The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-17
rfosldcn, was u candidate for nnotner
nomination is Wtll+nisli confirmed nov.
s8ss Eipl1t or Funkhouser.

Fight on Fut1ki1ouser.
ii mighty hard matter 10 get q
ii i,,a,, for8 n Federal Office IN virginia
A neainst whom charges Of some sort arc
mot tiled," said IN official Of the Pos,'
Il office Department to-day. H.
"a. .'You mranHitfis hard TO get 4 Renubli-
S can or that kind & suggested Tie times
4 Dispatch correspondent.
III g."pThat's! what mean asscntcd INC
4 official. lie wrs talking about the ,roi'ple
II the President is &CnconntcrlnE III gcttinE
M 4 pcstmls.cr Mt Roanoke. lilo llorlinn-
lAstiof, Of 1runklo,,scr 10 the position is now
( being held MP in tic Scnate THO name
a OF Hurt, which was; sen, to the sonh'e
5aby tho President. was Withdrawn because e,l's
of charges made affecting his business
Sintcgrity. aud then the J'rcsidcht ny
pointed Mr.. Funkhonscr.
s8@ Senator Martin said to- day he hnd re
.ceivcd letters and kilograms from Soa
g,,clsc ,,ctr,Ic asking hin, to have the nom
,ip until charges against AIT.
81 Fti1ikhouscr could be flied lie saw sen
a nfpr Scott, OF West Virginia. o MEMBER
II 81 .le Committee on Postoces and Post
q Roads who always considers nominations
y Virginia. postinastcrslips, ma tne ny =
tcr greed not TO ask for action tor son'e
4 days. at least. One or two OF lhc CON on
n ,nt,,,cations Senator Martin has received
L..
mon who claimed TO DO Republicans. The
y sena tor said he was simply acting on the
rrolcst OF constituents. II charges arc
mat flied he Will allow tho committee TO
20 ahead and report the nomination favor
ably.
The effort made to have the War De-
Snnrtment to allow tho Virginia POlytech-
nc Institute TO retain, the arms supplied
by the government. without having nh
army officer detailed as communicate OF
cadets. was unsuccessful. 4
"a The officials Of the department have IN
formed Hon. r. Thompson Brown, presi-
dent OF the Board of Visitors that the
guns must bc'returncd to the department
unless an officer Is detailed to serve at
tho school Tho department will sell the
+ rifles to tho school at tho price Of two
dollars apiece. II Is not known whether
the institution Mil purchase them or ask
for the detail Of Tan army officer
Yerkes to Testify.
Hon. John ". Ycr1es. commissioner OF
internal revenue. left day for Green's
4 boro. n. c., to- testify against Repre-
sentative Spencer blackburn. who Is on
trial there, charged With having taken
a fec for services rendered constituents
IN washington departments. The specific
charge, OF, onc5sof them is that he ac-.
bGG1lcC y &c lOr tSt.lrN ~
tending to matters coming up before the.
commissioner Of internal revenue. Judge
III. Il. Lewis was here last week looking
into the ease. lie is in charge Of the
prosecution
q There IS one postmaster in Virginia
whose appointment. or rather rcappolnt-
ment, appears to have pleased all factions
Of Republicans and have been gratifying:
4 to Democrats as well. IL is that Of Louis
G.NNhitestone, Of C'upeper, who has
been rcapnointcd pohtmastcr at Culpcper.
although. his term docs not expire until
July. Mr. Whitestonc has one Of tho
5prettiest Offices In the country. and every
inspection OF It BY department officials
olicits some complimentary expression.
Il He takes an especial pride in the mp
4pearance Of the Office, u matter to which
SO few postmasters give attention. The
SCulpcper office III appearance is In thor
ough keeping With the Glenn, spruce,
thriving little town.