Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-02-11
TO MAKE 1T 0DI0US.
KEEPING SPEAKER REEDS ARBITRARY
RULING BEFORE THE COUNTRY.
How the Democrats Are working-No'ni'
nations--An Editors Fat Place
Biair's spcech--Pcrsonni.
FROM Our Regular corrospopdent


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From Our Regular Corros popdentl
WAsiuseTox, February I0.--When the
House met this morning visitors to the gal
| leries may have supposed that the Demo
Gratis intended renewing the hlibusterng
tactics Of last week and the week previous,
as the clerks were compelled 10 read every
| line In the Journal for both Thursday and
| Friday. The Democrats insisted on this
because they want TO make Reed
! arbitrary course in counting what he
calls constitutional quorum as odi-
ous az possible. About o'clock the
/ debate on the question Of adopting the
rules commenced, and Mr.. Cannon,
Z If Illinois, opened for the Republicans. In
/ the course of his remarks he called atten-
/ ton 10 the alleged fact that the Legislature
/ of Virginia has time and again counted
members present and not voting and bur-
I lesoued TO the best Of his ability the re-
marks of Representative OFerrall last
week on the Speakers rulings. Mr. Can
non should have he'd before him the Dis-
patch editorial showing the difference be,
/ tween the parallel cases that no tired
+ 10 make and he would have been
compelled TO admit that no such
! arbitrary action has ever been taken ID the
| Virginia Legislature % that which has oc-
cured in the present House. Dir. Oter-
rail contradicted to-day several OF Mr..
/ Cannon's statements regarding the prac-
/ tees and rules in the Npginia Legislature
/ and tomorrow or next day ne VIII. "hen
! be gets the floor, explain the rules OF the
! Virginia Senate and show that ITS presiding
officer has never arbitrarily ruled on points
al issue like Speaker Reed. The cases are
| far different, a. will be shown.
NOMINATIONS.
! Tho most important nomination sent 10
I To 4 he irgDI1gIf
| that of Mr. Charles Emory smith, editor
/ of the Philadelphia Press, to be Minister 70
! Russia Mr.. Rice, who was appointed 10
! this position. died carly IN tho summer,
/ and it IS hard 10 ascertain just why he has
! been 30 tardy in filling the vacancy. II IS
understood that more than one prominent
Republican editor would not have refused
/ the mission had IL been offered, and Whlle
/ they may not have been actual appl-
cants, il is common talk in political
and journalistic circles that Colonel Eliot
| f. Shepard of the New York MAI and III
press. and General Felix Agnus, Of tho
I Baltimore american. had up rods, hoping
! that little diplomatic lightning would mt
| them. Mr.. Smith IL one of the rankcst Re
! publicans in the country. IS distinguished
| member OF the journalistic profession, and
| personally is man Of polished manners
/ and agreeable social qualities. his selfc-
/ ton will probably not give general satl-tac-
/ tiOn, as the Russian mission pays Sl7,5OO
! per year. and there was "a great scuile Tor
| It. President Harrison has given all OF
/ the frst-class missions but one 70 editors.
| aud be has appointed more men 70 Office
! from the newspaper calling than any cX-
ecutive Of modern times. One reason for
| this is that more newspaper have been
/ applicants than ever before. There were
not many of these applications under tho
/ last Administration, and Mr.. Cleveland,
/ who had no love for the calling, made %
rule to appoint as few newspaper-men as
possible.
ANOTHER LUCKY PESSsYLvANIAN.
Another Pennsylvania gets q good posi-
tion--Dr. Bedloe, Of Philadelphia, to be
| Consul to Annoy, China. DR.. Bedloe Is well
! known III Washington, New York. and
| Other cities. not only rs a man ofexcollent
/ ability, but he 10 one Of the noted men az
an entertainer at dinners IN the country.
He had the misfortune few years ago to
! break his leg.
Mr.. }. Fennor Lee. of Maryland, who
! has been chef clerk of the State
! Department for about two years, was
/ to-day nominated to be secretary OF
| The legation OF the United States
M Rio de Janeiro. MIR. Lee is a
/ Democrat, and it is understood chat this
/ new position is the result Of an under
standing to let him down easy if he would
/ get out Of the State Department. 80 that
/ Sevelon Brown, for so many years the
| chief clerk, can be reinstated.
soME RECOGNITION.
! VIRGINIA got some recognition to-day, as
! the following from that State had their
names sent IN for the positions indicated
| below:
Supervisors of Census: Benjamin Upton,
Jr. for the First district, and Richard A.
! X,-.,r, f,r tho Second di1tripf
Assstant-Surgeon William j. Pettus. of
| Virginia, to be passed assistant surgeon
| in the Marine Hospital Service.
! l.. II. Stewart, to be Consul at San Juan,
| Porto Rico.
! Senator Blair resumed his arguments in
| the Senate to-day on bis educational bill. He
| has already spoken since the bill was taken
up this session more than seven hours, and
since the reports, letters, etc. that he will
! interiect III the record Mr.. Blair will have
something like hundred pages more
added 10 his former remarks on the sub
| icct. not u Republican senator to-day
| listened TO Mr.. Blair. As soon as he
took the floor every statesman on
! the Republican side scampored out
! of the chamber in hurry. Three or four
southern senators remained awhile and
| listened at some of the points made aud
finally they cleared out. The galleries
| also thinned out. The New Hampshire
senator is talking too much. Every
body knows all about the bill, but
he loves to spread before the coun-
try everything that the pedagogues
have sont him. The probabilities
are that the bill VIII again pass the Senate
by a small majority. but efforts are being
made to beat 1t, and the final outcome will
| depend on the attitude of the senator's
from the new States and changes III sentl-
ment among the old senators.
PERSONAL.
Quite number of virginians were
among the visitors at the Capitol this
morning. Among those observed were
Major s. w. Venable and DR.. Holt, Of Pc
| tersburg; ex-State-Senator Marshall Nc
| Cormick, of Clarke county, and Dir. 5. s..
Turner, of Front Royal
New postmasters for Virginia: j. n. OPP
dixie, Buffalo, Rockbridge county, rtc: Ju-
! liza A. Rogers. removed; l.. Quigg, Clifton
Station. Fairfax county, rice q. Z. Wright,
removed; 4. Greer, Pig River, Franklin
county, vice Martha T. Hanley, resigned.
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