Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-03-06
WASHINGTON CITY.
GOSSIP Of INTEREST TO VRcINIANs
AND NORTH CAROLINIANS.
Malone and His Real Estate Campaign
The Tariff Bill-CongrcssionaI Election
Contests Congressional Proceedings.

WASHINGTON, March 5.-(Special)-
The Senate went into executive session
at an early hour to-day. and, therefore.
not much public business was transacted
In that body. II was expected that the
bill providing q site on which to erect
a new govern ment printing-ofiice would
be taken up to-day. General Malone, OF
Virginia, Is nuch interested In this mat
ter. as he has been trying for several
years TO dispose OF a square OF ground
ir' this city for this purpose The out
look for General Malone. however, is
not promising 1t is said he has fewer
supporters this year than when the bill
was before the last Congress.
General discussion on the pension ap-
preparation bill was continued in the
House to-day. and not many OF the mem-
bers remair ed in the hall. The discus
sion on the part of the Democrats Is con-
fined almost entirely to the northern and
western people. who seem to get paricky
whenever a southern man. like Mr.. Mere
dith, Of Virginia, for instance. plunges
into the debate They are afraid the
speeches Of the southern men will be used
against them in the campaign this year.
TARIFF-BILL CHANGES.
The tariff bill. as remodelled by the
Democrats, will probably be laid before
the Republican members of the Senate
Finance Committee tomorrow. at which
time IT is believed the changes will also
be made public. So far as the Virginia
and North Carolina congressman can
learn, no change has been made in the
tobacco sections, but still the work on
the bill has been conducted so secretly,
and such shifting has taken place, an
anxious public will have to wait for the
completed measure
Senator Daniel was, of course, not In
the city to-day, as he has been at Lynch
burg for nearly week, and remained
there TO attend the funeral of General
Early.
Representative Wise was At the Post
office Department to-day To ask for the
establishment OF several new post-ofiices
in the Third District.
The House will probably not take up
any Of the contested-election cases until
several of the appropriation bills now on
the calendar are disposed Of. This VIII
delay the\taking up OF the Aillams-Settle
case from North Carolina until some
time In April or May, in all probability.
The Goode-Epes contest, from Virginia,
will be argued before the committee
during the present month.
POSTAL AND PERSONAL.
Among the fourth-class postmasters APP
pointed to-day were:
Virginia-North Fork. Loudoun county,
]. e. Ratcliffe. vice c. w. Schooley, re-
moved; Turkey Cove, Lee county, j. Il.
Barker. vice John Riddle. removed.
North Caroina-Cogdell. Wayne county,
C. l.. Rose, vice ID. A. Cogdell, removed; {;
Crabtree, Haywood county, Mary l..
Walker. vice G. Ferguson, removed; ;
EbeneZer. Chatham county. w. II. Beck
with, vice W. d. Mathews, removed :
Gypsy, Henderson county. G. ID. Allen,
vice NJ r.. Lance, resigned; Hares store,
Johnston county j. w. O'Neal, vice J.
H. Parker resigned; Hobton, Sampson
county +. y. Hobbs, vice J. c. Hobbs.
resigned Morganhill, BuncOmbe county
F. NJ. Williams. vice +. NJ. Stockton, re-
moved: Odessa. Pender county, n. {.
Maxwell vice j. y. McAlister. removed;
Onion. Brunswick county, c. c. Williams
vice y. McFadyen, removed; Redhill'
Mitcl.al county. NJ. Z. Greene. vice
r. r. Garland. removed; Seven Springs
Wayne county. Mary @. Whitfield wee
VI. $. Broadhurst removed; Wendell
Wake county. r. j. Novel; vice j. H.
Novel;. removed.
Virginia arrivals: Colonel G. T.. Wingo.
r. r. Roberts. w. y. Hancock Warner
Moore. n. Il. Wallerstein. +. W. Leonard.
W. c. Gray and wife. r.. j. Christian
Richmond: Richard Mccoy, Riverton;
c. r. Smith, Croxton; O. J. Thomas.
Round Hln: w. c. Weeks, Warrenton;
J. H. Spencer, Martinsville; ID. w. Spen-
Ger. Henry county; W. T.. Lang, II. II.
Gravatt. Fredericksburg.
Silas McBee, OF LincOlnton, y. c., IL
in the city.