Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-01-28
HIS VISIT CUT SHORT.
Governor O'PtrFall Called Away UnSx-
pectedly from Washington City,
WALTON LAW AND RACING BILLS.
Our States Chief Executive for Roofing
Out Gambling Of Every Sort.
ne,ru or Ma. JOHN TYLER JH'
t,ncrnI services ro-Morro"-'i""'
,ntcrment of Remains Ia He Made
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v.,surNGTON. d. c.. January 21-
,soecial) Much TO his regret. Governor
o.rerralrs visit to Washington was un-
,,rectedly cut short by the receipt Of
tsioeram yesterday, stating That his pre-
s,n.e would be required in Richmond
f,is morning. and he had TO postpone for
,,o nresent the proposed conference with
the Virginia representatives, and the Sec
refsries of War and the Treasury on the
subject of the Confederate rolls and the
debts due by the state and National Gov
ernment TO each other. Accordingly. the
Governor. accompanied by Adjutant-Gene-
nal Anderson. left by the afternoon train
on Sunday.
In discussing state matters Governor
O'FcrrIl said that the present General
Assembly was one Of the most thoroughly
eoueped bodies for working that ever
assembled in Richmond. lie was sia"-
fed to say that the business of the ses-
SION WAS MEll UP " AhNNf N'-
executive and legislative branches oi 'ne
state Government were in klndly anu
svmpathetic accord He had found IL
necessary TO exercise the veto on very
few occasions. and nearly all the mea-
si,res passed had been disposed Of UP to
tho present. -,
Referring 10 the banquet given by the
Chamber of Commerce 70 lLe Nehei"i
Assembly a few evenings ago the Gov
ornor said it was eehghtiulIy peasant
event. as 10 brought the leaAlhb Tci''@e's
~ Richmond and the rural representa-
,,yes closer together so that they could
understand each other. Its good elects
Usre beginning 90 be felt already. The
eld prefudice of the country members
against the CITY of Richmond would dis
apuear before the princely hospitality OF
Richmond's people. and coming reunions
of this kind would eventually cement the
bonds of friendship between city ana
country
Speaking Of the Walton law. the Gov
ernor was of the opinion that the exist
ing statute which he considered a very
good one. would not be radically changed.
The main objection TO the constable fea-
ture De- considered very poor one.
Heretofore illterate people had TO trust
some irresponsible person to make out
their tickets Why could they not now
trust a sworn officer Of the Common
wealth? A change of this feature would
mean that the sworn cOnstables were not
10 be trusted. which would be an as
sumption wholly unwarranted by previous
experience with the Walton law. He
Thought the friends of the law were
strong enough TO defeat any very radi-
cal changes in it
RACING BILLS
ON the subject Of the racing bills now
before the Legislature, the Governor IA
vored the passage of the Maupin bill.
which prohibits gambling on the race
tracks. He was opposed 20 bOokmaking
and poo-seliigg. aud wanted every
species Of gambling broken up He alb
soutely disapprovcd Of the bin which
allows fifteen days racing on all the
tracks in the state during the year.
with the privilege Of making books
and selling pools. This. he considered,
would be- worse than the racing as II
was conducted at St Asaph's and Alex
ander Island which confined the vice
to one locality and that patronizod only
by people from this city. The fifteen
days bin would spread the evil all over
the state and Coutaminate the youth
of Nreinia in every town where an
agricultural fair would be- held during
the year He believed the Maupin bin
by far the best and he thought il would
certainly pass the House. but was not
so sure of the action Of the Senate lie
di1 not want TO stop legitimate racing,
ro was fond OF IN. but it is his purpose
if possible 20 break up all sorts OF gam
bling on race-tracks I'm Virginia.
Governor O'Ferrail was confident that
Virginia. no matter what might be the
differences OF opinion on the financial
question would present an unbroken
Democratic front I'm the next presidential
election. As 10 whether Mr.. Cleveland
would Doe the nominee he could not say
and Do did not believe that he wanted the
1ominati0n He considered the President
'frhaps, the strongest man boo the party
and thought that If he was rendered the
domination hv the Chicago convention he
would probably accept &C.
lt is expected that Governor O'Ferrall
Fiil return here an an early day to COM
''ete tho work of his mission so well
commenced on Saturday
DEATH or MIR. TYLER.
The death Of John Tyler. Jr. on yes
,Crday. in the 77th year OF his age. re-
moves the only surviving son of the late
President John Tyler. by his first mar
riage. or this union there were three
brothers-John. the eldest. Dr. Tazeweu
Tyler and Robert Tyler the youngest.
The last named. who was highly Gull
lurei and polished gentleman. filed seye-
ral positions Of high trust. and was Regis
ter OF the Confederate Treasury during
the war. At its close he Went South. and
settled In Montgomery. Ala. where he
edited for a number OF years the Adver-
tiser Of that city. He never could be in
duced TO return to Virginia 10 live. lie
was highly respected and loved by the
people Of Montgomery. and. dying there I'm
1873 was mOurned as though be- was 10
the manner born and OF their own kith
and kin
Dr. Tazewell Tyler moved to California.
and lived In san Francisco. where he died
several years ago.
BY his second marriage President Tyler
had four sons. all OF whom are living
but one The Oldest Is Congressman
ID. Gardiner Tyler. who is now serving
DIS second term as REPRESENTATIVE from
ne Second District OF Virginia.
The second was John Alexander Tyler.
who went 20 New Mexico in the seventies.
where he WAS engaged as a United States
Government engineec. surveying and run
ming lines in that Territory. and where /
ne died. In Santa Fe. In 1882
The third is Dr. Lachlan Tyler. who Is 4
now residing In New York city, where /
he u member Of the Board OF Health of 4
that city.
Ihe fourth is the well-known President /
Lyon q. Tyler OF William and Mary Col
lcge
The end OF John Tyler was painless lie
maintained his mental faculties TO the
last and passed peacefully away. His
death had been looked forward to for
several days