Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-09-25
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondents Of the Alexandria Gazotte.l
WASHINGTON. D. c., Sept. 25.

WASHINGTON. d. C., Sept. %.
At White Top, Grayson county, Vir-
ginia. w. NJ. Baldwin, was appointed
postmaster to-day, vice w. H. Weaver,
removed.
The remains of Mr.. A. 81. Rogers, jr.,
who died of consumption in Roanoke
last Saturday, passed through here yes
terday on their way to the home of his
father. Mr.. Sandy Rogers, near Lees
burg, Virginia. -, :,
Representative Meredith called at the
Interior Department this morning to
ace about the case of Mr. Charles Jones
of Alexandria, who was appointed to a
place in the land Office by the commits
sioner thereof, but whose appointment
was set aside by Secretary Smith, on
the ground that the Sth Virginia dis
trict had more than its proper quota of
places in the department. The result
of the call was not definite.
Mr.. Stewart in his speech in the Sen
ate to-day said the President was not ed
ucated sufficiently for the high position
he held. A man for that position must
either have liberal college education
like Jefferson, Adams and Madison or
an education like that of Washington,
Jackson and Lincoln, derived from
communing with nature and observing
natures laws, and that neither sort
could be obtained in lawyers, sher-
il, or mayors Office.
If the Virginia delegation in Congress
were called upon to choose successor
to Col. O'Ferrall in the House of Repre-
sentatives, there is little doubt but that
MIR. Basil B. Gordon, of Rappahannock
county would be their first and most
decided choice for that honor He is
very strong with the Virginians here
for many reasons. They all recognize
mis- signal services to the democratic
party during several of its most import
am and critical campaigns, his devotion
TO the interests of his State, his personal
integrity, his well known abilities and
his thorough educational equipment for
and practical knowledge of political
life. They like him also for his modest
bearing and that kindness of nature
which has made him always benefac-
tor to the communities in which be has
lived 1t will be remembered that the
Representative and Senator'S of the
State, with entire unanimity and the
warmeSt interest in his cause, advocated
to Mr.. Cleveland his appointment to a
foreign mission. The failure to secure
this we'll earned recognition appears to
nave increased their devotion to the
III IN and this is doubtless also true in
so far as the President himself is con-
cerned, who is believed to feel and is
known to have expressed on more than
one occasion his desire to serve the
wishes and interests of Mr.. Gordon.
That he would be warmly welcomed
here by Virginians in all walks of life,
by the administration whose friend he
was when friends it needed and by lead
ing representatives of New York, Mary
land, North Carolina and many other
States is well-known to everybody
interested in Virginia affairs.
Collector Shepherd ofthe upper inter
nal revenue district of Virginia, this
morning, appointed Mr.. Cornelius
OLeary, formerly of Alexandria, store
keeper and gauger for the city OF Roam,
oke, the pay of which place is two dol
lars day when on duty. Before the
bursting of the land boom at Roanoke
Mr.. O'Leary was said to be worth a
quarter of m lion.
The President to-day nominated
Chas. NJ. Caughey, of Maryland, to be
U. S. consul at Messina, Italy. .
Representative Tucker says he will
call up the bill to repeal the federal
ele elton law tomorrow and will urge
its passage with all the ueans at his
command. He also says that the Presi.
dent is an earnest advocate of the bill
and has told him that the )ast yestage
of the law referred to should be re-
moved. A New York democrat a. the
Capitol to-day says he hopes Mr.. Tuck
or will recall the outrageous usuri alton
by U. S. Marshal Jacobus in appointing
ten thousand deputy mai sha,s, and of
his and their brutality at the last fed
eral election in the city of New York:
Representative Oates has introduced
a bill which provides that hereal.er
money orde..i shall b, issued by post
masters upon verbal requests, and
abolishes the use of written applications.
The applicant is { } sign receipt for his
order, however, which will lie filed by
the postmaster with his accounts and
be necessai ' to secure settlement.
Vice President Stevenson and some of the
prominent democratic members of Congress
Will 60 to Allentown, Pa, 10 morrow and
speak at grand democratic barbecue - be
liven there.
Mr. Lassiter u s. Dist let Attorney for the
eastern district of Virginia, is here to-day.
THE CARS SUccEssoR.-According to a
dispatch from Berlin the Gar has, it is rumor-
ed, made most important change in regard
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