Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-04-12
WASHINGTON LETTER.
WAsmlNuroN, April s. 1889.

Il Wi itHiNltilO LII lSOtl. Inc
New York gang has made his life II
torment for tho last week. Tnoy
have, iigura,ively, jumped OH him
and wipod up the iloor him. They
have pulled him this way, that way
and the other way all ut tho same
time. All tho factions have been
strongly represented here. The bone
of contention has been important
Federal Offices of New York city.
with the enormous patronage that
goes herewith.
1t was one Of these same Offices
that drove Conkiing and platt out of
the United %tatcs Senate and event.
uaily resulted IN the assassination of
Garfield. With all this to thiuli
about l imagine that Mr. Harrison,
VIII his pale, careworn face, has
wished tile Whole crowd in Halifax
moro than once. As yet ho has de-.
cided upon only two of these Off
Gals, Erhardt, who allowed himself
to be put up last November us the
Republican candidate for mayor of
New York city, when he knew that
1t was tho intention of his party to
tlnde him off for votes for Harrison.
ito is rewarded by being appointed
Collector of Customs for the port of
Now York. The other is VanCott,
who is made Postmaster in the place
of the MuSwnmp Pearson, whose re.
appointment by ilr. Cleveland four
years ago doubtless cost the Demo
Gratis many votes i'll New York. The
hight Is still on over the other ap.
pointlnents and is likely to continue
until they are made, unless Harrison
runs away for few days rs he has
threatened to do this week.
~ delegation of Ohio Republicans
went to tho White House on Satur.
day and read the riot act to Mr.. Hnr.
rlson, and told him that the Buckeye
State was bound to go Democratic ut
the coming State election if he did
not give her more recognition in the
distribution of the Offices. They
evidently did not get much satisfac.
ton for they came away in very
bad humor aud prophesied all sorls
OF bad things for their party ill Ohio.
MIR. Cleveland passed through hcre
on Saturday Oh his way to New York
from Florida. -Four of his party,
Alessrs. Bnynrd, Villas, Fairchild aud
Dickinson, renamed in this city
where their families still arc.
When the Senate adjourned last
week MIR. Harrison thought he
would get rid OF some of some of the
most persistent of the Office seekers.
but he was sadly mistaken. Since
then Il large number of Republican
Senators have almost lived in the
White House.
During the recent cempaign wo
heard great deal of talk about the
Republican party being the peoples
party. Now let's 500 how the people
are treated. Orders have Just been
issued by Secretaries Blaine, Proctor
and Tracy defining the hours during
which they may be seen. The PEG
pie are given one hour, from II to l
O'Clock, TOUR days i'll the week, dur
ing which they may call on these
high and mighty officers. During
the Cleveland administration any
member of the cabinet could be seen
at any hour during office hours by
any ono who chose to call on him.
unless he happened to be specially
engaged.
There is rumor whispered around
in Republican circles that Harrison
does not propose to fill the two va.
cancies on the Civil Service Commits.
sion. That would be almost equivu.
lent to abolishing the whole thing, as
the one commissioner nov in office
can do little else except draw his
salary.
The negroes of The South who
have come here to get Federal Offices
are very much discouraged. | over
heard a conversation between two of
them from Louisiana, in hotei
lobby. One of them said: Il am go.
ing back home, you may let Pitt
Kellogg fool you into believing he
can get you something, but after
what Harrison said to us today.
consider the jig is up" The negroes
are not taking this neglect easily by
any means. They are kicking aud
swearing vengeance on the Republi.
can party. 1t does seem little
queer that out of nearly 400 Presi.
dental appointments thus far made,
not one is n negro.
The new pension ofIiriols orn no.