The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-01-19

seyS he considers the proposed acton or
the Secretary OF the Treasury unwise.
impoiitic. and unwarranted. lie Is oppos-
ed TO any increase OF the interest-bearing
debt OF the United States Tor any pur-
pose, and says that the silver seignior-
age In the Treasury SHOULD be used IN
this crisis There is about $52.cOo.0oo Of
this bullion on hand. while the proposed
bond issue is for only $JO0O0oOo then why
borrow when we have assets IN abun-
dance. which can easily be made avail
able
Mr.. +. NJ. Clements. Of Petersburg
editor OF the Progress. was at the Capi
tol this morning. He is candidate for
the postmastership af Petersburg. and
he has some splendid endorsements. The
other candidates are Captain John X.
Patterson. who served under Cleveland
before. and Messrs. Il. w. Jones and
Hugh X. Smith. The term Of the in
cumbent. General Stith Boiling. expires
on the 9th instant. and 1t is thought
that the change will be made about that
time.
The Annoy toDsuisJip.
There are three things which are OF
more or less importance and which can
be put down 0s facts as near as any
thing politically can be forecasted. The
consulship TO Annoy China, will be given
TO Nirginian. The next justice of the
Supreme Court will not come from New
York. and the name Of the next Public
Printer has not been in the slightest
degree considered by the President. An
other note might be made that in nearly
every single department the Virginia
allotment Of offices has been reached, and
consulships are terribly scarce.
COnQrf SSman Marshall called NJ tho
Post-Office Department this morning with
Mr.. II. T. Southers, of Graham, Va who
presented a refutation of the charges
against the postmaster at that place.
The department has decided to do some
investigating on IT'S own account, and has
ordered the case TO be inquired into by
post-ofiice Inspector.
Accompanied by Senator Daniel Mr..
Marshall called on Postmaster-Genera
Bissell to renew his efforts for. the APP
pointment Of a Virginian as postmaster at
Bristol but as the Postmaster-General
was attending a special meeting of the
Cabinet to-day, they did not see him.
Congressman Jones succeeded to-day in
securing the appointment Of Dr. w. B.
Robinson as collector Of customs at Tap
pahannock Va, vice Judge H. W. Dain-
gerfield removed.
Messrs. II. Hagan, Greensboro; W. Rey
nolds Warrenton; Il. NJ Redford and
wife. Richmond J. B. Levy and wife,
Roanoke, and F. r. Wimbish, North Car
olina. are among the late arrivals at the
National.
DR.. Hugh NJ. Taylor. of Richmond and
Mr.. w. b. +. Leech and wife, Of the same
city. are among the guests at the st.
James.
Messrs Thomas W. Miller. Roanoke;
John A. Dill. Beaufort, n. c.: w. j. Ken
drick, Roanoke Va, and w. Il. King
Gotham, Va, are registered at the Metro
poltan.
Mr. Robert w. Burke. one Of staun-
tons prominent business men, IS quar-
tered at the Metropolitan.
Fifty-three changes in fourth-class post
masters was the grist from the Fourth
Assistant Postmasters mill this morning.
Thirty-one Of these were appointments
made TO fill vacancies caused by deaths
and designations.
Again the State Of North Carolina
seems to have been overlooked, but Viz
ginia gets three appointments, as follows:
j. J. r. Baskervin at Goodies Ferry.
Mecklenburg county. to fiji the vacancy
caused by the death of Mary BaskerViil
w. l.. l.. Starke at Natural Bridge Rock
in sham coGnty, vice j. j. Moore removed.
and J. J. Roberts at Raccoon Ford, Cul-
peper county, vice r. II. England removed.
The e'tle C"r'-s' Cas-
The House Committee on Elections met
tonight and after final consideration Of
the contested-election case of Williams VS..
Settle. of North Carolina, ordered re-
port to be made in favor of COntestee
Settle. The committee decided that the
vote should not be made public. but It
is rumored that a majority of the Demo-
Gratis on the committee favored this
report. Two members Of the committee
were absent.
H L. W.