Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-10-15

"GEOktfE II. w AIhth.
This is the Finance Committee that Is
collecting funds, not only for Mr. Ham
mas committee, but, as stated in the
Evening Star. in an interview with an
over-exuberant official. to help beat can
dldates for Congress who are supposed
NOT tn favor District interests.
Respectfully referred TO the Civil-Ser-
vice Commission.
NORFOLK DISTRICT SITUATION.
Hon. w. ]. Young. the Democratic can
didate for Congress In the Second
Virginia District, was in town to-day,
on both private and political business
He visited headquarters. and had a plea
| SAINT interview with Senator Faulk-
ner. Mr.. Young Is one OF the most ex-
perienced politicians in Virginia though
| vet a Young man. He has been the
chairman OF the Second District Com
nittee for number OF years, and is
thoroughly posted as TO the conditions
there He says the candidacy OF Lum-
herman Whaley on the decoy ticket will
not iniure his canvass a great deal. and
he feels confident OF his election by d
handsome majority-though he appre-
ciates the fact that he has hard fight on
hand. His opponents are spending money
lavishly, but in spite OF this, the people
Will win.
Colonel r. T. Hubbard Republican), of
buckingham. was here to-day. He has
been on the stump in the Eighth Dis
trict. in behalf Of Colonel Pat. McCaui,
candidate of the Republicans for Con-
gress. The latter came near getting left
on the official ballot, but he will get IL
together left on the Sd OF November.
Hon. John F. Rixey will carry the dis
trict by an increased majority.
Colonel James 5. Browning. OF Poca-
hontas, who has been in the an
nual excursion of the Pocahontas coal
and mining operators to Boston and
Providence. was here to-day. The Colo
mel. who is the Republican committee
man for the Ninth District, admits that
General James A. Walker has a hard
road to travel. and heavy load to carry,
with his financial record.
THOSE CONFED. cANToNIANS.
The following letter, which appears IN
the Post OF to-day, regarding the So
called ex-Confederates of the Shenandoah
Valley, who went on the Mckinley ex-
curs!on 10 Canton. speaks for itself:
"As an ex-Confederate OF this valley l,
i'm service. have been in the saddle from
Gettysburg TO near the Tennessee line,
and think / know the Shenandoah Valley
and her people The three trains forming
the ex-Confederate excursion on the Sth
TO Canton. o.. and so widely advertised
as success, was not correctly reported.
The truth is as follows, as near as l can
see and have learned:
"The first train OF six or seven coaches
was loaded with young people, four-fifths
being under % years of age. l did not
see one ex-Confederate. a car loaded
here had only one eX-Confederate that
could get into a chartered camp. and ne
was going to stop at Wheeling. The
cheers from this train seemed to be about
equal between Mckinley and Bryan. The
other two trains were Of about the same
makeup. The cars were labelled, 'Nir-
ginia ex-Confederates for Mckinley
Staunton. Harrisonburg, New Market. and
Woodstock send US word that no Con-
federates worthy OF the name left their
towns. Our people do not believe there
were fifty bonafide ex-Confederates In the
1900 excursionists; and certainly no SELF
respecting ex-Confederate would go un-
der a label and promise TO vote for Nc
Kinley. not II ne was taken free and all
expenses paid. He would be ostracised by
that act by many Of his people.
Il am not writing this from a partisan
standpoint Many Of my camp know l
ed This State Is for Bryan by 3O,0c),
whether l think free coinage right or not.
I have figured over this State too often
not to know. and the vote Is increasing
and cannot be bought in. or West Vir-
ginia Bryan is about sure. Maryland three
weeks ago was safe for Mckinley; now
IL is very close. and growing rapidly n
Bryan's favor.
81 served in Chew's Battery. Stuart's
Light Horse Artillery. during General j.
T. b. Stuarts life. then under Gene al
Wade Hampton TO April 10. 1865. My
colonel and former captain. Robert Pres
ton Chew, Of Charlestown w. Va, was In
command Of all the mounted artillery IN
the Army OF Northern Virginia at
the close OF the war-can be referred 10
as 10 my record. / feel that our people
should not be deceived. and that the ex-
Confederates should be vindicated from
any such appropriations.
CHARLES w. MVICAR,
Formerly of Chew's Battery, Stuart
Light Horse Artillery, c. S. A., now a
member of General Turner Ashby Camp
Of Confederate Veterans.
winchester, Va, October 10TH"
PERSONAL
Mr.. Charles Thompson, OF Richmond.
va. is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. John
T. Callaghan. Of No. 30 Grant Place.
A. NJ. Campbell and wife, of Lynchburg,
are at the Shoreham Hotel.
Hon. Lee $. OveYman, ex-Speaker OF
the North Carolina House, is at the Eb-
bitt.
J. r. Beverley, Of Winchester, and
Thomas r. Wallace, Of Fredericksburg,
are at the Metropolitan.
w. II. Macon and b. +. W. Carter, Ma
tiona.
tel.
]. X. Maddox, Warrenton; G.. O.. Wat
kins, Richmond, the Raleigh.
d. L. W. Gregor, Roanoke, the oxford.
The University Of Virginia football
team dined at the Metropolitan Hotel
Yesterday. on its way to Philadelphia,
where it will perform on the gridiron to-
day. The young men appeared TO be in
splendid form, and eager for the fray.
POSTAL
Mildred II. Davies has been commits
stoned postmaster at Manassas, Va; VIII
liam Graham at Orange, Va; Thomas
G. Waldrop at Waldrop, Va; John w.
Kirby. at Lenoir, n. c.; Charles III. Car
ter. at Benham. n. c., and James A.
Crawford, at Rock Spring, ". c.
MATRIMONIAL.
A marriage-license was issued to-day to
Myer Levy and Roy Burnstein, both Of
Rutherford, n. c.
City-Attorney c. Y. Meredith, wife, and
child PASSED through this evening on
their way TO Baltimore.
There Is considerable Indignation among
southerners and the travelling public gem
orally over the bitter utterances OF T. Il.
Roessle, the proprietor OF the Arlington
Hotel. regarding the southern people and
the supporters OF the cause OF free silver.
The Arlington has always been literally
patronized by the southern people, but IL
is not likely to be so patronized In the
future