Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-03-30
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence of the Alexandria Gazette J
WASHINGTON. March 80, 1893.

of the United States-James d. Porter
of Tennessee, to Chill James A. Nc
Kenzie of Kentucky, to Peru; Lewis
Baker of Minnesota, to Nicaragua, Cos
ia Rica and Salvador; Pierce NJ. B.
Young of Georgia, to Guatemala and
Honduras Edwin Dan of Ohio now
Secretary of Legation at JAPAN, to ia,
pan. To be Consols of the United
States-L. NJ. Schatler of West Nir-
GINA. to Stratford, Ontario; Harrison
Il. Williams Of Missouri, to Vera Cruz;
N. P. Pendleton of Maine, to Pictou;
Theodore NJ. Stephan of Illinois, to An
naberc: William I. TONNES OF VIZ
sinia. to Rio de Janero Claude Meek
er of Ohio. to Bradford. Newton q.
Eustis OF Louisiana, TO be Second Sec,
t,ry OF the Legation of the United
9 ,tes Paris.
Three more applications have been
filed in the Department OF Agriculture
for the assistant secretaryship: lhey
are DR.. J. A. Myers, olthe West Virginia
agricultural experiment station; eX-
Cover. O.. Geo. w. Click of Kansas,
anil. II. Beaman of Mississippi.
Fourth Assistant Postmaster General
Maxwell to-day appointed lSS fourth
class postnasters, and OF this number
S. were to fill vacancies caused by re-
moyals. The largest number appointed
from any one State was 10 in Indiana,
which involved II removals. In Ken
lucky there were 81 appointments and
removals. In Vermont there were 20
appointments and 10 removals. In
West Virginia II appointments and II
removals. and in Wisconsin 10 appoint
mcnts and removals. The changes in
Virginia were as follows: Marksville,
Page county, I. H. Reid appointed post
master vice II. L. Koontz, removed;
Moorman's River, Albemarle county,
T. Z. Powers vice A. II. Wood, re-
moved; Nokesville, Prince William
county. Lac. A. Marsteller vice Mrs.
NJ. NJ. Thomas. removed Scottsville,
Albemarle county, S. B. Gault vice }.
F. Gault, removed.
Secretary Carlisle to-day appointed
Herman Kretz of Pennsylvania, APP
pointment clerk of the Treasury De-
partment. vice Gen. McCauley. Mr..
Kretz was chief of the mail division OF
the Treasury during Secretaries Man
ming and Fairchld's administrations.
He then hailed from Texas: he now
halls from Pennsylvania.
4 delegation, numbering about sixty,
headed by Senators German and Glib
son of Maryland, called on Secretary
Herbert to-day and requested him to
order the vessels of the United States
and invite foreign vessels to visit An
napolis at the conclusion OF the Hamp--
ton naval review. The Secretary said
he would consider the request.
r. l.. De Puy of Indiana has been
appointed chief of Il division in the
Pension Office.
a member of the House is authority
for the statement that the President will
not allow congressional delegations to
apportion the federal Offices in their re-
spectivc States. A number of State del
ecations have united in endorsing states
prepared by them distributing the Of
fees according 10 mutual agreement.
The Congressman who is authority for
the report that the states would not
stand in their entirety, asked Mr.
Cleveland this morning what he pro-
posed TO do with reference TO these pre-
uartd states. j will smash them" is
The answer attributed TO the President.
This information has, OF course, spread
dismay among the members of those
State DELEGATIONS who have united in
apportioning out offices in their States.
While it is not known to what extent
the rule will reach, and while the be-
lief is that the President will not ig-
more candidates simply because they
are party TO the arrangement of parcel
ling out offices. the statement of Mr..
Cleveland has left Congressman and
those selected by them for posi-
tons in doubt as TO where they stand.
The crowd of callers at the White
House to-day was smaller in numbers
than that of Yesterday, but it was by
no means small or struggling assem-
blage. A noticeable feature connected
with the visitors was that large pro-
portion Of them came alone and waited
patiently to see the President. Here
tofcre nearly every caller was backed
by the "open sesame" of Congress
man 5 presence.
The application of Capt. George A.
Mushbach of Alexandria for the office
of collector of internal revenue for the
upper district of Virginia was filed at
the Treasury Department to-day, and
the Captain notified that it would re-
ceive proper attention at the proper
time.
1t is reported to-day that Mr.. Hughes,
originally from Pennsylvania, will be
appointed Governor of Arizona. Among
those here urging his appointment is
ex-Marshal Kidder Meade of that Ter
ritory.
In view of what the President told
Representatives O'Ferral and Swanson
of Virginia yesterday, it is said by some
of the Virginia iice-seekers here, that
as the unanimous endorsement Of their
applications by the Virginia congress
sional delegation would not secure their
appointment, they may as well not sub
nit their papers to the action of that
delegation, and that it will be better for
them if each shall go on his own hook.
A Virginia democrat went to the In
terror Department the other day and
applied for place there then filled by
partisan republican who, the appli-
cant stated, had gone home last Novem-
Der and ;'worked" for the reelection of
Mr., Harrison. The mans record was
examined, the statement referred to
substantiated, and he was removed;
but when the applicant returned, in the
full expectation of being appointed to
fill the vacancy, he was told that the
place had been abolished, as it had been
found that it was unnecessary.