Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-07-21
How the Virginia Fight Was Settled
Political Pointers,

How the Virginia Fight Was Settled
Political Pointers
WASHINGTON, July 20th.-The President
went to Deer Park this afternoon, leaving
politicians in better mood than when he
left before He has not given them very
much in the way of appointments, but he
opened one of the slides far enough to let
on side-light fash, which reveals that he
knows something of politics. They are
encouraged to believe that be knows pretty
well what he is about, and that the Ad
ministration will not be stranger to good
politics during its time.
There has been q significance in the
sheets of appointments that have gone
from the White House during the past two
DAYS. A few, only & few, of the old candi-
dates who have been growing respondent
of late have found their names on the list,
and two or three hard fights have been
settled.
This encourages others who feel that
there is no defect in their claims. 1t is an
'nounced further that at Deer Park the
president intends to continue the work.
As an evidence of the intention many bum
dies of papers were done up and taken with
him to-day. If some of the candidates
were suddenly to be seized with desire to
withdraw their papers from the files at the
White House, they might find that they
had been taken TO Deer Park.
In the appointment yesterday of United
States Marshal in the Northern District of
Alabama, the President settled the contest
between twenty-five boiling candidates by
the appointment of a twenty-third man.
In the settlement of Virginia affairs was
shown shrewd hand of politics, and all
credit will not go to Quay and Clarkson.
The President was consulted in the matter
on every point, and when the word " har-
mony +" was pronounced he said both ele-
ments of the party should receive sub
stantial recognition" He showed the good
faith and force of his meaning few hours
later, by appointing Colonel Brady, the
leading anti-Mahone man, to be Collector
of Internal Revenue for the Second (Rich-
mond) District, at a salary of 81 500 per
year, and ?. h. Mccall, q Malone man, to
be Collector in the Sixth District, at the
same salary.
The healing touch of the hand of the
President and the National Executive Com.
mittee has produced complete harmony in
the party in Virginia. Substantial recog-
milton - is to be given by the Administra-
ton. Substantial advice is to be given by
Quay to the party to hang together, and all
to work TO carry the State this fall.
Looking Just little way further ahead
a Virginia delegation may be expected tc
vote solidly for some mans nomination al
the next annual convention, and the work
to be done this fall is hoped to tend toward
carrying the State for the Republicans in q
little over three years hence.
This piece of harmonizing is creditable
bit of work. That there is real harmony
may be known from the fact that Colonel
Brady said to-day that Malone could be q
candidate for Governor if he wanted it,
Sui another important appointment is
that of Madison NJ. Hurley, the new Third
Auditor of the Treasury Department. He
is a well-known business man of New
Albany, Ind, where he for a number OF
years represented the Pennsylvania Rail-
road Company. He is a member of the
Republican State Central Committee, about
middle age of life, and is noted as being an
expert accountant. His appointment was
recommended by the leading Republicans
of Indiana, and he has ever been con-
sistent and energetic worker for the success
of that marty.