Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-05-20
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence Of the Alexandria Gazette

WASHINGTOF, May ~.
Senator Gallinger to-day gave notice
of an amendment to the general def
cheney appropriation bill providing that
smechanics and laborers of every class
employed by the government shall
hereafter be excluded from the CLASH
fed executive civil service"
The Secretary of State to day sent to
the Senate q protest from the German
ambassador against the provision for o
discriminating duty on sugar.
M. M. Lipscomb has applied for the
office of collector of customs at Rlch-
mond, Va.
General Horatio King, who was
Postmaster General during a portion OF
Buchanan's administration, died in this
city at $40 this morning. He was in
his Seth year, and died from the effects
of an attack of grip.
a Virginian said to-day at the Capt.
tol that tomorrow will be a field day
for Virginia republicans, as there is to
be a large gathering of Office seekers
here to meet the leaders of the admins
tration wing OF the party in Virginia,
Messrs. G. E. Bowden, Col. Brady,
Judge Waddill, Gen. Edgar Allan,
Gen. Walker, and others. 1t is said
this is the meeting to settle finally the
much vexed question as to when the
federal offices in the State are to be Civ
en- out. A friend of Mr.. Warield, who is
an applicant for the postmastership at
Alexandria, said to-day that in a late
intervier Mr.. War6eld had with
the President on this subject, the
President assured him that he
should have the office. Another
! republican remarked if that were
| true there was no hope left for the
friends of Mr.. Crupper who is also an
applicant for the same place. However,
he added, neither MIR. Crupper or his
friends had ever been promised by the
President or Postmaster General that
Mr.. Crupper should be postmaster at
Alexandria, they do not claim to have
a mortgage on the office. They will
ask the President to appoint MIR. Crup.
per on his business and political record
and his standing as a citizen in the city
and community in which he is known,
A friend of Mr.. Park Agnew said to-day
that Mr.. Agnew vas looking after the
| business of his office az collector of in
ternal revenue at Lynchburg more thar
after political affairs at present. He
said that though Mr. Agnew is a true
republican he would not do anything
in the way of removals or appoint
ments in his Office that will at all con
lict with the law or theorules of the
Treasury Department. 1t is rumored
among the Virginia republican here
that when their leaders shall return to
this city to morrow, there may be 8
meeting of their State executive COM
mittee to settle the trouble that exists
in the republican committee of Alex
andria.
The prevalent impression On the sub
ject at the Capitol to-day is that a vote
| on the Morgan resolution recognizing
the belligerency of the Cuban insur
gents. will be reached this evening, and
that it will be adopted, as, though the
conservative Senators are opposed to it,
| the speech of Mr.. Foraker yesterday
has induced some of them to suppose
that the President has yielded 10 the
rfluence of the jingoes and will not risk
Il needless war in order to be on what be
believes is the stronger side, and they
cannot afford to oppose his wishes.
Both the Senators and probably al
the democratic members of the House
from Virginia, except Mr.. Otey, will
leave here this evening for Richmond,
% attend the meeting of the State
| democratic committee to be held there
to night to determine upon the time
and place for the State convention.
1t is supposed by Virginia democrats
here that Norfolk will be the place and
some day in August the time for the
convention.
The following Virginia fourth.class
postmasters were appointed to-day
Dun, ]. B. Drewry; Edenburg, ]. E.
Beazley Flint, M. S. Vest Fort Hoo,
yer, Joseph Hoover; Graves Mill, L f.
Jenkins; louisville, w. A. Bloxom
townsville, D. 8. Woodson Mathews,
G.. S. Marchant Riverton, A. + Rob
inson Uno, w. A. Carpenter.
The President has decided to 60 to
the Nashville Exposition the 18th o.
next month. He will be accompanied
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