San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-06-17
WASHINGTON LETTER.
CFrom our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, June 10. 1889.

(From our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, June 10. 1889.
The president has made the anti.
Malone Virginia republicans happy
by telling a delegation of colored men
that he did not contemplate recog-
nizing Ex-senator Malone in the dis
tribution of federal patronage in Vir-
ginia, and tomorrow the committee
appointed by the recent gathering of
ant Malone republicans will have a
hearing before the president. They
will endeavor to convince him that
they are the proper parties to control
the patronage. 1t is not at all likely
that the president will recognize eth
er faction OF the party in Virginia to
the extent of giving them control OF
| the federal appointments. So far, the
few men appointed to office in Viz
ginia 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 tor their
opponents to get properly endorsed
for office.
Civil Service Commissioner Lyman
has received a telegram from his col
leagues, who are making an lnvesti-
CATION at Troy, New York stating
that owing to glazing Irregularities
they had cancelled the recent eXaml-
nations held there. A new examina-
ton will be held on the 18th inst.
The Commission will start west this
week to make a number of investiga-
tions. The present Commission seems
to be determined to have the law
strictly enforced, something never
done before. 1t is not possible to
make such humbug of law popu-
lar, but it is something to know that it
is being, as tar as the Commissioners
can control it, honestly administered.
Secretary Windon is not satisfied
with the opinion given by Solicitor
Hepburn of the Treasury department.
that the Catholic University Of Amer
lea, to be established in this city can
not engage corps of foreign instruc-
tors without violating the Law pro-
hiblting the importation of alien la
Dor under contract, and has referred
the question to the Attorney General.
The federal office holder spoken of
last week as having offered a toast
to the assassin of President Lincoln,
has been removed and good repub-
lican appointed in his place.
Among the small number of APP
pointments made by the president
last week was one colored man-Chas.
Henderley, of Alexandria, who is
made receiver of public monies at
Huntsville, Ala. He is principal of
the public schools and editor of the
Gazette, at Huntsville.
Gov. Foraker's private secretary
spent several days in Washington
last week and his presence started all
sorts of political speculatiOns. One
story that obtained greater credence
than any other of the rest said that
Foraker had made up his mind that
he would be a candidate for Governor
of Ohio for the third time, and that
he had sent his secretary here to ac-
quaint the President with his designs,
and also to urge upon him the neces-
sity of appointing certain gentlemen,
friends Of the Governor, to certain po-
sitions. How much truth, if any,
there is in the story have been un-
able to discover.