Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-11-15
He Is iD Washington end Has Little to
Say About the Elections
JUDGE SMITH. or NEW MEXICO.
He Doesn't see How SOutherners
Gan he Frce-Slivcrites-Ctc'
Gaming This Why Duck-Uunting-
Coast Dcfenres, Etc.

! naien. in which he did some remarkably
| effective work for the party. and also
! for himself | met him this morning on
| Fifteenth street. near the Treasury. ~
| cold. Arlzzling rain was falling at the
,is,e and he was accompanied by Mr..
| Frank Lyrick. OF the bureau OF lmmi-
grafton, in the Treasury Department VINO
! held an umbrella over him. so that the
/ conditions were unfayorable for inter
| viewing. Major Daniel regretted that
| he had left the hotel before l arrived
there, and said that he was on his way
20 New York on some private business;
| had STOPPED over here for a day. and
| was lust then on his way TO the Capitol
and the Library building. to do some in
vestigating. Il am going first, though,
| he said, "to get my glasses
| In the half-square | walked with the
! Senator he said that a far rs politics
| WAS concerned he absolutely knew no
| thing since the election. ! asked him II
| he thought the coming session OF Con-
| eress would b. long one. or short
| one and remarked that many supposed
| il would be the latter.
| Major Daniel said: We'll. | don't know;
| but / think it will be a long session
| when they say Il will be a short ses-
| sion IL usually turns out TO be long
! s.sslon. and even then Congress ad-
iourns without finishing up the business
| before II. am inclined 10 think Il VIII
| be a long session"
How do YOU think the organization OF
| tho Senate will be affected Senator
well. declare. | don't know. ! have
| not thought much about il. and !
have no information on the subject"
| The Senator here shook hands and
| turned down q street. and ran the
| gauntlet of the cable-cars and ell other
| sorts OF vehicles cccssfully to get across
to the Treasury.
An hour later Senator Daniel was in
the office OF the Fourth Assistant Post
master-General, still faithfully and con-
siderateiy escorted by Mr. Frank Ly-
! rick As result Of this visit. next week
! will probably bring forth a batch of post
Office changes.
CHIEF-JUSTICE SMITH
Chief-Justice Thomas Smith. Of New
| Mexico was in town to-day. lie came
home 10 appear before the Supreme Court
here in a case. In which he was engaged
before he went on the bench.
Judge Smith. in talking about the re-
cent election, said Il was almost
impossible to comprehend it. To eX-
plain il. he said would require an ana
!
all Of the States in which elections oc-
| Cured He did not regard 1t as national
I'm its results though. superiicially, II
looked so. In Maryland. Kentucky, and
New York the contests were chiefly per-
sonal. and sthe Democrats were split up
bv local and factional Issues. All of
these States. and probably New Jersey.
too. would wheel into the Democratic
| line in the next presidential election. not
D ..lf 10 IHrnnrgl l.
lied condition Of the party there at the
present time
Judge Smith exceedingly regretted the
/ fact that lifelong Democrats could be in
duced 10 show their dislike for their OWL
party leaders by open dosertion TO the
common enemy. but he believed and
hopel that this would not go further
than home contests. which were bad
enough. and seriously threatened the
! party organization.
| He was glad u note that free silver
| did not cut much of a figure in the cam
paign. and he believed that the orators
Of that small party had been silenced
| by the almost unanimous demand OF the
people for sound money. Why southern
leaders should favor free silver was a
puzzle 10 him. "They have not got
silver mine in the whole south he said.
"ani their advocacy of free coinage can
only serve t. give them Deprecated
currency for both labor AMI products"
ARRIVALS.
Among the hotel arrivals to-day Were
the following. GraysOn BurrUss. Rich
mcnd Hotel Page. =. Shephardson
Richmond the Raleigh: J. y. Robinson
Orange Va: O. VI. GOode. Staunton
Va: T.. J. Walsh Lynchburg; ". A.
Huddleston. Richmond. National: W. :
Rohmer. DanVllc. Metropolitan: j. H.
McReynolls Kenloe. Va; -. j. Smith
and : SangG,t. Eagle MIlls. Va. Hotel
Warner. $ W Gerhart and wife. Lynch
burg. EDbitt House: L. NJ Wingiield
Richmond the oxford. j. VI. Holt, Nir-
glnia Hotel Johnson; q. Stckney. Wen
na. Va. Hotel Enrich: X. G. Stanard
Durham, y. g.. Miss :. T.. Erwine. A.
NJ Needhouse. Va: Mrs. j. :. Ward
Virginia. II NJ. jefferson and wife. Dam
VILE Va 81. James: +. ~. Lodge and
wife Round Hill. Va; J. s Wilson
Richmond; 6. h. Gcdry. Woodstock: j.
+. Spaugh, AshevIle. ~ G.. :. NJ New
house, Virginia, Howard House.
PERSONAL.
Hon Eppa Hunton is IN the city. stop
ping az the Normandie
Mr.. James W. Sims. OF the Navy De-
partment. and a Nirginian. has just re-
turned from a wedding tour North. lie
will leave on Monday for Philadelphia.
where he goes TO take charge Of the
government work al the Cramps ship
buding-yards.
Speaker John r. Ryan left here this
morning for his home in Loudoun county
H. \. Craft was to-day appointed a
fourth-class postmaster at Kyle, Bote-
tourt county, Va, vice T. B. Myers.
resigned.
STORE-KEEPER ROGERS.
Collector Ryan has reported 10 the
Treasury Department the Illness Of Store
Keeper-Gauger Rogers, of Bonded Ware
house No. l, Richmond. and that he had
designated :. T. Brady temporal ~
store-keeper- -gauger. The position pays
about 81 day.
Mr.. Rogers is a native Virginan, but
for some years has been resident OF
Washington. He vas sent to Richmond
by the Treasury Department last Septem-
ber 10 look after the bonded warehouse.
His friends here say that he is critically
Ill. and that he will probably not be able
to serve the government any longer.
Ii is understood that President Cleye-
land is planning a trip to Virginia waters.
where he expects 10 shoot canyas-back
mallard, and other game ducks. The
sport will probably take place during the
Christmas holidays. and the scene OF ope-
ratioDs Is likely 10 De Ragged Island. on
the Princess Anne coast. He Will be ac-
cOmpanled by "A number Of well-known
sportsmen and they VIII be- the guests OF
a club noted for luscious fare and lavish
hospitality.
Admiral John c. Walker. who repre-.
seIts the progressive element In the
navy. says: Congress ought to max
! liberal appropriations for coast defences
and for additional ships or war. Nor,
than anything else, We need a strone
= navy. II We had a dozen battleshlps OF
the Indiana class on the Atlantic coast
I | we could defy as powerful a maritime