Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-11-30
that his Administration Is popular, even
though the recent election in North
Carolina did not show it to be the case.
VAIL OF THE pRFRATRp.

though the recent election in North
Carolina did not show it to be the case.
Wall or THE DEFEATED.
Some OF the "dead ducks" among the
Republican congressman have been
shooting of their mouths TO wonderful
extent since their return to Washington,
and the burden OF their wall is that the
respportionment bill to be passed
this session must include q provision
that will prevent the gerrymandering of
congressional districts in the interest Of
the parties. They howl nightly when
thew find that the advantages are nearly
all at present with the Democrats. Well,
if they want to interfere with the rights
OF the States in this regard let them
90 ahead. II they declare that the pres
emit construction Of the districts must
stand the Democrats have them, for
within q year the districts in several
States, notably Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana,
and Tennessee, have been 80 changed
that the Democrats are all right, and
at the recent elections, to say nothing OF
the legislatures that we had before, We
have things so fixed that if the Republi-
cans interfere by lacking on an amend
ment saying the present legislatures
shall redistrict WITHIN the next year, and
no moro changes made after that until
another census is taken, the Democrats
are all right.
IN THEIR OWN HANDS.
II matters not what they do in Con-
gress the Democrats have the whiphan-
die. They will Ak Michigan and Wis
consin and we have Ohio all right at
present, as well as Indiana, and although
New York and Pennsylvania are gerry
wandered in the interest of the Republi-
cans we have lately made large gains in
those two States. 1t has not only been
bad year for the grand old
party" but the outlook for the
next two years is very gloomy.
When John NJ. Clayton was shot in Ar
kansas and Bill Chandler, OF New Hamp-
shire, heard the news, he did not express
ssorrow over the news or sympathlze
with the family of the deceased. He
grinned like hyena, and after rubbing
his hands he exclaimed: "Whst fine
lot Of political capital that will make for
the Republican party" Another Re-
publican present who had a heart IN him
rebuked Bill Chandler for his tiendlsh
expression.
cHASDLRB's GAME.
All the year Bill Chandler has been
vilifying the South and charging that a
free ballot and fair count was unknown
in that section. Now he and his politi-
cal pals are engaged in avillainous effort
to steal legislature, and in New Eng
land, too. The rap hit this crowd in the
Philadelphia Ledger has attracted much
attention here, but the warning OF Mr..
Childs's great newspaper will probably
not be needed by the Chandlerg gang. The
only hope is that the Gallinger will join
the Democrats in preventing the pro-
posed larceny.
MAJOR NJ. P. HANDYs GRIEF.
The death of Mr.. Henry K. Ellyson,
OF the DISPATCH, was a painful shock to
Major Moses P. Handy, the well-known
newspaper correspondent. Major Handy
in speaking Of the sad event with the
DISPATCH correspondent to-day said that
as a young man struggling for position
in journalism he was greatly befriended
by Dir. Ellyson, and that it was to the
latter he owed his start in the early days
in Richmond. it was Mr.. Ellyson who
took kind, fatherly interest in him, and
gave him assistance and advice that only
q generous man would have extended to
another. Major Handy was recently IN
Richmond, and when he lett he thought
MIR. Ellyson was improved in health.
His sudden death was therefore all the
more to be deplored.
Congressman Psyson, OF Illinois, IS
one of the saddest-looking OF the de-
feated Republican congressman who
have returned to the city. lie was laid
out because he talked one way on silver
and tariff and voted Just the other way.
FoBTY-A POWERFUL CLUB.
The Gridiron Club, which is composed
Of forty of the Washington correspond
ents. and is strictly dining organiza-
ton, gave its first dinner of the season
this evening at the Arlington Hotel. 1t
was well attended and the guests enter
tanned included number OF prominent
gentlemen.
The annual dinner OF tne Oriulron
Club will occur on the last Saturday eve
ming in January. That is always the
biggest dinner OF the season and many
of the most distinguished after-dinner
speakers in the country will be invited
TO be present at the annual gathering.
vIRGISIA's INCREASE.
The Postmaster General in his annual
report. in abiding to the fact that the
miles travelled IN the mail service In 1870
increased over 5000, 900. states that
1.5SS, sos miles of this increase must
be credited to Virginia, which is more
than three times the increase for any
other State. He adds that this large in-
crease in Virginia WAS oceasioned by the