Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-04-03

The extra session of tho Senate having
the Capitol today presented on
almost deserted appearance. The .. 5. Su-
preme Court was in session aud attracted
the few strangers at the building. Nobody
except the few permanent employees was
seen on the House side, and only two or
three Senators were on their side, setting
their accounts with the financial clerk anu
directing him where TO send their monthly
payments during the remainder OF the re,
cess. Among them was Mr.. Faulkner, o.
West Virginia, one OF the most efficient SEN
ators his State has ever had. In taking
about the new administration, Mr. Faulkner
said he had called on the President ana on
most ell the members OF his CaDlnet, anu
had never been received more courteousiy
or cordially by their predecessors Inc eX'
tent of the favoIs he had TO e6R, ne saiu'
was that in few especially necessitouS
eases democratic office holders might be al
lowed to serve cut the terms Tor when tney
had been appointed, and that IN every ih'
stance his request had been granted. The
President, he said, was very gentlemaniy ID
his department, spoke plainly and without
hesitation upon the matters presented to
him. and certainly left him. the Senator,
with no uncertainty as TO what he would
do in any case about which ne talked to
him.
Surgeon Marsteller, u S, Navy, nov in
this CITY, has been ordered to the ship Adj
ans. which has been ordered to Samoa.
1t is said at the Postofiice Department
here that there are four applicants for the
Alexandria postoflice, Messrs. Corbett, War
field, Berkeley and Windsor, and that the
latter has strong influence outside OF his
State.
Merrill and Clarke. of this city, will com
mence operations at the brick works Cd
Hunting creek, Alexandria, next week.
The Southern republican office seekers
now here are by no means pleased with the
result OF all interview some Of their South
Carolina fraternity had with the President
yesterday, for be made it very plain to them
that his idea was to make the republican
party In the South respectable, and that
that could not be done By filing the federal
offices in the South with people who were
not respectable that the Southern men he
appointed to Office must have some other
interest in their respective States than that
derived from office or the hope of one, and
that in the selection Of appointees he would
consult the best men OF their respective
States az to their character and qualtica-
tons
FIX. postmaster Patti, OF Warrenton, now
resident OF Roanoke, Va., was at the Post
office department to-day. Ii was ea!d there
that he is an applicant for the postoilice at
ha new homo.
Congressman Brady of Virginia, once
General Mahone's chief lieutenant but now
his bitterest enemy, is here TO day. aud has
had talks with Secretary Blaine and Post
| master General Wanamaker on the subject
of the proper disposal of federal patronage
in Virginia. The anti Mahonetes say that
| his talks with both were agreeable TO him
and indicated that General Mahone's in
luencs with the present administration will
be no more than that Of any other pro-
| nounced republican in Virginia.
People from West Virginia, here to-day,
saw that Governor Wilson will cell an extra
session Of the legislature OF his State III the
| latter part Of May or the first Of June. Tor
tbs purpose OF deciding who shall be Gov
ernnor Of that State, and that in his message
! to il he will probably recommend the pas
sage of an act granting federal jurisdiction
| over such territory in that StatAas may be
selected as sites for federal buildings. A bill
will probably pass the next Congress for a
public building at Martinsburg, and unless
such IN act rs that referred to shall be
passed ct The called session, the erection OF
that building will have to be postponed until
the regular session, two years oil.
Dr. Strayer of Shenandoah county, Virgin
la, whe was appointed Senate messenger
through the influence of Mr.. Riddleberger
when that gentleman was q Senator, and
removed when he ceased TO he - Senator,
was put on the rolls sgain to-day, under a
resolution passed by the Senate yesterday,
to stay thereon until tho lst OF October.
Among the strangers in the city oday is
Congressman II. ST George Tucker, ofStaun'
ton, va.