Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-05-16
From Washington.

w ASHlNfION, ~. S.t 4hay ~, Ioo".
Elk Senator Riddleberger, as stated IN this
correspondence yesterday, called at the
White House that day and had
an interview with the President. He
did not ask for any Office for HIM
self or for any of his friends, but during
the whole of the interview talked only about
the condition of republican affairs IN Vir-
pinis. He told the President there were no
"kickers" in Virginia, nor was there any
thing to kick at there but General Mahone,
"a there had been no conye' r. OF the par
ty nor any party action il State. lie
also told him that General Malone, ex-
Governor Cameron, General Groner, MIR.
Wise, Col. Brady, and some of the Mahone
strikers here wore squabbling, but that no.
bodv else was, and that it would be wise
nolicy for the administration to proceed al
once TO make the Virginia appointments
without regard to either one or both the 60
called factions in the Safe, as such policy,
by removing the cause of the squab5ling re-
| ferred to. would tend more than anything
else to stop that squabbling and put the par
ty in good shape for the next campaign.
| He told the President that in his opinion 1t
would not be well to appoint any man 10
Office in Virginia on the recommendation OF
| only one faction of the party there, and that
I when applications of that sort were present
I ed To him it would be better to inform the
applicants that other endorsements would
he necessary to secure appointment. The
{ President was hurried by the advent of two
delegations, so that the interview was not 8
| long as it otherwise would have been, but he
took time to say that nothing was being
done now in the matter of Virginia offices,
that the statements regarding Virginia al
fairs were SO contradictory that it was i'm.
possible for him 10 reconcile them. and he
II tmated a willingness to hear, when not so
pressed, Mr. Riddeberger or anybody else
who could enlighten him on the subject.
A delegation of Norfolk republicans,
among them Mr. O'Connor, are mere for the
purpose of doing what they can to have the
U. S. ship Puritan retained there.
Elk Senator Riddeberger, who is still
here, in speaking Of Mr., John Wise this
morning, said he reminded him of what
were called independent scouts during the
civil war. They would scoup down on a
| Yankee suffers wagon rob it ofits contents,
and then return to their hiding places, the
result being that Yankee force would visit
the neighborhood next day, burn two or
three innocent peoples houses and produce
great suffering and distress. Mr.. Wise, he
| SAID, WOIllu u6Ie nun 4NOW 1oth coy Va
do something that would put the Virginia
republicans to great trouble, and then Tilt
back again, leaving them to get out OF 1t as
best they could.
Messrs. Agnew, Mckenzie and O'Neal, of
Alexandria, were at the Treasury Depart
ment yesterday trying to do something for
some OF the republicans in their city in the
way of offices.
| Already-before the rig0r morris of Mr..
Rice has passed oG-applicants for the Rus
sian mission are fighting each other.
A Virginia republican now here says he is
informed from what has heretofore proved
| reliable authority that the work of remov.
log democratic postmasters in Virginia Will
be resumed next week.
Postmaster General Wanamaker has pub.
| icly announced that no more Presidential
postmasters will be removed until the expi-
ration of their four years term of service
except on proven charges.
MIR. G. P. Smith, jr., of this city, has
leased Geisboro', on the opposite side OF the
Eastern Branch from the Arsenal. and will
rebuild the house there that was destroyed
by fire last ear He will also inclose the
whole grounds with high fence, on the
water as we'll ms on the land side, so as to
exclude all persons except those who enter
through the gates. He has tried, but so far
without success, to effect an arrangement
with the Alexandria ferry company by
which the boats of that company may land
| there