Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-03-06
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence Of the Alexandria Gazette
WASHINGTON, March 6.

FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence Of the Alexandria Gazette.]
WASHINGTON, March 6.
The confusion at the White House
was extraordinary all morning due to
the crowds of persons who had in some
way secured cards of introduction and
to the numerous Congressman who APP
with constituents who wished
to see all the apartments and who IN
MANY instances succeeded. Secretary
Porter's Office was overrun with Sena-
tors and Representatives, but he denied
himself to them and remained with the
President in the Cabinet room. While
the meeting of the President and his
advisors was continuing and every eff
fort being made to reach Chief Justice
Fuller to administer the oath, the Su-
preme Court was suddenly announced
q few moments before IL o'clock and
the President hurried down stairs into
the Blue parlor to greet them. After
the usual formalities of this reception
when the chief justice learned that the
Cabinet had been waiting for him, he
suggested for convenience that the cere-
mony might well be performed at once
in the presence of the court and this
was promptly acted upon.
Mr.. julius Palmer, ex-Queen Liliuo--
kaiini's private secretary, accompanied
by her aide, Mr.. Helelulie, bore to the
White House this morning an auto
graph note from her recent majesty
addressed to His Excellency the Pres
ident." On account of the crowd the
emissaries did not attempt to enter the
mansion, but confided the note with
their cards to one of the policeman on
guard at the entrance for delivery. Mr..
Palmer declined to confess any knowl-
edge of the contents of the note, but it
was learned that the e1-Queen is de-
sirous of having an audience with the
President at the earliest possible oppor-
tunity.
The official list OF the nominations
sent to the Senate by President Cleve-
land during the second session OF the
54th Congress upon which no action
was taken was made public to-day.
One hundred and twentyieight names,
an unusually large number, are includ-
ed in the list, none of whom are from
Virginia. =.
Mr.. Stilson Hutchins has entered suit
here against Mr.. c. G.. Conn to rescind
his contract for the purchase of the
Times. He alleges fraud.
The largest gathering Of prominent
republicans from Virginia for many
wears has been in the city this week.
Among them are many applicants for
the few offices to be given out by the
administration. One of them said to-
day at the Capitol "We are going to
recommend persons for office with the
idea of getting the best men in the party
to accept them. We cannot afford as a
party to allow q class of pothouse and
piecounter fellows to come in and run
the administration in Virginia politics,
who only want an Office for
what evenue it brings to them.
If that is the way matters are to be run
in my State l shall retire and never
again will l raise my voice against any.
thing the democrats do. l will simply
cast my vote as a republican from prin'
ciple, and duty to my country as a free
man. I have within the past two days
heard in this city that a political hog
combine was being formed to capture
all the Offices, and especially the col.
lectors and U. S. marshals. This COM
bine is said to be deep rooted in the
minds of only q few men who have not
been recognized by the leaders of the
party in the State or before Congress.
The collectorship for internal revenue
of the western district seems to be
creating quite a thirst, for office seeking
candidates are numerous, and for that
place the following persons have been
named: Stovall, Rives, Wilson, McCaull
and Agnew. The last named has got
the lead, said this republican. "He has
got the support of the leaders of his
party, who are McKinley's friends in
the State, and if he is not q winner,
we cannot see why. He is a business
man of high standing, and Mr.. Gage,
the Secretary of the Treasury, said last
night to a friend that he would
not appoint any man to a resrcn-
sible position, who, not a Success
full man in his own business affairs.
In the -narssde Thursday Col. Dyer,
OF Virginia, was on Gen. Porter's stall,
and Col. Clay was one of the marshals.
Park Agnew Was on the staff of Mar
shall B. II. Warner, and mounted on his
fine thoroughbred Hamiltonian, J. F.,
made q fine appearance. His horse
and the one ridden by Gen. Tan
ner, of Illinois, were more admired by
the turfmen than any Others in line.
When Agnew came along, shouts went
up from the crowd, "There is q Vir-
gilman, with the finest horse on the
avenue"
Among the prominent Virginia re-
publicans who came here to attend a
conference that never was held, are the
following: General Edgar Allen, Judge
Waddill, Colonel James Lyons of Rich
mond, General Groner, S. B. Carney,
and Congressman Bowden of Nor
folk, A. L. Burrough and 4. II. Lind
sey of Portsmouth, Morgan Treat Of
West Point, Brown Allen of Staun-
Ton, E. ]. McCulloch and R. A. Tut.
wiler OF Bottetourt, j.. l.. Hamilton of
R~ockbridge, Mr.. Ball of Northumber-
land, Messrs. Bowen and Mustard of
Tazewell, B. Upton of Middlesex, H.
de B. Clay of Viewpoints News, j. A.
Deyer of Southampton, and Park Ag-
new of Alexandria. Colonel Brady is
sick il Florida, and his absence was
badly missed, as he is considered one
of the most skillful of the managers.
Among those here there were apparent
nanu a1idannas of tha old Lamb and