Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-01-23
PEFFER's SUCCESSOR.

PEFFER'S SUCCESSOR.
The new senator-elect from Kansas
u,iuiam 4 Harris. TO succeed Senator
PETER has the distinguished honor OIL
being a Virginian, a Confederate sooner
and q Democrat. He was born octo-
her g. 1871. in Loudoun county Nd''
49,. his narents were visiting at the
f,r,e his home being at Luray, in Page
county. where he attended schooI,
graduated at Columbian Collese, Nasu
ington. in 1859, and at the virginia I'm
tary Institute in 1861 lie serVeu tliee
vears in the Confederate army as adJu-
tent-eeneral of Wilcoxs Brigade. and
as ordnance officer of General ID. II.
uurs and General Rhodes's divisions
Army of Northern Virginia. In 1850 ne
removed TO Kansas, where he was EN-
Moved as civil engineer IN the con-
etrvction of the Union Pacific railroad
Kansas division, for three years III
1868 he accepted the agency Tor the sale
of the Delaware Reservation ana other
lands at the same time, farming ana
stockraising. -.
since 1876 Mr.. Harris has been a
farmer and "a breeder of short-horh cat
tie He was elected to the flfty-thlru
Congress from the State at large oy
about 1000 majority, over George L.
Anthony NhiNH
sidered a great victory in Kansas.
Mr.. Harris is well known to Governor
C,,FerraU. and other Confederate SOL
djers of Virginia. He is said to be quite
a wealthy man, and is the hrst ex-Coh-
tolerate senator to come to the Senate
from a Union State, and that such an
intensely Radical one as Kansas.
Messrs. Oscar Edwards, Merritt I.
Cooke. and Joseph Duke left here TINS
morning for Baltimore, TO visit the son
of the tirst-named gentleman, who is in
business i'm that city.
THE NORTH STATE RESULT.
The aftermath of the senatorial election
in North Carolina is interesting. Popu-
list Representatives Strowd and Shuford
returned Yesterday from Raleigh. Mr..
chuford was indisposed to-day, but Mr..
Strowd was in his seat. He declined to
he interviewed. There were many calls
for him. but he did not respond. He sup
ported Butler in his fight against Prltch-
ard. but he is as dumb as an oyster on
ne Motley of the Butler Populists in state
noiiiics Mr. Shuford did not show up
~ All and indisposition was assigned
as the cause of his absence from TIE
House. s
Representative Pearson, who returned
from North Carolina to-day, tells an IN
toresting story of the contest and Its con-
renuences Butler, he says, has been
,,nthilated and his only alternative
de- the Democratic party. He made some
renarkable blunders for leader of his
roruted sagacity He abandoned the sll-
YER issue and made his great fight against
pritchard on the lease of the North caro-
Iira railroad as was indicated some
weeks ago in this correspondence would
he the case 1t was impossible 10 loree
.bot issue because there Is woe
difference of opinion in the Legislature Oh
the question. 1t is not parry ~
ton il seems, and the attempt to crystal
li1e the opposition to Pritcnard on
~. account was a disastrous blunder
Mr. Pearson says-and he Is cohirmeu
Inv Mr. Linney, that the Democrats III
~ State as a general thing, are salts
eed with Pritchard's election. Inc out
como finally will be. they THINK uiliii-
cation of the party, and Deihoclatl p
,ictorv i'm the next congressional eIee-
tons. ,,,,,
NORFOLK POSTMASTERSHlP
The Norfolk delegation, consisting oil
Hon Merritt Il. Cooke ana Colonei
nuke accompanied by Senators Daniei
and Martin and Representative Iyier'
visited the Postmaster-1eheral .hiS
r,ornino I'm the interest of Mr.. Walter
saII Tbev had a pleasant interview
r '.,th The Postmaster-G who was
non-committal however, on the SUBJECT
of tho appointment. -
~ conoressman-elect William A. Young
-, the second District, was visitor at
The Capitol to-day. and was on the hoor
OF the House. -, - .,,e
Mr. pitcher. of Fauquer, member OF the
,,snainia House of Delegates, is in the
civ Mr.. Pitcher has just returned from
an extensive business tour through North
and south Carolina. the people OF when
Civ Gnu no saws. are in a remarkably we'll
40 and prosperous condition.
n. NJ. jenkins and wife, of Virginia, are
at the Hotel Johnson
w NJ Moore. of Norfolk. Va, and A.
Jameson. of Virginia, are at the Hotel
Enrich. ,, - r.,
wood Richmond; J. e. Timberiake. Fred
ericksburg: ]. r. Flood, Virginia. National.
n shepardson. Richmond, Va; j. A.
Whitestone and wife. North Carolina; u