Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-12-20
ON STATE BOARDS.
GOV. TYLER CONSIDERING THE
QUESTION OF APPOINTMENTS.
he WANTS THEM WELL DISTRIBUTED
Many Counties I'm the state Have
No RcDresentationAHis ExceIIency
mas Appointments to z Such
Posftions-CnpitoI News,

Governor Tyler is just now very busily
engaged in considering appointments to
Dc made soon to the boards of various
state Institutions.
Ihree OF these positions, II no more, will
De vacant the LIST Of January. Those al
luded 10 are all on the board Of the Vlr-
sinia Military Institute. The members
who go out on the date given above are
Messrs. h. w. Saunders, Of Franklin, sp-
pointed to succeed Colonel Peter Hairs
ton, Of Henry, resigned; w. 7. Shields. OF
Lexington, appointed 10 succeed 5. II.
Letcher, made Circuit Judge. and G..
Percy Halves, of Richmond, whose term
expires.
The Governor is haYng no difficulty
Whatever in making the appointments so
Tar as obtaining good men is concerned,
but he is endeavoring, as far as possible,
TO redeem a promise made 10 members Of
the Legislature early in his term To els
tribute these board appointments through
out the State.
PLACES TO BE FILLED.
There has in past years been a great deal
OF complaint that these appointments were
'"A SN0ANtAtu AAiOueHOuL NIEAIlis GDFtl-
nor Tyler was asked 10 remedy this as
FAR as was In his power, and ne promised
TO do so. The Governor has the appoint
ment of 1l members of state boards, in
GLIDING the visitors Of the Medical Col
lege Of Virginia, in this city; William and
Mary College, and the Farmville State
Normal School, who are appointed for life.
and ten members Of the State Board Of
Agriculture, as follows:
Board of Agriculture, 10; Central State
Hospital, 8; Southwestern State Hospital,
8; Eastern State Hospital, 8; Western
State Hospital, 8; Deaf and Blind Insti-
tute, G; Female Normal School, Is; Hamp-
ton Normal School, 6: William and Mary
College, 10; University Of Virginia, 9; Vir-
ginia Military Institute, 8; Virginia Poly
technical Institute, 8; Medical College Of
Virginia, IS; Virginia Normal and Collegi-
ate Institute, s; Board Of Fisheries, 8.
Excluding the members of the boards
of the Medical College Of Virginia, VIII
liam and Mary, and the State Normal
School, who are appointed for life, and
adding the eighteen staff appointments,
there are 12i positions on boards and Of a
similar nature to be filled by the Governor.
There have been numerous vacancies du-
ring Governor Tyler's term, and he has
endeavored. as far as possible. TO give
appointments 10 counties nOl HdNlIS SuIAls
COUNTIES HAVING NOTHING.
However, there are thirty-rour of the
118 counties and cities of the State which
are not represented on the board or the
staff. These are: Alexandra county. Al
leghany, Botetourt, Buchanan, Bucking-
ham, Campbell, Craig, Dickinson, Essex,
Giles, Green. Greenesville. Hanover. Henry.
Isle of Wight. James City, King George,
I apoogtar rnGphnT0 Madison Mi6Hle-
sex. New Kent, Northumberland, Page,
Patrick, P~owhatan, Princess Anne, Spot
sylvania, Stafford, Surry. Sussex, War
wick. Washington, and York.
Buena Vista, Newport News, and Rad
ford are cities having no representatives.
Richmond has nineteen such appointments,
not including seven members OF the board
Of the Medical College Of Virginia, Nor
folk has seven; Lynchburg has two. in
GLIDING one member Of the William ana
Mary board, and Roanoke has two. Cul-
pepper county has no board appointment,
but has the Misunderstanding
The Governor is e~ndeavoring 10 scatter
the appointments as much as possible
keeping in view the welfare Of the in
stitutions. He finds that in many cases
the Code provides that members Of GER
tain boards must be appointed from a spe-
cited section. In such cases, OF course
he can do nothing towards distributing
the membership.
BRIEF CAPITOL ITEMS.
The application OF Captain w. NJ. Dey,
of Norfolk. to be placed on the retired list
has been received at the office of the Ad-
iutant-General. Captain Dey was on the
staff Of Colonel Harry Hodges, or the
Fourth Regiment. who failed 10 pass the
pbvsical examination when the regiment
went into service last spring, and was
succeeded by Lieutenant-Colonel George
w. Taylor. Captain Dey will be retired
having served ten years In the state vol
unteers.
Rev. w. II. Jones. a prominent coiored
educator. president of Payne University
al Selma, Ala, called on Governor Iyler
Yesterday. HI carried letters OF introduc-
ton from Bishop Turner. He is on a
visit North.
Circuit-Judge W. T. Miller, of Wise
county. and Mr.. Thomas G. Wynne, Urea
surer of James City county and the city
of Williamsburg, were at the Capltol ana
State Library yesterday.