Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-12-22
ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE AND VIRGINIA ADVERTISER.
People from, Virginia, here say, that Mr..

People from. Virginia, here say, that Mr..
who has been elected to I'LL the
position now filled by Mr.. r. r. Farr, Sup
erintendent of Public Instruction OF their
State, is as good man as could have been
found in the State. The term of his office
will not commence until the 18th OF Marcn.
Mr.. Farr will then return to Fairfax ana,
his friends say, will run as the republican
candidate for Treasurer of the county at the
spring election, at which time it Is also sala
Judge Sangster will be q candidate for CLERK
of the court.
fall the members of the House only Is
have as yet gone away. This shows one OF
two things: either that the members are not
as fond of spending the Christmas holidays
at home with their families as the members
of former Congresses were, or else that they
are 80 anxious about securing good places
on the committees that they will forego
that pleasure in order to be enabled to stay
here and look after those places.
Mr.. Speaker Carlisle is in bis room at the
Capitol to-day busily engaged in the work
| of forming the committees of the House. 1t
is understood that if he shall be able to
complete that work before the expiration OF
the recess he will not wait for Congress to
reassemble to announce them, but that he
will give them to the press as soon as the
formation of the last committee shall have
been completed.
Among those who were examined for a
foremapship at the Navy Yard this morn
ing was l. W. Tomlinson, of Richmond.
These positions are by no means unimpor-
tant as those who fill them have the power
of appointing their subordinates.
Among the petitions introduced in the
House Yesterday, were two by Mr.. Barbour:
one of Henry McWilliams for permission to
refer his claim to the court of claims, and q
similar one of Peter Veiz.
First Comptroller Durham, of the Treas
ury, this morning, disalloWed q seed account
amounting to 81, 800 of Commissioner Cole
man of the Agricultural Department, for the
reason that it was paid cut of an appropria-
ton for another purpose. This is precisely
what was done by ex-Commissioner Loring
under the Arthur administration.
No more Presidential appointments are
expected until those already made have
been acted upon by the Senate, certainly
none till after the Congressional recess,
which will not expire for two weeks. Now
that the marsha!ship of the District OF
Columbia has been settled, the next District
Office about which there is the most talk is
that of member of the District Commission,
vacancy in which is soon expected.
Among the bills introduced in the House
yesterday was one by Mr.. Willis, of Ken.
lucky, to repeal the tenure of office act. 1t
provides that Justices of the Territorial Su-
preme Courts shall hold Office during good
behavior, or until the Territory is admitted
as a State. Other officers whose fixed
terms of Office are abolished by this act
shall hold Office during the pleasure of the
President.
1t is understood that further postpone.
ment of the Virginia coupon cases will be
asked for when those cases are called up at
the January term of the U. S. Supreme
Court.
The republicans who propose to oppose
| the confirmation of the Presidents nomina.
tions will make capital out of Postmaster
General Vilas's famous circular about often
sive partisans. Republican state and dis.
trict committees in all the States have been
requested by republican Senators and Rep
resentatives to send them any information
they may have concerning the personal
delinquencies of the Presidents appointees.
The following changes in the fourth.class
postoffices in Virginia were made yesterday
and to-day: Johnsontowp, Northampton
county, Geo. R. Jacob, jr., appointed post.
master, vice Geo. r. Jacob, TO correct name;
PENIS Store, Patrick county, J. G. Penn,
vice Ella V. Busicks, resigned; Sarah A.
Gillihand at Griffith, Allegheny county
John G. Davis at Hicks Wharf, Matthews
county Mrs. Belle F. West at Washing
ton, Rappahannock county.