Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-05-07

many distinguished men. Ono OF INC i"NI
Democrats IN the Office was Mr.. Spencer
Pratt. of Alabama, quite well known III
Colonel Mcdonald was not only heavily
endorsed. but he was red-hot advocate
of Mr. Cleveland last year. and IN a com
muuity, too, that was overwhelming IN
favor Of Senator Hill for the presidency.
Colonel Mcdonald had most Formidable
backing. and Senator Daniel has done MI
in his power for him. 1t was only day be-
fore Yesterday that they went together 70
the White House. Tho Persian pussion
paws 5 900 q wear. Colonel McDonald was
also endorsed by Senator Hunton, Repre-
sentative Edmunds. General Fltz Lee
nearly all of the Virginia State senators.
and delegates, state officials, and business
men generally Of LynchDur%.
Mn. MDoNND.
Alexander Mcdonald. Of Virginia, ap,
pointed Minister 10 Persia. is member ~
The Virginia State crate,'and was untl
lately ciltor-in-chief OF tho LynchburE
T1gDnGn. lie has travelled through
Europe several times, was cowmi-s'nher
10 the Vienna Exposition. and q special
AGENT II the government at the Paris ~
position. IIe was recommended Oy tho
entire Virginia delegation. the Goy"Tn"r
and Ex-Governor Of \irylnla, and many
other prominent citizens.
4 CHINA CONSULATE.
North Carolina also scored TO-DAY ana
cot the Shanghai consulate IN CHINA, mo
appolntment falling 10 Colonel Alfred j.
Jones. Of Raleigh. formerly known ns
"Buck" Jones. This will tend % lessen
the chances of some Of the other North
Carolina asplrants for consular pos, tioh7'
4 West Nirgiuian secured cooi con-
sua:e TO-DAY IN tho person II Mt, ah'y'
OF Wheeling. who goes t. Bciia3', lrelahd'
which pays 5000 a wear AMI Toes. MI
Taucv was specially backed 10y Congress
man Pendlctou. and be- wa gwen ms
choice If Belfast or Berlin. He TOOK bel
fast.
The statist:cisn for Virginia under tie
Agricultural Department w!S app3Ina.,i
to-day. tho place going 10 Ny. j. /. J. az
thar,t0ue. al Bedford. There were soye-
Il other caudilateI for the position,
among them beng SIR. Mar'GAH. OF aa-
quIer. and llr BouEeman. OF Shcnanl0ah.
Senator Dauio, called a. the .MLi'e
Hsuse today with Mr.. Richard i. Miller
Of Lyuchburg. who Is AL applicant tor, tue
Honolulu consulate. lie pressed Mr. 1lll-
leI's claims vigorously.
CArrrEs Al TIE WHITE HOUSE.
Peprosoutative Tucker was another Viz
Guifo delegation with him, and the OBJ
1ect Of the call was g. present tho claims
81 Judge j. thompson Brown, OF Nelson.
for Marshal = the Western District Of
Virginia. The Judge was present,
an1. It seems. does not mind the
endorsement already given by the
Delegation 20 another candidate. Ihore
were also IN the party Accompanying
Mr.. Tucker. Senator Iar lor Berry, or Am
herst: Mcesrs g. T.. CesEle and y. !. Co.e-
man and ST. George Il. EltZlugb, 81 No.
son county: Mr.. SoIthaI, Of thar!ottes-
VILE. ana Judge II. IS. Flournoy, SccTe-
terv IT the Commonwcalth. Representa-
tive tucker also introduced AZ tho Nhlte
House John Marshall Kcuuey, " S;aTn-
ton, who wants To be Collector OF Internal
Revenue for the Western District of W.
gina
Congressman Meredith was also a caller
a. the White louise today. lie intro
duced a number Of his constituents.
MORE TO CONF.
Virginia Will receive several more ap.
poln,meuts 10 the near future, as hes AZ
ready been mentioned IN tins corre.G on i
cucc. one Of the places viu Doe the ~I-
ucriuteudcncv of ~ ilau schools, Wnirn
w.ll 20 - CulOuo, Jones. OF Marreltpu.
lie - not only backed earnestly lbs Senator
Huntou, but he is @ tuoudot General ARM
strong. Assistant Indian Commissioners,
who urges the appointments
Twenty CANDIDATES.
The Application of Mr.. j w. Foster, of
Lees burg. ior the cD.IcctOr-hip IT internal
revenue for the Sixth or Western District
of Xrunia makes exactly twenty caLd.-
dates whose papers are on file fer this DO
s'ti0n. ln the case OF one, however, tho
papers were presented by friends and IT,"
supposltiJn Is he Is not personally dong
ANYTHING - procure the place. III" Gaze
alluded 20 ia that ot Mr.. kenna Campbell.
of Bedford city. II has been understood
that he WAS an applicant for the po,tmas-
tersnlp of MS civ.
The other applications for the collector
ship in the Sixth District 10 date are as
follows. ". j. Allen, Joseph fl. Nelson,
Joseph n. Shepherd. NJ. VI. Morris, G.. y.
T. 1rplett. liam. SEcpperd, Joseph NJ.
kinney. ~ VI. Rogers. &. Ia. Ioutaiue,
George 4. Nushbach. Howard j. Gibson,
Jonu j. Jam. son, Peter j. Otcy, j. Frank
Grant. James VI. Scott. John b. Evant, w..
+. living, John Stevens Mason, and d. w..
Foster.
The above is the order IN which the en-
tries arc made on the Ing book IN the
Treasury. Gutti the sex ru'e was
sprung on tho unsuspectlEs public Mr.
Otev. Of lyuchburg. Wa the only ayoHed
candidate against Captain shepherd, NJ
Warrru'on. Iyen Nr. Otcc pulled of
when he saw that Captain Shcppert had
nearly ~ the Virginia delegation hcnlui
hlm. and 1t BOXED for time a, If the l.'-
ter would have 10 opposition. but tae
talk about barring ont the old Office
holders had the effect u bringing ID the
front AGAIN not ONLY Alr. Otey. bat tho
other eighteen gentlemen whose names
appear III the list as It stands to-day.
wErI-ENowN FACT.
IN the other collection district of Viz
gluia. the Second. or hchmoud-P tor--
burg. only three applications are ON niH,
rs follows: Maxwell f. Clarke, Andrew
/. Elicit, ana William RYAN. Sir. Elc:t j.
the old collector under the former ClcYt-
land Administration. !; j. Gwcll-known
fact that Mr.. Eyan - the lrC4ide.' 4
choice for the Office. AMI ho Will bee ap-
pointed. and 1t has hal tho effect " keep
ing on the track Others who would prOJa-
bly have applied.
CAROLINA DISTRICTS.
Only thrco applications are on flo for
tho colioctorShIp Of internal revenue IN
the Eastern District OF North Carolina. as
follows William II. Kitchen. Haicott =.
Jones. and G.. W. Powell. About thirty
candidates were spoken oi uulll 10 bct@lir
generally known that cX-ConSre~
Summons would take tic place. Ia due
time he will be appointed.
In the other collection district ct North
Carolina the Applications Oh file 40 the
Treasury Department are MP 10 date e
follows, and several moro are prospective
candidates, a. recently related Ia the d.
PATCH correspondence: John J.. Seal peg. II.
A. Gud.er. j. ID. Elliott, thomas II. Sutton,
Kerr Cralse. NJ. H. PInulX, J. G. HaI, ".
II. Williams. Locke Cralge Charles NJ.
Mcdowell. j. A. Wall, John G. Buxton,
and Joseph Beadfeld. The latter was the
last 20 Ale his application. and he IS \ resi-
dent Of Winston. The settlement Of TINS
matter depends on who Is made District
ATTORNEY, and sectional considerations are
apt TO have weight.
Representative Tucker. who returned t.
Washington the Other day. has been on q
visit Of two weeks or more 10 New Orleans.
He renamed here steadily for upwards ot
O mouth after the Inauguration and vas
compelled for health's sake u take l vlca-
ton. Mr.. Tucker has gone home, where
ne VIII stop a few days aud then come
back 10 the capital.
Word comes from Halifax that Repre-
sentative Elmuuds has been quite SICK,
which accounts for his rather long absence
froru MaSIiuOtDn Wharp such a Grand