Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-04-26
THE SILVER ISSUE.
All Hands in Government Circles
Talking Up Gold.
.rrrrY THREE CENT PIECE
That Is what They Call the Dollar
of White Mctaf-Free-COtnaGe
Feeling strong Among the People
Washington City Notes.

WASHINGTON, April 2j.-(Special)-
The currency question is the one absorb
ing topic In government circles at this
time. and the entire administration, from
the highest officials down TO the minor
clerks, including even the Republicans
and nOndescrpts, are apparently against
the free-coinage-of-siiver movement
which is sweeping over the country. The
President having made known that he
IL opposed 10 silver. the others have taken
a pointer. and nearly every man seems
TO consider 1t his bounden duty to hit the
white metal crack. whether he can
talk intelligently or not. He has learned
to denounce the silver dollar as nifty
three-cent piece of money" and gold Is
what the average Federal official and
employee yells loudly for.
Now. as 10 the report that WORD mas
gone forth from the powers that De 10
Federal offlce-holders In the states 10
usa all their influence to crush the silver
movement. IL can be said that this Is
probably erroneous. though there Is no
law to prevent people from talking III
virginia and North Carolina. just as they
do here in Washington; and the chances
are that large percentage OF those !"
office in the two States Will help the au-
minstration. >.L co,o-
Some Of the Virginia and North taro-
lima visitors who have been IN Na7'ihs
ton during the past few days say wa
the feeling in behalf Of free coinage -
ina, az strong as. II rot stronger than'
ff.l,.
both parties i'm Virginia and North caro-
lima are for silver, and the great mass
~ neouIe outside OF the trade centres
and indeed. the bulk OF the laborinS peo-
nle I'm the larger towns and cities, are
for tho double standard, and decldediy
onnosed to the single gold standard. \
prmber of interviews have recently peeh
given in this correspondence showing
Tbat people are talking about In Vafi-
Gus sections Of Virginia
POSTAL. AND Personal.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles l.. Ruiiin. OF
pichmond. Mr.. and Mrs. a. II. philips
NJ HAMPTON. and Mr.. and Mrs. I. ,
Lawrence, of Portsmouth. are among the
latest arrivals from Virginia.
The post-ofIice at Purity. Franklin
county, Va. has been discontinued maj
to Alumine. a..
w. w. NdO1lll. u l'dbNiii'' "'''
mund stone. OF Charlottesville, are al
the Metropolitan.
J. VI. Herman, Of Salisbury, y. C~ Is
here. ,.,
Hon. f. ~ Simmons. OF Raleigh Col
Iector Of Internal Revenue for the East
orn District of North Carolina, Is IL the
city on official business.
Nessrs. J. p. Jeffries and James V
Brooke. Of Warrenton, were among TO
days visitors.
Hon. George u. Wise arrived here late
last night.
S. W. Philips. Of Richmond, is at the
ST. James.
Postmasters OF the fourth class were
to-day appointed for Virginia as follows
Catron. Wythe county. Mrs. Anne Whit
neil vice II. NJ. Painter, resigned
Franklin City. Accomac county Il. X
Powell vice +. a. Porter resigned; mar
vey Mills. Warren county. j. III. jennings
vice G. j. Roberts. resigned; Lindward
Charlotte county. Mrs. NJ. +. Ozment vice
j. H. Robertson. resigned; Toano, Jane:
city county. G. c. Branch vice W. X
Branch, resigned