Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-03-14
MOVING SLOWLY.
HARRISON NOT FAST EEoUaH FOR TIE
oYYICg-sEEKE7s.
Walker Blsinss plum-Having Hard
Timo-Boss Malone, Again
Notes and Gossip.
rpmr our Hegulsr Correspondent

From Our Regular Correspondent
wAsuTNGToy. March l3.-President Harfi-
son Is making nominations rather TOO slowly
10 suit toe large number OF applicants. only
three appointments OF any consequence were
made to-day. One OF these was the appoint
ment OF Walker Elaine, eldest son OF James
G.. Blaine. 10 be the chief law officer Of toe
State Department. The young man Is n sue
coed the late Francis Whartou, who made
m international reputation ana was ranked
ss one OF the ableSt officials OF
the department. II IL positively
ridiculous to have a stripping Ike "aleer
Blaine fll the position, and when u was hfst
Tumored that the Secretary OF state would
appoint bis son IL could hardly be believed
by the average man here. Walker Blaine Is
anything but bright.
BARD TINE.
The Administration Is having hard time
TO find a suitable man to take General Ste
yenson's place in the rOst-Oiice DEPART
menl as First Assistant Postmaster.
General. Mr. John L. CllrksOp, of
Iowa, has been offered the position, and
it was reported here last night that ne had
accepted, but when his name did not 90 TO
the Senate to-day II began to look % II be
| had dcclped the honor. At 10 O'Clock yes
teTday be declared that he could not possibly
accept, hut later IN the day he talked as II be
would not mind becoming the great decapl-
tatOr OF the Administration. The First
Assistant Postrnaster-Ceneral has the ap-
pointing OF about iity-eight thousand
| fourtb-class pOstmssters, none OF when
have to he confirmed By the Senate.
! General Stevenson made during his four
years service at least $4,000 changes. Quite
naturally Mr. Clarkson hesiiates to take
second place when be remembers now
strongly he was backed for the first place.
1t is reported that If he goes in as First As
sistaDt he Is TO succeed Mr.. Wanamaker as
| Postmaster General in the event OF the cleo
ton OF the latter as United states senator
! two years hence, OF which there Is some talk
here at present, the suppositi0n being that
senator Cameron IS not going to be candi-
date for reelection.
MALONE, AGAIN.
IL was proposed by some OF his friends
| that Malone OF Virginia should be pressed
for First Assistant Posimaster-General, To-
asmuch as he failed to be considered when
| Cabinet Donors were being bestowed, but it
IS said that he Indignantly declined TO even
| think OF such thing, on the ground thSt
having been a senator 1t would be beneath
bis dignity 10 play second fiddle to any
Cabinet officer.
A close friend OF Mshone's was asked to-
day what he thought Mshons would get I'M.
der the present Administration. He replied
| that AahOne having failed 10 secure a Cabl-
net position would ask for nothing else. lie
! did not care 10 go abroad even could he get
| q very desirable mission. although IL has
been reported that insslnuch as the eX-Sena-
tors family bgve been TO Europe, and expect
| TO spend much time on the other side during
| the next few years, they would like to have
| General Malone enter the diplomatic SER
| vice.
AN EARNEST GROUP.
Tom Popham, OF Rappahanuock county,
ex.member Of the Virginia House OF Dele
gates ; ex-senator Riddieberser, John X.
| Popham, and other Virginia Republicans
formed an earnest group down at the Metro
politan Hotel this morning. 8iddeberger
| stoned to be the centre OF attraction.
CONGRESSMAN Bowden, OF Norfolk, IS
| having all he can do 20 attend 10 Virginia
applicants for Office. They are crOwding
| hIm thick and fast, aud as yet he hasn't Sc
cured any places; but in the sweet by and
by be may be able TO deal out the post offices
and the other pickings.
j. ii. McAden aud Colonel Il. NJ. Oates.
| OF Charlotte, n. c., are at the metropolitan;
also r. Hunter Dulaney and Z. A. Grant, OF
FauQuier county, Va.
Judge Edmund Waddill, Jr., is in the
| CITY, bavIng arrived here last night.
G.. +. Lincoln, Of Marion; w. q. Neal,
| George PareOns, and Wiley Anderson, Of
Richmond; f. Cfump and wife, Of Lyuch-
| burg. and James =. smith, of FTederIcks-
| burg, Va, are registered at the National
Hotel.