Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-02-16
EXTENSION or TIME IN WHICH MI
NoRITy REPORT MAY he MADE.
TWO NEW REPUBLICAN pOSTMASTERS
Appointments for Abingdon and
Harrisonburg Made-Gcn. Walker
Influence Apparently Disturbing I'm
the Radical Rnnks-Pers0nnIs.

|
Epes contested election case from the
Fourth Virginia District. This extension
had been applied for before, but Gene
raj Walker, as chairman Of Elections
Committee No. 3, and chairman OF the
| subcommittee In this case, objected, anc
the minority report was to be made &c
the House tomorrow. Mr.. Walker diA
| not object to the extension asked for TO-
day, for the reason that the bankruptcy
| bill will be taken up tomorrow TO the
exclusion of everything else, and, It !:
more than probable, will occupy the at
tention of the House until Monday OF
| TUESDAY next. In this event the minority
| report in the Thorp-Epes case will NOT be
made until Tuesday or Wednesday OF
next week, when it will be considered and
disposed of by the House.
Mr.. Epes's friends are confident OF the
Justice of his title 10 the seat he occu-
pies, and are hopeful that he VIII retain
| that seat
POSTMAGISTERIAL-
Among the appointments sent to The
| Senate to-day were those of j. w. Me-
Brown to be postmaster at Abingdon,
| Va, and A. =. Funkhouser, TO be post
master at Harrisonburg, Va. The hrst Is
| said 10 be the selection OF General James
| A. Walker, who endorsed McBrown ana
defeated a strong local combination
against him. All OF Walkers appointees
from the Southwest appear to have
strong local opposition, and it is pre-
dicteCl that he will effectually disrupt the
Republican party in that section. Nc
Brown. il is said, win be promptly con-
frmed.
The second appointment-that Of A. +.
Funkhouser TO be postmaster at Harri-
sonburg-cIoses a long and bitter struggle
for that position. Mr.. Funkhouser was
the candidate of the machine committee,
and he had also considerable local ana
outside influence. He attended the 81.
Louis convention, though not as a dele
gate and became famous by taking the
excursion Of alleged ex-Confederates from
the Valley 10 Canton, where they gave
the "rebel yell,' much to the discomfort
of Mr.. Mckinley, whose nerves were Sc
yerely shocked, as he had some very uh-
pleasant recollections of that very same
veil. Mr.. FuLkhouser was opposed for
the position by MIR. James Sullivan,
cigar manufacturer, and businessman or
merchants, regardless of party, and by
Editor Sheffey Lewis, and large local
marty influence. This fight has been hot
for the past five or six months, and mas
entaiIed considerable expense upon both
the candidates and their party friends
IL is believed, however, that these Re-
publican contests for local offices VIII
have a most demoralzng effect upon the
rank and file of the party throughout the
State.
The confirmation of Mr.. Funkhousers
nomination is assured, as it will not DE
opposed.
CAPTAIN J. NJ. HUDGIN.
Captain John Marye Hudgin. of Caro-
line county, will in a few days be sue
ceeded by Mr.. Morgan Treat, as United
States Marshal for the Eastern District
Of Virginia Captain Hudgin was APP
pointed on the 14th of February, 1891, and
qualified on the 1st of March of that
year. Although he has been i'll for the
past three months and confined to his
house, at Bowling Green, he has, so IT Is
learned at the department, kept in daily
communication with his deputies, and no
public interest has suffered. His deputies
also deserve special mention for the faith
full manner in which they have dis
charged their duties. Captain Hudgn
was a brave Confederate soldier and has
been a loyal and true Democrat.
MR.. BLYTHE BRANCH
Mr.. Blythe Branch, of Richmond, who
has recently returned from Cuba. was
in the city to-day, and visited, among
other places. the Capitol. Mr.. Branch
enjoyed his Cuban trip immensely. He is
charmed with the climate and beauty OF
the country. and would not object TO
spending a portion of the winter regularly
i'm Habana. He had frequent conferences
with General Fitzhugh Lee, with whom
he frequently breakfasted and dined, and
whom he left in the best Of health and
spirits.
Mr.. Branch sympathizes strongly with
the insurgent Cubans. and he predicts
that they will, sooner or later, secure
their independence through the interven-
ton of this country. He believes this is
inevitable, though how it will come about,
he confesses, it is hard TO foreshadow.
Personal NOTES.
Colonel II. II. Downing. of Front Royal,
and Messrs. Johnson and Cook, of War
rem county. Va, accompanied by Repre-
sentative James Hay, called on Senator
Martin. in the Marble Room of the SEN
ate to-day, and had a long interview with
NJ. G. Mcdowell, of Richmond; c. w.
Saunders, Of Richmond; II. ID. Jarman.
of Charlottesville. Va, and G. Carpenter,
of Newport News, are at the Metropoli-
tan.
]. A. Cunningham, Virginia-The Ebbitt.
O. j. Anderson, III. Bellefenille, Nor
folk, Va.-The Riggs.
Wyndham Robertson, OF Plasterco, Va,
is in the city. STOPPING at the Metropoh-
tan.
|, Johnson, Richmond; l.. Alexander,
Virginia-The St. James.
A. Webb, Asheville, n. C.-The Raleigh.
J. II. Norris, Leesburg, Na.-The Ameri-
can.
w. G.. Mosley, Rlchmond-The Cochran
MARSHAL TREAT.
The confirmation of the nomination OF
Morgan Treat to be United States Mar
shall for the Eastern District of Virginia
was one OF the first acts performed at
the executive session of the Senate to-
day. Senator Martin had assured your
correspondent that Mr.. Treat would so
through when his nomination came up In
the Senate. Mr.. Treat has not yet deter !
mined upon his appointments in the dis
trict.
General Brady Is here at the Ebbltt, |
and Judge Waddnl arrived tonight by |
the late il:S0 train. Tomorrow the two |
will have a meeting. and the positions |
at the disposal Of the incoming Marshal |
will be determined upon.
Marshal Treat does not yet know when |
he will take possession of the office, but |
II is certain ne will do so at the earliest |
opportunity. He Is stll in this city. and |
will be for the next day or two, in con-
he. e.