Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-03-07

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committees held by democrats under
the Congress just ended. There are
eleven such chairmanships and The
renublicau caucus committee has dc
cided that they shall go to the senators
who have seen the longest continuous
service. Such an assignment naturai-
Nv gives the senitor a room at the Cap
itol and is very desirable. p. Sat
two o'clock the caucus adjourned sub
iect to the call ofthe chairman. Mr.. Cor
man was reelected chairman and Mir.
Faulkner secretary. The whole matter
of the reorganization was referred TO
committee to be appointed by Mr..
German. In the meantime the present
organization OF the Senate will con-
tinue and the democrats will hold the'r
next caucus early next week.
The steady tramp, tramp OF tie ON
seekers sounded through the Whitc
House all day. There was practically
no cessation in the line Of people VINO
assembled the stairway leading to Inc
Presidents room and nearly all who
came saw Mr.. Cleveland. They 1olind
him in iovia humor, and nc crackt
Jokes with old acquaintance whom lie
had not seen since his departure IRON
Washington four years ago. While
large number of those who saw the
President are candidates for office, few
of them attempted to press their claims
and congressman with long lists of con-
stituents who are willing to work for
Uncle Sam, were discreet enough not
10 ask for favors but to simply pay
their respects. The members of the U.
5. Supreme Court, with the exception
of Chief Justice Fuller and Justice liar-
Ian, came early, in accordance with Gus
tom. Congressman Meredith, of Nir-
ciuia. came with 4 delegation of friends;
Congressman Henderson, of North
Carolina, was on similar duty. Con
gresham Bland, of Missouri, left his
hobby of free silver outside the door,
when he went into Mr.. Clcveland's
room. Congressman Holman, OF In.
diana, ''the watchdog ofthe Treasury,
cracked his jokes with the President.
Ex-C Congressman Rogers, of Arkansas,
who was mentioned rs candldidate
for the Attorney -Gencralship III Mr..
Clevcland's cabinet, came, 50 he said,
to renew his acquaintance. He was
not after an Office, said Mr..
Rogers. and if the lightning
were to strike him he would be the
most surprised man nthe world. Other
callers were Congressman Hurd and
Mansur of Missouri, Bryan of Nebras-
ka. Martin AMI Bynum of Indiana,
Compton of Maryland, Oates OF Ala
bama, and Warner of New York. The
great bulk of the visitors were demo
crafts of course, but there were a num-
Der of republicans in the throng, among
them Senator Mitchell with q party
from Oregon; Senator Henderson with
several ladies and gentlemen from Ne,
braska; and Congressman ONeill and
DAl2ell, ofPennsylvania. Another call
er was Charles II. j. Taylor, colored,
of Kansas City, eX-Minister to Liberia,
who is after the scalp of ex-senator
Bruce of Mississippi, also colored, the
recorder of deeds for the District OF
Columbia. Congressman Rockwell,
Senator Hills great friend, the man
Congressman O'Ferrall recently tried
to have ousted, was also numbered
among the elect who were admitted to
the Presidents room. Mr. Cleveland
was so busy receiving callers in his
office that he did not go down stairs to
see the hundreds of people who were
waiting for him in the East Room. The
room became so crowded and the crowd
outside awaiting admittance was so
great. that the East Room was cleared
and a line formed 50 that people might
pass in and out and thus have an OPP
portunity of seeing the apartment.
Fully 5000 people went through the
White House in this disappointing
manner.
The only two Virginia representa-
tives in the city to-day are Messrs. Jones
and Meredith. The latter called at the
White House to introduce some appli-
cau:s for office from his State and also
called at the Agricultural Department
to IN Ike an appointment with Secreta-
~ Morton for bringing a delegation to
see him in the interest of of Mr.. Well
ford Corb:u of Virginia, who is an ap-
plirant for the position of Assistant Sec
rctarv of that department.
Secretary Gresham has appointed
Mr.. II. G.. Bryan his private secretary, a
position he filled with great acceptance
under the administration of Secretary
Byard.
Mr.. Josiah Quincy, of Massachusetts,,
has been appointed Assistant Secretary
of State. Attorney General olney also
halls from Massachusetts. Massachu-
s.tts gave Mr.. Harrison twenty thou
sand majority. Virginia gave Mr..
Cleveland fifty thousand, and the man
she ,eco nmended for Attorney General
is the president of the national bar as
ISOLATION.
The L. S. Supreme Court yesterday
afternoon issued mandamus compell-
ing Judge Paul, of the U. 5. Court for
the western district of Virginia, to de-
liver to the Virginia court n U. ). dep
uty marshal charged with murder,
whom he had released on bail. Attor-
ney General Scott of Virginia, who is
his States counsel in the case between
Virginia and Tennessee, involving the
possession of the town of Bristol, now
before the court, received the following
dispatch from the Governor of Vir-
ginia this morning:
RICHMOND, VA, March I, 1898.
Hon. Il. Taylor Scott attorney General
State of l'rginia, care James ". Nc
Kenney, Clerk Supreme Court
Accept my cordial and hearty con-
gratulations upon the determination Of
the Carrioo case in favor of the Com
monwealth. This decision is of the