The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-02-03
VOORHEES, BITTER WORDS
o,xorycEs NEWSPAPER ARTICLE
c,u. the Writer n Liar-Thc Anti
Blaine Organs at work-Mchinloy
Tariff Discussed.

W,sr1NcTON. ID. c.. Feb. 2.-lSpecial. J.
Senator Voorhees,. under a question Of per-
INA privilege. to-day lashed the Washing
ton correspondent Of the Philadelphia Press
most vigorously In a recent issue the Press
oub,ished Washington special stating tha'
voorhees, had entered into a corrupt COM
b,nation with Senators Quay Cameron
and Higgins looking to tho dele"'
Of Judge Woods nomination. the CON-
alteration being that voorhees, ana osne'
Democrats would vote 10 reject the hOinau'N
ton of Dallas. of Pennsylvania tielnu,x' =.
Senator Voorhees, has eXerteo hl'l'9oa' l5-oo,
demonstrate that Woods ought not 10 20 IN III
se--o5 bece,,se ~ bie having prostltuted hls
Office as United States district ju"ko - r~'
tsau purposes. Dallas is ono ol Vnv % nL
Gratis nominated for the ne" ciouN '.uc.. 80.
Senator Voorhees, den0unceu teo So
IS false and the authoI V'
q liar scayengeI' -. oiso
tors Quay, Cameron =, al Huu ossertions ~ the
emphaticallv denied all the assertions q, .ne
,orrespondent relating 10 themselves. N2",
while the press correspondents pellnlVt.I 10
anxiety for a sensation 10 run away Wy" W, 80.
discretion it seems clear that senator i'sE.u'
has ,nade statements TO correspondents hi-
,-ssi,',,', tbo honor OF Democratic senators.
SevereI correspondeuts assert that higgins
toi3 them that he bad been approached ny
I1er.-c-efie senators with offers OF a com
bine 10 defeat Dallas II he, higgins
you'd aid IN re ecting Woods. According 70
ttese corresuOndeuts Mr.. Higgins TOOK
lofty partisan grounds, declaring that ne
would never enter INTO any combination Win
democrats No doubt the entire story grew
ont 0f Higgins partisan allegations, as the
Chicago Herald published the story OF an at
tempted combination, on the authority OF the
delaware Senator. some days ago. and yet on
tie floor Of the Senate. Mr.. Higgins made
sweeWng denial of the whole affair.
fIGHTNG BLAINE.
Tic anti-Blaine organs are making fierce
fcht against him. charging him with treach-
ery 90 Harrison all through the Cbilian nego-
tat.ns. The latest Is u publication 10 the
I..t Of this city. to-day. charging that at
dinner party al Senator liales recently sec
rsnrv Blame interrupted the festivities with
en outuurst IN defense Of Chill; that he
rIeracterized the Valparaiso affair as merely
d drunken sluabbie between disreputable
saIors and further declared that II the Ad-
rtnistratiOu sought 10 enforce any further
demands against Chilli, he Baine) would re-
tire from the Cabinet. Friends OF Mr. Blame
denounced tho story as false enJlrely, While
DIS enemies maintain that 1t IS truly ana c-r-
rectlv given IL Is evident that there Is
systematic movement atOOt 70 drive Blame
from the Cabinet and some OF the incidents
appear TO indicate that the President may
not be entirely unaware of the movement
The Secretary of the Navy to-day trans
mitted to tie House report from General
Casey. chief of engineers OF the preliminary
survey Tor deep water narO0r near the
mouth of Delaware Bay. ms survey WAS
ordered by the river and harDOr act OF l0sO.
The plan recommended c0ntemplates the
construction of "a stone breakwater one and
one-half miles long. extending IN
general northwest and southeast direction on
each branch of the Shears OIL Cape ieulopen,
DEL. also the construction Oh ten lce-Hers
across the upper end OF the harbOr 20 protect
Tie anchorage against ice seonolnP iutJ .Ho
bay. The proposed harbOr Is Tor the refuge
of dcep-draught vessels and the estimated
cost is 6JJ,Ou0
PATENTS AND pOsrMAsrEIs.
Tie following patents issued for Virginia
perdleton g.. Douglas. assign0r TO L. NJ
liredIv Gainesville wrench. Edwin &. tul-
cher Stmnt0n harvester knOttor. Henry @.
Merry. IOwmOOr. assignOr % u. IS. Games,
Richmond picking table for ore washers
North CroEua-Wlliam +. Watt WINSTON
fohacc0-b0x clamp. George M. Guerrant' as
sgner TOD. H. Morehead, ieaksyllle. means
f.r moving and guiding. turning, engraving
Postmasters appontod NiIginia-M J..
Hartman, Cove Springs. Roanoke county, L.
H.eds1e. johnson. scott county @. l.. Iur-
uer SebreM, SOuthamp ton county North
Csrolnn-R Brooks Mill Greek, Person
county S. G.. Fisher. ltlmen, Caoarrus county.
TIE M'gINLEY TARIFF.
A conference Of the Democratic members
of Committee on Ways and Means was held
TODAY. AZ which several measures attacking
the provisions of the Mckinley bill were DIS
cussed The several bills were referred. one
L. each of the several members for prepafa-
ton. TO report to the full committee. Chair
fnan Springer said he would not name the
members 10 whom the bills were referred.
lut they would go 10 members particularly
Interested in the subjects so as o. receive the
best attention. The subjects referred to-day
were binding twine. cotton ties salt. lun-
Der. wool and tin plate. The bills will be
prepared as rapidly As possible, and alter be-
Inc submitted TO the full committee Will be
reported 70 the House at the first opportunity.
WASHINGTON NOTES.
Senator Daniel to-day introduced a bill 20
nuthorizs the Norfolk and Western railroad
10 extend its lines of road into The District OF
Columbia from the Virginia side of the
pOtOmao across suitable bridge over that
stream.
Kepresen tative Wise in the House and Sen
ltOr Daniel IN the Senate have presented the
Joint resolutions OF the Virginia Legislature
iu behalf OF the Mount Vernon avenue pro-
rect of the erection of a monument 10 the
late Commodore Aaury and for cOmpensa-
ton to the Virginia Military Institute for the
destruction Of its property during the war.
The SonSte.