Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-03-13
FROM WASHINGTON.
CORRESPONDENCE of the Alexandria Gazette.
WASHINGTON. March Is, 1898.

SubSldlZlng the press, uoeS noI Holu
good. Congressman Dockery, De
Almond Cobb, Burns, and Morgan, of
Missouri, called on the President to-
day for the express purpose of ascer-
tanning the truth about the NO Jour
nalists Need Apply" rule Mr.. Dock
cry asked Mr.. Cleveland point-blank
whether it were true or not that he
had Disseminated against newspaper
men and the answer came just rs
straight as the question, that there was
no such intention. From this and other
statements made by the President the
delegation went away satisfied that the
story had arisen through same miscoli-
struction of other statements. and Mr.
Dockerv is very firmly convinced that
the report arose from a remark atlri-
buted 10 Postmaster General Bissell III
substance that he would not give post
offices to editors. And Mr. BiSsell's state
ment to Mr.. Dockery amounted only
to this: That he would not give fourth
class postmasterships to men who could
not give their whole attention to the
work of the Office, and this rule would
apply to everybody, including editors,
who would not reinquish their other
business while transacting that OF the
government. Several newspaper men
we're among those who called at the
White House this morning in the in
terest of their applications. One OF
these was Charles II. t. Taylor, OF
Kansas City. Kansas, colored man
who edits newspaper. He came with
Senator Martin who spoke good word
for his candidacy for Recorder OF Deeds
for the District of Columbia. Speaker
Crisp brought r. w. Rucker, Colonel
Blackburn, of Atlanta, and Lindsay
johnson, of Rome, all applicants for
office. Col. Blackburn and Mr.. john
son want foreign mission and Il cen
sulate respectively, while Mr.. Ruckei
aspires to the district attorneyship for
the northern district Of Georgia. Rep
resentative Caruth, of Kentucky, in
troduced w. II. Kinney, an applicant
for the collectorShip of the fifth district
of kentucky. Mr.. Caruth also left
papers endorsing the application OF
Clleb Dorsey for the position Of United
states marshal for Kentucky. General
Maris TAYLOR, OF Huron, South Dakota.
and Peter Couchman, the late demo-
cratic candidate for lieutenant governor
of that State, were accompanied by
Senator Kyle. General Taylor is an
applicant for the comnissionership OF
the General Land Office. and Mr.. Couch
man wants to be United States marshal
for South Dakota. Messrs. Warner
and rhaycr, of Detroit, Mich, saw the
President in the interest of Levi /.
Griffin, OF their city, whom they want
to succeed Justice Howell 5. Jackson
as circuit Judge. There was notice
able falling OIL in the number OF visi-
tors who saw the President to-day, but
the crowd was still of fair size. AT one
O'Clock Mr.. Cleveland held Il public re-
cepton in the East Room. Several
hundred people arrived.
The President has accepted the resig-
nation of Francis Hendricks, collector
of customs at the port of New York, to
take effect upon the qualification of his
successor. The only applications on
Tile in the Treasury Department for The
position of collector of customs at New
York are those of VIM. a. Pardce OF
New y DIRK city, and Mr.. McClelland, o.
Albany, \. \.
Secretary Carlisle to-day dismissed
ten temporary clerks employed in the
Second Auditors office. The reduct.
ION of force was rendered necessary by
the exhaustion of the appropriation
Immediately after the adjournment
of the Senate to-day, the democratic
caucus committee resumed its session
The Princess Kaiualani and her suite
attended services at Episcopal churches
twice yesterday. This morning the
callers were numerous, composed prln-
cipaliv Of naval officers and travellers
who have visited the Hawaiian Islands
and there made her acquaintance. The
Princess went out for walk in the
morning and Mrs. and Miss Davies fol
Il dive. The anticipated call upon
President Cleveland will be made late
this afternoon. but will be purely social
and unofficial. The President and his
wife being informed that the Princess
would like 10 pay them an unofficial
visit when ii suited their convenience,
message was returned that they would
he glad TO receive her at five O'Clock
this afternoon.
No nominations were received by The
Senate from the President ut to-day s
.ssion. 4 number had been expected,
but it is supposed that they were With
held for the reason that they could not
be acted upon until the Senate commit
tees are appointed.
w F. Mattingly to-day applied to
the United States Supreme Court for
leave to file an application for a writ OF
error to the District Supreme Court
and also-an application for writ of ha-
beas corpus in the case of Howard j.
Schneider, whose trial and conviction
for the murder of his wife has excited
univer al interest in Washington.
Schneider is under sentence TO hang
next Friday. The court below refused
to grant the wrts asked for to-day.
Chief Justice Fuller directed Mr.. Mat
tingly to have his papers printed by this
afternoon for consideration ofthe court.
The United States Supreme Court to-
day affirmed the judgment of the Court
of Claims in favor of the letter carriers
in the cases of Aaron S. Post and Frank
Gales against the United States. These
cases arose under the act prescribing
eight hours as a days work for letter
carriers. It was contended by the let
ter carriers that the Postollice depart
ment in constituting that act had VIC
lated its intent and purpose and was
recurring more labor from them than