The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1893-11-30
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Chief Clerk of the Navy Depart
WASHINGTON, Nov. 27.-The death of
Mr.. John w. Hogg, last week, gives to
the Secretary of the Navy an appoint
ment of chief clerk of the department..
There are unmber of officials of the
department who would like to receive
the position and any of them would
make good men. Some of the aspirants
are Mr. Thompson, Mr.. Peters, who has
long been with the departments; Mr.. Eau
cett, at present chief clerk, and two
others. Mr.. Burmitt, at present chef
clerk of the ordnance bureau, is not an
applicant, but it is known his name has
been favorably considered by the Secre-
tary. The appointment does not come
under the civil>service rules.
1t is a fortunate thing that Providence
occasionally causes vacancy in the De-
partments at Washington; else the hopes
of eXpectant Democrats would scarcely
materialize. With few exceptions, those
who have the authority to bestow ap-
pointments are tainted with the IBIS
belong the spoils.' May the time soon
come, when those now holding the
reigns of government will administer its
affairs in accordance with the well estab.
lished principle, that a change of ad-
ministration means that the Offices are
to be filled by its friends.
Master Workman Powderly's Res
ignation Accepted.
PHILADELPHIA. Nov. 27-The resig-
nation Or Mr.. Terence V. Poxderly as
general master workman of the knights
of Labor which was submitted last Sat
urday was accepted by the General AS
sembly of the order this afternoon by a
practically unanimous vote, after Mr..
Poverty explained that he had rendered
it IN good faith and that his action was
final The opponents of Mr. Powderly.
led. by Mr.. w Hayes, general secretary>
treasurer, desired to humiIiate Mr.
Powderly by declaring the chair vacant
instead of accepting his resignation, and
at the morning session succeeded in hay.
ing the resignation rejected by vote of
IS to IS, but this was subsequently re-
versed.
Mr. J. R. Sovereign, of Iowa, was then
elected to succeed Mr.. Powderly, the
vote being Sovereign, %; James Camp
bell, of Pittsburg, s; T. B. Mcclure, 1;
Powderly, 2. The vacancies on the gen
eral executive board were filed by the
election of G. A. French, of Boston; H.
B. Martin, Of Minneapolis, and J. I.
Keliney, of Omaha. all anti-Powderly-
ties.
The Episcopal Church Congress.
The "Church Congress- of the Pro-
testant Episcopal Church, which met
and debated various interesting things
in this city last week. did not take any
vote and did not undertake to settle any
question that came before it. In one
sense it can be said that the members
another, that they represented great
many people, not only in the Episcopal
comm union, but in every other commun.
ioa as well. And they are the people who
think that one ought to be able to give
a reason for the religious faith that is in
him. For this unofficial congress of
churchmen stood for the principle of
perfectly free discussion and the right to
question every kind of statement of be-
lief and make it answer for itself with
reasons, not with authority, as sub
stitute for them.-NeaO York Press.
Some enemy of Chicago has struck
that city cruel blow. In the guise of
an innocent looking statement that the
bon-ton of Chicago is limited to eighty
persons deadly comparison with New
York is instituted, by which it appears
that the eastern city, which didn't get
the Fair, is five times better ton than
the Western, which did. The only way
for Chicago society to get even would
appear to be the immediate annexation
of some country districts.