Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-03-12
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+ special Correspondence OF the Aexa. GAZETTE
WASHINGTON, D. c., March - 1889.
A dispatch was received here to day that
the court of West Virginia to which the
election case of that State was referred, this
morning rendered unanimous decision tc
the effect that the course of the democratic
Governor and democratic members Of the
Legislature during the whole of the existing
differences was perfectly right, proper, legel
and constitutional, snd just az it should
have been; that the Legislature should not
have counted the vote for Governor, aud
that the Governor should hold over until
his successor shall be sworn in. Governor
Wilson will now call an extra session CT the
l. gislature, when the legal vote of the State
will be counted, and Governor Fleming his
democratic successor be declared elected.
1t is understood that at the democratic
Senatorial caucus this morning MIR. Kenna
OF West Virginia called attention to the uu
seemly haste in the demand for the resigus-
ton OF the u. s. District Attorney for West
Virginia and the reported intention of ep.
pointing as his successor the chairman Of the
republican committee Of that State.
though it was we'll known that the
former was possessed of ali the infor
nation necessary for the prosecution CT
the parties guilty of the recent election
frauds in his State, and was pushing their
cases as rapidly as possible. The impro
priety, under the circumstances, Of the de-
mand referred to, was severely censured,
but IS the caucus could do nothing in the
matter, no formal action was taken with re-
| gard to 1t.
1t is given out at the Postofi Depart
meut to-day that Efficient postmasters now
in office, who have not been extensively parti-
san, will be allowed to retain their places
On Il the expiration of the terms for which
they were appointed that the selection OF
their successors will Do referred to the re
publican congressman from their districts,
and in districts represented by democrats to
the republican Senators from their States
10 districts from which there are neither
republican representatives nor Senators, to
the republican candidates for Congress at
the late election.
Mr.. Hawley, who though a North Carp
llnan By birth is one of the republican Sem
ator5 from Connec lieut., now occupies the
seat in the Senate that wa filed by Mr.
Rid .lebergsr ia the last Congress. Mr
Riddeberger is indisposed at his rooms ut
the Metropolitan Hotel. He has not "a yet
called either upon the President or Sscre-
tary Blaine.
The republican and democratic caucuses
of tho Senate having framed their respect
i've portions of the Senate committees, that
action was reported To the Senate to day
and the committees as framed we're elected.
OF course all the important committee
chairmanships go to the republicans, the
democrats getting two unnportant ones.
General Malone is still here. He was to
have gone 10 see the President yesterday,
but whether he did or not, the Virginia re-
pubIicans here don't know to-day, IS they
found it impossible for them to fOd him
Yesterday A change has evidently come
over the anti Mahopeites here who arc APP
plicants for otlice,n respect Of their opioion
of the Generals intluence with the admins
tratiop, for they are seeking the Generals
endorsement of their applications.
1t is reported among Virginia republicans
here that Mr.. Wise went Ito the White House
to recommend friend for tho Richmond
postoffce; that MIR. Harrison asked him if
the place was vacant that the reply being
that the term for which the democratic in
cumbent was appointed would not expire
for some time, probably more than year,
the President responded to the effect that ii
would recommend suitable republican sue
cessor his recommendation would probably
be adopted.
Col. Mosby came here to draw the four.
teen thousand dollars which had been
awarded him by the Court of Claims for fees
collected by him as consul to Hong Kong,
but BY him turned into the Treasury, but
finds to his surprise that three or four days
before the expiration Of the late administra
ton the State Department took en- appeal /,
which puts the claim on the docket OF the
u. S. Supreme Court where it may remain
for years before it can be reached. La cases
of this sort the governm snt has ninety days
10 which to appeal, aud in the case referred
to it waited for eighty-seven days before
avaiing itself Of that privilege.
A csucus OF the democratic Senators WAS held
this morning at which tho democratic members
Of the SenateS committees were selected. Mr.
Barbour is q member OF the following committees:
Interstate Commerce, Education ana Labor, EN-
penditures of the Executive Departments Pen
sions and the Potomac Flats 1t is possible he
may make change or two with his colleague, Mr..
Daniel.
The remains of the late Representative Towns
bend were deposited in vault at Oakwood ceine-
terry here this morning The funeral services
were he'd st st. Matthew'S Church. They were
attended by largo number OF Senators and Rep
resentative5, among them Senators ingalls, aud
Barbour.
The action of Mr. Blaine in making Mr. Bel
mont's successor his first nominate IN is comment
ed upon unfavorsbly to day By republicans as
we'll IS democrats the prevailing opiaon on the
subject being that its sptefnlness was too sppa-
rent and that it was too little for a man really
great.
J. $. Booten, of West Virginia, is an applicant
for the place of superintendent of mail service for
the Sd division, comprising the States of Virginia
West Virgins North Carclins and part of Ma
ryland.
a BIG ICICLE In one of the great can
ons out west there is an iciae 1000 feet
long. A local paper thus describes it "a
.,.,,llr lava for tb;,