Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-05-11

for themselves. Here Delegate Vii
bur F. Dyer advanced and in a
most appropriate speech asked in behalf o.
the gentlemen present and the Democracy
of bis Ststs the appointment OF Prof.
Birch. Mr.. Bsysrd inquired if Mr.. Birch
preferred going to Japan, at the same time
picking up block Of paper and pencil, be
commenced writing memorandum. Mr..
Camden stated that Mr. Birch had named
that consulship for the reason that it was at
present held BY West Virginia Republican.
"0h," said the Secretary, laughing, you
think it would be poetic Justice for a West
Virginia Democrat to ger'the place"
Mr.. Camden said that if 1t was not agree
able to give Birch this place named hs
thought that one OF the same grade would
be Just as satisfactory The delegation then
bid the Secretary of State good day and were
escorted into the Office Of Assistant Secce.
tary Porter to whom they were formally In
troduced, after which Mr.. Porter inquired
in rather a gruf, though cordial spirit,
well, what's the matter with West Vir-
ginisY
The object Of the visit was made known,
and Mr.. Porter said be hsd anticipated the
the call, and had previously given Mr..
Birch's application consideration, and more
than that, had recommended his selection.
II is believed that Birch will get the place
be originally named. This is the place re.
Gently given to DR.. Metre, and what raised
such
Astorm of Criticism.
Secretary Bayard said to q reporter:
"Mr. Metre has not been appointed to any
foreign mission" A Consul is not appoint.
ed until his commission is signed
and his bond has been accepted
Metres commission is not signed aud never
will be. He represented himself as coming
from Colorado, and produced strong IN
dorsements from the politicians OF that
state. 1t was not until after he was nomi.
mated that heard Of his true character
and if he had been really appointed to the
mission he would haue been removed. VI
course, he was an entire stranger to me
and if people are so careless as to indorse
men of whom they know nothing or men OF
bad character, how are we to help our
selves and know whom to appointr Metre
was the person who assaulted Commodore
Truxtun in the Ebbitt Hotel lobby, and his
wife has Just been granted divorce from
him on the charge of cruelty.
The delegation was next escorted to tue
Navy Department and introduced separate
" to Secretary Whitney, who received each
gentlemen in the most cordial manne-. The
party called
At the White House,
but were unable to see the President to-day
for the reason, he has set aside Saturday for
his own use and positively declined to see
any one, not even Senators or Representa-.
tives. The party were advised OF this rule
before they left the hotel, but some Of them
who did not want to remain over till Mon
day prevailed upon the two Senators to
make the effort, which they were willing to
do, knowing all the while that it would be
useless. After a rest in the east room the
party called at the department Of justice,
but as Attorney General Garland was not
in, it dispersed.
Senator Camden, Mr.. Basel and several
others went to the Postofice Department to
see what could be done to secure
The Removal of the Present Postmaster at
Clarksburg.
During the call upon the Secretary of the
Treasury McGraw remained in Commission
er Miller's office and was not with the party
when it called at the other departments.
Congressman Gibson is in town but was not
with the visitors. Charles Z. Wells having
~ithdrawn from the race for the marshal
ship it is understood that Columbus Sehon,
of the Kanswha Valley, has been stated
To Succeed Atkinson.
II is said that there was some objections to
taking the collector and marshal from the
same district and Wells was induced to
withdraw so as not to further embarrass
NcGraws chances for the collectorship
and allow the marshalship to go to some
other section OF the State. Congressman
wilson says that there is not one applca-
lion for a change in postofiiCes in the couu-
les Of Grant Hardy and PendletOn.
1t is said that Tom Walton, of Wheeling,
vents place in the Treasury Department.
While the West Virginians were in Secretary
Nannings office Representative Wilson and
several Of the callers put in
Good Word for Mr.. Holmes,
Of Charlestown, who is an applicant for a
position in the office of the Supervising
Architect of the Treasury. he was repre-
scented as being good mechanic and de-
serving Democrat 1t was stated that as
he mechanics so far had not asked for any.
thing they would feel very grateful ii
Mr.. Holmes application was given
favorable consideration.
Aside from the dissatisfaction which
Senator Eustis may have expressed, said
Senator Camden, to q reporter, II think
that the people Of the country entertain no
doubt Of
President CleveIand's Sound Democracy,
and commend the discretion with which he
is making changes. For my part l do not
see what more he could have done. He
has not yet had two months which he could
seriously devote to a thorough examination
of the various Departments For several
weeks after his Inauguration it was simply
impossible for him to command the time
for it. Personally, have no complaint
whatever to make am sure that in the
end none can Justly feel sggrieved on the
ground that either offensive partiSans or
incompetent Republican ofice-holders have
been allowed to remain in their positions
Chairman Leonard said to a REGISTER re.
porter that he believed that the procrastina'
ton on the part of the administration in not
appointing Democrats to office is having q
bad effect. Said he: ii think that under
the existing feeling it would be pretty hard
for US to carry West Virginia at this time.