Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-12-01
A BAD BEGINNING.
ELECTION OF COLONEL LAMB
Loud Protests Against IL m"ae ~
virsinia Radicals I'm wHshineton-
The objection Mainly 10 NJ
iEx Two Onices.

WASlil4NH lOsNs - ~
fspeclal)-The southern Republican mem
hers OF Congress made bad beginning
nv n demand at their caucus the othe'
NIGHT for q share OF the House patronage
on sectS,nal lines The meeting. to De
sure. was poorly attended. The members
from Virginia and those from North Caro-
lima wisely staying away. but the demon
stration at the Riggs House has mao
n damaging effect, and to all intents ana
purposes the future usefulness OF the
southern wing Is considerably impaired
II Is unfortunate for them. at the present
time. that there Is an unwieldy majority
OF Republicans In the House. and' as
shown by the result Of the comDinaliOn
on House offices. the North ana "es'
have determined 10 monopolize the spoIis'
This augurs rather badly for the he-
pub.ican contestants from the -sou,n 10
seats In the House TO which Denoc!a's
have been elected. The party VIII no' "
In any hurry to increase the present isise a
majority, particularly by seating noe
southern Republicans, ana IN an pioDa-
billty most OF the cohtes's VIII o.
20 the next session.
COLONEL LAMB.
dissatisfaction with the election OF |o,o-
mel william Lamb. of Norfolk, 10 .ne
two offices of chairman OF the 'neiIa
state Republican Committee ara meiiosr
of the National Republican Conlihi..ee
,,.,,,inues 10 be loudly expressed by Vir-
rinia Republicans here one VINO Is "en
known as an anti-Mahone Republican
from Southwest Virginia said to-day: we
have no objection 10 Colonel Lamp as
chairman of the State Committee, Dut we
do seriously object TO his holding the wv
n,aces we had enough of that with
Malone. and Il was high time the other
aav 10 sit down on the one-man power
I'm Republican politics in virginia. me
Southwest wanted General walker lor
national committeeman. ana as the otiS
Republican member OF Congress from .ne
state he should have been chosen Tor
,hot nosition. in order to emphasize our
confidence in him as leader, and 10
give him that influence in the councils OF
the party which we now so badly need
he will be In touch with the Repupiicah
leaders of the country. and as the rep
resentatjve of the white Republicans OF
Southwest Virginia he was entitled 10
this position. ., -.
"colonel Lamb will be In Norfolk at
tending TO his business, and he cannot
possibly give that attention TO party mat,
tiers which during the coming spring anu
summer will be demanded OF the MEMBER
of the Nationa, Committee.
Ex-Congressman George Bowden, OF
Norfo X. who was mentioned in connection
with the two offices. was here to-day
and EXPRESSED himself as perfectly saus-
fed with the selection Of Colonel Lamp
who. he said. would Al both places Win
marked ability. He was profuse In MS
praises Of Colonel Lamb, and said he was
one OF the most progressive businessmen
in Virginia.
IMMIGRATION.
Numerous letters are constantly re-
ceiyed here from migrants wishing 10
locate in the South, and especially IN
virginia Following is one which mas
been referred TO Colonel Whitehead. Com
missioner Of Agricultural. In Virginia;
commissioner of immigration for South
washington. D. c.
Dear Slr.-Please to send me some IN
formation OF the price of land and farms
for sale In the different parts OF 'he
south. or send me the address OF per-
sons dealing in or having lands for SALE
especially in Virginia and North caro-
lima Georgia and Alabama. and oblige'
yours respectfully. -
"Wessfield, n. j., November q. 1888.
PERSONAL.
Senator ]. c. Prtchard. of North Caro-
lima. Is quarterod at the Ebbitt where
are also the Hon. and Mrs. Harry L.
Skinner of the same State.
Mr.. J.. T. Anderson. Of the Tredegar
Iron-,yorks, In Richmond, who frequent
ly visits this city on business, was mere
again yesterday.
Colonel William Lamb. who has just
been elected to the double-barreiled once
of chairman Of the Virginia Republican
State Committee and member OF the
Republican National Committee. IS In
the city to-day. and Is stopping at Cham
berain's, Mahone's old headquarters.
This looks as II he intends TO follow In
the footsteps Of his predecessor.
Mr.. John Lybrook. formerly Of Virginia,
fills quite an important position in the
statistician's office of the Interstate Com
merce Commission.
Mir. r. Allen Sedgwick. formerly Of
Warrenton, Va, but recently from Biz
mingham Ala, is now located here in
government department service.
Mr.. George l. Thomas. who was resi-
dent Of Richmond for some time. Is In
the Auditors Office OF the Interstate Com
merce Commission.
Washington correspondent and assistant
librarian Of the House OF Representa-
tivcs. has been critically III for the past
week. and is now confined to his bed
under the treatment OF physician.
ARRIVALS
The hotel arrivals to-day include the
following: c. J. Donan and wife. Middle
burg: w. j. Morgan. Alexandria. Hotel
Enrich.
L. N. Allen and VIE Danvilie, Va; ].
w Hi and wife, Lynchburg; DR.. j. A.
Armstrong and wife. Lyrchburg, 81.
James.
]. c. Connery and wife. Richmond; C.
Waring and wife, Richmond; NJ. A. Har-
ris and wife, Staunton, United States Ho-
tel
C. p. Janney and wife. Lees9urg: F. c.
Machens and J. T.. Role. Harrisonburg;
w. c. Darlington, Lynchburg. National.
s. A. Wolshemer Leesburg; N. A.
Crenshaw. Richmond: J. II. Spencer, Mar
tinsvllle; r. NJ. Prouser. Staunton, Metro
politan.
J. J. Deyer. Norfolk; c. r. Lewes. W.
s. Maupin, and w. ]. Ficklin, Virginia,
Hotel johnson.
X. J. Haines. Accotink. Va. Owen
House.
w. w. Nixon. Leesburg, Va. Arlington.
POSTAL.
William NJ. Stuart has been appointed
postmaster at Arolnd. n. c.; Joseph G.
Morrison. at Mariposa, n. c.; and William
II. Miller at Noble. Va.
CONGRESSMAN TUCKER.
Representative Harry St. George Tuck
or. OF the Tenth Virginia District. ar
rived here to-day. and went at once to
the residence of his cousin. Solicitor
lI<.fx Of ha nasfaa ~ .aftf Of
Justice. where he will have apartments
during the session Of Congress
Mr.. fuckers family will not come 10
Washington at present.
Congressman James A. Lockhart, OF
Wadesboro'. n. c.. is here. stopping at
the Metropolitan.
At a NEEDING OF the Washington corre-