of the farm
ing class) said that X Judge Mann had
playing on the floor of the institute while
he was a member Of the senate he might
have accomplished q good deal more. II
was little pleasantly on the part or
Judge Mann. but the impression has gone
abroad that Senator Gravatt made Q
savage attack on the record Of Judge
Mann" Friends OF the two gentlemen
declare that Senator Gravatt would be
the last man In the world to undertake
to inject anything savoring OF politics In
a meeting which was composed OF men
of various political faiths.
Byars Against slemp.
The democrats OF the ninth district have
run away with the forecasts and have up
set the calculations Of Maj. J. Hoge Ty-
Ter and all others by nominating J. Cloyd
Byars, a former state senator. for Con-
gress in opposition to c. Bascom Stomp.
The convention was held At Pulaski ana
was pretty well attended. The political
wiseacres had slated the Rev. Tyler Fra
zer for the nomination, but he did not
have q look-in when the convention got
to work. Senator Byars won In walk.
Senator Byars served two terms In the
state senate from Washington county and
the city Of Bristol. He is a native OF the
county OF Washington. is about forty-two
years old, lawyer and has been In poll
tics for the last twenty years. He declined
to stand for reelection to the state SEN
ate and retired to his law practice three
years ago. Senator Byars 10 well known
all over the district. and when he was In
formed that he had been nominated no
appeared before the convention and made
IN, uyhf Lob, he
of making the campaign vigorous enoogh
to suit the wishes OF Representative
Slemp He will ask for Joint debates and
will insist on having them. He Knows
the record of the candidate in that sec
ton. and is bold enough to call him t.
account for many measures. senator
Byars had not been mentioned In connec-
ton with the nomination prior to the as
sembling Of the convention, and when his
name was mentioned II resulted IN Q
stampede
Shooting Of Hschlsr.
PHYSICIANS say that Jacob I. Hechlsf.
shot and seriously wounded in his own
home a few nights ago. will recover from
the injuries he sustained Hechler was
shot by Royal Ellerson. q city esnploye. In
a fight which took place az O'Clock IN
the morning 1t is the belief OF some OF
the police that there was q conspiracy TO
kill Hechler. Hechler was snot IN tne
finger prints being on the Walls ana marks
in the fence OF bullets that were INTENDED
for him. Mrs Hechler 10 being maid IN
81 600 bail as q witness In the case. n
warrant may be served on her before thu
preliminary hearing takes place next
week.
State Health Report
Repors from the several county health
boards are being received at the once OF
the state health Commissioners, DIR. En-
MON G. williams. The reports are In
tended to show the exact health condi-
tons, the prevalence Of fever and other
maladies. In some instances the onicero
are very careful and make the reports
full and complete, but In other instances
the physicians are careless. neglectful or
Indifferent The reports as returned IN .
few instances are wholly worthless be-
cause of their incomplete condition. As
an evidence of the manner In which the
returns are made II Is noted that In some
of the counties not q case OF tubercuiosts
is reported and there Is not Q case oS
typhoid embraced In the figures. The
laws are intended to have the reports
complete. and IL il believed that sofne or
the officers will have to explain their
failure to attend to business. and some
may be removed from once by the board.
Gov. Swanson is away from the city for
two weeks. having gone to his country
estate near Chatham for q vacation, the
first since he was made governor.