Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-04-20
DISCONSOLATE
crFICE-sEEKERs HANGING AROUND
TBE WHITE HOUSE.
Very Little Encouragement for Southern
Republicans Blair's Chanoes-rhs
Fresidsat Taken In, &c.



WASHINGTON, Annl ia discoasolate.
looking crowd Of oillce-scekers hung sround
Che White House this morning waiting for
congressman TO arrive and pilot them
through the building into the presence Of
tie little man who has 10 much patronage At
his disposal. However, there has been a
marx % falling on Ia the crowd since II be-
came known that no consular appointments
would De made for month yet
The proprietor 81 the Ebbit House will
probably not he sorry when there "a general
thinuluc out. ~ the ofhcc-seekers continue
e. u-e TIC lobby % the Khbiti as political
exchange. They keep the wet>r-cooler dry
and don't patronizo The bar either, aad there
.. % money IN such gathering.
one Of tho state Department officials saws
fAst there are no less than four thousand
applications for consular positions.
UpGEsmP.
ps'..s,ions ~ Republicans from North
Carolina. GcorRia, and Alabama have been
here tIyug % get their own particular man
appointed 20 the vacant iudgeship in Flo
rids caused by the death Of Judge settle.
President Harrison iaiormed them AL that
fhcy need not worry, IS he had hls man
picked out snd thst be was resident OF
Florlda. TIE President hiss blunt Way OF
which Is exasJeraling Ia the fellows from
The south Sut pleasing to some other folks.
4 prominent Virginia Republican
IN conversation this morning With
YOUR correspondent said that he bad
been ln town long enough 10 learn
fh.t the President was not inclined 20 be
fsvorsbc 10 the southern Republicans
because few Of the delegates from that sec
ton 20 the last convention at Chicago were
for Harrison for President. They made the
mistake OF going for sherman, Aiger, and
Blaine, and did not change fast enough
10 get into The good Rraccs Of the mau who
finally got the nomination, and who u now
President and dispenser OF the patronage.
"Bcsidcs" tsis Virginia Republican went
OF 10 ssy. "the south did not give the Re-
publican patty 4 single electoral vote at the
recent ciccuon. II is unfortunate for our
people, and have about reached the con-
cHiuou thst we will do well II we get the
local Offices Local changes will be made
SLOWLY sud tho idea 81 anew deal has seized
Harrison. And there + no telling what new
wrinkles no will get INTO before Congress
meets
HLAG's CHANCES.
The same Republican, In speaking OF the
chances Of Blair for SohcitOr.(feneral, said :;
cit would seem that Blair ought 10 receive
thc appointment He * endorsed by seven
teen out Of the nineteen members OF Con-
0fcss from toe south, and many Republican
senators. NJ the suggestion OF Malone, have
embossed HIM. bat there f. bItch. The kick
eTs against Malone have apparently gotten
IN their work. John Wise, Brady, GroDor,
Cameron. tbe Lewises, and some others are
making htg fuss sud whilst we have five
tiuies The following that they have, II IS hard
n make HARRISON or Miller understand the
situation. Then, again. II Is charged that
Bsir isn't usu Of sufficient ability to per-
form the duties"
VIRGINIA GUBRRSATORllL RACE.
Judge Wood, OF tue Southwest. bss been
icte for several DAYS, and some CT his friends
declare THAI he viii be in the race for The
2. publican uomiuatIon for Governor Of Nir-
eiuia in The event that CX.COngressmsn
Bowen is oil tho track. The talk among the
Republicans now here is that the Southwest
S. anxious 10 trOt out somebody, and that
either Wood or Bowen will ne the man.
Among the Virginia Republicans in the
civ to-day were PARK Agnew, OF AleXan-
dria. who ran Tor Congress sgainei General
vs.. n. r. lee last fall, and ex-Dcicgate Tom
Topbam, OF Bsppahaunock county. The
latter - not DOW candidate for shy Office.
He seems 10 think that II would be useless
10 make an application at tins iuncture OF
oilsi1s. but says he may be in tue ring for
something 10 sex months or year.
Even Virginia Repubiicans are laughing
~ The way President Harrison was hood
Wipked into appointing Henry NJ Dixon. Of
Mississippi. a cadet TO West Point IL was
clsiucd that the BOYS grandfather was shot
sud killed because he dared vote for Lincoln
for President IN Fsuquicr county IN 1860.
Dr. Maddux. who killed Dixon, was cleared
POS magistrate. IN AleXandris I'm 1853. and
these magistrates were appointed by Lin
coin. Ii isa tnin story and the President
hls been badly trckod.