The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-02-04
COAST IMPROVEMENTS.
rTrfs roR ~. AND v. C., IN CIVIL
APPROPRIATIONS BILL.
1uoker Election Bill WIN. II is said' be
Adopted in Its Entirety-Mr. freemaD'
of Norfolk, Asks for a Consulship'
TINS BuRrku. RIrLrr BuitDISo,
u.sur,aro~ February 3. 1894.

inc NIfIIfII|E RfAW''At
,ene shc blatant bloody-shirt waving rep
,csentatlve from Maine. and the mild
hammered. lrm. and courteous South
erncr. General Catchings. Of Mississippi
than their own contributions to the Con-
erossional Directory.
In tho debate yesterday upon the ha-
vaian resolution Mir. Boutelle took oc-
caslon. as usual. TO refer 10 the war anu
20 the lynchings I'm the South ana sue
cecdcd fully in exhibiting another OF MS
so,,b,c-rine. all-undor-one-canvas circus
performances. General Catchings repheu
with an amount OF yigor remarkable ior
him. and although the Speaker AFTER
wards ruled that his language was uh-
,oriisrnontary, It was certainly unfnis-
f,.t,atio and AS keen as a Damascus blade
NJ Roufcue was completely and per-
fcotfv carved and scalped, and as ne
drooped into his scat one OF group OF
conercefmen who were In the cloak-rooh
sstd. .spoufoUe reminds me Of a story.
once n lady owned a parrot, monkey
and a dog One day the dog came into the
room whore the monkey was chained anu
polly. from her perch, cried, sic NM
sic him. whsreupOn the dog flew at the
polly was walking about the ilQor OF the
room In which sho was kept, when the
canine reappearcd Remembering her
former fun. polly again cried, "Sic him.
Alc HIM whereup0n the dog fell upon
polly and nearly killed her She finally
crawled upon her perch again. ahd' looA-
ing at her dropping wing, her bruised
legs. and rufled feather. she slowly solilo-
quized. Polly talks too much.
The Election Bili.
At the time OF the passage Of the bill
for the repeal OF the Federal election
laws. known as the Tucker bill, Mr..
Fnch, OF New York. claimed that the bill
Was Incomplete and to be effective in its
operations. should be amended. Senator
Hnl. OF New York, who had introduced
n bin Of similar character I'm the Senate,
thought differently. and after the favor
able report Of the bill made by the
Senate Committee decided TO substitute
~ for his own. Yesterday Mr.. Tucker had
a conference with Senator Gray and
other senator's who are very much in
terested Ia this matter, the result Of
which was that the Tucker bin Will be
adopted in its entirety. and will pass
the Senate without amendment.
Congressman Tyler called on Assistant
Secretary of state Uhl this morning with
Mr.. A. q. Freeman, Of Norfolk. whose
strong endorsements for a consular posi-
tion have been on file at the State De-
partmcnt for some time. The Secretary
was very pleasant during the interview,
but. as usual, was non-committal. SO
far I'm the distribution OF consular ap-
pointmonts TO Virginia. Norfolk, the chief
commercial city OF the State has been
entirely overlooked. and in fact the whole
Of the state east of Lynchburg has been
ignored.
Mr Tyler also called on the Public
PRINTER feesing positions Tor some OF his
constituents. but superintendent Palmer
claims that his force T. more than sufii-
cient 10 do the work of the office. lie
called M the Pension once and urged
that the claim OF i. J.. Douthat, of
Charles city, be granted.
Appropriations for Virginia
Congressman Sayors. the chairman Of
the Appropriation Committee of the
House, presented to-day the Sundry
Civll Appropriation bill Among the ap-
propriaions for Virginia and North
Carolina are the following items: For the
completion Of the Hog Island lighthouse,
$1,000; sufficient appropriation for the
lighting of Cape Fear river. North Caro-
Ina. with pOst-iiehts. for one superintcn-
dent OF life-saving stations on the coasts
OF Maryland, Delaware. and virginia,
saving stations on The coasts Of Virginia
and North carolina. SlAJ; for the Ar
tlery School at Fortress Monroe. 5000,
also sufficient appropriation for the
maintaining tho quarantine station at
Cape Charles Va.
Mr. Goodrich Hatton. OF Portsmouth.
called on Congressman Tyler at The Capt.
col to-day.
New Postofhoes
Poftonlccs have been established In |
Virginia ass follows: AT MaXwelton Hall
FAX county, with Miss Sally Ruain as
postmaster and at Prater, buchanan
county win Miss Mary \. Dennis as
postmaster
The pCstofiice at Basham FLOYD coun-
ty, has been moved half a mile south
OF It's former site.
steamboat mail service has been es-
'ahiished between Norfolk and Thomp-
sons Wharf Additional exchange Of
mails may be made without expense 10
The department, as often as the boats
may run.
A,ssrs. j. b. Kline. Of Richmond: w.
~. Falion, of Winchester; }. &. Eenty
of Nelson county. and W. T.. Bean are
The late Virginia arrivals at the ST
James
Mossrs. n. w. Rowe and r. c. VII
lams. Of Richmond. W. T.. hounos aud
NoUoway. src among the Nirginians at
lhc Metropolitan.
Mcssrs H. g.. Miller. Of Virginia. and
a. D.. Rhyme. of Mount Holly, \. c.,
arc at the National.
There were no changes i'm fourih-class
r..tmastcrs to-day II. T.. W.
The williams Contested Case.
At an informal meeting Of some of the
members of tho House Committee on
Elections ibis evening. the contested
election ease Of Williams vs.. Settle was
practically settled ia favor of the sitting
member. Settle. Congressman Woodward,
of North Carolina. VIII present his views
dissenting from some OF the conclusions
~ the majority Of the committee, but |
vii agree 10 make the majority report !
unanimous.
The decision OF the committee will be
t'eepted by Mr. Williams as final and |
the case viii not be carried further.