Morning journal and courier., 1881-06-18
News by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS. POLITICS IN VIRGINIA. Republicans in Conference with
 the President. NO COALITION WITH REPuDIAToRs, The Public Credit to Be
 Preserved. A Hopeful View of the Situation. A Good Prospect for Republican
 Success.
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.

Virginia Politics-A Republican Delega. tfon From the State in Conference With the President-Hfs Views en the Situa. tfon-No Alliance With Repudiators- The Public Faith Must be Preserved-A Favorable Outlook for the Party in the State.
 WASHINGTON, June 17.-There arrived in the customs districts of Baltimore, Boston, Detroit. Huron, Key West, Minnesota, New Bedford, New Orleans, New York, Passama.
 quoddy. Philadelphia and San Francisco dur ing the month ended May 31, 1881, 122, ,999
 passengers, of whom IF, ,4s2 were immi- grants, 3,447 citizens of the United States returned from abroad, and 2,O7O aliens not intending to remain in the United States. Of the total number of immigrants, there ar rived from England and Wales 10, 700; Ire land, 18,879 Scotland, 2,275; Austria, 3,574; Belgium, 197; Denmark, 2,O6O :;
 France, $40; Germany, 34,310; Hungary, 415; Italy, 1,783; Netherlands, 2,eO0; Nor way, 6,S12; Poland, SIS; Russia 451 Swe- den, 16.523: Switzerland, 1,511; China,
 LAOS; Dominion of Canada, HAS; and from all other countries, 916. The number of emigrants arrived in the above named districts during the eleven months ended
 May 31, 1881, was as follows: From Ger many, 175, ,306; Dominion of Canada, 11O,- S11 England and Wales, 57.s61 Ireland 6l,7s6; Scotland, 12, ,62s; China, 7.44s; and from au other countries, 138, 649 total,
 ,64, ,294.
 Ex-Commissioner of Pensions Bentley was rendered and declined foreign appointment It is not improbable that he will be given 8 judicial position in one of the Territories general land office, Mir. Mcfarland, of Kan sas, left his home today and will reach here Monday.
 One result of the recent Treasury investi- 3ation is generally recognized in the dismis al of Custodian Pitney and the abolition of his office. Official announcement was made today that the duties of the office will here liter be performed under the immediate di cection of the chief clerk of the Treasury de- partment.
 A delegation of Virginia Republicans, members of the State Executive committee, :alled by appointment upon the President to-day. Representative Bezendorf and
 ieneral Wickham stated their object to be 70 confer with the President regarding the situation in Virginia. They came repre- 'enting those who desired to put the Repub- ican party in the State on firm foundation.
 hey distrusted the readjuster movement led by the same men who in 1869 made move that nearly wrecked Republication in the State. They asked executive encouragement tuu RAF0 aS6urauC0 GQaG III the ClSar u0lO on Gheir principles the Republicans would either elect State officers or control the Legislature. the President in reply stated two general propositions. The first was that he had been Republican all his life, had never voted for Q Whig or Democratic ticket. He could ha . voted, but never did until the birth of tho Republican party. That he had been con- sistent Republican ever since, and that there fore he would not do anything in opposition to the interests of the Republican party he second proposition was that he was pos itively and emphatically opposedto any party ,r people whose belief would initiate against the public faith and credit He went on to say hat it was for the Republicans of Virginia living in Virginia, he not being resident of hat State and therefore unable to under stand these things, it was for them to decide whether this movement was of the character that is whether the readjuster was tainted with repudiation. If it was they ought not to support it. In the course of general interchange of opinion the President asked whether the Riddleber- ger bill was considered virtually repudiation of portion of the State debt, and when an- swersd in the affirmative asked whether any party in Virginia had proposed any better terms to the creditors than those proposed in the Riddleberger bill, to which General Wickham replied taat the Ross Hamilton bill offered by the Republicans in the last
 
 sent of representatives of the creditors, had provided for the payment of the full amount of the debt of Virginia at 3 per cent. annual interest. Secretary Spilzer stated that cer- tain gentlemen in Virginia who differed with them had made many threats as coming from him, the President, of removal from office for differing in opin- ion from them on the coalition question in order to intimidate this class of Republicans and compel them to support the readjuster ticket. It was the desire of the Republicans of Virginia to know through their committee whether this was done with the Presidents sanction or not. The President said that no one was authorized to promise appointments for him or threaten removals, that in making appointments to office he proposed to use his own judgment and not be dictated to us %ents any should d apU always 'nAi be app0aa @ade first with view to the public good, and sec- ond as to the capacity and character of the applicant. He was opposed, he said, to the "boss" system in politics and did not propose to give the patronage of any State to any one man. General Wickham subsequently, said
 MT. President-wtn you not go step further and because they staunch Republicans who desire to stand squarely on tho Republican platform. they currently stated that these removals are being made and Democrats appointed.
 The President instantly replied that there could be no instance mentioned in Virginia where he had appointed Democrat to office, and that his whole record as Republican should be 8 sufficient guarantee. The inter- view then closed In reply to inquiries as to the probable action of Virginia Rer ublicans Mr. Wickham said the State Central com mittee had been called to meet in Richmond ,n Tuesday next, the Fist inst, at which no ioubt it would be decided to call State