Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-11-30
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
SUMMARY or FAcr AND GOSSIP.
cabinet specsissieas Harbour and she rs4.-
mssser-ceaesars PsrsfsIis-The ssss-es-

willpour IN by every train tonight and TO-
morrow. | do not see as many oniee-sccs.
ers on the streets US expected. but hear
,bS, the ccayers,ons OF Department culdoycs
Ca Democracy have been numerous aad
rapid. II /. reported that many who have
gone home year after year 20 vote the Re-
pbiican ticker now say they have always
been Democrats. For this re ,son they ex.
poet 10 retain their positions when the new
Administration comes IN.
CABINET sPEcuLkTioNs.
You go nowhere IN Washington tha,
Won do not hear spcculaiions In regard 10
Mr.. Cleyeland's Cabinet. Republicans ~
well rs Democrats give their OPINIONS
freely a. 10 The Statesmen who arc 10 be for
four years the constitutional advisers of
the uew President. Ali conecdo that Mr.. |
Bayard will be Secretary oi State II be will
accept the position. Wcll.known friends
Of his. however, declare that he prefers I
to remain senator from Delaware. The
reply j. that no man, however great. ha,
vel declined 10 be the premier III The Cabi.
net 81 his party. and Jefferson, Clay, Web- |
.icr. aud other ilustTious statesmen OF the
past are cited rs instances TO support the
declaration. II Dir. Bayard shall decline. |
then the opinion prevails that Thurman
will be the man. You bear at the hotels
that there Is no dOub; that Mcdonald. !
Of Indiana. will he AtlOrncy-GcDcral. |
and that IL New Jersey is 10 be represented |
that stockton and not Mcclellan viii be
named. Randall is spoken OF by Pennsyl- |
Yanians for Secretary of the Treasury |
and sOuthcfners generally think taat Bar |
bour Of Virginia viii be Postma,ier-Gen. |
eral. and that Hancock Of Texas or Gar |
land uf Arkansas have chances for some |
Other positions IN the Cabinet. II u con- |
coded that Coke Of Texas would make the |
best Secretary Of the Interior because h. |
has given Indian affairs a great deal OF at
ien,lon. but he will not consent 10 leave |
the senate. hear that the friends OF eN.
senator DAVIS. II West Virginia. want him
10 60 INTO the Cabinet, and that Senators
GoIman and Camden are urging his claim.
Trr APPROPRIATION BnLs-BAPID WORK
ANTICIPATED.
The Demo rats are so happy that you
NAV expect much energy and haste dis
played IN The preparation of appropriation
bills. In fact II looks a, il the House l.
DISPOSED 10 get these bills through with
unusual rapidiiy. The Republicans. on the
other hand, are 50 disappointed and set
back by the defeat Of Blaine that they have
no, The spirit 10 interpose factious or par
iisan opposition.
TIff APPEARANCE or wASruNGTON-wuAT !
YlRGINIANS SAY.
Said M old Nirginian 10 me to-day, II !
have been here since The war, and ] have /
seen here England lord II over this city !
until almost forgot that the Purtans'did |
not land here the Maytlower. It. puny |
dudes, In tight pants aud with thin side |
"A lao mir
Of The Potomac" sad he. "as Englishmcn |
look upon Ireland or Russians upon Poland |
They seemed never 10 have known that |
this District was coded 10 the General |
Government. by southern states Inter |
I1ipting what was intended 10 be a lengthy |
haianruC. | asked him ho" Washington |
looked 20 him now. His face Frightened |
I'D A. be replied: why, il is changed /
ciiy Tie public building, are different, /
Tor As ! gaze uIOn them in their massive |
,plCudor 1 feel TINT my people have al !
interest again in them. Why. sir 4
said he 1.-The sun shines brighter 10 /
me than {, has for years" | cut the inter. |
view short and lett hurdeGly, only to en-
counter 8 colOrcd Nirginiau named Dayen-
port, who usel TO keep Broad. street no. |
lei. lie took me by both hands and said /
quickly: "Why, there never was such /
victory. The colored people con now re-
joice in their Liberation, because they can |
vote a. they please" He added: Billy |
g. showed under, and whore is Mr.. John |
WISE"
PERSONAL NEWS ITEMS.
senators Coke and MaXcv. Of Texas. have /
arrived. Hon. George u. Wise will be !
here tomorrow. Mr.. Barbour was in hi |
Office to-day. looking serene aud satisfied. /
4 son 90 senator VOORHEES, has been elected /
TO the House Of Representatives from /
Washington Territory. People At
distance are already engaging QUAR- /
tiers for the Inauguration. l.. q. /
Washington looks well after his cam |
paian tour in Virginia. There j. Virgil /
MIA lady here who during sixteen wear. OF /
residence At the Federal capital has never .
seen an inaugural procession; she is deter 4
mined, however. TO sac Cleveland sworn in.
Colonel Beverly Tucker was on the street /
TO-DAY looking unusually Young and HAPPY. /
Very few Scuiherners are mentioned in con-
nectiOn with foreign missions. :. :. COXis 7
named amOng those likely 10 succ ed Lowell .
q HiristeT 10 the court Of 81. james.
Hon. Charles 4. O'FeTlN. no reached .
the city tonight, is congratulated by his
friends upon bis big majority. This Vindi-
Gates the action Of the House committee in
favor OF seating him. Nirginians are asking
good many questions in regard Ia the Mas
>cy-Nise case, and want early action on il.
southern Republicans LAY they will here
after be treated with more consideration by
the Republican party. Their idea /, that
the &c. o. F." must now look to the South .
for rOuiorcementS. The certainty OF the
reelection Of Senator Vance by the North .
Carolina Legislature lives great satsiac-
tiou. An ex-senator from Virginia SAYS he
"a ~
tariff debate than any one on either I
side. He cannot, however, write let
teIS equal 10 that sent the Richmond (
committee by his wife. The Kentucky !
delegation in the next House l. Solidly 1
Democratic: White, the lone Republican,
was retired. The members of the Virginia 1
Association here did most efficient service
during the campaign. When DiStrict-Com
missioner EdmondS claimed 10 have been
Democrat, citilcnS here say there was a I
broad grin On The faces 81 everybody. The !
New York county Democracy have engaged /
quarters for five hundred for the inaugural
ton. senator ConSer, OF Michigan, to-day /
said he had no ideaof resigning. a. report
ed. EN- enator Barnum is in the city.
Speaker CaIli>le tclegrlDbS that he VIII |
reach Washington tomorrow afternoon.
The Brazli n Minister has gone 10 New /
YORK. and the swiss Minister has re-
turned.
BRIEF NEWS ITEMS.
The cap-stone viii be placed on the VASE /
ingiOn monument next week. The celr- /
bIaiion of IL completion will take place on 4
the I'D 81 February. 1883.
Robert Lincoln, Secretary of War. and I
GcHeral Hgzen. signal officer. are qulr- |
reiling. and there are simple people VITO I
think The latter viii resign. Hardly.
Judge Buckner. OF Missouri, arrived to- I
night. lie was born in Fredericksburg /
aud spent his early life in CrOline county I
Goyernmen, receipts to-day: Internal 4
revenue, SEQ, 1872; customs, Sjl9, Bl.
The United states Treasurer to-day sen, I
over tWo millions 10 pay interest. due De 4
cember lst ON the United States registered |
stock OF a. funded loan OF 1891.
G0yerument clerks who are anXiOu, "a I
withdraw their applications, when AZ /
pointed. Will not be permitted TO do 80. !
Their desiie 10 do this Is To make them /
.ehcs solid with the incoming Cabinet /
officers.
I, looks rs II the Inauguration bah will !
be held IN the new pension building.
The President was at lbe Soldiers Home
to-day putting the finishing touches on hts
message.