Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-04-23
FROM WASHINGTON.
CORRESPONDENCE Of the Alexandria Gazette
WASHINGTON, April %.

O.. to be first assistant secretary OF
State, and ex-Representative Bellamy
Storer, of Cincinnati, o., to be minister
to Belgium. These nominations were
to have been sent to the Senate to-day
but owing to that body's adjournment az
over until Monday will not 90 in until
next week. Judge Day, who will be
named to succeed Mr.. Rockhill as first
assistant secretary of State, is also from
Ohio.
The republican Senators in caucus
to-day decided to accept the PROPOSE
ton made by the opposition TOR the
filing of the Senate committees, leav-
ing the arrangement of the details to
Senator McMillan's committee on com.
mittees. The caucus also considered
the question of filling the elective Of
fees of the Senate, and the managing
committee was authorized to negotiate
with the opposition to the end OF secur-
ing a division of these places. Both the
secretary and the sergeant-at.arms OF
the Senate arc democrats, and the re-,
publicans think they should be allowed
to name 8 man to till one OF these
places. The details of this negotiation
will be left to sub committee, consist
ing of Messrs. Mcmillan, Lodge and
Spooner.
Consul General Lee has cabled the
State Department that John ]. Kelly,
of Philadelphia, has been released and
will leave the island. Nothing is
known at the department of the con-
ditions under which Kelly was ar
rested.
Judge Hagner signed decree di-
vorciug Mrs. Lucy h. Armes from Maj.
George A. Armes, retired officer OF
the United States army.
Representative Mcguire, of Califor-
MIA, to-day introduced a resolution III
The House declaring that the war be-
tween Turkey and Greece was war be-
tween Moslem and Christian ciyillza'
tons and directing that the sympathy
of the United States be extended to
Greece with the hope that her struggle
NAV be successful. The resolution
was referred to the committee on for
eign affairs, but as that committee is
not appointed no action will be taken
at present.
Representative Dorr, of West Vir-
ginis, to-day introduced bill to repeal
the civil service law.
Mr. Brander of Fairfax county, Va,
was at the Capitol. to-day trying to get
Congressman Walker of that State to
endorse his application for the post
mastership at Fairfax Court House.
The republican committee of the State
has recommended Mr.. Hawxhurst for
the place, but Mr.. Brander has paper
endorsed by Secretary Alger and other
prominent national republicans that
he requested General Walker to pre-
sent to tho President for him, but which
the General declined to do, upon the
ground that it is as much as he can do
to have postmasters appointed in his
own district.
Colonel Lamb, chairman of the Vir-
GINA republican executive committee,
was at the Capitol to-day. He doesn't
hesitate to say that he is utterly op-
posedto the policythe administration has
adopted of dispensing its patronage in
Virginia in accordance with the recon
mendation of the diamond four" Bow
den, Waddill, Brady and Agnew, with
the former as referee in all cases Of dis.
pute, and that though he has made no
agreement with the republican Con-
gressmen from his State, Messrs.
Walker and Yost, to attempt to defeat
it, the only reason therefor is the fact
that he has had no opportunity, and
has not been asked to do so.
Mr.. Ellyson of Richmond was here
yesterday, but, it is said, not on polit-
itical business. He is in good spirits
and thinks his chances of receiving the
gubernatorial nomination are very ia
vorable. People from the rural por-
ton of the State recently and nov here
seem to think that Mr.. Tyler is the
favorite in their districts, though they
all speak in the highest terms of Mr..
EllySon. MIR. Johnson of Culpeper,
here yesterday, said he had just come
from Stafford county, the democrats OF
which, he said, at least those with
whom he had talk ed, were for Mr.. Tyler,
and Mr.. Jackson of Warren county
said that though personally he was in
favor OF Mr.. Ellyson, the sentiment in
his county, so far as he had heard,
leaned toward Mr.. Tyler.
The executive committee of the Vir-
ginia republicans are still here. To the
demand OF the negroes of their State for
categorical response to the question
as to whether or not they intend
TO recommend negroes for Office,
they replied that their questioners must
name the men they want to be recog-
uized aud the Offices they wish them
to have. That reply was not satisfac.
tory, the negroes saying the committee
should make the selections, as they knew
which of their race had done the party
the most good. The committee and the
Office seekers will hold another confer
ence this evening. Up to! this time,
however, nothing has been agreed
upon, and the committee is as far
away from their chairman. Col. Lamb,
and the two republican congressman
from their State, as ever.
The following Virginia fourth-class
postmasters were appointed to-day
Arbor Hill. J. n. Yates; Endicott, G.
0. McAlexander; Gladstone, W. Fl.
Harris Hunters Lodge, j. II. Pace
Lanexs, J. d. Turner; Lithia, II.
Brugh Oakdale, j. D. Deacon.
Secretary Sherman has received a
brief cablegram from Minister Terrell,
at Constantinople, uader date of yes
terday, stating that Osman Fasha, the
old hero of the Turkish defense of Plev