The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-11-17
Mr.. CLEYELAND'S TRIP
BRINGS OUT THE OLD JAW sTORy
AGdIN IN FULL FORCE.
Colonel O'Ferraii Leaves for Richmond.
Colonel Purcell Sees Chairman Wilson
of the Ways and Means Committee.
TINS BUREAU. RApLEY BUILDING, I
MAsH- -NGTON. NoYembar IG. Isq3-


/ ton, the two lackeys. nurses and de-
pendents upon the President both deny
! the fact, and Secretary Lamont. IN his
usual chaste. pure and happy style. desig-
mated the matter as pure rot" not
( specifically stating whether he meant the
jaw-bone or his chief, or the stories re-
garding IT, but maintaining. as he al
ways does. his highly intelligent end dell
cafe forms of expression.
Secretaries Lamont and Morton have
! neither yet selected assistants to the
Cabinet offices which they hu, but really
their personal service upon the daily
wants Of the President is so great that
they have not time TO initiate Democratic
strangers and so they allow the Repub
lican assistants to run the busih-s while
they run after the boss" and perform
for him such service as a skilled English
valet would do for $50 per month, but the
great principle Of employing American
labor enters into the situation. and
Messrs Lamont and Morton are holding
the field in great shape against the hungry
| horde that furnishes the pauper labor OF
the Wallets of England.
Colonel O'Ferrau left for Richmond
this morning, and viii spend few days
with Mr. Charles Wingo The Governor ,
elect left "a wide trail behind him, as the
Indian chief that blazes the trees Of the
forest az he passes in triumph. Nobody,
so far. has been able 10 tell by the re-
sultant appointments just what course
the warrior took, but three hundred braves
are after the scalps he has captured from
the wigwams of Republicanism and
the Metropolitan is well filed with iol-
lowers who are lying with their ears upon
the ground, listening for the first footballs
of the triumphant procession. What they
will get. as Kiplng says, Is another story,
but dime novel declarations have always
varied a little in fact and credulty has
always paid tribute 10 confidence games.
A committee representing the Church
land Grange Of Norfolk county, and nc
cOmpanied by Hon. ID. Gardiner Tyler
called to-day at the rooms Of the Ways
and Means Committee. I'm the Capitol
and had a conference with Chairman
William l.. Wilson. the only member Of
the committee present. These gentlemen
from Norfolk came TO give reasons why
the present tariff Of twenty-five cents per
bushcl should be retained on potatoes.
The argument of the potato farmers Of the
Second district as made by Mr.. Murray,
who presented their case directly and
strongly, was that the farmers Of the
Atlantic Seaboard pay a tariff tax ON
practically everything used I'm their bust
ness. even TO the seed peas. seed spinach
and cabbage. TO say nothing of the Paris
Green to Kill the bugs with, and have no
benefits from anything save the tariff on
potatoes. which keeps them from ruiuous
competition with Canadian and Scottish
products, which are brought in on foreign
bottoms. often as bal last and sold in th-
Eastern markets. The point was made
that the tariff on potatoes is "a revenue
tariff. chiefly because the great inte4 ior
potatOe raising and consuming population
Of this country. who raise their own crops
for home consumption, feel 30 effect from (
the tariff tax at all, and are not concerned /
in it.
Further. that II the tariff were taken
off potatoes, Prince Edwards Island. |
alone. could supply the eastern portion of /
the United States. i'm deadly competition I
with Atlantic coast farmers and would IN /
evitably drive them out of the producing /
business. and thus control the market by !
importation, and keep the prices so that /
consumers would have no benefit Of any
reduction Of the tariff while the gov /
ernment would lose the revenue entirely. /
Mr. Wilson gave these geatemen a very
attentive hearing, and evineed considera- /
Pr interest in their mission. He did not !
oil course, predict what would be done in |
the potato matter. Mr.. Griffin is an old !
college mate Of Mr. Wilson though they
had not met for many years.
Colonel John y. Purcell, Of Richmond !
and Mr.. Rawolle. Of New York. called /
ON Mr. Wilson Immediately after the
Norfolk delegation and spoke with him
i'm the interest Of manufacturers Of glycer-
inc. Their contention is. and Colonel Pur-
cell put the matter forcibly 10 Chairman
Wilson. that there is an insufficient out
puJ Of crude giycerine iH the United /
States TO cover the requirements for chem
ically pure. and higher grades Of refined
glycerine; that in the business Of refining
glycerine, IL is absolutely necessary to
have an adequate protection against Eu-
ropean refners, but a reduced tarin Is
advocated, of one cent per pound on the
crude article and three and one-haK cents
on the refined, as aH equitable ADJUST
ment OF the matter,
a gentleman here to-day from Rich
mond, a friend Of the Hon. George Wise, !
says that the popular congressman is
very ill; indeed. so III rs not 10 be accessi-
bic 10 his closest friends. To use the
exact language. Mr. Wise IS In a bad
way"
At the State Department this morning
although Secretary Gresham's private
whereabouts OF Colonel j. Hampton Hoge
he hinted that he had arrived at his
home In virginia, and would report 30 the
department iu a day or two.
Senator HuntJn and Hon. Elisha +.
Meredith called on First Assistant Secre-
-ary of State Uni this morning with Alr.
Louis Kraft. OF Alexandria VINO is an
applicant for a European consulate.
The request Of the Bingham Military
School OF North Carolina. for an army
)fiicer as military instructor having been
approved by the Secretary of War, II iE
that Lieutenant Schipp viii be
assigned TO the school The requests from
wo other North Carolina military schools
viz, the Davis Military School. al Win |
ton. and the North Carolina Agricultural
these instructors are stll
waiting the action OF the Secretary Of !
Var An act of Congress OF september. !
SIS, says that State institutions must De
ifst supplied, as they are required TO !
,rovde instructions in military tactics.
his would indicate that the Agricutu-
al School had the inside track, but the
riends Of Winston are active IN us be
Ialf and entertain the hope that both
oleges viii be supplied.
Messrs. Levi Ruskell and wife and
ames NJ. Finnegan and wife. OF Rich
nond, are spending a portion OF their
oneymoon In Washington, the guests or
he Johnston"
Messrs. Warner Moore. OF Richmond; W. !
I. Semper and lady, Martinsyille; c. W.
COMPTON, White Gate. Va, and w. +.
Whitaker and wife. OF Raleigh, N. c., &;
{ the Metropolitan.
The following fourth class postmasters
-ere appointed in Virginia to-day: Golden
pring, Buchanan county, Lima j. Chill