Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-12-19
SLIPPED IN QUIETLY.
THE LITTLE Boss AND FOLLOWERS
GATHER IN wAsHIEGToE.
They Fave a Secret Meeting-0ne OF the
Crowd Excrueiatingly Reticent-
Virginia Personals.
from our Regular Correspondsntl

Virginia Personals.
IRON Our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, December lS.-The town Is
full Of Virginia Republicans, and many pow
vows and conferences have been beld during
| the day and evening. They are scattered
/ all over town. Malone. the boss, slipped
| In here Quietly last night aud went TO hotel
/ in the West End. Very few persons outside
| OF the men who were into the secret knew
/ that he was coming. Down at the Metro
politan Hotel the largest number put up.
4 Some arrived late last night, and the
others put IN an appearance this morn
/ ing and this afternoon. Heading the
| list on the Metropolitan register was the
/ name of 4. 8. Blair. Of Wytheyille. who
used TO be Acknowledgement OF Virginia and
who made himself notorious by declaring
| that "bonor never yet bought man break
| fast" Under mis- name was that OF Pat. n.
MeCsull, OF Salem. stith Boiling, formerly
4 Mahone'x postmaster at Petersburg, also
/ showed up. While these meu were chatting
| In the hotel office this morning with some OF
the less prominent Republicans who
/ had arrived, K. y. Berkeley and ex-
/ Congressman b. Z. Hooper, OF Farm
| willie, dropped in and entered their
names upon the book. II wasn't long before
/ Judge WAddiil, who ran against Hon.
| George d. Wise for Congress. dropped IT,.
John s. Wise Is here also, and was floating
around the Capitol all the morning. Riddle
berger, VINO has been stopping at the Metro
politan for week, left that hostelrY to-day.
! This may or may not be significant Rid
/ dleberger isn't in good health, and he has
said that he doesn't propose 70 be mixed
with the factions Of Virginia until after his
| term OF service expires.
ExcRUGATISGLY RET1CENT
The Dispstch correspondent had 4 talk
with x-AttOrney- General Blair this morn
| ing. He was excruciatingiy reticent and
would not give any particulars Of the objects
J Of the gathering further than 10 cay " was to
| be a conference OF the leading Republicans OF
Virginia ave are going TO have" said
! he. ga conference at the Union League Club
rooms tonight. Ii will he with closed
| doors-and indeed il is 10 be a secret af-
fair. We have come down TO talk over
among ourselves the political situation, and
more particularly Virginia affairs. You
understand that we cannot afford 10 be tell
| ing what we propose TO do. We have rep
resentative Republicans here from every
congressional district in Virginia"
POR MALONE.
One OF the "pilgnms" was asked II the
meeting was not primarily ID the interest OF
| Malone for Cabinet place. He was cau-
\ tious, and all that he would say was that
most OF the men IN his party were for Ma
| hone. OF course other matters would be
talked over, including the patronage in Viz
| GINA Under Harrison.
The Malone crowd who have arrived here
are stronger IA numbers than the Wise crowd
now in town. Mahone's hackers want HIM
| TO he Postmaster General. Some OF the Re
publican members OF the House SAID to-day
that they thought Malone would slip up, for
the reason that II Harrison wanted 10 wreck
bis Administration at the very start he
could not do it more e1ectualy than to have
Blaine and Malone in his Cabinet. Nearly
every one here seems TO be OF the opinion
that Blaine is going into the Cabinet.
MINISTER JARVIS.
Hon. r. J. Jarvis, OF North CarolIna,
United States Minister to Rrazil Ia still here,
and Mrs. Jarvis is with bin. He is going to
North Carolina within few days. Although
statements have been going the rounds Ter
several months 20 the effect that Mr.. Jarvis is
going TO enter the race for the United States
| senate against General Ransom, 1t is not
certain yet whether he will do 30.
The most careful inquiry here fails
! 10 ascertain whether Mr.. Jarvis bas made up
his mind. Quite naturally be is reticent.
One North Carolina politician SAID to-day !:
"Goyernor Jarvis is most astute politician.
en- pretty well posted on the politics OF my
state, but FOR the life OF me | can't find out
whether he Is going 20 make dash for the
prize. think. no never, that Governor Jarvis
will not be in the State fifteen DAYS before he
makes up his mind. II be finds that he has
any chance he VIII 60 into the race. Az
least that is my opinion. He can lind out all
about It when be gets home. EX-Congress-
man Waddell will be a candidate beyond
doubt.
BLANCHE, TRAY, AND swEETHEART.
"The understanding is that il Ransom is mot
repominated on the first ballot taken in the
caucus then Blanche, Tray. and Sweetheart
will all be let loose. twill be a hot fight after
that. | couldn't say now whether Ransom
has a walk-over or not"
It begias 10 look a. II the river and hsrbor
bill cannot be reached in the House much
before the middle or latter part of January.
Mr.. Blanchard wanted 20 bring ii up today,
but the legislative appropriation bill was Ia
the way. An effort wss made during con-
siderstion OF this measure this afternoon TO
cripple the CiYil-Seryico Commission by
striking out the appropriations, but the
amendment was voted down. Mr.. O'Ferrall,
Of Virginia. voted for the amendment. There
were = number OF political speeches made on
this subject, and some OF them were SPICY.
on BUSINESS.
John s, Wise said this afternoon that he
did not come 10 Washington TO take any
hand IN the political manipulation that is
gong on, but his business was to argue a
case before the supreme Court All the
sane, some OF Mr. Wise's friends have been
with his assistance keeping an eye on the
Malone crowd. Wise saws that Malone
HASN'T ghost Of a chance OF going into the
Cabinet, and he is laughing at the confer
ence.
Among Virginia people registered at the
METROPOLITAN Hotel are W. +. Craig, OF
stanton; W. b. Bevell general passenger
agent OF the Norfolk and Western road;
Howard Roger. of the same hne; Cab Mad.
dirk. "ths biggest man" in the State, and
Z. NJ. X. Tacott. Of Richmond.
W. Il. Ryder and Thomas j. Moncure, OF
Richmond, aud W. ). o. b. Robinson, OF
rivals at the National.
G. A. Lathrop and wife, OF Richmond, are
at the St. James.
OPPOSED TO CIVIL SERVICE.
Representative O'Ferrall said TO the Dis
patch correspondent shat he thought II yea
and nav vote could have been taken the pro-
position 70 strike out the appropriation for
the Clvil-SeIvice Commission would have re-
ceiyed a much larger vote. ~ never TAX
one way" remarked the member from the
Valley, "and vote another way. l didn't
want a civil service law under Democratic
rule and don't favor one under Republican
rule. lam opposed 70 that law"
Nearly every session when the proposition
is made TO take holiday recess the Repubh.
can senators start a movement 10 break Up
the Arrangement. But II always fzzles out
The smell OF turkey on q home table Is too
much for the statesmen, and they can't re-
sist. The Republicans resolved in caucus
this morning that they would not favor
taking Il recess. The proposition hasn't yet
been voted on In the senate. When 1t is the
probabilities are that the recess will be or