Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-11-27
FEDERAL CAPITAL NOTES.
Congressional Contestants Need Not
Hurry-A radical Vow

WASHINGTON, ID. C., November e.
(special.)-The Republican contestants
from Virginia will rave ample time TO get
their cases In shape. for If the admin
istration can bring it about there will
be no extra session OF the Fifty-sixth
Congress. Therefore, that body will not
meet until twelve months from next De-
cember. n the Virginia contestants will
In the mean time have ample opportunity
to consider whether IL will be worth their
while TO go to the expense OF taking dep
o~sitions. &c. Contests will be discouraged,
and as the allowance for making them
has been considerably reduced recently,
the would-be contestants will in all PROB
ability abandon their purpose before
twelve months roll by. There Will De no
need. from the administration point OF
view. for legislation other than the pas
sage of the necessary appropriation bills
bv the coming session of Congress. n
the President does not consider the neces-
sitv for currency reform so urgent as 10
demand an extra session Of the FIFTY
sixth Congress.
ROW AMONG RADICALS.
There was a change made to-day In the
Post-Ofice Department, which is llKely
to lead to some trouble between very
prominent Republican leaders. George
b. Hamlet, from Ohio, who was appolltcu
Chief Inspector of the department III Ioy''
has been reduced to the position OF oruI-
nary inspector, and is succeeded by w. ~
Cochrane, Of Kansas. who has been a
subordinate of Hamlet's since the FORMER
went into office. This change was mace
by Fourth nt-Postmaster-General
Bristow, himself a Kansas man. ana
without the knowledge of First-Assistah
Perry s. Heath, Acting Postmastef-1eue-
raj. This is considered by most OF the
officials. in the department az an auoa-
cious move on the part of BristoW, Wheh
IL Is further understood that Hamlet,
though a Louisiana Republican. was ana
is q henchman Of Mark Hanna's. in ONO.
There is no doubt that the change WIN
| cause considerable friction among the Ike
publican politicians, both inside ana out
| side of the Post-Office Department II
was a big surprise to-day, and created
somewhat Of a sensation.
ARMY ORDERS.
Private Patrick J. Neary, Battery c.
Fifth United states Artillery, now sup
posed TO be at the Josiah Simpson general
hospital. near Fort Monroe. va, is trans
ferred 10 the Hospital Corps, and assign
ed to duty at that station.
Major Charles L. Davis. Eleventh
United States Infantry, is relieved rom
duty as chief mastering officer Ior the
| state of North Carolina, and will proceed
TO toin his regiment.
Cantain Albert Todd. Sixth United
States Artillery, will assume the duties oil
chief mastering officer for the state OF
North Carolina.
The telegraphic instructions directing
the discharge of Corporal Kenneth j.
Griffin. Company l., Fourth virginia VOL
unteer Infantry, are duly cohIlIheu'
Private Isaac Cline, Hospital Corps, at
the Josiah Simpson general hospital,
Fort Monroe, Va, is discharged from the
service.
PERSONAL
W. F. Stephens n wife, Fredericks-
burg. va: \. f. Page and wife, North
Carolina: John D.. Shaw. Jr, ana vile,
L~aurinburg. y. c.; j.. r. Worth, wife, and
two children. wilmington, y. c.; Thomas
p. Wallace, Fredericksburg, Va; W. u
Crensbaw. Jr.. Virginia; f.. II. Busbee'
Raleigh. y. c.; T.. W. Nichols, LeXing-
ton. Va. and +. n. Castleman, virginia
are at the Metropolitan.
Mr.. Philin S, Brown. Of Virginia, lett
Washington this evening for Florida.
7 + Tyner and wife, Virginia; 4. Fl.
Toylor. Richmond; Mrs. George S. Corn
and party. Riverton-National.
Emmett Seaton. Richmond; Frank Il.
Perry. orange, Va; Edward Gray, Jr.'
Richmond, Vast. James.
POSTAL.
Among the fourth-class postmasters APP
nointed to-day are the following: John
Brady. vice Nathan II. Drake, resigned
HAYWOOD. Chatham county, n. c.; EIinoi
Bousman. vice o. o. Sampson, resigned
Progress, Franklin county, Va.