Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-04-14
FROM WASHINGTON.
CORRESPONDENCE of the Alexandria Gazette.

CORRESPONDENCE of the Alexandria Gazctte.l
WASHINGTON. April II. 1893.
The President sent the following
nominations to the Senate to-day Rich
ard H. Alvey of Maryland, to be Chief
Justice of the Court of Appeals OF the
District of Columbia; Martin F. Morris
Of the District OF Columbia, to be Asso-
ciate Justice of the Court of Appeals of
the District of Columbia; Seth Shepard
of Texas to be Associate Justice OF the
Court of Appeals of the District of Co
lumbia. Levi H. Manning of Arizona,
to be Surveyor General of Arizona
John Lafabe of South Dakota, to be
Receiver of Public Moneys at Rapid
CITY, S. D.; VIM. Aughin of Minnesota,
to be Receiver of Public Moneys at
Crookston, Minnesota; Lucius Q. c.
Lamar of Mississippi, to be Recorder OF
the General Land Office; Robert X:
Gillespie of Tennessee, to be Principal
Clerk of the public lands in the General
Land Office; John G. Geraghty of Min
nesota, to be Collector of Customs for
the district of Minnesota Charles I'll.
Miller of Illinois, to be Surveyor OF
Customs for the port of Galena, Ills.
To be Assistant Surgeons in the Marine
Hospital Service of the United States:
John B. Ranham of Virginia; Ezra X.
Sprague of New York, and Emil Pro-
ciiazka of Wisconsin. Edward Lyman
Munson of Connecticut, to be Assistant
Surgeon in the navy.
Richard II. Alvey of Maryland, who
is nominated to be Chief Justice of the
newly created Court of Appeals of the
District, is the Judge of the 4th circuit
in Maryland, embracing the counties OF
Allegheny, Washington, and Garrett,
and he is also Chief Justice of the Mary
land Court of Appeals, which is COM
posed of the judges of the various cir
cults. Martin +. Morris, Associate
Justice Of the Court of Appeals, is resi-
dent of the District of Columbia. He
was associated for many years with the
late Richard Merrick in the practice of
law-the star route cases being one of
the most notable cases. The nomina-
ten of Seth Shepard to be one of the
Associate Justices is calculated to cause
q commotion in Texas, where Mr. Shep-
ard occupied, politically, position ap-
proximating that of the anti-snappers
in New York. But politically he has
many bitter opponents. He has been an
uncompromising foe of free-silver coin
age and staunch Cleveland man, and
bolted the last democratic convention
in his State. L. Q. G. Lamar Of Missls-
sippi, who is made Recorder of the
General Land Office, is the eldest son
of the late Justice Lamar of the SUI
preme Court. Robert X. Gillespie,
nominated to be Principal Clerk of pub
lie lands in the General Land Office,
was nominated at the request of MIR.
Mcmillan, OF Tennessee.
VIM. C. Braley of Arkansas, was to-
day appointed chief of the division OF
accounts of the general land office, vice
Geo. Redway.
Lieut.-Gov. Sheehan of New York ar
rived here this morning early. To-day
being Cabinet day the Presidents morn
ing hours were engaged, but he has ar,
ranged to see Lieut.. -Gov. Sheehan and
Senator Murphy this afternoon.
The news from Honolulu of the haul
ing down of the United States flag, it is
said, was the subject Of discussion at
the cabinet meeting to-day. Before 60
ing into the cabinet-room Secretary
Gresham said he had received no in
formation whatever, aside from that
printed in the papars. When question
ed further as TO the truth of the state
ments contained in special dispatches to
western newspapers that Mr.. Blount
was conniving at the restoration OF
Queen Lilioukalani, and would support
her return to the throne, if need be, by
the forces of the U. S. ship Boston, he
said he knew nothing about it, and de-
clined to express any opinion upon the
subject Speaking Of the lowering of
the U. S. flag by Mr.. Blount's order, he
said: II do not think it means a
reversal of the policy of the government
as expressed by the late administration;
the forces of the United States were no
longer essential and with their removal,
of course, the flag came down. What
we all regret is that events have made
it necessary to pursue that course. We
had hoped, when it was once hoisted,
that annexation would be accomplished
and that it might never again be hauled
down." It's stated that Envoy Blount
had authority for hauling down the
stars and stripes at Honolulu prior to
his departure from Washington, and
was given definite instructions to with
draw the protectorate of the United
States over Hawaii in order that this
government mis- ht find itself free in
dealing with the main question of an
nexatiop, but on the day of his depar-
ture for San Francisco he was cautioned
10 confide this information to no per-
son whatsoever in order that the mo-
lives and the intentions of the admins
tration might not be construed so as to
cause trouble among the Hawaiians,
but the nature of his mission leaked
out before he was thousand miles
from Washington and the news was
to San Francisco where
Sir. Bush, Queen Lilioukalani's agent,
learned it and started Immediately for
Honolulu. So when Mr.. Blount ar
rived at his destination the knowledge
Of his business had preceded him.
One hundred and twenty-nine demo-
cratic 4th class postmasters were APP
pointed to-day, ofwhom forty-seyen will
take the places of removed republicans.
The changes i'll Virginia were as follows:
Loves Mills, Washington county, P.
NJ. Jones appointed postmaster vice ]. |
E. Roe, resigned; Meadowville, Ches-
terfeld county, n. Y. Clayton vice S.
w. Bedell, resigned; Noel, Hanover
county, Mrs. B. Landram vice L. j.
Harlow, dead; Iron Mound. Botetourt