Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-12-15
IN The COMMITTEES ANo LosBles.
The Soldiers aud sailors Monument Ap-
propriation-Coatssted JudgeshIps.

The House Finance Committee met IN
the rooms OF the Southern Historical 90
ciety Yesterday morning 10 consider the
resolution OF Mr.. strAtton directing the
committee to inquire into the expedieney
Of appropTiating q, 900 TO the soldiers ana
! sailors monument fund. OF the com
mittee there were present Messrs. Mun-
| ford, Letcher, Williams. Goode' diyah'
/ Cooke. Z. r. Brown, and Peery,
| and appeared before tbs committee Ny;
| Stratton. Colonel w. Z. Cutshaw. Colonel
| John b. Cary. Hon. D. Q. Richardson, an q
Hon. ]. TAYLOR Rllyson, all of whom made
| speeches m advocacy of the resolution
Colonel CutshAw cited SO precedent Tor
/ favorable action that the Legislature ap-
/ propriated - .0UJ foF the pedestal Of, the
/ Foley statue OF Jackson, and about
| Sl3. 900 towards the Lee monument. Two
I members If the committee also spoke III
| favor Of the resolution, and Mr.. Aumtord
| IN calling the committee 20 order stateo
/ that be was in favor Of n.
| ON motion OF Mr. Letcher the resolution
/ was laid over until Wednesday at 10 o'clocik
/ in accordance with the custom that ali
resolutions be considered privately by the
/ committee after having its merits discuss
| % IN open meeting. Nr. Letchers posi-
| tion was that while he thought the resolp-
/ tOn ought 20 be reported tavoraoiy thls
L rule HlOuiu DE- hlAeitA W.. N9pONi@''y
| some Of the members OK the committee
/ we're absent.
The subcommittee on Apportionment
| Of the State for members OF the General
| Assembly met yesterday afternoon az
| o'clock and buckled down 20 their WORK
JUDGEsHR coSTEsTs.
The talk in the lobbies Of the hotels last
| night was principally regarding the prooa-
| ble action Of the caucus tonight lne
nominal on TO fill the vacancy IN the Third
| circuit. caused by the death Of Judge
| Irving, will probably be made, out not
| without a very lively contest. There are
| now i've candidates IN the field, and the
| friends Of all Of them aie hard at work.
| They are Messrs. Hundley and SOutaal,
| Of Amelia: Coleman. OF Cumberland re,
| glestOn, Of Charlotte, and Faulkner, oi
| Mecklenburg. =, ..
| The Gloucester county iudgeship will, II
/ is thought, also be disposed Of tonight.
| The names mentioned for the position are
] General william b. IaGaferrO and Mr..
| HairstOn Seawel.
| Whispers Of a compromise in the nor
| folk county ludgeshIp middle were again
| heard last night, but they were OF diher-
| ent sort of compromise from any hereto
| fore mentioned. Their tenor was that q
| new man had been agreed upon-ylz.. Mr.
| Hubbard. Mr. Hubard IS q young lawyer
! Of Norfolk county and mas been here
| since Sunday night. One of the Portlock
| men still insisted that his friend was sure
TO win and that there would be no com
! promise.
The friends OF the railroad commission
! bill Will have another meeting tonight
/ at the Office of the Pidn.er and Farmer,
when the committee appointed 10 confer
| further with the subcommittee OF the In.
! land Trade Committee OF the Chamber OF
! Commerce will make their report.
JUDGE 7. r. B. WRIGHT.
Thomas ROane Barnes Wright, the new
| lv-elected nudge Of the Ninth judicial cir
| cult, IS a native OF Essex county, where III
| father was prominent attorney. Through
| his mother. who was Miss Charlotte Barnes
| lie il nearly related to the families oi
/ Roane. Ritchie, Ruffin, and Broken
| broueh. which have produced distinguish
| ed iurists, both IN this State and NORTH
! Carolina. Judge Wright was educated at
| Hanover Academy and at the University Of
! Virginia and is q graduate II soyera
| schools of the latter institution, which ht
! left about the time Of the battle OF Bethe
| to enlist as q private IN the BlchmonC
| Howitzers. Subsequently be was elected
| a Lieutenant IN the Fifty-ffth Virginia regl
ment, and was very badly wounded IN
front Of Petersburg. After the war he ap
| piled himself 10 the study of law, and IL
! $50 was elected COmmOwealth's attorney
| Of Essex, which position be now holds.