Evening star., 1909-04-11
WAR IS ON WITH v|COR.
Factions of Virginia RepubIi-
cans Up in Arms.
BLOW TO THE LILY WHITES
Appointment of Col. Asa Rogers So
Regarded.
RAILROADS FIX THEIR RATES
Democrats Machine Splits-Amend
the Constitution-Stole Papers
Recovered-Dash for Liberty.


burg as chief deputy in the Office of
United States Marshal Morgan Treat, to
succeed Maj. NJ. ]. Enright, the war be-
tween the factions of the republican party
has been renewed with a vigor that prom
ises to result In the determination of one
of the two factions in this state. The con-
f1rmation is a blow to the lilywhite or
ganization, which had championed Maj.
Enright, who had been summarily dis
missed because of his support of the
lily-white movement. Maj Enright is a
civil war veteran and has been a faith
full officer The friends of the deoosed
chief deputy We're hopeful that they
would be able to make it plain that it is
to the interest of the new republican
party to recognize the white faction in
the south. and particularly in Virginia
There is a general belief that the con-
firmation of the appointment of Col
Rogers means that Mr.. Treat is to go
with the end of his present term, and that
Maj. Enright will get the position which
is now being filled by Mr.. Treat. That is
the aim now of the lily-white faction. and
they are not without hope. They say
that as Mr.. Treat has less than three
months to serve 1t was to be expected
that he would be permitted to name MS
deputy, but that 1t does not mean that he
is to be reapoointed for another term.
L
dent Roosevelt in the campaign of a year
ago, and Maj. Enright stood for Judge
Taft. The two factions here are known
as the court faction and the post office
faction. and it is with the latter that
Maj. Enright is affiliated. Maj. Enright is
a candidate for the position of marshal,
and has the Endorsement of the late candi-
date of the party for Congress in this dis
trct, and has the support Of many of the
leading men of the party in the state.
Two Delinquent Railroads.
The Louisville and Nashville. and the
Chesapeake and Western, two Of the rail-
roads in this state which were affected
by the order of the corporation commits
sion in the matter of rates. are now
charging rate which is satisfactory to
them. They were enabled 10 do this when
Judge Pritchard entered an order making
permanent the injunction which he grant
ed soon after the ra.e decision was an
nounced by the commission. The commits
sion permitted the Louisville and Nash
vile to charge 2k cents and the CheSa-
peake and Western 3 cents a mile. These
two lines made no application for hear
ing of the rate matter at the time that
the other roads asked for a new maximum
rate.
The commission will not allow the
roads TO defy the authority Of the state.
There are. three courses open by which
they can be brought to time and one of
these will be employed at a no distant
date One is to go into the Supreme
Court of the United States and to ask
for an appeal from the injunction of
Judge Pritchard. The second is for the
attorney general to initiate proceedings
by asking the commission to prescribe a
a rate, and the third is for the commits
sion to issue a rule for the two roads
to show cause why they should not be
compelled to observe the regulations of
the commission and to transport pas
sengers at rates to be prescribed after
a hearing of the matter. Attorney Gen
eral Anderson is comforting with Senator
Daniel and others in the mattsr and
will soon determine which course is to
be followed in the case of the roads
mentioned.
Democrats Machine Splits.
For the first time in many years the
democratic machine in Virginia is bad
ly split ove. the gubernatorial matter.
The bulk of the regulars are said to be
for Judge Mann, but Mr.. Tucker boasts
that some of the members of Congress
and some of the state officials are his
supporters. Tie machine in all parts
of the state is in the same way-there
being adherents of both candidates at all
points. They are claiming that their
faVorites are certain of success, but one
of the most striking things to be seen
is the way the Mann supporters are com
that he will win. The betting as largely
III his favor the majorties being placed
at LOGO as minimum. The Tu ker men
are coming up strong, however, and APP
pear to have full con Sdence in his sue
cess, but they are not loafing on the
job and are hard at work organizing.
1t Is d fact that there is less interest
III the campaign than was believed pos
sibie. and. other than the leading men
for the head of the ticket. there is no
mention made of the ether candida ties.
Col. James K. Cation of Alexandria. can
didate fer lieutenant governor. was here
| this week. and his manner indicates that
1 lie is satisfied with the conditions and
| that he will win the nomination. 1t is
| believed that he will open his headquar-
| tefs in this city as soon as the state COM
mittee has fixed the date for the pri-
| marN
Amend the Constitution.
| Already the amending OF the state con-
i stitution is under way. There four
amendments TO be passed on by the next
general assembly. and the matter sub
| mitted 10 the people for their ratification
! next year. Two of the amendments deal
| with tine election of commissioners of the
| revenue and treasurers fer the counties
/ and cities. The commissioners cannot
under the constitution, succeed them
I salves after they have been elected by
the people. The change proposed is to
| allow the people TO elect these officers for
| a fun term of four years and to per-
nit them to succeed themselves as often
as they may be elected. This means
! that. many of the counties will have re-
! publican commissioners. The same prin-
| cipie applies to the treasurers-permits
| them to succeed themselves often as
| the people may choose to elect them.
| The other amendments deal with the
sessions of the general assembly and the
nrethod of enacting measures. At this
time the constitution requires that all
| measures shall be read at length on three
separate calendar days I'm each branch,
unless an emergency exists, and in such
| cases the emergency shall be stated on
the face of the bill. 1t is now proposed
to have the bills read by title on two
calendar days and at length one time in
each house The fourth and last amend
ment refers to the length of the sessions
of the general assembly. The present
session are of sixty days duration. and
the amendment proposed makes the ses-
sioa ninety days. The amendment pro-
vides that no new bills shall be intro
duced after the expiration of sixty days.
| the remainder of the time to be devoted
to the consideration of bills that have