The Washington Times

O'FERRALL LEFT TOO SOON.
Board of Trade Committee Had No
Interview with Him.

It is quite probable now that the committee of nine will not send to Gov. O'Ferrall the protest, as suggested by the mass meeting of the board of trade last week.

It was suggested yesterday, informally and without a meeting of the committee, that it would be best to take advantage of Gov. O'Ferrall's visit to Washington yesterday and invite him to a conference with the committee.

It was impractical, however, to carry out this suggestion on account of the governor's engagements at Mount Vernon.

He left the city yesterday morning for that place and was expected to return here at 2:30 in the afternoon. Mr. J. B. Wight, secretary of the board, was to meet him on his return and arrange for the conference.

Gov. O'Ferrall, however, did not return to Washington, but went back to Richmond from Alexandria.

It has been suggested, and the proposition is favored by Judge Kimball and Mr. Warner, the president of the Board of Trade, that a sub-committee of the committee of nine be appointed to wait on Gov. O'Ferrall and discuss the whole matter with him personally. Mr. F. L. Moore, the chairman of the committee, will leave the city to-day for New Haven, Ct., but it was stated last night that possibly Mr. Warner, who is chairman ex-officio of all the committees, will ask that the committees meet at an early time and consider this proposition.

Mr. Wight said that he feared that Gov. O'Ferrall had been misinformed as to statements of the Board of Trade in the agitation. As he understood it the board and the governor are in accord on the main points at issue.

Gov. O'Ferrall was seen by The Times representative at Alexandria and reiterated substantially what has already been published as his views, desires, and intentions.