Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-03-22
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Atlantic, Iowa, and VIM. T. England at
Van Buren,, Ark.
Secretary Carlisle says as the act to
prohibit the coming of Chinese persons
into the United States has not been re-
pealed, it will be enforced so fer as lies
within the power of his department.
Mr.. Garter, the only remaining Ha-
waiian annexation commissioner IN
Washington, received budget of mail
last night from Honolulu. He says his
correspondents all report the situation
on the islands to be practically un-
changed. The Attorney General of the
provisional government, Mr.. Carter
says, writes that in his opinion the fail
ure of the Senate to ratify the treaty.
will result in real benefit to the islands.
The battle over the Senate elective
offices began in the executive session
of the Senate to-day with the protier OF
compromise by the democrats, the
terms of which were that the present
officers draw their salaries until July
|. when the new officers who will be
elected shall qualify and assume office.
The republicans took the otler under
advisement and will caucus upon 1t to-
morrow.
Tonight and the Ebbitt House have
been set as the time and place for the
meeting of the Virginia congressional
delegation to apportion the federal pat,
ronage of their State among the several
districts thereof and to determine upon
the men they shall endorse for the re-
spective places. knowledge OF the fact
that such meeting would be called has
induced nearly all the federal office
seekers in Virginia, many of them ac-
companied by their friends, to flock
here. Their headquarters are in the
Metropolitan Hotel. which is so crowd
ed with EirginiaUs that Col. Bob Burke
of Stanton, who is spending the Win
ter there, says it reminds him of the
Exchange Hotel in Richmond on the eve
ofaS ate convention. But after all lit will
amount to nothing, for those who may
not be endorsed will kick, and those
who may be, will not be profited. Con-
gresham Meredith has already declared
that be will not be bound by any action
of the meeting, and probably other
members of the delegation will do like
wise. Then, too, few of the office seek
crs are willing to submit their fate to
small BODY of men not elected for any
such purpose. The indications this at
ternoon are that the meeting will agree
to disagree, and that each Senator and
Representative shall grab all he can get
fnr his own fayorites, which, at most
will, it is expected, be but little.
A committee of non-union employ
ing printers of this city, headed by j.
Edward Clark, called on the President
to-day and presented petition signed
bv non-union printers of Washington
asking him to recognize non-uplon men
in his selection Of the Public Printer
and protesting against the effort made
by u delegation Of union printers, head
ed bv Congressman Amos J. Cummings
to induce Mr.. Cleveland not to appoint
C. w. Edwards Of Delaware to the office
on the ground that he is not union
man.
The dates of the confirmation of the
present federal officers of Virginia are
as follows, but all ofthem were appoint,
ed several months before they were
confirmed, and their terms count from
their appointment, not from their con-
frmation: Marshal Watts, February 6,
1890; Marshal Farr, February %, 1870
District Attorney Craig, March -
1890: District Attorney Borland, Janu'
ary %, 1890 Internal Revenue Collect,
or McCaull, March -. 1890; Internal
Revenue Collector Brady, March -,
1890: Collector of Customs Bell, at Al,
rxandria, February s, 1890 Postmaster
Agnew, at Alexandria, March y, 1880
Yesterday Postmaster General Bis,
sell told Congressman Meredith that
the order prohibiting the reappoint-
ment of cx-otiicers would not be bind.
ing upon him. To-day Mr.. Maxwell,
lth Assistant Postmaster General, told
Mr.. Meredith the order referred to
would be binding upon him. And SC
it goes.
Secretary Carlisle, in reference to q
report in the morning papers that Mr.
Pierpon Morgan of New York was
going TO Europe 10 negotiate fifty
million gold loan for the government
said to-day he did not know Mr.
Morgan, had never seen him, and
had never written to him or received a
letter from him.
A delegation of Missouri congress
men called upon Postmaster-GeneraI
Bissell this morning and asked if the re.
commentator ofaRepresentativewould
secure the appointment of the postmas-
tiers in his district? They received no
definite reply. But Mr.. Bissell did tel
them that the report that no women or
editors would be appointed was incor'
rect
1t is reported at the Capitol to-day that the
President has notified all the members of his
Cabinet that they must make no appoint
ments until the names of the proposed APP
poiutccs shall have been submitted to him.
democratic politician from New York
here to day says the regular democracy of his
State are making no demands upon the Prcs:'
dent, but that the nt;-;nappers are annoying
him greatly by their opportunities for office
and that he has already expressed himself t.
that effect
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