Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-05-17
NATIONAL CAPITAL.
PRpsIDgET EARRIsoN MAKES A Nun
BER OF IMPORTANT APPOINTMENTS.
The Records Of Gone Of ths Appointees
The District Commissioners a
Disppointment.
IRON Our Regular corresponaontl


from Our Regular correspondentl
WAsHrNGroS. May 1G.-Prestdent usrri-
son made a number OF important appoint
ments to-day. and It may prove Of interest to
toll who some o' the successful candidates
are. Party service and personal fayort'sm
enter into the reaseus for appointing some OF
the uen who "cOt there to-day. Clark +.
Carr. Of Illinois. who goes 10 Denmark as
United states Minister in place OF Mr.
EulndCr. Of Chicago, who declined on ac-
count Of IN beatn, j. sort oi old poiitical
cne-inut. aud has been hanging around
Washington almost ever since Inauguration
day worrying aud pestering The Illinois
congressmcn 20 much that it looks as II tAey
have bankhcd him 10 get rid Of h'm. lie
popped no fox almost every otlice IN Signt,
and ha- az last been rewarded.
john jarrett. OF Pennsylvania, who will
20 as Consul 90 birmingham, = the we'll
known labor agi'ator and is called TIM
Plate" Jarrett. ne has been cliocjUgllY used
by the Republican politicians in campaigns
and now gets his reward N the shape OF
consulate that will ray him from $4,000 to
$4,000 per year IN salary aud fees.
Thomas II. -hcrErn. in resllly 0f Maine,
but who IL credited tO the Di>lriotof COlum-
bia hss been in the state Department for =
number ~ wears Nc was allowed 10 hold
hi, riace an through the Democratic Admin
i,tration hv Mr. Bayard IN spite Ol the WE'LL
known fact tnat sherman was acting as -
private secretary for !. G. Blaine. thus draw
iuc double salary y-ono fEom the Goyern-
ment aad one from Mr.. Blaine. All oi the
state aul party secrets sherman knew.
and od mlu Boysrd did not have
enough poiiiicsi sense TO know that Nher-
man ought no, % have been IN his position.
SHERMAN has been valuable man 10 Dir.
Blaine, and hs low gets The Liverpool con-
-ulate, which will pay him from Soo,GOO TO
Sl0,000 per year. or certainly not cent less
than the former figure, including salary and
fees.
DISTRICT COMMISSIONERS.
The district commissioners were appointed
llte This AFTERNOON, or rather two oi them
They are NC John ". Douglass, Repnoh-
can. asJ .ir. l.. O.. Ilne, Democrat. IAeso
appOiA mcut- will probably not give sitl@-
faction 80 either patty Do the District, az
least uo' general sitisiaciian. Douglass is
quiet old icb0w. who at one time was com
mlsl0ncr Of internal revenue. hne i .
lawyer u fair ability and reputation. The
Democrats would have preferred man
who hs been active ln helping
tine party in Maryland aud Virginia
some such nan as J. l.. Norris OF W. IL.
Cia-gcu. Sir. Douglas, tue Republican,
zoe. 10 The same church which General
Harrison sud several members OF bis cabinet
attend. Both - the new commissioners are
men ~ advanced views OF TIE temperance
question, aud they can Oe relied upon 10 en-
force tde saloon regulations. The regula.
ti0us have not been vigorously enforced, and
saloons have been violating The laws ,gnt
along. The new comm -souers VIII have
.ne thank. 81 au respectable people IT they
c1moc. tue saloons % observe Che Laws JUST
les Other people have 10 observe them.
mcE's DEATH.
The news OF tine rather sudden death ~
Alien lhoruUyhe Rice THIS morning created
considerable oi a sensation ln Government
circles. as faw people BAD any idea that tAe
recently-4ppo.utrd Minister 10 Russia N1s
I'm bad health. Secretary Blaine was greatly
shocked a- sgol a- ggi led. The late editor
DO the NortI American Review W4s Wlrn
personal friend " tlc secretary oi state.
Sir. Elaine hiG intended going % Nt Yer
non t0.m0rr0T Wl,n tNe rcW BIu-h MINIS
fpr. au' ln consequence ol tlc death OF Mr.
Re. wl'i uof do So.
The President has an uuuSnl'ly large NUM-
her OF caller. to-day, ard r-luia and North
Caroiul iHraI-he. . larger quota than any
ofl,rtEo ~illes. Ecfr,seniatige Ewort. oi
North Caroline, was accompanied oy colonel
o. ID. Docaery, WHO was the Eepuoncan
candidate Tor Governor last year. halo
w.. n. Malone and Colonel Thomas Y. Long
wore there ori-gt and early. They "eat
up for tac purpose Of talking about the local
Offices. aud said they were well satisfied Win
ihs reception given them. They are not
lrgiug many Offices however, as get, and
,rc .ot haN as pell pleased with the outlook
as they pretend 90 bc.
There WI, -t.l another North Carolina
DELEGATION. and this one was headed hf
,lcaluam, thc negro CONGRESSMAN irom TIE
~.aie. iaey went uu t1 insist upon the op-
p1iatpgeut - M1i0r j.. y. / ogng as collector
3f internal r.yenue for The Eastern district
/ Of North lH.oira. d. H. Young. negro
/ politician, also lut in lew WOIds for Aalcr
| Young.
Iae c.lcrs from Virginia were H. l..
pepUzc. 90 Richmond, and /. ID. Lce' 3.
userr lawyer, who WIS delegate % tae
a.f N4lIou. Hcpuhiican Convention.
TIE report li0m Montana 20 The effect ta1t
/ the Democrats have secured majority oi
! the delegate, to "a, constitutional couv'n-
! lion j., crashing p.ece ot news 20 ta- l,r-
uurhcius leo Washing .Dl. but n is 10 more
/ than tae Donorra expected. II j. b'acN
/ eve. OF course, f1r iue Grown Prince
/ russell Harrison, hut jhls viii please lois oi
people even who dl not happen 20 Doe Demo
crl!.. Tuero gre thOu,anis OF Republicans
who viii Do glad - hear that this fresh
young lcioW has bcCu ,quc.ch"c.
DISAPPOINTMENT.
There was much disappointment to-day
over the failure OF the Administration 70 al
uoint q sOhcl:of-Oeue-d to succeed JUDGE
.l.nkS. whose resignation wa' accepted %
tsIcciIect Yesterday. Every Gay's delag is -
-anicd as 4 bad outlook f0reT-Altorncg-Gen-
er- BAif. % Virginia, by hls anxious aad
eN7ec.ant friend, now IN Washington. one Of
t1-m said to-dzy. "li Blair is Knocked out,
%aot 10 De- around waen Congressman
HouE. of Tennessee, expresses an opinion.
HouE Do, made BAlr's claim for the ollce
the nght Of his life. Whew How mad he
viii bee il Blair - shoYed asde! lie will
make the air blue"
green Henderson, Of North Carolina, has
been reinsiiied as a abOreT in the Treasury
Department. and Ralph Singleton, OF Nlr-
eiuia, and william SaXton, OF North Caro-
Ina, have been appointed az laborers m the