Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-09-21
FROM WASHINGTON.
of the Alexandria Gazette.

House by Representative Bynum of In
diana which will have somewhat rev.
dictionary effect on the railway postal
service if the principle it contains is
enacted into law. 1t provides for the
reinstatement as fast as vacancies oc-
cur therein Of those employees OF the
Railway Postal Service who were dis
Oh .rged between the 18th of March and
Ist Of Nav, 1889. 1t will be remem-
bered that Just before President Cleve-
land retired at the end OF his first term
he placed the railway postal service I'M
der the civil service Irules to take effect
March Is. President Harrison extend
ed the time until May 1st, and Mr.
Rynum asserts that the extension thus
gained was utilized for the discharge Of
democratic clerks. He charges that
blank discharges were made out, dat
ed previous to May l, and used for dis
missing employees as late as in July and
August. He has, he says, endeayored
to secure the reinstatement of these
men, but failed because Of opposition
from the Civil Service Commission.
He now seeks relief for them by means
of Congressional action.
The House committee on rules de-
cided this morning that the Tucker
bill to repeal the federal election laws
should be taken up for consideration
on Tuesday next, the 25th inst. and
that the vote on the passage of the bill
and pending amendments should be
taken on the 10th of October, y days
being allowed for debate. This order
was agreed upon by the majority OF
the members, Messrs. Reed and Bur
rows not appearing at the committee
room until 1l:45 o'clock.
Secretary Carlisle this morning re-
ceived two letters from New York city,
addressed in the same handwriting.
One contained eight 800 bills and the
other seven 500 bills. The latter
SAYS: "This money is the balance OF
$4,000 which have refunded to the
Government in the last thirty years.
During the war | defrauded the Gov
eminent of $1,000, and now have re-
turned double the amount. During
Mr.. Wanamaker's being in office | sent
him money twice, once $500, but have
never heard whether it went into the
proper hands or not. / can assure you
that this refunding has cost me more
than pen can tell, and | pity the thief
because | have experienced what he
must feel either here or hereafter.
Would to God that He would now par
don my sin and let me 60 free. Don't
YOU think double refuuding is suf'
fcient 2"
Master Machinist Fairless, of the Nor
folk navy yard, a republican appointee
of the late Harrison administration, is
in the city and is said to be on the war
path. The reason why he is for war is
that he was recently removed from his
place on a charge of incompetency pre-.
ferred on the responsibility, more or
less, of the present commandant of the
lazy yard at that point. Fairless, ii
appears, was required, before his ap-
pointment, to pass a technical civil SER
vice examination, and his removal is re-
garded by the civil service board as
something of q reflection on them.
Secretary of Navy Herbert has been
appealed to and has promised justice to
Fairless according to civil service ideas.
Fairless says he would not complain OF
removal on political grounds, but pro-
tests against the charge of incompetent
cy as piece of trickery and hypocrisy
that he will defend himself against to
the last extremity.
Congressman Swanson of Virginia
was at the State Department this morn
ing to see what chance Mr.. Ben. Rives
of his State has of getting the Buenos
Ares consulate for which he is an ap-
plicant. From what he learned there
he is not hopeful of Mr.. Rives's success.
He did learn, however, that some con-
suls would soon be appointed and that
among them might be two or three Nir-
ginians. Mr.. Swanson also called at
Department of Justice, where he learn
ed that Mr.. Levi, of Clarke county, Va,
would soon be appointed U. 5. Marshal
for the western district of his State.
Congressman Meredith called upon
Secretary Smith of the Interior Depart.
ment this morning, accompanied by all
the southern democratic members OF
the House District of Columbia commit
tee, to see if white physician could not
be appointed superintendent OF the
Freedmen's Hospital, inasmuch as poor
white people are sent there, who natur-
ally object to having their wounds and
ailments treated by negro physicians in
whose knowledge aud skill they have
no confidence. Mr.. Smith informed
them that their request could not be
granted. Mr.. Meredith, at this, said it
seemed to him that under this admins.
tration it was better to be negro than
white man. The Secretary replied
that in the particular matter referred
to, it certainly was. Mr.. Meredith also
called at the Agricultural Departmental
the interest of some female applicants
for places from Culpeper and Loudoun
counties, in his State, but got little sat
isfaction. He then went to the Depart
ment Of State with Mr.. Burgess, for
merly of Culpeper, but more recently OF
Arizona Territory, who is an applicant
for the consulate at Puerto Cabello,
Venezuela, now held by the famous
Judge Riley of Accomaek county, Va.
He then went to the War Department
to try to get place for Mr.. William
Washington, formerly of Prince Will
liam, but now of Fairfax county, Va,
whose father was Col. ]. NJ. Washing
ton, who.gave the famous order, "a lit
tie more grape, Capt. Bragg" and who
subsequently went down with the ship
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