The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-11-21
The VIRGINIA REPUBLICANS.
Judsi Hughes .sI.slss That The Walton
Law Is Constitutional.
PREPARATIONS FOR The CONTESTS.
The Election to the House OF the Author of
"If Christ Game 40 Congiess'-Wa,h-
ington News and Gossip.
TIMES BUREAU. RAPLEY BUILDING.
"a -, 49,, \ ~ miner 20 1874

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There seems TO be little lull just now
in matters political, almost everybody has
heard about the election and those who
really knew how it all happened nave
told of 1t, and the country seheraliy
seems 10 be DracihS HseH " "a ie"
weeks Of well-earned rest LOT tue re-
The wirepuIlers and steering commit
tees of both parties have mel, talked
over schemes TO get the best OF II, ana
adjourned until December Cd, The de-
fedted candidates IN all Parues nave
considered the question OF eohlesllns
Their opponents seat, most Oh lheH nav
decided TO do 1t and begun the prenihl-
The presIaeni has determined to give
the people a great treat ana the law
makers a deIuge OF llIotIHalio4 when
Congress meets, and he Is quietly ioadlns
the machine whose Iuse Is uIned loi
explosion about December 50 10 ON, anu
in the meanwhile the average man Is
getting a little rest, looking up the uchets
for lat winters overcOat ana h1htlhS
up his rubber shoes from the miscel-
laneOus mass in the closet under the
front star steps For II Is gong To
be a very cold winter for good many
people.
III VIRGINIA EPUBLlCANs
The Virginia Republicans who failed
to be eleCted nave, 1t Is reported, employ
ed AR. tdgar Allan, most taminarly
Known in the State as ahhee Alldl'
to act as their general attorney III lhe
wholesale contest, ana are preparing loi
the onslaught to be maze Oh the fllty.
YET fully uatured but the best lawyers
IA the STATE hoid that 1t would be ioiIy
for them TO attempt to attdch the con,
..ttUttOudhty Oh tae dIloH law gun
| lney hope ana believe ana pray thal III
sOme mysterious way they VIII be able
10 contrOVert the Will OF the people anu
set seats IN Congress, lot the glory anu
me pay, while they Iurnlsh ohly the pre-
text OF representing SOmelhiis OF some
oJdy. 1t Is a strange feature OF the
course of the average candidate that ne
never has a thought Of the possibility OF
defeat; ne Is always sure OF election, dlu
even after the votes are COUNTIES anu Lae
- completely beaten, he invariably de-
clares that the people were LOT MIN, uu'
ne was cheated.
II CERTAIN. hardly seems credible tina
the eight defeated Republicans dctuaiIy
believe that the entire pOhcy OF the VI.
.luia voters had been reversed, ana that
fairly and honestly they are entitled TO
"A fun Republican delegation, ana sun II
would hardly be risht 10 say thai tnt!
or any Of them would deliberately at
TEMPT to foist themselves upon 4 peo-
pie who Enthusiastically preferred some.
body else t. represent them. IL JUST
must be personal egOusm ana uhti UI ,u-
nate cOnceit and suCn OF the KepubhCdil
candidates who are capable OF dolhs u
s1ould sit calmly down and think, ana
making "A comparison Of themselves dlI
tneir opponents, so back To leslllhale
work and lei the representing DuSlueSS
De done by those for whom the People
have expressed preference
coUAs OF III DlMJ,BAls.
The Republican contests will, Of course,
nave 10 De met by the Democratic mem
bers-elect to the fHty-toufth COAste ss,
and II is said tnat all, or such oil .neil
NIL
OF nOn. John GOOde of THIS city 70 dct IS
1t ge.efdI attorney for them, supplemented
b. such Local legal support IS lhty ue-
SIRE from their districts. Mr Eoode -
probably the best equipped lawyer IN the
state for this service, as ms career IN
Congress and his extensive practice since
before the Committee on Elections nave
rendered him familiar with All or the re-
quIremeuIs IN tAe conduct OF such cases
ais personal campaign IOr the parry III
the recent canvass gave him a familiarity
with the law anu It's operation IN the
stale ana his residence here at TINS
time would AL combine 10 make nm the
choice of the Virginia Democratic con-
gressmen for this service.
JUDGE HUGH sAIs is CONSTITUTIONAL.
United States District Judge Robert w.
Hughes was IN VI asHuhtou TINS eNeiins'
having adjourned court IN AlSAdndIld 10
Gay and returning 10 DdnVllIe tonight.
~ men asked regarding the cOnstltu..On-
anty of the Walton Law. he sdlI: AS an
of-hand opinion, / should say the law Mas
entirely constitutional, ana then, con-
tlutug. Il nave no lC ca OF any suc'l
thing as a wholesale Cd ange In the con-
occasional Quie,at.Ou, although L ld.-Cy
that perhaps Few Of the RepuDlcdA
c.Ddlddtes nave some trounus OF CON
test
one of the most unejoyable and disgust
ing features OF the recet election was
the sending OF NJ. ". howard, OF the
seventh A.dDama district, 10 Consreas,
In Ia u
wave III that Stale. howard came up
mere last sprug-a tall, lank, lean cald-
verOus-loOking duck, with a Dig black
SLOUGH nat and long shlny DiacK Prince
Albert coat. 1t Was reported thal ne Was
wlHng TO .ccept a place IN the Govern,
ment EN-, 10y, but nobody encouraged
the idea, and ne went nome ana wrote
book entitled, III Christ Came TO Con-
gress" tie Viciously attacked congress
men, lust twisting their names 50 as 10
leave their Identity unquesuOnaDle; ne
made d Ieartui onslaught against a CdDi-
net Oincer ana sCOrned IN general way
the idea Of respectablllty existing among
either men or women I'D oHlcIaI NE. Iiis
book was promptly debarred from the
mans, dud he became IA once apparently
a great man in Alabama.
Several members OF congress were look
ing for Howard soon after MS book came
out, ana II wall DE- interesting 10 note 5
reception in the flty -'oui IN No+stras.
tie IS now in New YORK occurring Ike
OF ms own VllaInOus and ScurrilOus book
,,r,tn me cool assurance that Would pu1Z.e
an ordinary circus yeuder or tar less OBJ
jectionabie literature
BaIEF MOTIFS.
Postmaster-General Bissell was not at
his desk to-day.
There have been no appointments OF
fourth-class postmdsteTs Tor several days
tourtb Assistant POstmaster-GeneTa
Maxwell has been absent at the bedside OF
his mother, who is critically Ill at her
0ome. I'm New York. tie resumed his
official duties this morning, but expects
summons home al any time. n
Mr. n. A. Harris sher'n OF Spotsyi-
VINO rode In the nrst four Of the famous
old Ninth Virginia cavalry, ana was as
gallant a trooper as ever drew a blade.
RS warmly greeted by some Of his old
comrades IN arms now residents OF the
Mr., Vespasin Chancellor, OF Chancel-
lorsviile Va, is In the city
Nr ~ y. Johnson, Of New Berne, NJ