Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-07-13
FROM WASHINGTON.
rCorrespondsnce Of the Alexandria Gazette
WASHINGTON, July Is.

Correspondence Of the Alexandria Gazette.]
WASHINGTON, July Is.
Ali the members of the republican
executive committee of Virginia, ex'
cept the chairman, Colonel Lamb, are
hele to day, and with them many other
Office seekers from their State, includ-
ing Messrs. Treat, Brown Allen, Hamp-
ton Hoge, Groner, Brand and numer-
GUS others. The committee will hold
conference this afternoon, and in the
meantime will call upon the President
and endeavor to find out what,
if any, patronage he intends to
give their State, and when he will
bestow it. They will also consult
about the proposal to call meeting OF
The State committee, and also try to
settle upon persons whom they shall
nominate for marshal and attorney for
the western district of their State. MIR.
Allen says the committee has already
recommended him for the former place,
but Congressman Walker and Yost say
Bowen must have il, and though
he two latter have recommend
ed Franklin for attorney, the
committee seem to favor somebody else.
In respect of the Offices in the Rich
mond district, they say there will be no
trouble as there will be no contest
about them. Mr.. Hoge still has hopes
of the attorneyship for the western dis
trict, but nobody else thinks he has
chance. There is an impression among
them that three small consulates will
be given to their State, but the reason
for it they don't give. Among those
spoken of as likely to be appointed
consuls are General Groner and Mr..
Pat McCaul, but others who profess to
know gay that neither will succeed. II
ia evident that all is not well with
| either the committee or those waiting
on their action, and it is already said
that some of them are not only dis
pleased with each other but with the
| administration. The executive COM
mittee of the republican committee of
! Virginia, at their conference this even
ing, issued cali for meeting of the
State committee at Lynchburg on the
18th of August.
The sugar trust has got the confer.
ence committee, to which the tariff bill
has been referred, as much under its
control az it had either the House ways
and means or the Senate finance CON-
mittee, who reported that bill. The
former committee has agreed to give
| the trusts all it wants, and in conse
quence trust stock has advanced great
! ly and the the trust men pocketed
mora millions. Cotton ties, burlaps
! and other articles used in the South how
ever. have been taken of the free, and put on
the dutisble list. 1t is expected to-cay that
the bill will be completed in conference dur
ing the next one or two Gays to the entire
satisfaction OF all the various trusts, and that
the adoption OF the committees report by
both houses will not DO long delayed
Elk. Congressman Kellogg, OF Illinois,
who has been selected as Consul Lees
successor at Havana, is hear, awaiting
the latter's return.
Southern republicans here are in no
good humor with the administration,
though they only manifest their feelings
toward it to each other. They say that
it has not yet given single place to
Il native born Southern man, and they
don't expect it will.
At the Cabinet meeting to-day
tte.e was a good deal of talk over
appointments and as result the send
ing of the big list of consular nomina-
tons to the Senate was delayed, in or
der that few names might be added.
The currency commission message did
not cause any discussion, because it is
now understood that the President is
settled in bis determination to send il
TO Congress and only awaits notice
from the party leaders as to the time
when this can be done without inter
fering with the programme arranged
tor the disposition of the tariff bill.
The President to-day sent the follow
ing nominations to the Senate Lieu
tenant Colonels to be Colonels-Guy
V. Henry, 81 cavalry; L. II Carpenter,
7th cavalry; Samuel B. NJ. Young, 4th
cavalry; John M. Bacon, lst cavalry.
The Dolphin has arrived here and is
making ready to take the President
down the Potomac for an outing when
ever he finds the time for it..
Chairman Towne of the silver republican
organization has sent telegram to the chair
man of the committee in Ohio sdvising
against putting separate State ticket in the
| field. In an interview he states that no
ticket will be placed in the field, and that the
silver republicans of Ohio will support the
party declaring for silver.
The following fourth-class postmasters
were appointed to-day in Virginia: Cash
vile, Il. E. Drummond; Jacks Mill, E. j.
Sowder News Ferry, L. J. Ragland; Oak
land, ]. W. lancaster Palmer Springs NJ. S.
Morris.
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