Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-11-25
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence of the Alexandria Gazette
WASHINGTON. Nov. %, 1893.

WASHINGTON. Nov. %, 1893.
The President to-day appointed
Washington Hesipg postmaster at Chi.
cago. and William J. Mize internal
revenue collector at Chicago. Exon
gresham Lawler had the most Dumer-
ously signed application for the Cbica-
90 postoffice represented for fed
eral position, but it did him no good,
though all the signers were people
served with mail at Chicago. He is
also a good and true democrat.
The democratic members of the
WAYS and means committee were in cor :
consultation with Secretary Carlisle at
his residence to-day. The tariff bill
is substantially completed, but Chair
man Wilson prefers, before it is made
public, that the Secretary of the Treas
ury pass judgment upon it and give 1t
the stamp of his approval.
A member of the Virginia Legislature
here to-day says if any people suppose
a single one of the members of the
present Court of Appeals of his State,
all of whom were chosen during the
Malone regime, will be reelected,
they will be nightly mistaken.
The following changes in the fourth
class postoffices of Virginia were made
to-day: Hudson's Mill, Culpeper coun-
ty, J. H. Colvin, appointed postmaster,
vice B. R. Hudson, removed; Rocking
ham, Rockingham county, E. w. Car
penter, vice CIV. Pence, removed.
Tyeops have bee eI. sseelt to Cheyenne
CITY, Indian Territory, to prevent the
lynching of Texas Ranger, who killed
an Indian there. The affair was re-
ported to the War Department in a
telegram received this morning from
General Miles, who says the killing was
a cold FLOODED murder and that the In
dian friends of the dead man became
very much excited and threatened to
break into the Jail where the murderer
is confined and lynch him.
1t is stated at the government de-
partments here that no appointments
to office of any special consequence will
be made before the 10th of December,
on which day quite number of nomi-
nations will be sent to the Senate, at
the head of which will be that of Judge
Hornblower of New York for associate
Justice of the U. S. Supreme Court.
At the meeting of the Virginia demo
cratic association of this city last night
a committee was appointed to consider
the ACCESSIBILITY of rendering Governor
elect O'Ferrall banquet upon his re-
turn to this city to occupy his seat IN
Congress until he shall take that as
Governor of his State.
The winter racing venture here has
not proved success, and sporting men
here to-day say the racing will not last
longer than next week First race, to-
day six furlongs. Annie Bishop, first;
Terrifer, second; Remorse, third. Time,
Los IL.
Messrs. Moore and Love, of Fairfax
county, Virginia, were here to-day,
looking for Congressman Meredith and
with HIM to try to get Mr.. Thompson,
of their county, subordinate place in
one of the government departments
here. They didn't find him, however,
but would hardly have Jared better if
they had, for when they were here last
on similar business they were informed
by the civil service commission that it
was useless for people from their dis
trict or even State to go before competi-
tive examining boards, as Virginia al
ready had mere places than she is en-.
titled to.
In the present q. S. House of Repre-
sentatives there are thirty-seven more
democrats than are enough to make a
quorum, but frequently the business OF
the House is delayed by the inability Of
deputy sergeant-at-arms Hill, to whom
such business is entrusted, to secure q
quorum when the republican members
refuse to vote. Mr.. Hill says if the
democrats wish to pass the tariff bill
within reasonable time, they will hold
caucus, not on that bill, but to agree
to force the adoption of resolution
authorizing him to put nippers on the
absentees and bring them to the bar O.
the House. One application of this
remedy, he says, would be sufficient tc
cure the evil. He says that an ole
farmer in his State whose trip to town
one morning was delayed by his two
sons who, the night before, had inten.
tionally hid single-tree, told friend
he was in doubt whether or not to
hang Ira so as to make Jake take warn
ing. Something, he says, ought to be
done to make democratic absentees
take warning.