The daily state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 188?-1891, 1890-03-26
THE NEWS IN WASHINGTON,
COL. EDMUND JONES PRESENT.
ED WITH A GOLD WATCH
CHAIN.
The National Election Law..Pepsion
Legislation and Large Appropriate
--PersOnaIs. &c.

'AohlN0ION, u. u, Aarcn 20, ISJU-
To-day the employees in the office of the
chief the Customs Division, in the
Treasury Department, presented Col.
Edmund Jones. the retiring Chief with
handsome gold watch chain, with seal
bearing suitable inscription. Colonel
Jones has made most enviabie reputa-
ton here. Secretary Window hesitated
long time before he would accept his
resignation, and would not have done
SO all but for the double pressure
brought on him. This double pressure
came from the former Republican who
had been ousted for Col Jones, and
from North Carolina Republicans who
wanted his place. Colonel Jones for
mer subordinates speak Of him in terms
OF the highest praise and respect, and
the testimonial presented to him this
evening is but a slight token of the es-
TEEN they hold for him. His admins
tration OF the responsible place he has
filled SO we'll is a credit to the State.
Col Jones successor is Hiram E. Hoard,
Of Minnesota.
Hon. S. J. Randall, who has not been
able to be in his seat this session. is
much better, and hopes to resume his
duties in the House ii a few days. Ii,
| absence has beon conspicuous, as he i
always The party leader III time Of dan,
/ ger.
/
| Mr.. Lawrence Holt, brother Of the
! observation-disclosures, has rented the
house owned by Mrs S. Z. Phillips,
which she occupied before before Ter
marriage to Mr., Philips. He is one of
six brothers who each own a cotton fac
tory IL q different part Of the State. 81!
are enterprlslng, public spirited ana
successful men. Mr. Holt will make
! Washington his headquarters as the rep
resentative OF q syndicate Of Southern
cotton manufacturers.
A bill appropriating 5000 FOR beaati-
flying Tie monument on the site Of tie
battle VI Moore's Cree!, was favorably
reported to tAo House to-day.
lie buI-ulng will be commenced next
month. E;,ter E. 3 Dya&e or ) 4
Sha.pe VII, be aperiEteG.,ent, yltI
chances il f4voc of Sharpe.
| am told that the fight batwee,
Nnssfs q y Vance WaIser ani Il. "
Mott for tho position Of bank exsni0e
has WaXeG 50 warm that i: !, prob! 81
neither Will get #, and that some up
p'icant outside tile state viii be sue
cessfui.
Collector Eaves is here, and is sill
. confident Of his confirmation by th
, Senate,
The following patents have beel
granted to North Carolinians durln
the past week: J. r. Bullock. Of TAI
boro, for a back band buckle; S. Z
Edny, of South Mills, for clamp 10
broom heads; 0. 2. Somers, Of States
, vile, for stove joiner; D. s. Watson, {
;, Asheville, for fender.
Ex-Speaker Carlisle thinks the Lodg
. Federal election bill one of the most oil
JectlOnable measures ever before Con
: gress, and considers that it would |
practically impossible to hold a leg
: election under its complicated provi
?, ions. In speaking of the bill Mr.. Ca
Q Isle said: Suppose we do little Fl;
2, uring on it to start with. If this hi
was law there would be at each OF I'll
s 10000 election precincts of the countr,
t at every Congressional and PRESIDENT
81 C4f.o al olzir
le a total Of $50, 900 men, and costing t
or fifteen millions of dollars every tt
years. This estimate is based upon Il
~ present number of voting precincts, b
- the complications of this bill won
oo make the process of voting such SIC
= one that the number Of precincts wou
- have to be largely increased, perha
doubled, in order to give the voters
opportunity to deposit their ballots. "
st The Blair educational bill is dead b
the Senator has come up Smiling wi
another bill This time the appropr
be ton is only S59, goo, 600.
"a The republicans Of the House do
vote as they talk IN contested electi
LIS election cases. The Democrats W,
on led to believe that seven or eight
IL publicans would vote with them IN
ne case of Mudd VS.. Compton, but WI
fo- the vote was taken Mudd got the SO
ey republican vote and the seat
&
~, Thare are four contested elect
81 cases in which all the arguments b:
been heard and it is expected that
republicans Of the Committee on II
J. tons will try to railroad them throU
this week
The House has passed the ann
pension appropriation bill 1t was
S9S, 500, 900, and every man who 80
for it knows that it is not enough, (
'ne that there is bound to be big detici
uh- at the end of the mex. fiscal year;
the that does not stop the demagogues fl
: getting up and bowling for additic
ey- pension legislation. One of them
so speech advocating a service pens
IN said, as coolly as if be was speaking
be- buying an apple, that the total cos
such bill would not exceed S6iS, O
900.
When Mr. Carlisle's statement
published recently, that the approp
lclS tiOnS which the RepublicauS of