Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-03-20

1t was held day at the White House. At 10
o'clock there was an unnatural silence in and
around the mansion, but it was the calm which
preceded such a storm as has not been seen
since March 4 Before II o'clock the head Of
the procession Of hungry ones had arrived, and
by the hour Of noon the offices held q
crowd, the dimensions Of which ap-
palled Secretary Halford and made the
new arrivals turn back in despair. An office
seeker has to be pretty thoroughly discour-
aged before he even temporarily relinquishes
his grip on a chance to see the arbiter of his
political destiny, but fully a hundred were
either SO impatient or so tired that they would
not wait their turn; they retired to the street.
but they will return again.
SECRETARY BLAINE WAS AMONG THE FIRST
of the callers, and he held the presidential ear
for more than half an hour, talking over the
politics which might or might not be made over
the appointments to the courts of St. James
and Berlin. What they did is a mystery.
Representative Dorsey and Senator Hale saw
the President, and came away silent and grave
senator Ransom called, but he was not there
for political purposes; he merely paid his re-
spects and then retired, pleased with the in
terview.
Representative Grosvenor had a beaming
countenance when he came down stairs, but he
SAID his apparent jubilation was not due to any
thing that had been promised him. He mod
estly declared, with twinkle in his eye, that
he would be satisfied if he could secure the ap-
pointment of a constituent of his to small post
office Ill his district.
FOR DISTRICT COMMISSIONER.
Early on the ground and vigorous in move
ment was boom for Hazelton for District
Commissioner. Fred. Douglass and DIR. C. b.
Purvis were controlling it, and those who as
sisted were DIR. F. Shadd, W. H. Smith, W. H.
A. Wormley, John H. Brooks, M. NJ, Holland,
j. Harry Smith, and Lemuel c. Bailey.
In response to an intimation from a STAR re-
porter who wanted to know what they were
doing, DIR. Purvis said he was heartily in favor
OF having the administration do something for
Malone. Malone had worked hard in the
BLACK Belt" of Virginia, and the President
ought at least to give him the mission to
Liberia. The rest OF the delegation were much
amused at the suggestion. The real
business Mn s.u,v was, however to support
minutes later, the party was ushered into the
presence of the President, Mr.. Douglass intro
duced DR.. Purvis and the doctor delivered his
little speech. The President listened atten-
lively and then requested the delegation to
place their sentiments on paper and file them
with Secretary Halford.
AN EAST WASHINGTON DELEGATION.
The committee appointed at the mass meet
ing at Waugh church on Monday night met
this morning and proceeded to the Attorney
Generals Office and White House, and left the
memorials, one with Attorney General Miller
and the other with Mr.. Halford, the Presi-
dents secretary, not wishing to intrude on
the Presidents time. They presented with
the memorial memoranda stating that
This committee does not propose to advocate
District offices, but would say that Hiram Price
and Silas G. Clarke, among the republican
candidates, and Jesse B. Wilson and Noble D.
Larner, among the democratic, are men whose
personal life and character give promise that
the laws will be faithfully enforced without
respect to Sect section or corporate influences"
The committee was assured by the Attorney
General that whoever may be selected for Dis
trict offices they would be expected to execute
all the laws or the President would know the
reason why.
A GREAT RUSH.
When the door of the Presidents Office was
opened to admit visitors for the first time
this morning the rush was great. Be-
fore the chief executive could say "good
morning" to the leader the room was
filled. Forty = seven citizens occupied
the chairs and the sofas or stood up against the
walls and furniture. For a little while there
was confusion, but the President only smiled
He was in especially good humor, and
soon commenced to thin out the crowd
as rapidly and politely as possible.
He was in danger of first granting interviews
to the men who came in last, but Senator
Mitchell playfully suggested that the crowd
form in line; the suggestion was adopted and it
slmplified matters considerably. The Sena-
tors, ID Representatives and the miscellaneous
aggregation OF self-sacrifcing patriots strung
themselves out as they would at the ticket win
dow OF a railroad depot on an excursion day.
Occasionally the President would approach the
head Of the column, swOop down upon a man
or a little delegation, take him or them off to
the southwest window and talk to them about
Arlington, the monument or the Potomac fats.
Then he would let him or them go while he
captured another victim.
REPRESENTATIVE WADE WAS IN HAPPY MOOD
when he skipped downstairs with two or three
constituents.
'I'm going home tonight" said he "we
have captured few offices and we have been
promised few more, SO there is no reason
why we should be sad"
Senator Sawyer, however, seemed to differ
with Mr.. Wade. He was gloomy about some
thing, probably because Wisconsin had not had
anything given it since yesterday.
Senator Spooner, on the other hand, was
quite gay in his demeanor. "We have not Sc
cured all we want" he said, laughingly. land
il is hardly probable that we will. Wisconsin
is after everything in sight"
Senator Stewart and Jones were looking out
for Nevada's interests, and they did not seem
to be disspirited when they left the presidential
presence.
Representative Cannon was around for
while. He suffering from a cold and from
indigestion, but he talked to the President and
went away satisfied.
Senator Farwell introduceda few friends and
whispered a couple Of Endorsements.
THE EXTREME NORTHWEST
was represented by Senators Dolph and Mitch
ell, Representative Hermann, of Oregon; Dele
gate Allen, of Washington Territory, and
Messrs. Norvil Morehouse and Pracht of Ore
gon. They were not after any Office and called
simply to pay their respects.
Representative Kelley, of Philadelphia,
dropped in twice during the morning and was
very uncommunicative. Other Pennsylvanians
followed him on his last visit, Representative
Dalzell bringing party of friends with him.
while Representative Tom Bayne strolled in
alone.
Senator Plat. with three Connecticut men.
called shortly before noon. but he soon tired of
waiting, and when he had sized up the crowd
that was ahead of him he dragged his consttu-
ents into the open air, remarking that they
could not wait there all day.
Justice Miller made a brief social call, and
just after he left Representative Peters called
with A. III. Heber, S. W. Vandevist and c. c.
Tincher, all good Kansas republicans and all
with eyes open to business.
BALTIMORE DELEGATION.