Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-05-03
From Washington.
,p.cial Correspondence OF the Aloxs. GAZETTE


special Correspondence OF the Aloxs. GAZETTE
WASHINGTON, D. c., May 3, 1889.
The anti-Mahoneites here are little
elated by the fact that the commission OF j.
W. Wiley as postmaster at Hamilton, Loud
oun county, Virginia. made out on April an,
but withheld, was sent to him to-day and BIS
official bond accepted. MIR. Wiley Is an
anti. Malone republican. When General
Mahoue heard that he had been appointed
he told his friend, MIR. Ciarkson, Assistant
Postmaster General, that he was obleclioua
bic. and got him to withhold the commls
sion. To-day Mr.. Yardiey B.owD, the edi-
tor of an anti Malone republican newspe-
per printed at Hamilton, called on The
President, and on his representation CT the
facts of the case, in which he said Wiiey's
commission had been made out before the
order suspending Virginia appointments was
issued, and that be did not think that order
applied to it, the President said be agreed
with him, and directed that the commission
be forwarded at once.
1t is reported that though the President
will not invite Col. Dudley to dine with him,
the latter, who is pension agent, is the es-
pecial favorite of Corporal Tanner, COM
missioner of pensions, and has the cases in
which the Colonel is interested rushed
through without being subjected TO the
usual and necessary examination; also, that
SO anxious is the Corporal to increase the
pension expenditure, that he exercises legis-
ative as well as executive powers, and has
altogether abolished one class of pensions,
and substituted fer them pensions of larger
amount. Civil service reform is booming
A medical gentleman from Philadelphia,
here o.dey, says that DIR. Hunter hcGaire,
of Richmond, stands very good cnance OF
being elected professor of surgery 10 the ia
NOUS Jefferson College Of that city, of which
| be is a graduate.
The removal of 4th class postmasters is
not proceeding 90 rapidly as heretofore, fer
the reason Of the discovery that many Of
them are hold over republicans or republic
cans who were appointed by Mir. Cleveland
and that their removal would be highly OBJ
jectonabla to the republicans who ale
served with mall by them.
1t is said by son Virginia republicans ne
THAT ex Senator Lewis. of their State, is be-
ling pushed by some of his friends for tho
place of register of deeds of this city, ono o
the most lucrative places at the President;
Edisposal.
J Messrs. Porter and Lawson are applicant;
for the place of postmaster st Charlottes
Vile. While talking with tx Marsha
Watts, of their State, also republican, II
the Metropolitan Hotel to-day, the latter
told them be wished the tongue and arm
of every Virginia republican who came here
: would he paralyzed implying that wha
they said and wrote did their party harm.
The day before the recent interview with
MIR. Alcorn, the ex republican Governor o
and Senator from Mississippi, in which hs
said the negro was natural barbarian, thai
negroes hair was like that of sheep while
that of white people was like that of the
lion, and that if an equal number of white
and black babies were put to sleep on the
a DOT of room in winter, in short time
all the former would have their heads turned
away from the fire and all the latter have
theirs turned towards it, was published, ne
was called upon BY ex Senator Bruce and
ex-representalive Lynch, both coored, from
his State They invited another Mississippi
negro politician named Hill to go with them
but he declined When the interview was
printed the latter told the former that it,
the interview, WAS what they got for their
politepess.
As previously stated in this correspondence
| Mr.. Germans brother has not been assigned To
duty in the customs service at Norfolk. HI thai
has been done in bis case has been to lot him down
from an So day to 3 81 day pace
| Congressman George Wise of Virginia, has re-
| tanned *. Congressman John Goodc, of his State
as his counsel in his contested election case. Nh
| Edgar Allen is the counsel of Judge Waddill, Mr.
| Wiscs contestant.