Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-02-23

measure will be reported on Tues,
day next. The Senate will probably
adjourn tomorrow uutil Mouday next
anu the House mny possibly do tho
same unless The Blaud bill still le.
mains unsettled.
AT the meeting of the Democratic
caucus yesterday, which was called to
urge the passage of the coinage bill.
all of tho Virginia members were
present, md all of them were present
today, really and willing to support
the 6lll 1t had been generally con.
si6cred that the rensons for the nc
lion of Mr. Cleveland in allowing the
Senators almost full control of the
patronage was based upon his desire
to have Mr.. Peckhum confirmed, but
it seems nov that the President in.
tonds to keep this rule in elation,
for the members of the House are
still being informed that tho cooper.
alton of the Senators is desired in al
most every case, and always when
consular or other places outside OF
their own districts arc concerned
Nearly all of the members of tho
House have long lists of constituents
yet to satisfy as to consular appoint
ments, but the prospects aro gloomy
indeed for most nll of them. In Vir
ginin it seems MS if our quota was en-
tirely exhausted, although with the
aid OF Senator Hunton there il lit
tie consular agency which is liable to
come to one OF the Virginia members.
MIR. FULLrR's DINNER.
There was distinguished and sig
nifcant grouping of gentlemen last
evening ut Chamberlain's, and in one
of the private dining rooms PORTIONS
of the tariff bill were discussed about
n sumptuously lndeu table.
MIR. ii. w. Fuller, general passen
ger agent of the Chesapeake and
Ohio railroad, rendered compli
mentnry dinner to President nj. Il.
Ingalls,, of the same company. The
invited guests were Senators Faulk
ner and Camdop, of West Virginia;
Lindsay aud Blackburn, of Kentucky;
Daniel and Hunton, of Virginin; GiD-
SOD, of Mnryland; Representatives,
Geo. d. Wise, of Virginia, and Alder
son, of West Virginia.
Captain Wise, in speaking of the
discussions of the evening, snid that
he was confident that conl, iron and
lumber would be put OH The dutiuble
list III the Ssnate; that sugar would
have II small duty placed upon il, mud
that the rate of the income tax would
be reduced from 2 per cent to pcr
cent. This, coming us it does direct
from such gathering of Congress.
nen, clrries with it n fur moro hnn
speculative weight, and may well be
put down us closer than guess.
The Senate committee today is still
discussing the whisky question, the
kentuckians contending for an ex
ttensioa to eight years Of tho bonded
period. This. however, does not seem
with fnvor among the Democratic
Senators, and it will certainly lie met
with serious opposition should it
come back to the House for adoption
Senator Edward Dougnss White,
of Louisiana, who succeeds tho late
Associate Justice Blnichford, of the
United States Supreme Court, is the
first Catholic who hns been appointed
to the Supreme bench since Chief
Justice Taney. who was appointed
by President Andrew Jnckson, and
who succeeded Chief Justice John
Marshall. Of Virginia Associate JUS
tice White will be an acquisition to
the present able court for the reaso 4
that he is the only member of the
Supreme Court Of the United States
who has made special study aud
practice under Civil Code of Louisi
ana since Justice Campb, II resigned
his sent on the bench to cast his lot
with The Confederate States ut the
beginning of The war Louisiana be-
ing an acquisition from the French,
the Code Nnpo.e II still prevails in
that State.
SOUTHERN MEMBERS OF THE COURT.
1t looks like the irony of fate that
the Democrats. who had only one
representative on the Supreme Court
bench (Justice Field) at the close of
the war, now have four members, or
nearly half of the court, and the
South, which until few years ago
WAS entirely nnrepresepted, can lay
claim now to one third of the court,
which is very hattering representa-
ton as the Southern States hardly
compose one.third ef the Union. 1t
is true, however, that two of the As.
sociate Justices that come from that
section, Justices jackson, of Tennes
see and Harlan, of Kentucky. were
appointed by Republican Presidents.
Associnte Justice Field, who was
appointed by President Lincoln, will.
OH the l0.h of March next, have serv.
ed thirty years on the bench, pc
riod of service only reached by JUS.
tices Marshall and Story. Although
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