Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-12-10

sicnce. The information came from one Of
the most distinguished and best-known
men I'm Virginia: but even II he was
| slightly In error the main point made In
the paragraph was that an applicant may
be well posted on all practical things. but
| rusty on subjects very familiar TO youths
| iust out OF school. No one VIII deny that
| Secretary Carlisle il man of genius.
| He In posted thoroughly on all matters
| relating 70 tariff finance, and leading gov
/ crnmental questions. and yet he Informed
! ex-Congressman Kitchen, or North Caro-
4 lima, iast summer. when that gentleman
was about 10 be assigned TO a position
requiring him TO stand the ciyil-service
| examination; II did not intend for you
20 have TO stand the cIyil-service exani-
| nation ! could not stand II myself.
IL Is well known here that Secretary
Carlisle regards the whole system a.
humbug. and his son, the brilliant young
! Logan Carlisle, Chief Clerk OF the Treas
ury looks upon it In the same light, and
! because they do not subscribe 10 the silly
Chinese custom OF turning over the de.
partment TO cianks OF Republican ante
cedents these gentlemen are not popular
with Mugwumps or their newspaper or
gans.
INJUSTICE TO VIRGINIA.
There Is one point which Mr.. Doyle's
]
letter referred TO above. and that Is that
Virginia has been most shamefully de-
MED her just quota OF the clerical posi-
tons here in the departments. Prior to
1854. covering period clear back to the
close Of the civil war. the Republican
heads Of departments credited to Virginia
hundreds and hundreds OF men ond wo-
men who had TO right to claim residence
In the State-in fact. had never been In
Virginia. The examining boards "a
rule have been dominated for the past
eight years. Just as they were previously.
by Republicans. and the whole thing Is q
close corporation in which barnacle stands
by barnacle. and the old crowd 0f Re
publcans. backed by such influences, nat
urally do ali I'm their power TO retain the
people now IN Office to the exclusion OF
Democrats. and Virginians especially.
THE DISCREDITED LYMAN.
II is understood that before many more
moons are visible another attempt VIII
he made in Congress to wipe out the CIVIL
Service Commission, and the indications
are that all OF the Virginia and North
Carolina DELEGATIONS will be found voting
for any proposition that will tend TO cut
the wings OF the dlscrc1ited Lyman. the
head OF the concern. lie was investigated
by Congress. and the record In the case
was most damaging one. as the no
quent cutting editorials in the Washing
ton Post on the subject show. Editor
Hatton keeps after Lyman.
Governor-elect OFerrall has repeatedly
voted in the House TO deny the appropri-
ations 10 the commission and to abolish 1t
outright. and IL is a wel-kncwn fact that
he Is opposed 10 the entire system. Sena-
tor Vance has introduced several bills
within the past eight years 10 repeal the
law, and It is understood will make an
other speech in favor OF repeal
POETRY FROM VANCE.
II having become fashionable Of late
for so many people TO toot horns ABOUT
an alleged bad state of morals among
persons commonly termed politicians a
stanza incorporated in one Of Senator |
Nance's speeches against what he terms |
the Mugwump clvil-ssrvice humouG' IS |
often quoted here, as follows:
DE Niger who at de meetin'
Kin de loudes sing an shout,
Am boun' 20 rob some hcn-roos'
Befo' de week am out
THE KOPE ELIAS CASE.
Mr.. Kope Elias. Collector If Internal |
T,.vonue for the Western Dlatrict OF |
North Caroline. arrived here this morning. |
There has been doubt as t. whether he |
would desire 10 have the President again |
send his nomination TO the Senate, mas
much as there has been big fsht against /
his confirmation, and he Il now merely 4
holding a temporary appointment De-
cause his nomination was not acted on 1
AT the last session. Mr.. Elias saw the |
President to-day and he was also IN |
conference with some q the m mbers OF /
the North Carolina delegation.
His interview with the President was |
very satisfactory. and his nomination viii |
again be sent to the Senate, probably |
early next week.
MIR. ELIAS left for Asheville tonight.
PERSONAL NOTES.
N. c. Watts. Of Stanton, Va, is reg /
istered at the National.
Captain d. i. Mast OF winston. n. C., |
who is a candidate for the postmaster
ship at that place, arrived In the city |
to-day.
{. T.. Howell and II II. Levi, of Berry |
VILE. and II. l.. Plummer, Jr., of Peters |
burg. arc among the latest arrivals at the 1
st. James.
n. NJ. Trmble, OF Richmond, and Il. |
Mccoy and G.. y. Brown, OF RiYerton, |
Va, are stopping at the Howard House. |
Captain a. c. Freeman, Of Norfolk |
who spent several days watching the poll |
zeal contests ut Richmond. has returned |
to Washington.
Mir. Henry stuart, OF Russell county, |
arrived to-day from Richmond. where he |
has been for the present week In the In |
tercst Of FitZ Lee.
Mr.. Simmons, Collector OF Internal Rev
enue for the Eastern District of North |
Carolina, will leave for Raleigh to-mor-
row.
Charles J. Stringfellow. OF Richmond,
and Richard Hancock. Of Lynchburg, are
registered at the Metropolitan.