Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-12-15
PROPOSAL.
SOUTHERN REPUBLICAN ORGANi-
EATON TO OPPOSE 1T.
1T is LIKELY TO GO THROUGH.
Northern Radicals Have Discovere"
Tint Their Southern brethren Are
Very Small Political Potatoes al
H0me-Mexicnn Pension Increase.

WASHINGTON, ID. c., December A.
Especial -Republican national commit
teemen are slowly arriving in Washing
ton, preparatory to attending the meet
ing called for in this city on Friday.
While several matters Of importance Will
come up for consideration, notably the
selection Of the next place for holding
tho national convention, the subject up
permost In the thoughts of the commit
teemen from the South is the proposition
OF National-Committeem Payne, OF
! Wisconsin, to reduce the representation
Of the South IN national Republican con-
ventions. The Payne movement seems tC
be we'll supported, and it Is believed that
there is influence enough behind ii to put
| IL through.
| An executive committee OF four, com
posed of ional-Committeemen John
| Grant, Of Texas; Acknowledgement Boyd
OF North Carolina: Judson Lyons, OF
| Georgia. and Colonel Dick, Of chic, ha.
been created, with power to formulate
ways and means TO fight the Payne
| movement.
THE SOUTHERN ARGUMENT.
Dr. Grant. of Texas. who is taking
prominent part i'm this matter, Is out
| a statement in which he points out n
wrong which will be inflicted upon sout
ern Republicans If the Payne resolutl'
| is adopted He AYERS, among other Trims
that it will weaken the party in tho.
Southern States where, in recent year
Republicans have succeeded in obtainir
a foothold. notably in the States
| Maryland, Texas, Tennessee. &c, and II
| directly charges the Republicans of th
North and East with ngratitude, since
It is further declared, the nomination o
| Mckinley, at the ST. Louis convenron
| was brought about by the support ne r.
| ceived from the South.
The indications are that the protest OF
the southern Republicans Will be of no
avail and that the Payne resolution VIII
be adopted. The truth of the matter Is
that the Republicans Of the North have
al last awakened 70 the fact that the Re
publicans Of the South cut but an insig-
nifcant figure ut home. in either Stale o.
| Federal politics, though they are The
most clamorous for Federal patronage
and. under the circumstances, 1t has beer
! wisely decided by them TO relegate south
! ern Republicans 10 4 back seat In ma
| tional Republican conventions.
DULL AT THE CArfOL
This was a dull day at the Capitol. The
| Republicans Of the Senate held caucus
TO reorganize the standing committees IN
| the morning, and later I'm the day the
| chairman and Republican members OF
| each committee were announced. No
| Democratic assignments have yet been
made These will be determined by a
caucus Of the Democratic members of TN
Senate, to be held probably this week.
Senator Lindsay. of Kentucky, to-day
| introduced a bill TO increase the pensions
of all Mexican war veterans from s. to $50
per month. 1t is predicted that this BIZ
| has a sufficient number OF friends In the
upper branch of Congress to secure its
| massage in that body. Should It pass the
| House. the fact will be agreeable news
| TO the Mexican war veterans in Virginia
and elsewhere in the South.
PERSONAL
Mr.. Clarence r. BoylSin, of the Dispatch
staff. attended the ceremonies at Mount
| Vernon TO day
Mr.. George Davis, secretary Of Judge
W. +. Rhea, representative from the
| Ninth District, who figured quite promi-
nently in the Walker-Rhea contest when
| taking depositions in Bristol Va, is in
the city. stopping at the National. Mr..
| Davis Is a former Henry county man,
| but is now a resident OF Bristol. He is
an excellent stenographer, a typlcai
southwestern Virginian, and one Of the
best congressmen's secretaries now In
the city.
Judge Tom Smith. Of Warren. ~, ex-
Chief Justice Of Arizona, was in the city
to-day, on private business.
POSTAL.
Congressman Sidney p. Epes has sue
ceeded in having two fourth-class post
offices established In Lunenburg county
one Of these will be known as Traffic and
the other as Epos.
Fourth-cass pOstmasters nave beeH
appointed as follows: i. II. Thrash
Coalvllle. Cherokee county, n. c.; Mandy
Pavsour. Costner. Castor county, y. C.;
Miller Eskridge, Stubs, Cleveland coun-
~, y. c. ,,.,,.,
Commissioned: Mary II. wharton
Avirett. Va: jerome ID. Dickerson1 hugh
va. Triplett =. Stone, Keeling, a.
Michael f.. Jones. Ponian. Va, ana Rhoda
J., Evans. Charity, y. c.
New ofices have been estaohshed as
follows: Hunters Mills Fairfax county
Va. Louis Hess, postmaster: Garrett
Yadkin county, y. c.. William NJ. swami
postmaster. and Saddle Allegheny coun-
~ \. c.. William J.. Bottomly, pos'has
ter.