Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-06-06


to-day had two consular appointments On
IT, in which Virginia and Noru Caroline
are decidedly interested. Nlr. samuel
Proskauer. OF Richmond, was named for
Consul at Puerto Cabello, Venezuela,
This position is held at present by "Judge'l
Riley formerly Of Accomac county, Va,
but for many years a resident of Wash,
ington city. lie was appointed under tho
Harrison Administration nnnnzaa. !,
who will succeed him, Is
or Richmond. He was
a European consulate, al
German station 20 49,
President could not
Europe. as the places
we'll distributed before
In his application. Pue
a straight salary OF So
there are some fees attacNN VWDV
office.
General W. L. Roberts. of Gates county.
y. G.. was nominated to b. consaf>otf
Victoria. Il. G. As Is well kn0wn. he a
eN-Auditor OF the state. rs a prominent
and popular Democrat and served WIN
distinction in the Confederate army. lie.
came to Washington several weeks sgol
and while IL was rumOred he was an ap-l
picant for some position. no one Ogtsidcl
OF q select few knew what he was alter
His appointment was genuine surprise
and to newspaper people IA particular
'rhe hackers Of the General did not tell
" hat thoy were doing. and The uonina-
ton to-day spoke for itself The supu-
lated salary In connection with the We
toria consulate - Sg,5o per year, and tho
fees viii run 1t up Go fully $50. IL hts
gone as high as $500 a year. General
Roberts IS well qualned and hts friends
are very glad OF his appointment
The action Of tn Pr, sident probably
closes the doors against any fu-'hcr a.-f
pointments in the for ign service Or
Virginia and North Carolina Th'e
states have done very wen ana could
hardly expect anything morc in that IL
rectlon. though several ot t1e Virginia
members will SIN Try to land lonsuu nts
in vacancies that exist
MIR Henry. OF Henderson. y. c.. lt win
b. remembered. declined consulate in
the West Indies. Ther, were plerty OF
applicants for tho position arter NJ.
Honry's declination. ani 10 end " appr-
cations for the sucCe-sorship 10 Judge
Riley, OF .ACc0mac. the ati"r Mii, ND
doubt. soon return a. the capital of hls
uAAlNt AOAIlNiff n4I'F ~ iAf WIZ NtAf'
money i'm his clothes will b. disr9sei "a
celebrate his return 70 the United states
with ccat.
THE GOVERNOR
Governor O'Ferran was at the Capitol
again to-day. amt was most C0rllally
greeted by his old friends in CoLgrr-s,
who were lldd 10 meet him. The Gov
crnor. Judgc-elect CartWeli ana senator
Stubbs left this afternoon for Uchmoni.
As stated In yesterdays letter % the
Dispatch. they have secured lot ~ IN
tcresting Information bearing on The % Ss-
ter question, the Governor being spe-
cially desirous Of thoroughly posting
himself between now aud an. tiWe the
Joint legislative committee takes mai ac-
ton. The rumor that IN Nirginians
fear total disagreement Is q mere 'dr-
mise on the part Of some people ana It Is
perhaps due To the TACT tha, the gentle
men aid not talk luently when questioned
about their movements While in tho
city.
The prevailing impression among tho
southern congressman "a that the bill -
repeal the Statc-bank tax cannot even
pass the House. At least. mo- proposition
Including unconditional repeal can possibly
get through The bin has never had any
show In the Senate. unless some scheme
could hc devised by the iriuDil'ANH 80
thar they would vote soiiliy 10 tack Il
on as an amendment To thc nu1 b'll.
As a separate proposition it cannot conf
mand majority Of votes IN the Senate.
4 post-ohice 20 be- known as llernaniD
has been established In Franklin county,
Va. with Robert r.. l.. Fr1ln, as post
master.
Name Of post-ofiicc IN virginia changed.
North Danylle 10 Neapols
Representatives Jones male an earnest
effort to secure the Puerto Cahcllp c1n-
sulship for Mr. r. n Barton. 81 Frcle-
ricksburg. and is much disappointed that
he was not appointed
Virginia arrivals. c. H Collins. f. !.
Naynod, Dave D"stroi,her r. -. Rood.
G. W Saunders. Riohmnud: ". II.
Hughes W. r. Nicholson. pulaski. !. \.
Menefee. Buena Vista. Frank ". Perry.
Orange: j. A. Anderson. plnytle' :. ..
Parsons, Roanoke. John G. Blair Wythe-
Vile
North Carolina arrivals: W - Men
dcnhall. Greensboro Henry r. Steven-,
Charles 4 webb. Ashcviie. J. ~. Monie.
Raleigh. W. H. Fitzgerald. j. NJ. Blair.
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