Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-03-15
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence of the Alexandria Gazette.
WASHINGTON. March 10. 1885.

Acknowledgement. vice ADranaln y.
Parker resigned. VIM. McAdoo was
member of the House in the 4Sth and
49th Congresses. He also served in
the two succeeding Congresses and
stood well in the estimation of his col
leagues. He is an Irishman by birth
and not yet 40 years Of age. He was
brought to this country at an early age
and educated in Jersey City. In the
House he trained with the Randall or
protection wing of the democracy
He married Virginia woman
while still in Congress. Edward
3. Whitney was an active mem
Der of the anti-snapper organlza-
ton. He was one of the protesting
delegates sent by the anti-snapperS 10
Chicago.
Mr.. Cleveland to-day sent to the Sen
ate the nomination Of Robert Is; Brown
TO be postmaster at Meadeville, "a
Mr. Brown is the owner and editor OF
the Messenger, a democratic week y,
published at Meadeville. Mr.. Brown
has also shown his ability as hustler
The republican incumbent of the office
appointed almost four years ago by Mr..
Harrison was removed, and about three
weeks before his term was out Mr. Har-
rison sent the name of w. S. Rose to the
Senate for the place. Mr.. Brown heard
of this and came down to Washington
poste haste armed with letters of intro
ductionr to democratic senators. He
succeeded in having the nomination
held up until the republican admins
tration went out of power, and then
used his influence to secure his own
nomination.
The President has accepted the res
ignation of Gov. w. NJ. Stone of Iowa,
Commissioner of the General Land Of
flee, to take effect March 9th next.
Secretary Hoke Smith has appointed
NJ. Cooper Pope of Washington, Ga,
Chief of the Division of Lands and Rail-
roads, Secretary's office, Interior De
partment, vice +. A. Weaver of Penn
sylvana, resigned.
The Civil Service Commission has
made the following order: That on
and after the lst day of April next no
application shall be accepted for an eX-
animation for the departmental service
where the appointment would be
charged to the apportionment unless it
shall be shown to the satisfaction of
the commission that the applicant is at
the time and has been for the last SIX
months next preceding actually living
and residing and having his or her
place OF abode in the State in which
residence is claimed, or that he or she
is employed in the public service OF
said State or of the United States, or
where the applicant pays poll tax or is
Il voter in said State or is the wife or
minor child of a person who is then in
the public service of the State or of the
United States as aforesaid or is such
voter or pays such poll tax" This
order will exclude all persons from
examinations who have not been actual
as we'll as legal residents Off State for
the six months next preceding the date
of the application, and will affect n
large class of persons who have hither-
TO taken examinations i'll Washington {.
The President has refused to inter-
fere in the case of Howard j. Schneider,
the murderer of his wife and brother
in law, and the execution will take
place in the Jail here on Friday next.
The demand for small notes in eX-
change for gold, which started in
The West, has spread to the East and
South, and to-day propositions were re-
ceived at the Treasury Department
from New York, Philadelphia and
Pi;tsburg.
From early in the morning until one
O'Clock in the afternoon Mr.. Cleveland
was kept busy receiving official visitors
and then went into the East Room to
Shake hands with large crowd of peo-
pie. Among his callers were delega-
zion of Episcopal ministers consisting
Of Bishops Parct of Maryland, Potter
of New York, Whitaker of Pennsyl-
wanna, and Hare of South Dakota.
They saw President Cleveland and Sec
rotary Gresham in the library of the
White House and explained that their
mission was in reference to the Chinese
exclusion law. The law, they said, was
extremely harsh and worked injury 10
American interests in China. They
hoped the President would secure some
modification of the act Mr. Clevelrnd
told the delegation that he was TO Il
great extent powtrlcss in the matter
because he was bound to carry out the
law, but he promised to do what he
could. Wh'n the President passed
into the public hallway, after his con-
ference with the bishops, on his way to
his Office lie was waylaid by several
congressman. and stood for quite time
i the hallway talking to them. Many
went away without seeing the Presi-
dent.
Representative Meredith of Virginia,
introduced Il candidate for the Lyons
consulate. Geo. S. Shackelford of
Orange, Va. Maj. Daniel NJ. Rams
dell, marshall for the District of Col
umbia and one of Gen. Harrison's most
intimate friends, had q pleasant chat
with the President, in which he tender
ed his resignation informally. Mr..
Cleveland asked Mr.. Ransdell about
Gen. Harrison's southern and western
tour and spoke pleasantly Of his per-
sonal relations with Gen. Harrison, of
whom he spoke in the highest term.
Additional applications for positions
in the service of the Treasury Depart
ment have been filed as follows : As
sistant Treasurer, New York, c. n. Jor-
dan, New York Surveyor of Customs,
New York, John w. Wyatt, New York;
Commissioner of immigration, New
York, Benz. h. Curtis, New York f; APP
praiser of Customs, New York, J. II.
Mcdonald, New York; I. Treasurer,
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