Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-07-02
CABINET ANXIOUS.
SANTIAGO FIGuTEyG BELIEVED TO
DE BEGINNING or BIG BATTLE.
PRESIDENTS ARMY PATRONAGE.
Not mueb of ~ Left for. Applicants
from yirginSa or Eisewbere--'fo-
bscco Ration Bill Defeated-Per-
soEaI Notes.

WASHINGTON, d. C., july l.~(Spe-
ciaL)--The Cabinet meeting to-day
which was he'd as early as II o'clock.
was full Of exciting incidents. Routine
matters we're lost sight Of From the
President down to the do6rkeepers and
messengers at the White House, every
body was eager TO hear the news OF th1
battle IN progress at Santiago. The en-
gagement to-day was believed to De the
beginning of the final battle at the east
eln end Of the island of CUBA. II IS
confidently expected by the President
and his Cabinet advisers that this bat
tie will seal the fate OF Santiago and
admiral Cervera's feet. OF course, the
universal feeling is that victory wiI
crown American arms, but 1t Is ad-
mittcd that the Spaniards are making
desperate resistance. They are hghtne
from rihe-pits, ana with their Aauser
weapons can DO fearful execution. This
gave the President and the Cabinet
members a good deal OF concern, and In
speaking about the conflict to-day all
of them looked grave and very much
preoccupied.
ARMY PATRONAGE.
The President mas either disposed OF
all Of his army patronage or has pre-
empted II. but Notwithstanding this fact
new applicants continue 10 arrive III
Washington. Congress, however, WIN
pass a bill creating about thirty adoi-
tlona stan officers, principally In the
commissariat and the quartermasters de-
partment. This being done the new APP
pllcants may have ghost of show.
he,
dates from Virginia with strong endorse
ments are Mr.. Il. S. Cardoza. OF Ricn-
mond. who wishes to be a commissary
captain, and Mr.. John G. White, OF Wash
ington county. who is after a captaincy
or matorship in the quartermasters de-
partment. Both we're good soldiers in the
Confederate army. Mr. Cardoza Is back
ed by Governor Tyler. eX-Congressman
George d. Wise. bankers, and other men
Of influence. He has two sons in the
ranks Of the volunteer army. lie came To
Washington to-day, and VIII see the
President tomorrow. Mr. White is back
ed by prominent citizens OF Washington
county. and Is strongly supported here
by Senator Daniel and ex-Congressman
Connally r. Trigg.
MIR. GAINES A CANDIDATE.
congressman Gaines. OF the Fourth
bers OF the anti-machine Republican fac
ton, Is trying to get a paymastership.
He is we'll acquainted with President Nc
Kinley personally but the President tells
him that there will be no chance for him
unless there should be another call for
troops. Fifty thousand more troops
would require something like twenty-five
additional paymasters, but the Faymas'
ter-General informs me that he has now
a dozen or more paymastors on his super
numerary list The President has APP
pointed at least that many paymasters in
excess of the number required. Accord
ing to this statement, then, an additional
call for troops would not mean more
than a dozen more appointments Ia the
pay corps.
Mr.. William w. Belvin. formerly OF
Richmond. but now of California, is here,
expecting TO be appointed colonel or lieu
tenant-colonel in the quartermaster' de-
partment, TO have charge of railroad con-
struction contracts. The Secretary of
War has promised TO urge his appoint
ment al once. Mr. Belvin has had large
experience In railroad contracts. and is d!
therefore supposed to be well fitted for
the position referred to.
TOBACCO BILL DEFEATED.
The bill offered by Representative Otey
yesterday. providing that the weekly ra-
lions OF tobacco for enlisted men in the
army and navy shall be one and two
thirds ounces Of smoking tobacco and two |
ounces OF chewing tobacco was called up |
to-day and was defeated.
Representative Mercer. of Nebraska has |
fired dynamite bomb into some realizes !
tate dealer in Norfolk, who is holding |
strip of ground on which the new public ,
building for that city is TO be erected, at |
q stiff price The law provides that the |
public building shall be distant from any /
other structure at least forty feet. Mr.. ,
MERGERS bill amends 1t so as 10 allow the I
distance at Norfolk 10 be thirty-ilve feet, !
which 1t is said, wiz defeat the object Of ,
the landowner aforesaid.
Personal.
Samuel Morgan Brereton, Virginia; II, !
O. Humphrey and wife. Bedford City; Il.
l.. Morton ana wife Charlottesville, b. b.
Munford. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
H. H. Powers, Richmond, Mrs. Il. Jack
son. Richmond-St. James.
M. Scott and wife Cape Charles City
Va; e. c, Baird. Richmond-The Raleigh.