The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-03-08

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THE LEGISLATURE
HAS ADJOURNED.
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preparing ITO join the legislative party
on their trip TO Cuba, has dilled himself
out in a pair of No. 3 patent leather
shoes. lie will leave them in Richmond
on his return from the Pearl OF the
Antilles :, as farmers do not wear patent
feathers in Fauquier.
He Will probably come by, Richmond
on his way TO the Norfolk convention,
and resume them for that suspicious oc-
caSion.
Fred. Nessick, Of Accomac, one of the
brightest pages Of the House. has. upon
the recommendation Of Hon. S. Wilkins
Matthews, been appointed to q position
in the Office of Secretary Williams, Of tbs
Richmond Locomotive and Machine
Works He proposes to attend school
at night, while in the city. AIr. Matthews
is very fond of his young proteSe and
predicts for him a bright future
Mr. George ". Pillow, the chairman CT
the Legislative Committee of the Order
of Locomotive Engineers. presented Cap
tain r. S. Parks, on Tuesday, with
handsome Masonic charm, as an emblem
of appreciation of the splendid fight Cap
tain PARKS made for the Employers LA
billy bill. Mr.. Pillow has become Very
popular with The legislators and has
strong hopes that his bill will become
law at the next session of the IeSlsla-
turc.
Hon. Bland Massie. senator from the
Nineteenth District, is suffering with
rising IN als ear. lie was able to be out
yesterday, but was not at all well.
A letter received in Richmond on yes
tersay stated that 1t was now practically
settled that the name of Hon. Bennett
T. Gordon. of Nelson county, would be
presented to the next convention for the
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the Fourth District.
There is no cleaner or higher man in
Virginia politics than Bennett Taylor
Gordon, and, Of nominated, he will bear
the banner Of his party in the "Old
Terth Legion" on q lofty plane In his
own county of Nelson, where, like most
others of the State, political factions ex-E
ist. he is the one man above all others
around whom all wings would hop. and
n Z frfsv no anne
grounds to the top of the Blue Ridge
Mountains would flock to his standard.
as did the soldiers of France to the
banner of Napoleon returned from Elba.
He is the very beau ideal of the Demo-
cratic masses of his county, and, being
stu5nper of rare ability, would make, il
the Judgment of his friends, an excep-
tionally strong candidate. Nelson ana
Amherst, wherein the chief original
strength of Mr.. Gordon would lie, can
lay strong claim to the nomination, on
the ground that neither county has had
the congressman for twenty-five or thirty
years.
One of the most enterprising members
of the Legislature. which has just adj
journed, was the Hon. j. III. Whitehead,
from the far-of land of Lee.
In ADDITION to his arduous Duties on the
floor OF the House, he was the sole pro
prfetor of a first-class peanut stand in the
northwest corner of the rotunda OF the
Capitol, ait which he dispensed, in addi-
ton to the genuine Nansemond peanuts
APPLES. bananas. and the latest brands
Of cigars and chewing tobacco.
Nearly every morning the distinguished
member from Lee could be seen pulling
up Capitol Hill with two large baskets,
filed with good things for the day. When
an Important measure was up the Doctor
would often delegate his little son to ply
his trade. The boy suffered an attack OF
r,u1nps during the session. but this did
not deter him from coming daily to the
assistance of his distinguished father.