Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-04-29
HEAVY FALLING OFF.
FLIGHT OF THE oFFicE-SeEKERs
FROM WASHINGTON.
Outlook for Democratic Internal Revenue
Coliectors-A Kicker" from Far
Texas-Postmasters Appointed.
IRON Our Regular correspondentl ]

WASHINGTON, April 2s.-The absence Of
the President and the Cabinet officers from
the city has caused aheavy falling of III the
attendance of visitors, and It applies TO VIZ
einia and North Carolina as well as to other
States. Nothing of importance can be
done IN the way of appointments for some
DAYS after the return Of tho President from
Chicago. Mr.. Maxwell Is in high glee,
however at the Post Office Department.
lie continues 10 chop of the heads of Re
publican postmasters
Representative O'Ferrall was a caller at
the Post-Oifce Department to-day. He
secured Changes in fifteen more OF the
,post-Ofiices in his district, making about
seventy-tive so far ana fully equal TO his
record eight years ago. They have been
nearly all removals. too.
/ Representative Marshall is still in the
city, but he isn't still when it comes to
hustling about the departments IN the in
/ terests of his constituents III the good old
Ninth District. He has been actively de-
manding changes which will give ms
friends representation in the public SER
vice.
WILL TAKE HOLD NEXT WEEK.
! Mr.. Miller. Commissioner of Internal
/ Revenue has been detained at his home
| III West Virginia by sickness, but he ex-
/ poets to take hold Of the Office next week
and get things in readiness so that changes
/ in the collectorships can be made. or
course this Will interest Virginia and
North Carolina. and even If there
is little delay it Is safe to
predict that there will be Demo
cratic collectors named bv June seth,
/ which IS the end of the fiscal year. Col
/ lectors are appointed at VIII. Ihey nave
no regular termt 4 live Democratic col
/ l. 4. tfa. NarfN IN Arr
| glnia than half dozen places with the
! same pay in the departments at Washing
| ton or IN tie consular or diplomatic SER
vice. The collectors have much patron
age TO dispense.
APPLICATIONS TILED.
Only one Virginia application was filed
at the Treasury Department to-day-that
OF Mr.. w. ID. Porter, OF Richmond, who
wants 10 be Collector Of Customs at that
port. The Applications previously, filed
for the same position were by Me5Srs;
Charles NJ. Wallace, W. ). Archer, and
Charles Howard.
The only North Carolina application
filed at the Treasury to-day was that of
Mr.. Cornelius Mebnne, Of Greensboro,
who wants to be an internal-revenue agent.
Halls FROM TExAs.
The southern office-seeker who has been
doing so much kicking" through the
Post because the administration Is slow IN
turning out the Repu blicans and who
makes use of the famous expression that
You can't put green spectacles ont horse.
feed him shavlngs, and make him thlnk IL :
grass" Is not from Virginia, nor Is he from
North Carolina. He Is said TO hall from
Texas.
Congress appropriated S25.OOO for the
public building at Reidsville, n. c.. but
the Wilmington contractors, to whom the
work Of construction has been awarded.
put IN n bid for only Sl2l9j. The balance
Of the APPROPRIATION will 90 10 purchase
slt0 and 20 pay officials, etc.
Judge John Paul. of the Western Federal
Judicial District OF Virginia, has been III
the city for several days.
COMMISSIONED.
Postmasters have been commissioned "a
follows:
Vile.
North Carolna-Lucas o. Ritchic. Copal
Gear: Louisa }. Mckay, Dunn; Willis \.
Wilcox, Halifax: Joseph j. Waldo, Ham,
iltol: James :. Goodman. Plateau.
Star service has been ordered established
in North Carolina from Rose 10y Waldo and
Rainbow 10 Siler City. twice a week, from
July i, 1893, 10 June 30, I89l.
Among the postmasters appointed to-
day were:
North Carolina: Cr0nlv, Columbus
county. II. b. Jewett. nc, :. Jewett, re-
signed: Finch. Nasn county, Mrs. :. 5.
Robertson, rice b. ID. Finch. resigned
keelsVllc. Pitt county, ". ID. Keel. Cicc
7. Keel, dead Moyock, Currituck county,
Il. o. Baglev, r,cc c. X. Van de Carr, re-
signed: Nevin, Mecklenburg county,
Mrs. Ella Corhrane, rice NJ. A. Kennedy,
resigned: Scotland Neck, Halifax county,
r. II. Smith, Jr.. cice J. j. Wood, re-
moved.
Virginia Bellevilie, Nansemond county,
Leon Salsberg, rice W. NJ. Spiyey. resign
ed Buckingham Courthouse. BuckIng-
ham county, Charles r. Irving. Uice i. 4.
GrIgg, removed Iron Gate, Allegheny
county. W. +. Butcheson. rice c. W. Sho-
walter. removed; Harper's Home, Bruins
wick county. ". j. DuncansOn. rlce l.. NJ.
Harrison, deceased: Montreal. Nelson
county. j. L. Purvis. rice Matte T. Wood.
removed: New lIampden, Highland coun-
tv, J. ". A. Calhoun, rice q. W. Maurg,
removed: RehobOth, Lunenburg county,
X A. Moore ctcc ". L. Davis. resigned;
Spotcash. Brunswick county, ThurstOn
Goodrich, rice h. b. Hamlet, resigned.
Total number of fourth-class pOstmasters
appointed today. l26, of which number
llO were 10 fiji vacancies caused by re-
sipuat1ou and deaths