The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-02-22
MIR. SMYTHE'S LETTER.
SETS ar REST the STORIES <Bor,
HIS CONDUCT IN NAM.
Delegation or Richmond Tobacco Man
Hold n Conference with Va. SENATOR.
Colonel Abe FuIkerson's Cali.
TINES BUREAU. RAPLFY BunDrNc.
WASHINGTON. ebrusry "a. 1884,.

sortment OF alleged strons-mlnded wo-
men. who were here TO urge the right
OF female suffrage. The very appearance
OF a gang like this is enough to drive
a man 20 strong drink or make him run
away from his family, but they insist
upon being heard, and the committee
and visitors viewed them with about the
same air Of suppressed amusement and
half pity that one feels IN passins through
the freak department Of "eH-Febuiatei
side show. -,
The strong-minded women have been
meeting here for a number OF udys' ana
Yesterday they were beautiiuiiy enter
tanned .,,,...
A partial report from the committee
appointed about year ago 10 i'' tsdle
the various departments SHOWS 'ndt VIZ
tualy nothing will ever pc i1evi,' p'i'"'u
by the COMMITTEES. TINS coun"'i''IV' va
Which Mr.. Dockery is the chairman. was
,.,',,,,,,,orad 10 ennIov not over three eN-
rerts at any price the committee thouSht
reasonable. and their duties were 10 eN-
anime the number of clerks IN eaHh de-
nartment. their hours OF labor the work
performed. &c. with n view OF reducing
the expenses of the Government ana IN
creasing its efficiency. Inc Vo""h'''ee
nh once employed three so-calleh Experts
at the trihing sum OF 81 per DAY Oh F''vVv
per annum They have been elnpioyeu
about one year, and report thal II VIM
take them about two years more ana
have not so Tar been able TO mo out
how TIN. Government could get along
with a single clerk less ihan az present
The salaries that the alleged experts are
drawing and viii nave gotten by Inc
time their job is out would pay 80 CLERKS
$1,000 per aDnum. and by me Time inc
Democrats find Few clerks too many
the Republicans will come IT ana put
them on the payroll AGAIN.
Minister srnvtlie'. Denial.
Congressman Marshall IS in receipt Of
this letter from Minister Henry NJ
Smythe. from Hayti. which sets at rest
all OF the wild and uHiounded stories
recently published about him.
The letter is dated Port-au-Pnnce,
Feb. TO- 1894 10 reads.
My dear Marshall. ] have just TO
ceved about hundred and Afty press.
clippings from northern newspapers CIV
ing I'm substantially the same stripe the
remarkably circumstantal lie. said TO
be told by one Edmund Fortune on his
arrival in New York. to the effect that
| had written a letter 10 President Hy-
polite. dcprecating his method Of govern
ment and intmating that ne msappro-
priated the public funds. In all the hun
drcd and fifty different articles the only
word of truth find is the statement
that President Hypoite hold the reins OF
the Government with a firm hand.
/ regard him not only as firm. but
a just and wise ruler. ! have written
the department i'm answer 20 cable mes
sage, I'm sure that ] have the cordial
good Will Of the President. every MEM
Der of his Cabinet, and of all the peo-
Pile with whom l have been brought in
contact. This is not lie that is part
the truth. but an unmitigated, absolute
and malicious lie from beginning TO end.
and. + am sure proceeds from the same
source that has been so prolific Of late
I'm the production OF Iibels on the peo-
pie and Government Of this Republic,
and so jealous i'm stirring up teapot
revelations and creating an unnecessary
and injurious prejudice against American
citizens and American commercial inter
ests. I have never written letter TO
President Hyp0lite. / have never criti-
ciscd his gOvcrnment-cven to intimate
friends. for the very good reason that
! have never been so fresh as % yOlun-
teer advice of this character against the
express instructions OF my Government
and all the traditions Of the State De
partment
I'm thus explicit because I owe this
much 20 YOU and the other members
of the Virginia delegation In Congress.
and the administration, which is insdi-
ously attacked by the publication.
The country is absolutely quiet. the
how
are prosperous and contented. The Mar
digras celebration has just ended and
during its three days of almost unbounded
license, Of all the thousands l have seen
IN the parade / have not seen "a drunken
man or the slightest disorder.
in the hope that this may put az rest
any doubts that any Of my friends
entertain.
The Commissioner Order.
Congressman Jones called again this
morning on Or. Salmon, the chief Of the
Animal Industrial Bureau and also on
the Secretary OF Agriculture 20 insist
that the careful examination promised by
the Department of Agriculture Of all the
cattle owned in his congressional district
be made at once. as IL is claimed that no
spleneuc fever or other epidemic exists
amongst the cattle there. and in justice
10 the farmers and stock-raisers Of that
section the order of the department pro-
hibiting cattle from being shipped except
for immediate slaughter should be re-
scinded and the district relieved from
the unjust and injurious suspicious that
the PRONUNCIATION of this order has cast
upon IL.
Dr. Salmon claimed that a thorough IN
yestigation could not be- made until the
appearance OF warm weather. but the
Secretary OF Agriculture promised that it
should be done as early as possible.
Cal cd 20 go the President.
Congressman Marshall and ex-Congress-
man Abe Fulkerson called on the Presi-
dent this morning and presented add
uonal reasons why a Nirginian should be
appointed TO succeed TO the postmaster
ship az Bristol. They afterwards had an
interview with Postmaster-General Bis
sell on the same subject.
senator Daniel has been authorized bv
the Senate Committee on Claims to pre-
sent q favorable report on the claim Of
MessTs William Is. Isaacs & Co. Of Rich
mond. assignees.
Congressman Tyler called al the War.
Navy. and Post-Ofice Departments THE
morning. II has ceased 10 be a matter
of speculation any longer. and IL stated
absolutely and aufhoritativev that a new
postmaster will be appointed for Norfolk
inside or ten days and that Portsmouth
VIII quickly follow In the wake Of Nor
folk
Congressman Tyler is much interested
in the promotion Of Mrs. James LYONS.
OF Richmond, 10 better position I'm the
Treasury Department, in which he is
cordially joined by Senators Daniel and
HuntOn.