Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-05-10
EIGHT CANDIDATES.
Probably There Will b Nort b.
fore LONE.
NORTH CAROLINA coLLEcroRswrp.
n Man In Full Sympathy with the
Administration Touching Mssey
Hard tn Find 10 F1ii It-Personal
Notes of Interest.

WASHINGTON. May ESPECIALLY IND
formal applications for the vacant col
lectorship in North Carolina have YET
been filed In the appointment division OF
the Treasury Department. However, 4,
IL known that several well-known men
arc In the race. EN-Congrcssman Hen.
derson. who arrived here yesterday. iss
candidate, as has been previously noted
In this CORE pondencc AMI A telegram
was received from Colonel J. w Ais
paugh. OF Winston. announcing his can
didacy. II is also understood that Mr..
J. c. Buxton. OF Winston. Is among this
aspirants. lie was . candidate two year,
ago. when the appointment Was giyeu
TO Kope Elias
The telegraphic application OF Colonel
Alspaugh was sent direct TO the Presi.
dent. and all other applications go there
first That il the reason they al. no,
on file earlier az the Treasury. In dua
course OF time they will be sent TO the
Treasury.
II is said that fully eight candidates ara
after the position and Il is probable
others will enter the lists.
The Treasury officials are sratiled that
the scut'ie did not commence sooner
They say that the applicants have been
very modest, and have paid proper ~
spect to the memory OF the late evllec-
tor.
HENDERSONS RECORD.
The Post this morning had an article
on the collectorship. In which IL wound
seem to appear that Mr.. HsnaerSoa's
record IN Congress on TIE currency ques-
ton IL raked up 10 prove that n the
President intends Ia let the "so,lnd-
money" issue influence him In tho selec.
ton, that gentleman might as well ,punr
himself out The Post r,fcrs 10 the fart
that Mr.. Henderson voted TO pas, oyer
the presidential veto the bin proyidluy
for coming the seigniorsge and tina, he
steadily declined 10 vote for the vario,,
administration propositions regarding
financial matters and bond is.rcs du.
ring the past winter session When ~
comes TO that, all OF the North Caroltna
congressman. with tho exception Of Gen.
eral Ransom. stood together II such A
line Is TO be drawn. Mr.. Hcni.rso1 "A
ruled out, but there IL 10 Indication Thar
the President will apply il Ia this cas-.
OUT or LINE
From what can be CLEANED he,e ,b,r,
Is scarcely prominent Democrat d.,
with the administration financial roii.v
Tho State Is overwhelmingly Ina favor -,
the free coinage OF silver ami Tor years
the members % Congress from Norh
Carolina have so voted Mr. Henderson,
Mr. Bum. and possibly one other memi ~
OF the delegation. voted 90 repeal ths
purchasing clause OF the Sherman Law.
but that was as FAR as they could ia
toward standing by the administration.
The other propositions were not popul,,
either ia tho state or om0ug al. con.
gressmen.
Mr. Henderson e. n man Who has held
high position In Congress and he has
strong backing for ~. collectorshlp
Should s0-called "sound.m0uey" MAY A
part I'm the appointment. ana b. The recorl
n congressman is 10 Doe held aeains,
them, then the President, % ind . man
who believes IN tn administration nnln.
cial policy. viii have 10 select banker
or Businessman who ls pronounced IN
his opposition 10 the free coinage II sll-
yer.
BAPTIST CONVENTION
Indications are that the attendance uuon
the convention Of Baptis's in this city
VIII be very large. Already many well.
known Nirginians and North Carolnians
have arrived. The hotels are filing 40
( iNNitlN Win tdlifN ana gentlemen from an
portions OF the South.
The Virginia Democratic Association ex-
cursion and entertainment 10 be- given
at Marshall Hall on the ith OF June pro-
misses 10 be even greater slrcrss than
last year The members ~ the Oggauizl-
ton are working hard. and the speak ID:
will be one OF the most interest
features. I'm addition 90 Colonel Elsr.
and eX-C0ngressman Jim Marshall whe
have accepted Invitations. there will hs
other wel!-known men among the speak,
srs.
The association is preparing 20 leri
helping hand IN the campaign ln tho
State, as II always does.
NJ B. Wharton. OF Norfolk, Va. q. W.
Bryan and wife, Miss Ada Conrad AMI
Miss Cora Conrad. OF Charlotte and :
III. Smith and wife. OF oxford. y. C., are
at the Metropolitan
Mr.. \. j. Galloway. " GoilsOoro', Is
among the North Carolina visitors.
Mr.. Rogers. Acting Collector u Internal
Revenue In the Fifth North Carolina Dis
trict, Is In the city.
Congressman Otey returned o. the city
to-day and made the rounds Of the de-
partments but he says nothing WAS ac-
compiished.
SENATOR DANIEL.
Senator Daniel passed through the city
last night on his return - LynchDurg.
Mr. r. T.. Byrd. Of Winchester. arrived
I'm the city this afternoon. He hal hefn
10 Staunton. and wanted % stop to-day az
Charlottesville u take some depoaiaOns,
but the town officials would not let him
stop as Charlottesville has quaraniined
against stanton on account Of the small
poy outbreak AT the latter place.
ls.t.