Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-05-19
FROM WASHINGTON.
of the Alexandria Gazette

postmaster GENERAL. JoHi VI. oio"n
of Idaho, to be Register of the Land
Office at Blackfoot, Idaho. George K.
Young of New Mexico, to be Register
of the Land Office at Roswell, New
Mexico. John w. Jones of Idaho, to
be Receiver of Public Moneys at Black
foot, Idaho. VIM. H. Cosgrove of New
Mexico, to be Receiver of Public
Moneys at Roswell, New Mexico.
Secretary Carlisle said this morning,
speaking Of the failure of so many ma
tional banks, that the banks were evil
IDENTIFY in bad condition and failed of
their own weight, without any con-
nection whatever with the general IL
nancial condition of the country.
Comptroller Eckels said without excep-
ton reports from the failed banks
showed that their officers were engaged
in outside business or speculation, anu
used the funds or credit of the bank tor
their individual purposes.
Anumber ofappointments were maze
in the General Land Office to-day DuI
none from Virginia. 6S clerk and 81
special agents are to be discharged from
the Land Office on account of reduced
appropriation, c..,.,h
class postmasters were appointed to-
Law, of whom twenty-seven will take
the places of removed republicans. The
changes in Virginia were as follows
At Alphin, Rockbridge county, 5. l.
Huffman; at Cloverdale, Botetourt
county, T. II. Landlord; at Conlcollle,
Shenandoah county, ]. Heiscman;
at Folks Run, Rockingham county, T.
H. Souder; at Hamilton, Loudoun
county, G.. f. French, were appointed
postmasters, vice, removed republicans.
Several enquiring-minded democrats
of Southwestern Virginia who are now
in this city on business pertaining to the
federal offices are still allowing their
minds to be muddled over a somewhat
silly conundrum concerning their dis
tinguished fellow countryman, Hon.
Hoge Tyler, q strong candidate for the
Chief Magistracy of the "Old Domin-
ion, and prominent democrat OF that
section of the renowned Common
wealth. This conundrum in the nature
of a question, appearing at first glance
to be of silly and tritling character,
has, it is stated, perplexed quite num-
Der of wise heads including that OF
,ntleman, who, it is understood, will
ION 90 on mission of light to the old
world in the diplomatic or consular
service of his country. In the hope OF
giving relief to his and other agitated
minds it is here, and now explicitly de-
clared, thai the Hon. Hoge Tyler en-
dorsed most warmly and emphatically
Southwestern citizen for the office Of
marshal of the western district, and
that his name is James r. Jordan.
This gentleman held the position for
about two years under the first Cleve-
land administration, and Lieut. Gov.
TYLER in one or more letters addressed
to Hon. j. W. (Cyclone) Marshall,
urged that we'll known and command
ing representative of the 9th district
into the fight for Mr.. Jordan. The call
of Col. Tyler may have been in vain, it
might have fallen on deafears or proved
as futile as the one which sum-
moned 'the spirits of the vastly deep"
but the Lieut.-Governor undoubtedly
''rung up" the representative and sent
the message adjuring him to go with
might and main for Jordan. Mr.. Tyler
discharged his whole duty in this mat
ter to the man he supported fol- the
office referred to and his letter to Con-
gresham Marshall, filed probably by
the applicant in the case, is to be found
III the department ofjustice in this city.
"Render unto Cesar the things that are
Cesar'sn and let not the possible defeat
OF Jordan be charged to the lukewarm-
ness of his strongest and best hacker.
J. A. Van Auken, who during the
carpetbaggers' halcyon days was a
prominent republican in Virginia, but
who is now out of the swim, says he
doesn't see any use for the republicans
in Virginia to go to the trouble and ex-
pense of making a campaign next fall.
He saws the democrats have proved
themselves utterly devoid of gratitude
by removing Major Yost from the
Staunton postofiice and will strengthen
that proof if they shall remove Collect
or Brady, as those two republicans have
assisted them greatly in destroying the
republican party in Virginia.
Representative Edmunds of Virginia
was at the Treasury Department to-
day. He has strong hopes that Mr.. B.
B. Boulding of Charlotte county, in his
district, will soon receive s., 500 posi-
ton.
1t is reported at the Treasury De-
partment to-day that the four-year
term rule will be applied to collectors
of internal revenue as well as to other
federal positions.
Mr.. John Lyon, formerly of Peters
burg, Virginia, will, it is rumored, be
appointed to a law clerkship in one Of
the departments here.
Representative Swanson was at the
Postoffice Department this morning
and was promised that Jones, postmas-
ter at Ridgeway, Henry county, and
Dickey at Independence, Grayson coun-
ty, republicans, should be removed and
G. J. Greggs at the former and Mrs. G.
c. Porterfeld, democrats, at the latter
be appointed in their places. While
there he filed the application of c. S.
Greer, of his district, for the place of
chief clerk of the division of postoffice
inspectors for the third district, includ
ing Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia,
District of Columbia and North Caro-
lima.
Drury, the fraudulent pension agent
at Norfolk, has applied to the President
for pardon. His petition is signed by
many reputable people, including some
of the jury who tried him, but Judge
Hughes, before whom he was tried, re-
fused to sign it.
The whole of the red brick house that forms
the southern part of the Arlington Hotel has