The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-05-25
EFFORT TO "EVEN UP"
-gr TOURTH TIRGINIA DISTRICT
SID TO BE DILATORY.
,,.,r,.er,a.ivo Marshall Has an Impor-
tsut Interview wiuh tho President.
Elchmonders Wed.
Trre BrnrAr. BtrIrv BulLDINo, J
WASHINGTON. Nav "a. 1898. !


rs, promise of the President TO "eycn
... be districts OF Virginia was. Of
.-e. tas.d upon something ike a re-
... ID. do 60. but there is being com
...f mons made that not enough appli-
.,,. backed uy their congressman, are
...,.r. t0 the front To- enable Mr. Clevo-
i.rl.to e.ve 90 u.e Fourth district what
a. is Justly entitled to receive.
4.. r.rth district OF Virginia is not
.. i...lt4uatc cue. nor really, has 1t
-s. d. De- and less has &c., after its
.t.tl. l.sGuou Of thc sister black
lid. district last Thursday In the loca-
..of th. neNt c1i vcution; but the fact
.....I.s that there is not "a single dis
-,..l lu the entire southern states that
f.. fs....d SD little as the Fourth dis
frI.t 0l Virginia.
r.. SECOND .ciass 7ostom,,s. ana the
..... is told McckenburB county,
nr..h Nr. vs.. T. Atkins received the
....rf.r.ut of Mr. W.. r.. Moore az
r.at1n and Brunswick county, through
r.I.. N..luam 1urnbull, received tue
.....nfmeut Of Mr. ". n. Slcdgc at
tre1ceyille. Thus I'm tine distribution
0. Offices. which many OF the congress-
mon arc daily receiving by being on me
ground. the Fourth is short ON the really
legitimate changes. which would come Iof
t.. asking.
colonel Charles r.. OFerrall left for
Rockingham county to-day
There was wedding boo washington
ibis morning. The groom was Air. VII
liam M Justis. Jr, OF lti'hnohd' ana
th. bride Miss Mary H. Iibnau. of Pow
hlau county The haIpy couple lrit
their respective homes yesterday aNo"-
.liv ON a fishing excursion. but neither
,..ra cou.iIarlte of the trout. rock or
uerch that ,ported in the streams; they
iad other fish 90 fry. and came directly
fn WASHINGTON where. free from even
fHa SUGGESTIONS OF lZaak Walton, lhey
could h. married. Dr. Addison the rec
f.r II the C-strcct Episcopal church. was
agreeable in the pcTfC nance OF the
ceremony. ard with mutual friend ana
The Times correspondent as witnesses
the nupual knot was tied in hrst-class
et,fa Tne h9upv pair are in the heyday
of y0uth. and life to-day is as bright TO
tfem AS "a summer morning and the
y.0rI has no more cares than were
known 600 the happy valley OF Rasselas.
Mr. Juetls is O. young attorney -at-laW ot
richmond. and the bride is bright,
hIuc-eyod beautiful girl. whose iohlhtss
baamcd from her lovely eyes and whose
pladsome smile that was not restrained
when the loyal groom decla'ed mat
'',yih this ring ! thee wed. and with AN
my worldly goods j thee endow.' sum
She seemed TO be willing TO trust her
fortune even with "a young attorney ln
Richmond. They leave for home to-mor-
row..
Congressman Marshall. who went home
this afternoon. went up 60 the Wmie
.....s...fr.#r ID fHN President
fo r.r4rd 10 the u0stOfICes ln MS dls-
tr.ct both presidential and tnurih-ciaSs'
.f which. AN told. he says he mas 100 the
u.ehb0rho0d of five hundred Mr. Mar
shall succeeded in having most salts
factory talk with the President if length
iu such matters goes for anything, hut
tho result was not such as TO meet the
wishes or those who composed the bone
and -Inew Of the vast army which put
tho present administration I'm power and
who have been hoping against hope it
seems. that the removals Of fourth class
rusmasicrs appointed under the Repuhll-
cam regime of the last four years, which
wiped ont every vestige of the previous
four years of Democracy. would be made
with the least possible delay.
The FIRST intimation that there was 10
De- "a DELAY. and "a very serious one, came
through Fourth Assistant Postmaster
General Maxwell. who gave out the dc
tur ~ postmastor-General Bisscll, that
fUurth-class postmasters were conslueIeu
t0 ha appointed subject TO removal py lne
President, and could therefore De Salu
TO have no specified term OF Once, ana
they would not Doe removed after having
served four years unless charges Were
preferred against them. lheie was i"'u
rally howl from the 'onff'sSilen IloI,' In
every section of thr coun,ty' ai't "
was made Tor the once ol .,'e -. a.
trncitl Joy IhNn' VII" ""'.''' 20, -
such was really the elNi scr 'll'.,,t,,,
that had been adopted. no .,."
was found there Do was cldlIneu "S a..
majority though there were hoil' VIZ
saw a silver lining 10 the plaCN 0i"uN
aud said that the removals coulu pc
cured no radical changes III 'ue i"'N
however was promised To any one.
Congressman Marshalls s. talk win '"'
President this morning did not give nun
any hop. that there would Dee any 'h'"HC
900 the rule. indeed, Doe made u alI''"l
that De was fully aware of what hdu n''h
done and that 30 had his fun sanction.
When Mr. Marshall told Mr. cleveland
that he had about five hundred postol-
nees in his district the presi lent seemed
o.. Iittl. sifrprieel that there were so many,
hlt Said N was only another indication
of the remarkable growth Of that sectloh
of the State. with which he seemed 10 toe
v.u acquainted. Mr. Marshall told tne
President that all of the patronase Whlch
usually went 90 the Representative from