The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-02-27
THE PRESIDENTS OUTING
MANS s0NL TO NORTH CAROLINA
ON TISHfNG INCLUSION.
shs Changes In the Wilson Tsrin Biii are
securely Guarded by the senate
Finance Committee.
TIMs BuTr,u. R,riry BrnDiSo. !
WASHINGTON. } ebruary &c. 1898. }

INc House began business 'n'S "''''
,g upon n motion OF Congressman Hatch
a. have the anii-option bill referred 20
She Committee on Agriculture, OF which
ST. .s chairman. which was finally done.
PRESIDENT cleveland, with his friend
STR Gresham has zone 20 North Caro-
i.sa on fishing expedition. II is gcner-
oily believed that the President Is very
tred % tho way things have been going,
and IN this he Be- not 40 al alone, but
,rc balance OF the inhabitants have 20
,cmain in Washington although they are
snst as weary as Is the chief
Delay on the isrir Bnl.
Nr Cleveland b. worry much put out
- the great delay in tie Senate Com
suiueo over The reporting Of the terin
iu. and be views the antics Of Mr.
BLAND and The non -action of the House
with nothing less than disgust pure and
simple.
The members Of Congress have grown
satisfied with persistent inactivity a. the
departments and. after almost daily re-
fHsals 90 make appointments for them,
they are giving wide berth 10 the
officials. who not only seem Indifferent
ts To- appointments. but who are often
dIs-ourtcous to the men who arc trying
fl do something for their constituents.
great many Of tho best known and
ln0si distinguished representatives. VIII
got go fo tho departments 40 all. and as
She public printer and second assistant
posimasicr General sure still Republic
cans. and Secretary Morton. and Post
snasfer-Gencrai Rissel are unwilling the
general rounds are usually confined TO
Secretary carlisle and the new assistant
10 Nr Gresham. whose store Of Offices
however. WAS pretty well disposed OF
before the great and only Josiah Quincy
Gnf the job.
lf had been confidently expected that
fhc Finance Committee of the Senate
would report the tariff bill this morning,
Int 30 adjourned until tomorrow without
81 uun. and the senate Democratic eau
Gus was continued also. The Finance
committee is keeping we'll guarded any
changes 10 has made in the Wilson bill.
although the impression generally pre-
wallis that a duty will be put upon coal
and sugar. ni the income tax geduo ed
Congressman Meredith introduced a bill
fr the relief of Theodore Ford and
f~n a bin to reimburse MI William
Forsyth, of CentcrFhi.. for property taken
and destroyed hy the "i0r 'rl'fs during
fle war; he having filed ahdaviis 10 his
loyalty TO thc Union.
Personal
Congressman Turner Viii treat ihe
IIay post-onice matter as hulsn'd husi-
I-ss. as The papers We're sent Go The
PRESIDENT before tht resignation of lis
predecessor. and hr does NOT care 10
I..usu fhe case. ltc was at the Post
office Department this morning and
urged action u the Charlottesville mat
frr aud also saw Assistant Postmaster
General Maxwell about several fourth
class rost- offices in his district at which
hr desires changes made.
Nr Frank a. Clinard. one of the cam
ddates fo. the postmastership at hick-
ort. n. 60 is in the city.
SIR ~. o. keenan,. the recently app
pointed collector OF customs at Whining
TON. a. o.. b. here. He expects 10 take
charge oi Ais office about the first of
March
Nr - vs.. Pelsall. Wilmington. y c.,
.is ~ the Metropolitan.
Neesrs. T.. McNish. Lyuchhurg; a. T..
Smith and g. a. Robertson. Charlotte
~ g., and +. g. Younger, Lynchburg, are
s the So James.
Postal Mntters
There were only fourteen removals OF
fHlrth-ciass postmastcrs to-day,and thirty
Use offices made vacant 10y deaths aud
ros.-uau0us.
The appointments for North Carolina
vcre ". a.. Derrick. at Balsam Jackson
county. vice T. a. Season. removed. and
Julia g. Fose. al Oveyshot. Jackson couu-
u.s. vice Thomas Orr resigned.
For Virginia the appointments were as
follows. ~. ID. Adams an Gangatha. Ac-
comac county. vice r.. j. Mason. resigned,
r.. B. Richmond, at Isis. Scott county,
vice a. ". Peters, resigned: Ollie 81.
smith, al ketron, Washington county
vice August Holmes. removed and ". A..
Abbott. at Wolf Trap. Halifax county,
Vice ~ A. ThaNton resigned.
post-oflCes have been established at
1iialrs Prince George county. with Rich
ara ". Alarable as postmaster. and at
Dearborn Amherst county. Va, with
George ". Dearborn as postmaster
The post-onice al Bethesda. Castor
county. a. g.. has been discontinued Mail
900. 10 .ur.N