Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-04-17
MYSTERIOUS VISITS.
vISerSla REPusLIcANs DO NOT LIKE
PARsokSs MOVEMENTS
What Do They Mean loo Thick with
Blaine-Having Hard
Time Personal
rrrom Our poepl.r corre.ponaen,.l

WASHINGTON, April 1G TIE frequency o.
TIE visits II Colonel II. {. Parsons, u Ma
iurs Bridge. to Washington has stirred Up
the curiosity OF some Of the Virginia RenuD-
lcaus. especially those who tram with the
Nshone crowd. Colonel Parsons has been
little too thick With the Blaneltcs % I'm.
press The MahOnc.tcs tbsi ms fGug visits 10
Inc national cspiiai with She idea that
NE Is lust 'hsppcnng in a. TIE
saving goes. When lie FIST began 90
come here - was taken for granted
nnd especially after Il became rumorcd
that he was trying to bring about the 40.
paintmcnt OF Mrs. laeksOB--that he was
merely cody'ug Ia and ont Of town on tbst
mission. Bon 30 soon became known that
Nrs. jackson would not accept an Office
should % Boo o0ered her IN tue most graceful
and complimentary manner which was not
Al al lkfly-and thin the Nirsiuia contlu-
gent o. ODE Nahore stripe began 10 inquire
around Wl'0 view Oi finding ont what the
fUung Colonel Parsons meant by coming
sud goiu- 40 often. Aud they have not
found Oui yet. Said one % Tie anxious ones
fo-Gar: 81 wonder what be can uc driving
az Nou go 10 tue Eboiu House and there
you see on roe register: II. &. Parsons. VIZ
GINA You AK the clerk II Colonel Par
Fons is iu. lie viii tell Won thai he
IS ont The next day YOU drop in there
again. and you inquire once more aod
then the clerk informs Won That Colonel
Parsons has goBe-wuc'e he does not say II
ne knows. 1ncn you think be VIII ia diy
be- back 10 the near future. bat II You 20 ~
The EDhitt again in few dAys YOU discover
that Colonel Parsons has returned Hes a
mighty mysterious man 10 ne, and ! would
Ike 20 ind our just " bat be Is up to-
on Good TERMS WITH BLAINE.
The Mahoneilcs wouldn't be :, disturbed
but for tbc fact that Colonel Parsons is on
EUch "raftling good terms" n one Of
them expressed II, with Secretary Baiue.
They are under the impression decidedly
that there ts something in The wind. and
they have their theories. They are not COM
Portable when reports are gong the rounds
% The effect Tat Colonel Parsons.
General James A. Walker, and others
ere working tooth and toc-nail 10
organize more respectable Republic
can party IN Virginia The gang Of
ofice.seokers here al present from Viz
gina do not relish this talk about new
deal and building up more respectable
party In the south. The pickIngs would be
less for the Old crowd. and many Of them
would De- lost IN The shuttle. They want
The old methods 20 prevail. and
would be- perfectly well Satisfied % have the
party 60 on as IN The past-ibe negroes the
rank ana file, with the saTe old gang OF ir-
responsible bosses 10 bold the best Offices
and blow their trumpets about prescription.
Cstracism, ETC.. Ia order that tie Repubh-
cans Of the North may be forced 10 believe
Chat ~ Is political martyr iom iora white man
% be staunch Republican IN the South.
HrnBiING OVER.
The best Information Obtanable here goes
e. show that General Harrison is fairly bub-
bling over with the idea Of breaking up the
solid south" He talks n nearly every day
HDd some OF the northern sud western con-
Frcs'men who ARE trying 20 get appoint
Denis Tor their constituents thal they be-
lieye he has got % on the brain. II T. claimed
D. some Of the closest friends OF the Adj
minrstratiOn that The President bas re.
c,ived a great many letters from southern
men Of prominence urging him 10 carry out
tie policy which they see credited n Inn in
the ne wsPapers- VIZ, % clean out and push
aside an the old carpet -baC-rencgndc -ncgTO
element and appoint only good mcg 10 Office
in the SOuib-in other words, drop seciiOn-
alism aud 10 in for policy that VIII show
the people that the Administration recognizes
the desire Of the South TO have white
mans government 80 far as Federal sp-
pOiutmcnts are concerned.
HARD TINE.
There are already uum,stskable evidences
chat Democratic eN. in.on soldiers are going
o. have tough time IN holding places under
this Administration. The men who will
run the machine seem to hsyc an
idea thai man COULDN'T have been
1unch OF q Union soldier n h. Is now
Democrat Down ut The Pension Office.
81 particular, the line is going 10
bc drawn finely, and the indications ARE that
that concern IS 10 be- made thoroughly Re-
publican. The present crippled humhug,
known as tne evil Service Commission.
which has only one commissioner in the per.
son OF Lyman, has been preparing with the
aid a. C0ief-CIerk Webster some Jug
bundled regulations, which viii prooa-
his be adopted when the humbug is
bY The appointment az two
more mautpu atOrs, intended ~ prevent
The retaining In any capacity OF the
Chleis OF division soon 10 be bounced. When
me Democrats came IN they reduced many 81
fhe old chiefs % tr,t-class clerkshlps, aud
thus retained them in The service. some
were made assistant chiefs. The hnmbug
10 = Slid, viii fix IL so that all
AZ Tie Democratic chiei~ viii be frozen out
nd prevented from getting clerkships. II
& common talk around W shinGton, and the |
should De preferred.
WANAMAKER.
old man Wausmaker. the Postmaster
General. picked mp q little hustler when be |
made Lourey Brli me general Superintendent |
II tae raIway-tusii service. Bell used 10 |
have big position WITH the Reading RAFT /
road. and he SAYS ne finds the railway. matl /
service iu Tuis out Of which ~ must we |
goiten. lie seeips impressed with tie idea !
az clNmg The country the finest service pos
siA.r. and every one viii wiSh him success, !
FOR II there is one thing more than another |
bat the business world appreciates il Is "A |
rapid and reliable mail service.
The Democrats DID the best they could |
under tae circumstances, bat Sir. Villas made |
b bad uistgke m Keeping IN for nearly two |
years z Republican superintendent who
mixed ihlugs up As much as he could before
bis scalp was taken. IL required a long
roriod 10 get ont OF the tancle into which
iaInison got TIC service before he stepped
,slQe for Nash, bis Democratic successor.