Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-03-29

WASHINGTON. March 2S-(Spccial)-
General Joseph Wheeler has stolen a
..r.h oa Speaker Reed. IL will Doe re-
.eI that on tho last days session Of
Ftyirh Congress General wheeler
.CaVorcl io secure unanimous consent
tr a fyc-m'nutc speech. and Speaker
.0a sruhbcd The General by ignoring
TOD. The next morning every newspaper
Ode United States printed what Gene
10 Wheeler would have said. Il was
t published however in any official
oamcnt. The report Of tho House Judi
Ivy Committee on the Bailey resolution
stained General Whcelcr's argument.
that document had limited circula-
g.
Tho General under the euise OF cx-
n0ng in the Record hls remarks made
rfu 1th ~ last year printed HIS argu-
i.out ON behalf OF himself and the speech
.cd headed of in q belatcd issue OF the
.reressional Record. which came ont
..er last Saturdays date. and which
attained several other speeches which
n.ra late ln reaching the printer.
THE GENERALS MOTIVE.
General Wheeler this morning said he
fe. tllt Doe had "a perfect right to print
matter in the Record. just as has
Sac. .luo 10y hundreds OF other mem
f... lie said his motive I'm doing so
v.. '1 place tho members who had Tee
f 90 take mp the report OF the Judi
-E 'ommittee in The proper light be-
tra f.o public. IL might not Doe gene
.lcrstoCd that many representa-
thought gross injustice would be
hy uusoatinc the military mem
and leaving the members Of COM
ions untouched.
-1e major portion Of the Generals
...Ch SIS devoted TO citations 10 prove
ls contention that appointments in the
nn,ccr army have never been regarded
the same light as appointments 20
rmanont position. and that members
The various commissions who are also
members Of Congress are i'm exactly the
mc position Dee occupies.
The speech being dated April Z, 1898,
aad the subject matter relating 10 oc-
.urronccs since that date. some OF which
re referred 10 iu the past tense. gives
se 10 some peculiar inc0ngruiucs, but
lls docs not affect the main fact that
u.s. tacucian. as well as i'm other re-
|NUfe. General NJ lltltI mas lloNtQ lUdL
he out-classcs Car Reed.
PAY OF POSTMASTERS.
Last July the Post-Cmcc Department
abolished the use of newspaper and pc
riodicu stamps. Fourth-class postmas-
ters ar- paid in accordance with the value
Of STAMPS of an kinds cancelled, and 10
was bought they would lose the money
w.. had been coming 20 them from
l.w-r lper and periodical stamps cancel
al Jhe Comptroller of the Treasury has
Fuse announced "a decision which has the
fleet of continuing the payment 10
olrih-class postmastcrs OF the amount
lov would receive III such cancellations
t.Te stu made. The amount involved is
mall Oh each postmaster but in the ag-
.r.rlte runs up into the thousands
CIVIL-SERVICE EXAMINATIONS.
Ihe CIvil-Service Commission win hold
limitations ON April 18th. 10Th. and 18th
places marked "D' ON the Manual Of
limitations of January 1st. for the poe
lions o. architectural and structural
aaI craftsman and for craftsman and
sietant craftsman in the Navy Depart
,ILI,S JACKSON WITH FASHIONS.
Giles Jackson was in town a day or two
go. and CESS dropped i'm the office of
Dawes. Incidentally. he left
0rty or fifty pass-bo0ks Of Freedman's
Bank dep0sitors he had gathered mp. The
Comptroller viii have an his dealings di-
eotly with the claimants through the
laus. Incidentally Giles euquired if
rother Ia black I'm Charleston had sent
p any books. lie was informed that DC
ad. That's Jus cs / expected" said
Sizes. 90 'putod him my agent to collect |
m and now he hes sent 'em in HIM !
lt."
ARMY NOTES.
These discharge have been ordered:
IrIvatcs Fletcher H. Douh. Company |
and Octavius Coke. Company IS, First !
Irth Carolina Infantry.
Arllcer George w. Dcrvers Company |
Fourth lmmlplcs.
Ihe discharge OF Private Charles i. !
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