The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-10-04
THE VIRGINIA CONTEST.
&gPUBLrcASN MA TIoNAL COMMITTEE
\ GIVING THIS STATE A TTENTI0M
xsverai Candidates Receiving It's Ao"''
E1pport-Mr. Ooid's Report "" '""
Newport News Smuggling Case
TiMrs ! uRrAu. RIPLEY BUlLpISe.
M ,,o.r,. Dctobsr 3. 1894.


Th.,. wore no prominent callers at
q either ~ the headquarters this morn
Adng as the canvass is well on now in
q A,nost Of the states. and the prominent
g Ano,Itjcians Of both parties seem 10 have
So ,hoir banda FUN looking after matters at
81 Shomc.
# Chairman Faulkner. OF the Democratic
n Ncommittce. says the news from the cam
q aaign is getting better and better from
81 all OF the States. and that the apathy
and inertia. which were really what the
81 democrats had to fear the most are
81 yapiiy disappearing. ,,,o,,
II Chairman BabCoCK, OF the Ittpu 49,
campaign committee, Is Stli! IN Ne" -,
Where nc went pitsun ablHl 10 IL 6id
\ serence with Republican itadsI7 IVVash.
mot care to have their presence IN ~ az" -
4 SnCton advertised. NOtWiths'""""@ ,he
1act that Chairman taulH"et, b''r"uqbI,
n tIcmOCratiC press seem 10 - t5en1bIi-
taposted as 10 the dOings OF t.c 90
4 - C,,,,r.itfen there il good reason 10
n ebeIeyc tbat these gentlemen are hCt'..hh5
An a good deal Of 'Iine Moih UIT! ~. aDae
Vista Of the calcium rag ~ lrarnUaigu in
hhls seem o. Dee true ot lhc '"iup's' -
Etiygi,.i. where Senator Faulkner CoH-
hldcufIy declares the ltcpuunCaIS -, -,
hent no money ana M ,,',I,,ts Who send
60 from Washington are certain tnaI
ktbe Republican committee rs uoinE hoo,-
eng IA Virginia, BESIDES uIS'i iou'l Us,
t5ar "a dcsuitury fashion, n tt" Samples
- ,.i..i.n literature. The head Of the
heruhlcau machine here Cohstessiiah
t1tsi~,.k .- one OF the shreWdest poiu-
S.Isue i1 the party, VINO believes that
49, ..,..J ,au be accomplished by quiet
- 81. than by parade and buster. Al
fSpoU.G seemingly Indifferent ne Is pay
5s-, g.. closest attention to the fight in
FSSi9tryilI8 ana is giving active support
~, s..,r.I II the candidates for Con-
5,,yass ana the recognition of the commit
lee to alL
coNrK IN IRE SECOND DISTRICT.
colonel John cast. OF Norfolk. ex-su-
-,.sr,lslrs Inspector OF steam vessels, ar
ST,I here today Colonel cast. since
a. retirement from the pubic service,
aaS successfully followed his profession.
III is as ardent Republican as ever
'srl speaks with confident enthusiasm OF
,,Er nomination Of eX-Dstrict Attorney
JorIaud by the Republicans OF the sec
sIud district. This nomination, ne says
RS brought together the contehulhS Ia
Raced IL In n condition to present an
Subroken front in the fight this iaiil,.,o,d
. Colonel cast called on his OLD IIiemd
kand chief Supervising Inspector ''tht 10 a.
Iumout before leaving 'lor Not4o'A 'N''
'Syelius.
1gr SLwrcRT NEWS sMUGGLINo.
Mr. r ebert Old. OF Richmond, speClai
sNrcasIIy agent at Newport New, NDd |
AT the Treasury Department to-uay any
fnHlt MS report Oh the 4'NNiAN
IarIaiI9 rum which was smugsled INTO
Tevport News from the Spanish steamer
NOencra. Inspector QUA "1S VI! INV
cent but IL is certain that All tne sun
gparties concerned in tins TRANSACTION nave
mot vet been taken into CUSTODY hnu
more arrests will follow shottIy; me
+euperyising special inspector compliment
Ae6 Inspector Ould very highly on MS sue
yessfut cauture. and left the further |
prosecution Of the sedTch TO MS H"N"s
ment
NO PEoTfsrs FROM APFoMATTOX.
The storm Of Indignation raised by, the |
,gublic press at the new name selected LOT
dhe p1st-otIlre at historical AppOmattoX |
Rourthouse should have been suinclcht |
notice TO Postmaster Rosser ana the
yatrons of the office that the country al |
Rarge objects to the postal gulde Dtins |
ENABLE. an instrument FOR perpetudlihS
memories OF the unfortunate period from
Bstl 20 1861. but II the howl OF Indignation |
has reached the ears Of the gentlemen Who |
9 suggested the Objectionable name sur |
lTtuder.' they have made no sign ~
yet not one single protest against the
name nor any request for It's chaHRe
Mas been received at the POSt-Oftlce De
apartment from the parties who are IeaIly |
1he responsible ones in this matter, ana
Nhe department. though anxious to grauIy
than mere sentiment, can DO nolhHis |
without violating one Of its customs |
(which Is as old as the department ltseil'
Mr.. FLOOD MISTAKEN.
II has never been stated I'm this cor
fTespundeuce as is charged In a special !
Telegram from AppOmdttOX Courthouse TO |
The Times IF to-day, that this cor
Respondent had seen a petition at the
Post ONCE department headed by state
Senator Flood, asking for chanSe OF
phe name Of the puSt-oftice at old Apo
'mattoX Courthouse 20 surrender What
the correspondent did say Senator Flood
lfuny cOrrobOTates in his explanation,
which was that he headed the petition
asking the department TO chanSc the
name OF Nebraska TO AppomattoN Court
house which petition was presented ~
Congressman Tucker. From the records
OF the POst-OHce Department neither
state Senator Flood nor Congressman
Tucker seem TO have been consulted IN
Tcgard 10 the adoption of the name
! Surrender," which fact was plainly |
stated in the interview with Fourth As
sistant Postmaster-GeneralM Maxwell, pub
lished in this correspondence.
The Post-Ofice Department declined 10
allow the old courthouse sit> to retain
the name OF AppomattoX, for the reason
that there would then have been two
the report OF the Board on Geographical
Names. all pretiNcs or anneNes to the |
name or a post-ofice, G. H., centre. station,
&C, have been dropped, and Nebraska !
which was changed TO Appomattox Court
house is really "AppOmattoX" plain and
simple. At the request Of General Max
ONCE Departmnt IS willing to change
ihe Objectionable name of surrender
whenever the request comes from the
proper authority, which, in this case, is
The patrons OF the Office.
There were no appointments OF fourth
GLASS postmasters to-day for Virginia or
North Carolina.
Colonel T. H. McCaull. candidate for
Congress in the Eighth Virginia district,
passed through the city to-day, en- route
speaks tomorrow. H. L, W.