Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-03-23
MONETARY MEETING.
international Conference Not Likely to
Materialize Soon.
THE ITCH ron OFricI
IL s Almost as Great M Ever,
Though There Ii Little II Anything
NOW at the Disposal of Con-
gressmcn.
gressnicn.

WASHINGTON, March 2e.-(special.)-
Prominent government officials, as well
as congressman who are in the city. are
IN an uncertain state OF mind as to
whether a monetary conference will be
held In Europe within the next few
months. Quite number OF the best
| posted men in public life seem to think
| at this writing that nothing will be
done for some time. They are certain
Great Britain is blocking the progress Of
the movement
Should nothing come of the proposed
| conference Senator Daniel will be denied
trip abroad this year. unless he should
decide TO go on his own account as a
citizen. He would not be apt to do this
for two reasons. In the first place he is
very busy man, and there is TO be an
election In Virginia this year for MEM
| bers Of the Legislature. and he would
like 10 give as much time as possible TO
the campaign, for II is conceded that the
Democrats will take no chances. The
sentiment among leading men from the
State VINO nave visited Washington lately
as vigorously as II the Republicans were
in their old-fashioned shape, when they
put up a fight for everything In sight In
Virginia.
Since his return to the city Congress
man Swanson has been very active about
the departments, but not a great deal
can be accomplished during the recess.
Besides. there is not much in the way OF
patronage at the disposal of congress-
men, and they have hard time landing
any one in position.
ANXIETY FOR PLACE.
However the pressure on the Sena-
tors and Representatives from Virginia
and North Carolina is almost as great
as II was al the beginning OF the present
tIon. Times are hard. and
wnen nothing else offers the people seem
TO think that possibly something in the
way of a government job can be obtained.
In this they are badly mistaken. 1t
is useless for the members to tell them
that pretty nearly everything is covered
by the ciyil-service regulations. They
want office badly, and do not let up in
their appeals to their representatives, in
Congress
one of the aspirants for Federal judi
cial honors In the Indian Territory who
was left when the distribution was made
yesterday was Mr. Hutchngs, formerly
of Danvile, Va. He has lived for some
time in the Territory, and was well en-
dorsed. but the President felt bound TO
care for ex-Congressmen Springer and
KilgOre. They have been staunch adhe>
rents Of the administration for several
years, and have gotten their reward in
being appointed to life positions, with
salary Of 5000 year attached.
Several more devoted followers Of the
President who were left at home last Mo-
vember by their constituents are hoping
they will soon hear their names called.
The chances are tnat Virginia and
North Carolina will get no more favors in
the near future from Mr.. Cleveland. The
appointment of General Ransom to
mission worth $l7,JO0 a year will close the
books for the Old North State, and Nir>
gnia has already Jared tolerably well
Not as well. perhaps, as her leading poll
ticians are willing 10 admit, but the
places are few, and there is very little
to be obtained at the middle OF an ad-
ministration.
ELECTION CONTESTS.
Testimony In the cOntested-electioh
cases before the next House is coming
in rapidly at the Clerks office. and Vir,
ginia heads the list with more contests
than any other State in the Union. From
what can be heard here the contest or
Colonel J. Hampton Hoge against Major
Otey, in the Sixth District, will probably
attract more general attention than any
other from Virginia The contestant Is
a picturesque figure since his recall by
President Cleveland just after he was ap>
pointed Consul TO Annoy and was stopped
short at San Francisco by an executive
dispatch. Then his sudden conversion to
the Republican faith and his candidacy
for Congress give an idea to people not
acuuainted with him that the Colonel II
"A peculiar sort Of individual quite n
number of Republicans have dropped re-
marks to the effect that they are not
anxious to receive him into their party,
but. Of course, they have made no re-
marks on the merits Of his contest, a.
they have not yet had a chance TO read
the evidence.
The testimony In these cases will not
be printed until some time during the
summer. The Government Printing Office
is loaded down with work, and unless
there should he an extra session OF Con-
gress the managers Of that big establish
ment will be In no hurry about getting
out the testimony.
POSTAL AND PERSONAL.
\ post-ofice. to be known as Dauphin,
has been established in Edgecombe coun-
ty, y. c., with Byrd ID. Braswell as post
master
Name Of post-oftice changed in North
Carolina: Yellow Hill, Wilkes county.
to Kendall Lindsey c. Ferguson, post
master
MIR. W. W. Scott. State Librarian at
Richmond. Is In the city.
J. W. Higgs. Of Greenville, and W.
W. Moore, Of Asheville, y. C., are at
the Metropolitan.
w. f. HALEY and wife. Of Keysville.
Va: w. J. Clancy, OF Greensboro. and
A. V. Sapp. OF High Point, n. c., are at
the Howard House.