Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-03-09
From WASHINGTON.
Correspondence of the Alexandria Gazette.
WASHINGTON. March 8. 1898.

\ delegation Oh lnc 'Si"i'' "Siii'
cratic association Of this city, composed
of Messrs. J. A. Settle, r. \. Harper,
R. c. Glasscock and John A. Jones,
were among the numerous callers ut
the White House this morning. They
told the numerical strength of their as
ISOLATION and the number of people they
represented in Virginia, in which state
they said every body loved Mr.. John
Goode, whose appointment to the office
ofSolicitor General they requested. The
President replied that he supposed every
body in Virginia loved good, but that
the office for which they recommended
Mr.. Goode was most important one,
and that he must have time TO consider
the qualifications of the respective APP
plicants for il. He knew, ne said, MI
Goode very well, and was familiar with
his history. He said nothing that lndi-
Gated to them whether their mission
would be successful or otherwise.
The application of Col. Del kemper
of Virginia for consulate was tiled al
the office of the Secretary OF State TINS
morning. 1t is said that Mr.. Gresham
is the most democratic member of the
cabinet, and that when application
was made for a consulship now
held by man who used a con-
idential position in order to get
hold of democratic papers which he
rave to the national republican COM
mittee. and was appointed therefor, he
expressed his willingness to remove the
-, n,,,, mont an anpp
Secretary Morton of the Agricultural
Department told Representative Mere
dith, who called upon him Yesterday in
the interest of Mr.. Wexford Corbin OF
Virginia, who is an applicant for the
place of Assistant Secretary of that de-
partment, that as yet he had made no
selection for the office, and would not
do so for some time, possibly sixty days,
or even longer, as the present lncum-
bent had made arrangements for de-
partmental exhibition at the Chicago
fair, which nobody except himseltcould
carry out. He spoke, however, very
favorably Of Mr.. Corbin and Of his en-
dorSements.
To-day, as Yesterday, the opinion at
the Capitol on the subject is that if the
Senate shall remove its present republic
can officers and appoint democrats IN
their stead. Col. l.. q. Washington will
be the next Secretary of that body.
The muewumps are dead against him,
and the New York Times republishes a
letter he wrote against Mr.. Cleveland
before the national democratic conven-
ton was held but there are few mug
wumps in the Senate, and such opposi-
ton has, it is said, helped the Colonels
chances.
Some of those who have recently
called upon the President and recon-
mended the appointment of their
friends 20 Office, say he soon made
them aware of the fact that he knew
more about the history of the appll
cants than they did.
A gentleman, who was in the White
House library this morning when
Representative Meredith presented the
application and endorsements of Col.
l.. w. Reid of Alexandria, Va, for his
old place of Chief Clerk of the office
of Register of the Treasury, says the
President received them very kindly
and said the Colonel had filled the
place very acceptably before.
The President this morning said en-
phatically 10 several different people
at different times that he is not i'll favor
as general thing of reappointing peo-
pie who held office under his first adj
ministrauon.
The appointment of Mr.. Maxwell of
New York to be Assistant Postmaster
General, with all the 4th class post
Offices at his disposal, is said TO be q
direct slap at Senator Hill, by whom
Mr.. Maxwell was removed from lu-
crativc oilic. in New York.
Mr.. Shepperd of Virginia, who is an
applicant for his old place as collector
OF internal revenue, has the endorse
ment of the entire Congressional dele
ton from his State.
The President to-day sent the follow
ing nominations to the Senate Josiah
Quincy of Massachusetts to be Assist
ant Secretary of State; Robert y. Max
we'll of New York to be Fourth Assist
ant Postmaster General; Isaac 2. Gray
of Indiana to be Envoy Extraordinary
and Minister Plenipotentiary of the
United States to Mexico; Patrick a.
Collins of Massachusetts, to be Consul
General of the United States at Lon
don, and Edward Mansfield Ship of
Virginia to be assistant surgeon in the
navy.
IL was decided to-day that the naval
rendezvous should take place in Hamp-
ton Roads April II. On April "a the
fleet will sail for New York, where the
review will be held on the 9th of April.
The one great feature of interest in
political circles to-day is the visit of
Senator David B. Hill to his greatest
political rival, President Cleveland.
Senator Hill came to the White House
this morning by appointment, presum-
ably arranged by Congressman Rock
well of New York during his visit to
Mr.. Cleveland on Tuesday. That his
visit was more than a mere perfunctory
call is attested by the length of the in
terview. 1t lasted twenty minutes, and
during that time Mr.. Cleveland re-
ceived no cards from the waiting politi-
clans in the cabinet room. Mr.. Hill
came early. The great flood of office
seekers had not begun to flow into the
White House when he arrived. He
passed rapidly through the hallway in
the public part of the mansion into the
room ofPrivate Secretary Thurber, who
evidently had been posted, for he ush-
cred Mr.. Hill into the adjoining execu-
tive office without moments delay.
When Mr.. Hill entered the Presidents