Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-02-21
DANIEL CONTINUES.


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WARRINGTON. d. C.. February d.
Especial EX-SENATOR Daniel resumed h,s
speech In the Senate this afternoon on the
a~~aiian question. lie spoke sor more
ynan an hour to-day, and discussed the
tAets In the case. During his argument
yesterday on this same question the legal
Ana constitutional aspects were discussed.
Marked attention was paid 10 the speech.
md the Virginia Senator severely ar
ysisned the Harrison administration and
Ainister Stevens for overthrowing the gov
ernment In the islands.
Farmer Edmunds has received a num-
ger OF letters within the past week In
FORMING hin that candidates are announ.
eng themselves In the Sixth District FOR
congress and advising him that he bad
octter make an announcement himself. z
some or his supporters might assume h
would not be IN the race again this yea.
ar. sdmunds said to-day: II am getting
OLD. am quite fat, and somewhat shot
wsnded, but viii be in that race. ana ! !
meet 'em on the last quarter-stretch O.
surely as l live"
All of which means that Farmer Ic-
munds who Is now serving his third term
an the House, has no idea OF retiring from
the contest.
The gossip here IL that Major Peter j.
Otey, OF Lynchburg viii earnestly con
test for the nomination. and the friends OF
Hon. John Goode in Bedford county have
talked OF bringing him out.
report Is also in circulation that Col
onel j. Hampton Hoge VIII run as an In
dependent candidate In the Sixth DistIict
bu. very little stock Is placed In The
rumor. Through the endorsement e lead
ing Democrats OF the State hs was re-
Gently appointed to lucrative consulate,
and IL was not their fault he ild not reach
Annoy. Ii would show poor appreciation
Indeed. OF their frien illness toward him
should Colonel Hoge prove a bolter from
the party. and his friends refuse to be-
lieve he win aid the political opponents
or the Democracy in the approaching con-
test.
THE HOUSE STRUGGLE.
The struggle in the House between the
southern and western Democrats and the
Republicans and New England and Middle
State gold advocates has caused some bad
blood The Democrats favoring the
passage OF the Bland seigniorage bill num-
Der not less than from 160 TO 40. ana $50
or Whereabouts are now here trying 70
do business. The Virginia and North Caro-
lima Democrats stand by Mr. Blame, and
the bill could be passed inside of two
hours II the Wall-stneet symp1thi2ers
would permit a vote. Last fall, when the
Sherman-law repeal bill was before the
House. Mr.. Bland and his followers voted.
They recorded their protest. and peroitted
the business of the House to y. oCeed.
Conversations to-day with some of the
leading silver advocates proved they were
confident OF holding their own Speaker
Crisp is with them, an1 IL the New York
and New England mcmhcr2 viii not
yield as long as they can get the help
OF the Republicans. the Bland cohorts can
rLmain here ana IclG tho fort f.r an
iue,fnite period - i.Iur.
The Senate Finance Committee did not
meet to-day to consider the North Caro-
lima case OF Collector Simmons. 1t is
understood the subcommittee IS not yet
ready to report. Another letter from Sena-
tor Vance. at Tampa states that he con-
tinues to improve in health. but he does
not say when he expects TO return TO
Washington.
TWO PoSTMASTERSHtPS
The President sent a big batch Of nomi.
nations 10 the Senate today. Virginia
and North Carolina each got a posimas-
ter-Ransom S. Dudley, at Pulaski City,
Va. and J. ID. Helms. at Monroe. n. c.
Ii was hoped the Norfolk. Portsmouth.
Culpeper. and Ashland postmastersiflps
would come In to-day.
At the next meeting OF the House Com
mittee on Elections a day viii be fixed
for hearing arguments III the Virginia con-
tested-election case OF GoOde vs.. Epes.
Congressman Woodland viii soon have
ready the minority report IN the North
Carolina case of Williams VS.. Settle
Mrs Epes. wife of Congressman Epes,
arrived here last right, and Will remain
some weeks.
Mr.. X. Devereux Doyle, one Of TIE can
didates for the Norfolk postmastership,
Is at the Ebbitt.
Among the fourth-class postmasters APP
pointed to-day were:
Virginia--Big Island, Bedford county,
j. b. Cox vice II. l.. Wilson, removed;
Letcher. Bath county. Nancy g. Bradley
vice Miss Maggie S. Greerer, removed:
Waskey Mills. Botetourt county, Mrs.
ollie a. Martin. vice Lillian j. ''runs, re-
signed
North Carolina-Estelle Caswell county,
T. J. Taylor vice ii. d. Willis. resigned;
Walkertown Forsyth county H. j. Nor
ris vice J. M. Martin. resigned.
The Chickamauga-Park commission has
received information that Governor Till
man, OF South Carolina. has appointed a
commission of five ex-Confederate yete-
rams to assist in locating the positions of
the troops OF that State ON the battle
fields of Chickamauga and Chattanooga.
A BOUNCING RECORD.
The change in postmasters at Pulaski
City makes the fourth one of the Presi-
Dental class that Congressman Ma-.SalI
has had made on charges before the time of
the Republican had expired The other
cases are Abingdon. Pocahontas, and Big
Stone Gap.
Virginia arrivals: T. W. Moore. c. ].
FRANKLIN, George c. Jordan, DR.. George
Cooper. Richmond: Hugh K. Smith,
Petersburg; j. T. Adams and wife,
Lynchburg: James T. Jeffries and wife,
warrenton w. Il. Tyler Fredericksburg:
Lewis n. Barton. Winchester: w. J.
Kendrick. Honaker: W. II. Wise. Rem
fngton.
North Carolina arrivals: George H.
6mathers. James NJ Moody. Waynesville.