Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1888-02-24
our WASHINGTON LETTER.
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February 81, 1893,

February 81, 1888.
Editor Register.-The President and
Mrs. Cleveland. accompanied by sew
| eral members of the Cabinet and three
or four Senators and their wives, left
Washington to-day on short visit to
Florida The President promised last
fall that he would take a trip TO Flor
ida early in the spring if he could
spare the time. and this visit is i'll full
fillment of that promise. Great prep
arations have been made at Jackson
vile and other points for their recep-
ton. and the party will have a lively
time during their short trip. as they
return on Saturday or Monday. Sen
ator Faulkner and wife accompanied
the party as invited guests. Q ute a
number of Senators and their families
also took the trip with the President.
There has been quite a gathering
of prominent West Virginians in
Washington during the past week,
brought here by the meeting of the
Democratic National Executive Com
mittee to settle the date and place for
holding the next convention. Gov
ernor Wilson, c. Wood Daily, of Min
eral. Clinton Gallaher, of kanawha,
and others of prominence are on hand.
1t is said by some that Mr. Daily is
after the nomination for Congress in
the Second District, while still Others
say it is the governorship that he is
cunning for. 1t is also said that MIR.
Gallaher would not mind coming from
the Kanawha district as Congressman.
Mr. Thomas F. Keller, of Hampshire
county, w. Va, who until recently
held position in the House of Rep
resentatives, was yesterday appointed
to $500 position in the United
States Fish Commission. A. ID. Barr,
of Charlestown, who held 81 900 po-
sition in the Treasury Department,
resigned last week to accept his
former place as Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad agent at Charlestown. Fred.
S. Hardesty, of West Virginia, has
been appointed as clerk in the topo-
graphical department OF the General
Land Office. Salary 81, 000a year.
1t is said that the Republican in
tention of nominating General Golf,
Of West Virginia, for Vice-President,
is earnest and determined. The cal
culation is that General Golf has a
long pocketbook, and will spend
great deal of money to carry the
State. Another idea is that should
Golf get out of the way by being nom
mated for Vice President, Stephen B.
Elkins would be the most available
candidate for Senator should the Re
publicans carry the Legislature, and
as Mr.. Elkins is worth several million
dollars he would be sure to spend
quite pile to accomplish that OBJ
ject. The calculation of the Republi-
cans is that as Elkins is a son-in-law
of Hon. Henry g. Davis that gentle
man would not be broken-hearted
should the scheme be successful and
that the least to be expected from him
would be for him TO take no part
whatever in the campaign. This all
looks very well on the surface, and
would be possible We're it not for the
fact that ex-senator Camden and Sen
ator Kenna are interested in seeing a
Democratic legislature elected and
will leave no stone unturned to do so.
From present indications it looks as
though the next campaign in West
Virginia would be a hot one, as the
Republicans are going TO move heaven
and earth to see if they cannot make
a break in the solid South by carry
ing the State.
Representative Hogg, of West Vir-
ginia, suggests the formation of inter
state Democratic associations among
Democrats temporarily residing IN
Washington. and says that this will
evade the civil service law and afford
great aid to the party managers In
the different States 1t is said that
this scheme meets with considerable
favor among Democrats generally,
but all the same great effort is now
being made TO form West Virginia
Democratic Association in Washing
ton, with reading room where the
State papers will be kept on file and
where visiting Democrats from the
State can put in their spare time and
feel at home.
S w. J.