West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1893-04-06
NATIONAL CAPITAL.
Oar Weekly Letter From the Home OF
"Uncle SAM"

The President sent the following
nominations to the Senate during
the week State Thomas +. Bay
ard, of Delaware, to be ambassador
and Minister to Great Britain; Min
listers of the United States JAS.
ID. Posten, of Tenn, to Chill; Jas.
A. Mckenzie, Of KY, to Peru;
Lewis Baker, formerly of West Va,
but now OF Minnesota, to Nicaragua,
Costa RIGA and San Salvador; Pierce
Nj. Is. Young, of Ga, TO Guatema-
la and Honduras; Edwin Dunn, OF
Ohio, to japan.
To be Consuls OF the United
States i. NJ. Shafrer, of Martins
burg, w. Va, to Stratford, Ont;
TX. X. Williams. of Mo-, to Vera
Cruez; NJ. p. Pondlcton, of Me-, to
Picton; Theo. NJ. Stevens, of ILL.,,
to Annaberg; w. II. Townes, of Va,
to Rio de Janeiro; Claude Meeker,
Of Ohio, to Bradford; N. b. Eustis,
OF La, to be Second Secretary of
Legation of United States at Paris.
Interior: j. M. Reynolds, of
Penn, to be Assistant Secretary of
Interior, vice Cyrus Busssy, re-
signed.
Treasury: II. j. Hathaway, Of
Me-, TO be Collector of Customs
for the District Of Aroostook, Me. !;
Walter Goddard, of Conn, to be
Collector of Customs for the Dis
trict of Fairfield, Conn.
Justice l.. Maxwell, Jr., Of
Ohio, to be Solicitor General, vice
Chas. III. Aldrich, resigned; John
|. Hall, of Ga, to be Assistant At
torney General, vice G.. Ii. Shields,
resigned.
The number of Office seekers
coming forward and urging their
claims is not as large as it has been,
but still there are daily arrivals
from every section, and each one
deems his success the most assured.
L. M. Marshall is candidate for
the CommissIonership Of the Indian
Bureau. Mr.. Marshall has lived in
New Mexico some eight or nine
years. but is a legal resident Of
West Virginia, where lie was born.
Hon. w. E. Lively, of Weston,
Lewis county, w. Va, would like a
desk within the pale of tho Depart
ment of Justice.
Helly G.. Armstrong. of West
Virginia, who was an aid of Senator
Faulkner in his last fight to re-
sumo the toga, looked forward for
a time to the Collectorship of In
ternal Revenue. lie was a subor-
dinate of the prospective incum bent
of that position several years ago,
and not wishing TO antagonize Mr..
Miller's interest, has Withdrawn his
papers and abandoned what might
have been spirited fight. He will
probably be offered some attractive
portfolio in the Department.
Gen. G. q. Watts, of Charleston,
w. Va, who has been mentioned
so frequently as candidate for U.
S. District Attorneyship, was prob
ably the first man in the United
States beheaded by Mr.. Harrison.
lie held when the Harrison Ad-
ministration came into power the
same position which he now seeks.
lie was requested TO resign. de-
clinlng, and was removed. At that
time he was engaged in prosecuting
persons charged with violating
election laws. It IS said that his
removal was due to those whose
enmity he had gained. When Dir.
Cleveland was elected last fall Gen.
Watts sent Mr. Harrison this cLar-
acteristic telegram accept the
sympathy of one whose official head
was the first to fall in your basket.
Time makes all things even. Have
you heard from Indiana and West
Virginia ?"
Gov. l. p. Gray, Of Indiana, was
at the State Department during the
week receiving his final instructions
as Minister to Mexico.
Mr. c. F. Diggs, Of Baltimore,
has been appointed at the White
House to succeed Capt. Turner.
Mr. Herman Kraft, the new Ap-
pointment Clerk Of She Treasury
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