Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-05-26
M KINLEY CIR U Ell.
HE Is GIVING VIRGINIA REPuBLI'
CANS LITTLE HOPE OF PIE.
TN .lc7ERN DISTRICT SLATE.
Otis III. Russell to De Postmaster
at HichmOnd-Othcr Minor P1ums TO
lie Distributcd-NO Big Things In
Prospect.
Prospect.

he Distributcd-yo Big Things In
Prospect.
WASHINGTON, d. c.. May 25.--(spe-
cial.)-The recent visits Of the united ana
harmonious Virginia Republican lead
ers to the President, and the latter
excessively polite reception Of them on
each occasion, without any substantial
results, leave no room for hope OF oiiieial
plums for a long time to come. NO
places in the State viii be filed until
the full term of four yeats Of the In
cumbents expire, and as for foreign
Offices. Virginia will not fall heir to
more than two or three consulates, ana
those small in a paying way. There are
perhaps two dozen applications on file
from Virginia Republicans for both mis-
sions and consulates, and it is safe 10
say that three fourths of them VIII
never be considered, and of those that
are. not moro than two or three favor
ably. ~
The calls made at the White House
possible to get some expression from
the President which would Indicate that
he had not forgotten the brethren IN
Virginia. Not a word. however, ala the
united and harmonious Virginia RepuDh-
cans get from Mr.. Mckinley that would
give them the slightest encouragement
10 hope for an invitation 10 the PIE
counter They went both times nope
fully. and on the second trip they were
even gleeful. but they came away crest
fallen, gloomy, hopeless, and desponueht.
They are now beginning TO realize that
Vrginla's electoral vote, packed "
twenty-odd thousand majority, went TO
BRYAN and sewall, and that Mckinley
has his hands full trying to- find ofhces
for the States that elected him, lhstedu
Of those i'm which he was defeated. me
horde of office-seekers have all dlsap-
peared. and they will soon be toiio"eu
bv the defeated Republican congresslohdl
candidates. and by the members Oh tno
state Committee, with the exception Vi
n detail 10 watch the two cohSressiie"
and see that they stand by the agree
ment which produced the present ue-
Iiohtful but unproductiye, harmony
THE SLATE.
The slate for the Eastern District re-
r,aine the same as already published
in this correspondence, with possibly one,
or nerhaps two slight changes. IL In
the opinion of those who are posted that
oils II Russell will be the next post
master of Richmond, at the expiration
OF MIR. Cullingworth's term, that us
trict-Attorney White will be allowed 10
hang on for a reasonably decent peIiou'
that Morgan Treat will be Marshal; BOW
den. collector of the port OF norfolk;
De b. Clay, that OF Newport news auu
Asa Rogers, that OF petersburg OUT .nde
among the disappointed aspirants there
will be a big scramble for the internal
revenue collectorship TO succeed MT,
RYAN. 1t is limited here that Colonel
Rradv has no "cinch" on this Office, as
has been generally supposed. The Coio-
mel first aspired TO the commisslonershlp
of Internal Revenue, position almost
az big as that of a Cabinet officer. IL
was curlously enough conveyed TO the
President and to Colonel Mark Hanna
his friend. recently that Colonel Brauy
was no. only an original Reed man, buI
that he boldly voted for the opeaher
on every ballot, making 1t a point 10
have his vote specially recorded. ms
Is said to have had the effect OF cutting
of all chances Of the Colonels getuhs
the commissionership. and II Is only
very short time ago that he found II
absolutely necessary to go for the Rich
mond collectorship. This was caused
by the change in the slate here.
NAPOLEON Bonaparte Scott. Of west
Virginia. who took q hand in the Nlr-
einia campaign last fall. was TO nave
gotten the revenue commisslonership'
and Brady was spoken Of for deputy
commissioner. Now all this is changed,
and both Scott and Brady Will be
knocked OUT OF job. Forman, whom
Cleveland appointed is to remain COM
missioner for an Indefinite period-as
long as he wants tot is said, ana
when he leaves, the present deputy COM
missioner. Wilson, a Republican, kept In
by Cleveland. will be made commissioner.
Thus it is that Scott is looking around
for something. and so is Brady. While
the Colonel was aspiring very high, high
er than he should have done as Reed
man, others were at work on the Rich
mond revenue collectorship, and 1t Is
said there will be a fight for the place.
PERSONAL ITEMS.
DR. I. Howard Gore. Professor OF
Mathematics and Geodesy in the Column
bian University mere, accompanied by
his wife. an accomplished Swedish lady,
States Commissioner TO the Belgian EX-
position. and has had similar experience
az Chicago, Atlanta, and Amsterdam.
Dr. Gore Is q scientist OF high repute
and is well known in scientific circles
for his writings His brother Is a pro-
fessor in the University OF North Caro-
lima. These distinguished gentlemen. ma
tives Of Winchester, were students at
Richmond College.
Mrs Thomas III. Rutherford made a
flying visit to the city 10 give her little
daughter, as A reward for successful work
az school, a sight Of the new Congressional
Library the National Museum. the Cor
coran Art Gallery, and other instructive
attractions here.
State-Senator williams, Of Mecklenburg,
now secretary 10 Representative Lamb.
who has been at home looking after his
fences, Is again back in this city.
c. w. Saunders, Richmond Va; r. r.
Turner, Virginia. and H. NJ. Thomas and
wife, Virginia, are at the Metropolitan.
John X Niche. Richmond, Va: i. G.
Watson, North Carolina; r. w. Taylor,
Virginia: c. f. McCawley and wife. Vir-
GINA; Mrs. Fickln and child, Virginia,
Howard House
r. l.. Rome. OF Richmond. IS at the
Jefferson.
w. H. Fowle, eX-Coliector or internal
Revenue at Lynchburg, Va. Is at the
oxford.
w. G.. Gwatkin. Richmond; S. S. Elan.
Richmond; p. 5. Meyer. Roanoke; X.
Brlx. Vienna, and j. ID. Hooe. Warren
ton, Va. are registered at the Raleigh.
J. A. Braokhurst, OF Richmond IS at
the Cochran.
n. r. Lee. Richmond. Fritz Reuters.
A. d. Rowe. Jr., Fredericksburg. Va;
]. II. Hill. Richmond; Il. W. Barker, Va,
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