Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-03-08
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence of the Alexandria Gazette
WASHINGTON, March s. 1893.

Each had his axe 10 Siluu el1i'oi ioi
himself or for some constituent and APP
plications for office were filed by the
score. The President was up betimes,
and when he entered his private office
there were numbers of cards on his Ia
BILE with the men whose names they
bore waiting expectantly in the Cabinet
room. Mr.. Cleveland saw nearly all
who came and devoted few minutes
TO each. Those who were in a hurry
saw Private Secretary Thurber and he
soon had his hands full attending TO
their wants. Mr.. Cleveland was too
busy UP stairs in the forenoon receiving
the more distinguished visitors to see
the general public, and the East Room
contingent went away disappointer.
One of the earliest callers was Rev. DR..
O'Gorman, assistant rector OF the oalh-
olic University of America, VINO pre-
scented to Private Secretary Inurper a
letter from Archbishop Satolll, papal
legate to America, congratulating Mr..
Cleveland on his accession to the Presl-
dcncy. "particularly in the name of his
Holiness the Pope. :" Tie letter was
written in English on the official letter
head of the Catholic University.
A Virginia delegation consisting OF
senator Hunton and Representatives
Wise and Meredith presented to the
President the name of Judge Goode OF
Virginia. for the solicitor-generalship
Judge Goode was solicitors I'M
der the first Cleveland administration
and after Mr.. Clevcland's election last
November his name was prominently
mentioned in connection with the at
torney -generalship in the cabinet.
Senator Lindsay Of Kentucky, came
with C. II. Allen, of his State, and ask
ed Mr.. Cleveland to appoint the latter
Assistant Postmaster-General. Other
Kentuckians whose papers have been
filed and whose claims for Office will lie
presented later arc c. X. Wheeler OF
Paducah. ]. E. Mckenzie, and W. {.
Watts. Mr.. Wheeler and Mr.. Mcl\en-
zie want foreign missions, and Mr..
Watts would like to be consul at one
ofthe British ports. Their claims are
being pressed by Congressman VIM; j.
Stone. who called on the President this
morning. Ex-Governor Buckner was
another Kentuckian who saw Mr..
Cleveland, but he came merely to pay
complimentary visit and to present
Mrs. Buckner. Chief Justice Bennett
of Kentucky, who came with Congress
man Stone, merely paid his respects to
Mr.. Cleveland. Judge Bennett :
claims will probably be pressed for the
circuit iudgeship left vacant by the pro-
motion of Judge Jackson to the Su,
preme bench. Senator Palmer and
REPRESENTATIVES, Newberry and Dur
borrow, were ushered into the Presi-
dents presence with several Illinois ap,
plicants for prominent offices behind
them. They were Ex-Congressman
Scott Wike, Mr.. Delos Phelps and Gen.
r. ]. Smith. Mr.. Wike is after the po-
sition of comptroller of the currency
and Mr.. Phelps wants to be consul to
some prominent place. General Smith
is after the important position of post
master at Chicago. Congressman Xii
gore of Texas had q little talk with
the President about the Mexican mis-
sion, the position for which he has been
endorsed By the Texas Legislature and
host of prominent persons. Congress
man Amos ]. Cummings, introduced to
Mr.. Cleveland delegation of union
labor men representing Typographical
organizations. They entered a vlgo-
ro1s protest against the appointment
of Mr.. C. w. Edwards of Wilmington,
Del, to the office of public printer.
They said that Mr.. Edwards was not
union printer, that he was opposed to
labor organizations. Ex-Congressman
Owen Scott is one of the most promi-
nent candidates for this place.
Mr.. Basil Gordon, chairman OF the
democratic committee of Virginia, is
numerously and influentially backed
for the Mexican Mission and is well
qualified for it, but his many friends
fear it will be given to somebody else.
Representative Meredith OF the Alex
andria, Virginia, district called upon
the President yesterday in the interest
of Mr.. Wexford Corbin of his State,
who is an applicant for the place of a As
sistant Secretary of Agriculture. The
President told him the Agricultural De
partment was growing branch of the
government and that he thought ii
would be developed under the manage
ment of Secretary Morton, to whom be
would entrust the appointment OF his
subordinates, and that the application
had therefore better be made to him.
Mr.. Meredith called at the Agricultural
Department this morning, but the re-
suit of his interview is not yet known.
Senator Hunton and Representatives
Wise and Meredith and cx-Representa-
tive Lawson, of Virginia, were among
the many callers at the White House
this morning They recommended the
President to appoint Mr.. john Goode,
of their State, Solicitor General. MIR.
Cleveland told them the place was one
of the most important at his disposal
and that he must have time to consider
the qualifications of the applicants for
it. The interview, on the whole, was
not satisfactory. The general impress
sion on this subject is that the present
incumbent of the Office will not be re-
moved, if at all, until after the adjourn
ment of the present term of the |. :.
Supreme Court, next May, as during
the term several important cases, in
which the government is interested,
and with which he is familiar, but no
new man could be, will come up for
trial. Notwithstanding the i'll success
of the Virginia congressional delegation
in this matter, the Virginia demo-
cratic association of this city have not
changed their mind about calling on
the President in Mr.. Goodies behalf
Ill conS q delnnatinn to the White