Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-09-09

party platforms I'm this country had
been violated so often the people ceased
TO believe In platform expressions 40
declared In the same speech that the
people wanted results rather than resoiu-
tionA Those who remember That speech
were struck this week by the fact that
at congressional convention held IN
Moryland the friends OF Senator German
got the nominations for the snort ana
long terms In the House, and the Senator
let the other fellows pass the resolutions.
They demanded free coal and free iron
ore and they viii get them about the
time the astronomers settle definitely
whether the planet Mars is inhabited.
Nearly all OF the Republicans ana not
lcsa than twelve Democratic senators are
I'm favor OF retaining the revenue duty OF
forty cents n ton on coal and iron-ore.
This fact has been amply shown. but
some OF the Democrats in charge of the
campaign say that the men running con-
gressionai conventions do not seem TO
remember that the Nova Scotia coal COM
binc got n very black eye when they
tried here a few weeks ago 20 carry their
point so they could run Virginia and
West Virginia coal out OF the New Eng
land market.
GRAMMAR SENATORIAL
Tho Congressional Record giving the
Senate proceedings the last day or the
session contained the following colloquy.
which shows that one senator having
made an error In grammar 1t was fol-
lowed by two others and the Vice Presi-
dent and was allowed 10 stand by those
who made up the copy for the printer:
MIR Harris: From the Committee on
Finance 1 report ten Of the tarin bulle-
tins that have been printed, which Will
complete the series. / send them 10 the
dCsk and ask that they be printed.
Mr. Vest: How many Of these bulle-
tins are there 1 ask the Senator from
Tennessee?
Mr. Harris: Sixty-four in all. and nifty
four Of them have already been printed.
Mr. Vest; These are ten more?
Mr. Harris These are the last. ten more,
and In bulk. as the Senator from Mis-
souri, can see by looking at the documents
] have sent 10 the desk.
MIR Butler: May | inquire what number
Of these documents have been printed?
Mr Harris: My recollection is that only
the usual number OF copies have been
printed. / DO not remember that there
has been any order TO print extra copies.
The Vicc-Presidcnt That is the informa'
ton Of the Chsir--that the usual number
nave b"fu iIiItt1
Mr. Butler: ! am very little nearer the
information seek than I was before.
How many numbers comprise the usua!
number?
Mr. Harris: The usual number, believe.
IS about 1900.
The Vice President: Tho bulletins VIII
be printed.
Having used the plural verb all the
way. Il he was correct. Senator Harris,
on his final statement. should have said:
The usual number, l believe, are about
1900" But he dld not He finally dis
covered that the singular verb was cor
rect.
Personal.
Ex-Congrossman y. l.. Russell, OF Will
rnington. y c.. is at the Ebhitt
Josiah Allen was to-day appointed post
master At Tyra. Moore county, n. c.,
vice X. S. Allen removed.
G. S. Ferguson, Jr., Waynesville; w.
r. Wnlford. Rocky Mount; Len. G. Bat
ton. and r. y. Brock. winston are North
Carolinians stopping at the metropolitan.
Spencer Smith, OF Petersburg. Va, is
IN the city.