The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-01-16
Mr.. WISES AMENDMENT.
M WILL OFFER ONE TO TIE VII
son TARIFF BILL.
TO Place the Duty ON Coal st 90 Cents
. rop-Fivs Other Virginia Congress-
men Pledged 20 Its support.
Trxrs BUREAU. RArLxY Bcn.prSo,
WAsR1xa1ox. January 10. 1894

amendments are already piled up on the
clerks desk. and will be taken UP and as
posed OF as rapidly as they are reacheo'
srwo weeks from to-day the finai vote VIII
n. taken. and the general beiief Is that
hut few. IL any, OF the amendments VIII
pass. ~, 49, oo,,,n,ed
snd NJ each of these set speeches VIII DC
made These however, are even no"
about fully parceied out among .ne
old members. and the new Democras.
members have plead In vain LOT d s'a"'''e
OF time for speech. -.
~. sneechos of the Virginia members
xysu probably be made on some amendment
,,n6er The fiye-minute rule, with tue
,-,vttcre OF printing the full text OF tneii
nrenarcd speeches although IL Is poSs'D
mai the apathy in debate may YET seeui'
them an evening hour. ,na
ro,oressnan Marshall Is making tie
most earnest effort to secure from 'iis
49, oence Department a recognition OF
sns fact that the appointment OF the post
master at Bristol should be made from
Virginia Since 1865 the selections nave
invariably come from tennessee anu
this. taken in connection with the laV'
that the larger business OF the once
comes from Virginia, is thought 10 DC
enough to settle the case.
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the city to-day, and is largely interested
I'm this post-ofice contest. lie advocates
tho appointment OF Mr.. w. a. RAIDER.
The Ashland once.
7. has been decided to hold primary
election AT Ashland on next Saturday
week. the 22d inst. 10 decide the question
of the postmastership at that place.
Three candidates have so fai, COM
LIN a hf rfin fi0nQ
ments. governing the primary. Ihey are
Messrs. John ID. Tiller. q. Il. NiAon' ana
Miss Leake. 49,
CONGRESSMAN Wise will recommend the
nerson elected by the primary, ana this
will be equivalent to an appointment.
MIR John w. cast. supervising ihspeceor
~ steam vessels, arrived here from
e,o-,o,L today 10 attend the annual
-,oa,inc NJ the National Board OF Super
yising Inspectors. ,..,o~.
The National Association OF Masters
"A p,,ota az Steam Vessels ana the
annual meeting Of the beneficial AsSo-
ciat,on OF Marine Engineers VIII DOM Do
held I'm the city this week aos -
congressman Meredith has succeeuer -"
getting promise from fos.',."S @,,,nanar
eral Rissel to take UP the |uipeper
,,ost-of,ice appointment very soon. IL 10
more than probable that Mr.. William A.
Ashby will be made postmaster ,,s.,o
Two rival delegations for the Miduie-
,rre, ros,- office were here a few DAYS ago.
and in the corridor of the fost-oIlloe
danartment they had wordy controversy
witch brought out the guarus,
snaed,Iv dspersed the beligerent 1rlehus
~ ,na csndidates for post-ofice honors.
Mrs. General Peyton Wise Is taking a
10y nrorninent part In the social NE
which is now at its height In WASHINGTON.
cha receives on wednesday next AT the
Normandie with Mrs. Nice-Presideh'
Stevenson. who is one OF her warm per-
sonal friends.
Mr.. Wise on the Tarif.
Tn an interview published In this cor
respondence with Congressman George
ID. Wise at the time the Wilson Dill was
renorted from the Committee on ways
"a Means. he defined his position very
clearly on the coal and iron-ore features
~ the hill He declared then that the
protection afforded New England manu-,
facfurers. while the coal and iron ore Vi
Virginia and the South was placed on
the free list was an unequal dlstripution
of favor which was not In accoruaice
with the principles OF tarin reform a.
expressed I'm the Democratic platform
Relieving this he does not propose l.
stand an idle spectator and see the mos
tnnortant Industries in his State crippled
or nrobably entirely annihiiated, In theli
infancy. -. -
nv the members OF Congress from th'
states OF Virginia, Alabama, West Nir
yin,a and Tennessee, ,and Captain WISE
has been selected by the conference Il
poll the representatives Of these State:
and ascertain their opinions on this I'm
portapt subject. He is now engaged IN
this work. and has already secured tn
pledges OF five of his colleagues from
Virginia TO support an amendment which
he will offer TO the bill placing the dut,
on coal at fifty cents per ton.
He called on Postmaster-General Bis
sell this morning and was assured tina
the Richmond postoflice matter would b.
taken I'D as soon Az the urgent business
now under consideration by the depart
ment was disposed Of. The Postmaster
General informed him that he would mott
~ him when ready to make the appoint
ment, II he desired 1t. but he did no
think that his presence would be neces
sary 10 him in making his selection o
postmaster.
This means that the appointment OF
Mr. VIM. IL. Cullingworth has been de
cided on and Will be made this weel
or the next.
Congressman Wise also had an inter
View with Superintendent Vickery II
reference TO several railway mail ser
vice matters in which some OF his
constituents are interested.
Colonel Bay for Cairo.
Congressman Tucker called on the Pre-
sident this morning and asked the APP
pointement OF Colonel Mason Pay, OF Vir
ginia, a member of the lnternationa
Court at Cairo. Egypt. Mr.. Tucker ii
now satisfied that the income-tax fea
ture of the revenue bill will pass tn
House by a decided majority.
The House Committee OH Elections me
this morning. and several hours were de
voted 10 the further consideration Of IN
contested election case of Williams versu
Settle. The committee was unable TO max
n report to-day and adjourned until TO
morrow morning. when IL is stated tina
the report In this case will be orderet
made to the House.
North Carolina Matters.
CONGRESSMAN Alexander had a confer
once this morning with the heads of TIN
Interior Department In Difference 10 tn
wishes Of constituents who desire posi-
fions I'm Washington but found tina
the places that are not protected b.
civil service have already been pre-
empted by Democrats from other States
He also paid a visit to Postmaster-Gen
eral BisselI and again urged the appoint
ment OF Mr.. Helm as postmaster a
Monroe. North Carolina. This IL tn
nosItion for which Captain McCauley wa
recommended by Senators Ransom ant
Vance. and his appointment would hav
probably followed but for the fact tina
The Department considered that his az
rendered him unfit TO properly discharg
,be dufies of the Office. Ii is probable