The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-05-11
CoT. HOGE GOES T0AM0Y.
~xrUIs PI4oE ~ LTDU or THE
uoyG KONG CONSULATE.
.co,ieon Pays - Important Work
Before The Virginia state Demo
cratic Committee.
Trrs BrrrAU, RArLEY BuiLpiNo'
NV,eur~eroN. May 10. 1893.

.. to-day aurulniel '"IH'i u" %N'"D'' ]
r., This position was rendered him .
=, vr quincy. n lieu Of the Hons Kong /
...ate. for which he was an appii- /
a-t ,n
r..f clerk Rockwell, whose personal
,,sr'cdee of this cmsulship and his
,...rrt.1n OF it's advantages, decided
t.m TO accept. and his commission was
ready Tor the President late this after
q.a ros.tlon paws $500. and is the one
,rrrated few days ago i'm my letter.
There SIS added 90 the salary fees proDa-
i.v amounting to 5000 per annum'
rn. State Democratic committee, which
vu meet Boo Richmond at the Exchange
UatI Thursday. May 18th, TO select
time and place for the euDcrnatoriai
convention. wm have other important
work before 30 A new apportionment
will surely Doe made ON n basis OF one
delegate for every 200 voters, being
rodlrtiou of lust one half AGAINST the
last convention. and making this one con-
..et of only about 500 delegates.
An interesting talk took place in the
rl1m of Fourth Assistant Postmaster
Maxwell this morning. which will result
lr the removal of some postmasters IN
several or the other districts than that
trefD one in which removals have been
recently made.
gentleman who was present said that
r- Maxwell was informed that IL was
q, tfv acrecd hv the virginia congress
r that general removals would not
l. rr.rI until after the spring eiecllohS'
f.. trat owing 90 some removals in one
~ fra districts. which were being em-
,...I10d ir order 10 nid the political
-.Ir.fions of the C0ncrcs sman. the bal
-r.. ar the delegation were being put
fr n. uucnviabIe light Of not urging
chose matters. ana $50 were forced TO
follow suit.
SIR Maxwell understood the situation
..I a number of removals viii follow
..0rtIv in f0urth-class offices.
-.r4tars Daniel and Huuton walked
t...rrIv across the White House lawn
this morning and went in 10 see MI
Cleveland. They We're apparently trotuns
,.r- errerelv in double harness. but in
f..f while they were after the same
onra. they were presenting different can-
lIIafae. though they ucklcd each other
III little hv each saying a few good words
for the others faVOrite. The Office they
e.urht for virginia. was that of Regis
Ter of the Treasury, and the candidates
sra Mr. Peter y. Otev. of Lynchhurg. for
,,rru1 Senator uauiel has enlisted, ana
Colonel J.. ~. Reid. of Alexandria. for
whom Senator Huntou is at work. Dir.
Otev considers that as he withdrew from
the Internal revenue coIlectorship neht
ir favor of colonel Ham Shepperd. Of
fla Ei.hfh district that 20 should be
,..ad fo his credit as against any can
ue.fa from that district for register
rIs ~ course. Colonel Reid does not
s..-.riafn 10 the extent Of Withdrawing
H. was the assistant register under Mr.
Cleveland before. and served with fdeli-
t and credit. and his friends think the
promotion fair and just one. The con-
fl.f "a pretty one. and the ball is fairly
F.t rolling and unless the President de-
of.s to work a harmony racket and
offend neither bv giving it TO some other
State the result Will Of necessity be
good office ducd by a competent Virginia
Democrat.
Senators Daniel and Hunton and Con
rr.s.man Jones. Tyler. Wise. swanson,
and Meredith were busy about the Ce-
rartmenfs to-day looking after the va
rnua Interests of their constituents. Con-
gresham Marshall is scattering few
gHanIs of oratoral grandeur cntwined
with farraut flowers of fertile fancy.
and believed with tender tears Of loyal
soldiers 10 stauufOu. where his colleague,
1r Tucker. is also spsnding the day.
Farmers EdmuHds and Epos are busy
among tine newly plowed fields of their
districts. cncaeed i'm the vain task of
demonstrating GO their toilng consutuen-
Da. that more than one-tenth of the won
OrNI seeds from the Agricultural De
IHrmnnt can Doc made 10 come up above
OH. ground and incidentally 10 provide
a.s.rst tho planting Of a watermelon
patch where few rows Of cymblings
u.ra designed, or the seeding Of few
a.r,s iu turuips whore a. clOver-held
w.s contemplated. The pictures on the
r..ae.s are bright and beautiful, but
OH. average package from the department
reads one thing and raises mighty little
ol anything. hut the vote rs getting fairly
clos. iu these districts. ana the coneress-
men cannot afford to SOW discord and
lt 'he Farmers Al lance reap the crop,
r.n Of the Agricultural Department
s.s
There is n very pretty fight just budding
n'u prominence over the CollcctOrsh'p
O. Inc port OF Cape Charles. The candi-
dates are Mcssrs. r.. H. Aiworth, who
4. .l.reod bv Congressman Jones, Abel
o. Ashbv. Edward W. Nottingham and
William d. Wilson. The contest OF Mr..
Wilson is in many respects unique, and
i.. farrrs ON file in the Treasury De-
r.rtmrnt make very interesting reading.
Among his Endorsements are the names
% Nr Severn Eyre a director OF the
baltimore and Ohio railroad. and Mr.
D. R. Bacon. OF Wall street. A leller
from Nr. Wilson 20 Mr. Eyre is also
f.I. ir which he states that he dld OF
N0t. for the Democratic congressman AT
t- last election. ass Mr. Jones was h"l
ir accord with the national Demociauc
platform ON the currency question bu'
Chat he voted for Mr. Orris Brown, Wnom
ha also saws was not with She Democrats
on either the tariff on the currency re
also inluarts few facts about the llill
Ir0luyiucs OF some Of his competitors.
Congressman Jones is deeply Interested
lH lhe work of securing for Mr.. Rufus
B Merchant of Fredericksburg the po-
s.Iou Of chief of the inspection division
iu the postoNcc Department, and called
upon Mr. Eissen to-day with Senator
Daniel on this mission
There was "a little ripple % excitement
bore to-day over the postoihce hehi at
Carthage. ~. g.. and two attorneys were
here in the Interests Of the candida es.
Eight years ago Mrs. Shaw was strongly
ndorscd hy the people of Carthage FOR
the office. but was not selected for the
place. Row she is again strongly recon-
mendcd. and Congressman Grady has IN
d0rsed her application. Mr.. H. a. Foote,
editor of the Carthage Blade was at
FIRST a candidate. bat afterwards resign
c1 in favor OF Mrs. Shaw. The other
candidate ie Mr ". b. Person. and he Is
represented boy Sir. J..C Black. who ar
rived here to-day Mr. Thomas j. SHAW
is looking after the interests Of Mrs.
Shaw.