Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-06-14
WASH INGTON LETTER

Written and Compiled for the HERALD
WASHINGTON, June 10, 1889.
The President has made the an
ti.MahOne Virginia Republicans
happy 10y telling a delegation OF
cOlored men that he did not con-
template recognizing Ex-senator
Malone m the distribution OF ted
eral patronage in Virginia, and to-
morrow the Ommlttee appointed
by the recent gathering of anti
Malone Republicans will have a
hearing before the President. They
will endeavor to conyince him that
they are the proper parties to con-
troll the patronage. 1t IS not at all
likely that the President will rec
Ognlze either faction of the party in
Virginia to the extent OF giving
them control of the federal appoint
ments. SO far, the few men APP
pointed to Office in Virginia are
without exception, Malone men,
but the Mahonites explain this by
saying that ninety nine One'hun-
dredths of the working members OF
the Republican party in Virginia
are what is known as Malone men,
and that it is next to impossible for
their opponents to get properly en-
dOrSed for Office.
Secretary Tracy has ordered the
commandant of the Mare Island
+ Navy Yard to build a magnificent
whale boat, which is to be pre-
scented to King Mataaia, of the
Samoan Islands, as a token Of the
appreciation felt by the American
republic tor his timely aid to our
shpwrecked sailors on his coast.
The boat will be finished in about
six weeks, and will be sent to Sa'
moa IN charge OF three Ofthe Naval
officers, survivors of the recent
disaster, who will also carry an
autograph letter of thanks and
gratitude from the President to the
King
Civil Service Commissioner Ly'
man has received telegram from
hs colleagues, who are making an
investigation at Troy, New York,
stating that owing to glaring irreg'
ularities they bad cancelled the re-
cent examinations held there. A
new examination will be held GU
the 10Th inst. The commission
will start West this week to make
number of Investigations. The
present commission seems to be
determined to have the law strictly
enforced, something never done
before. II is not possible TO make
such a humbug of a law popular,
but it Is something to know that it
is being, as far as the Commission
ers can control it, honestly admin
istered.
Secretary Window is not salts
fed with the opinion given by So
hcitor Hepburn of the Treasury
department that the Catholic Uni
versity of America, to be estao-
Ished in this city cannot engage a
corps of foreign instructors without
violating the law prohibiting the
importation of alien labor under
contract, and has referred the
question to the Attorney General.
Colonel John q. Celton has been
appointed Adjutant-GeEeral OF the
Army to succeed General r. c.
Drum recently placed on the re-
tired list.
The President has committed the
sentence of dismissal from the ser.
wee, which court martial recently
found against Captain George A.
Armes l.. S. Army retired, to con-
finement within such limits as the
Secretary OF War may prescribe,
and to deprivation of the right to
wear the uniform and insignia OF
his rank in the army for five years.
/ Captain Armes was charged with
conduct unbecoming an officer and
a gentleman. The principal spec
ifcatiOns beng, intruding upon the
ranks of the inaugural parade, and
attempting to pull the Dose of Gov
ernor Beaver, in a hotel lobby
Armes is generally regarded as a
little more than half cracked, but
his war record was an unusually
brilliant one, and it has pulled him
through several scrapes as bad as
this one.
The federal office. der spoken
Of last week as having offered a
toast to the assassin Of President
Lincoln, has been removed aud a
good Republican appointed In his
place.
Among the sm all number of ap
polntments made by the President
last week was one cOlored man
Charles Hendley of Alexandria
who is made receiver Of public
monies at Huntsville, Ala. lie il
principal of the public schools and
editor of the Gasette at Huntsville
Governor ForakeFs private sec
rotary spent several days in Wash