Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-04-06
THEY ARE VERY BLUE.
TEE sAuR OLD sToRy-HARRIsoN ia
TOO SLOW.
Board Bills Piling Up and No Pap Malone
Of virginis-Distriet Negroes
Exercised
IYrom our Regular Corrc.pondenil

WAsrlNCroN. April s. The oflicc-seekors
sre beeirmng % feel blue again. Things
ere moving very slowly, sud II costs money
~ stop here in Washington, where hotel
and boarding house keepers are exSctng
and reihcr lnclued 10 ask fancy rates. II
T. sieht 90 90 into the Ebbut House lobby
efsnv time Of The day aud fsr into the night
nnd watch the thropg OF Republicans, white
and black. who meet There 10 talk over the
situation. They are getting sick OF this
waiting week after week. and they don't
know when mstiers will he shaped 10 suit
their purpiscs. Tpey are by long odds the
hurclieI horde thst ever sw0Oped down
,lpon The capitd city. There has been no.
filing hse 10 IN former years
NAHONE.
Malone 81 Virginia Is seen almost daily
On me streets. lie ls quite IN object OF Gu
mostly % PEOPLE who have never before seen
ham. lie doesn't mingle with the crowds,
iud has only been over TO the White House
once oF tNico since Harrison became Presi-
dcrt Mshouo goes on the streets for
exercise apparently. he sticks 10 ms
s'ouch hst. and his bar and beard are
very long. which give him aD odd
and picturesque appearance. lie IL wear
i1g iow.Qgaritr SHOES with vide strings, aud
d., trousers are hiC and baggy in the legs.
The uorihern Republicans VINO have never
before had a chance 10 gaze upon The defeat
81 lose look 81 him gitI astonisbtnent when
ever Doc is pointed out. lie almost inyaria-
DIS smokes long hey West cigar when
saGutcfirc down tue street, and appears TO be
~ deep meditation q. II he were wondering
when the man IN the white House intends
60 1--WE him a show ia the control OF the Viz
liuia patronage.
NrCROEs FXCgCiSED.
some oi the negro Republicans In the Dis
fnci q Columbia SIRE much exercised be-
cause Virginia negroes have proposed the
name ~ Mitchell ~ Richmond Tor recorder
uf deeds. The District negroes want 10
scoop ga This fat Office for one Of their own
crowd, bat 80 fir they don't seem TO be able
g. get sny reliable information rs 10 what
Harrison j. gong 90 DO IN this case. The
suppression bos prevailed that Fred. Dou-
glass wants The Office again and is secretly
working for Il, hut II j. now said that Perry
Cqrs0u's crowd do not intend 10 let Dou-
Eis,s succeed II they can help n.
A GRAND BLOWOUT,
The Manufacturers Club Of Philadelphia
are going 20 give a grand blowout next
wednesday evening ~ the city OF BrOtheriy
love % pOstma,ter~Gencral Wanamaber.
The members u this club represent several
hundred million dollars 81 wealth and have
cluh.hOuse worth a quarter Of million
dollars. They have sent many invitations 10
Washington and tue affair Will be a notable
one
rERsONAT.
Colonel IT, &. Parsons. OF Virginia, is
back al the Ebbiu House aud viii remain
several DAYS.
Representative Lee. Of Virginia. who had
O severe spell Of sickness, Is getting about
again, aud every pleasant day takes walk or
q drive.
s. Republican congressman from the West
Fait this morning that General Harrison had
stated 10 him that IN making appointments
business qualifications would be considered
Grst and politics aftcrWard; that he Che
PRESIDENT Intended 20 gef good men for the
Offices il he could, and that political activity
would not count much unless an applicant
ai.o had acknowledged business sbihty, aId
frat Democrats would be- left ~ ttclr places
Iul.,- Republicans Of ability could be- found.
n 600 President means 90 stick by this
principle be- will have a terrible time in
dnding just What be wants in some parts Of
the south.
The postmtster-Goncra j, Yettinr INTO a
worse row day by day with Cameron and
QUAY. and 81 the President allows Vans
Ioskcr 10 name Field for postmaster VI
pbladelpan there will Doe serious trouble
f0~ the Postmaster. Gcuori.
Ernest H.'w0od, oi Raleigh, y. C., and
Charles IT, Ire, of Btrryville, B., are at the
Metropolitan.