The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1889-02-01
SENATOR VANCE.
OUR GREAT SENATOR SUFFERS
THE LOSS OF AN EYE.

lie is Comfortable and There is no Need
FRIENDS III the state.
| Especial Cor. of STATE CHRoNICLE1
| WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan. 30, so
For some time past Senator Vance has
been troubled with his eye-sight, and for
! the last three weeks has been almost to-
tally blind in one eye. Within the last
two or three days he has been suffering
such intense pain that the doctors ad-
vlsed him to have the afflicted eye re-
moved. The Senator naturally shrank
from the agony which this operation will
cause him, but the surgeons told him un-
less he submitted to il very serious con
sequences may eusue. This afternoon
Senator Vance consented to have his left
| eye cut out. The operation was performed
by Drs Chrisholm and Bennett, of Balti-
more, and DR.. Burnett of this city and
several other oculists. He bore the ope-
ration well and it was very successful. A
glass eye will be put in as soon as the
wound heals up, and the Governors old
friends will scarcely know the difference
When they see him. | cannot write more
about 1t. l know he will soon get over
1t, but the thought that he is this mo-
ment suffering, is actual pain to me. He
has always been so jovial, so full of life
and so healthy, that l have never associ-
ated him with a thought of physical suf-
fering- They say his hard work on the
tariff haStentd the crisis
Capt. Robert D. Graham has been as
signed TO more Important duty in the
General Land Office on the strength of
his own faithfulneSS in the discharge of
his duties and abilities as a lawyer.
Speaking of the transfer ''Brainard's Le-
gal Precedent law magazine published
here. says:
1--WE have recently had occasion to call
attention to the very bad condition of the
business in the Mineral Division of the
General Land Office, with the hope that
by giving publicity to facts which have
beeu known for years to attorneys prac-
tlcl1g before the Land Office, that some
steps would be taken by the Commission
er for the relief of the long suffering
mine owners of the country. That this
publicity was necessary and has borne
fruit is evident by the fact that the Com
missioner has recently assigned Messrs
Wllshire Ioder and Graham, three of the
best examiners in the Land Office, to this
division foi the purpose of bringing up
| the contest work
Capt. Graham, or some other compe-
tent person ought to write d biography of
| Governor Graham. Capt. Graham is a
| flne conyersatlonalist, and is never 50 en-
| tertanlns as when he can be induced to
! recall "reminiscences OF his father The
| part Governor Graham bore in the ia
nous Peace Conference at Hampton
Roads, and the papers and letters now in
| existence concerning Il, ought to be pre-
served 10y the State of North Carolina
! He introduced into the Confederate Sen
ate the resolution proposing the Confer
ence and it was President Jefferson Da-
Wis wish that Governor Graham should
| have been made Chairman of the Confer
| enoe, but Oh account of his position as
| Vice President, Hon. Alexander Stevens
was offered this Craftsmanship, and to
Mr.. Davis's chagrin and regret he ac-
| cepted. This acton on Mr.. Stevens part
| greatly lessened Governor Graham's in
| fiuence on the Conference Committee.
| The difference between the men intellect
ualiy was expressed, in my humble opin-
| ion, in their outward appearance. The
! North Carolinian was tall, straight, ro-
bust, suberbly developed, and on pair
| of fine stalwart shoulders was poised "a
head that would have served as model
! for Greek God. On looking at him one
| inyoluntarily exclaimed "Mens sana in
| corpore sano,' The Georgian was able in
way-and long acquaintance with the
weakly old man makes me most lenient
| towards his short comings-but in his
cross words and manner, his pallid, leath
| cry skin, his nervous tremulous figure,
| l. 1,1I a
| taxable signs of mental weakness. He
was no match for the splendid Graham,
and if our late distinguished fellow citi-
zen had been the chief spokesman at
/ that notable conference, l do not believe
| the battle of AppOmattox would have
| ever been fought. A movement is now
on foot to paint life-sized portrait of
| Governor Graham, to be placed III the
| Navy Department over which be once
presided.
The Senate tariff bill was reported to
the House Yesterday. After short and
spicy debate the Speaker decided upon
| point of order raised by Mr.. Mills, of
Texas, that the Senate bill must go to the
Committee of Ways aud Means, and a re-
quest for its immediate consideration
made BY Mr Reed, was objected to by Mr..
Mills. 1t is thought, however, that the
WAYS and Means Committee will consider
the bill this week and promptly report it
to the House. More than this ! cannot
tell YOU with certainty. | have inter
yiew.d number of private politicians, but
SO few ARE as 10 the most probable late
- the blil thar il is IA vast e Of your space
to give the various guesses The Star OF
saturday, which IS tie most conservative
and independent paper published here,
says: The attitude Of the two parties
il the House with relation to the disposi-
tion Of the tariff measures was fully ex-
posed IN the Gi>tusslOn between Mtsers
Ret;i and VI, kiucy on tb- one hand am
Hir4. MeM3..iIl, and 81. cheIrldge,O of Ken
, tuchy, on tn o. her. Mr.. Mills declared
ssltaout les fsajIOn, that the bll! would
| be reported back from the Committee,
and that the House would be given an op-
; tunity to discuss and amend it. Mr.
breckenridge SAID that every effort would
: be made on his part to report the bill
r speedily Mr. Reed succeeded, as far a;
! he expected to, in placing his party in th'
S attitude Of urging prompt action on thu
measure, so as TO dispose of the question
during the session. By far the most sig
nihcant remarks were those of Mr.. Nc
kinley. which corresponded exactly will
the wishes that have, within the past few
r days, been attributed to Gen. Harrison
. They conveyed the impression Of desir
: to lift from the new administration tn