The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-22
Aioxandria Pos stership Bone.
of Contention.
ItpoY's stn1l.ENIA u; 4 ].
Pssaisel II to 40 ALLEGED Pree Silver Demo
esst Because His Name Is Washington.
viexlsla iisrses Eaterei for the
Steepiechase at Benuiug's.
Especial p,sp. .eh to me Times,


WASHINGTON. D. c., March .2o.-Oncc
more the Republican machine" of Sir-s
Ginia is up to its middle in a terrific
struggle for an Office This time the Al
exandria postmassership is involved. and
ttc fight Is waxing more and more bitter
every day. The forces engaged in this
! Titanic struggled are the machine on one
side and Roosevclts weIl-known sentiment
lQlis,n on the other, and the Alexandrians
are watching the combat with GREATNESS
interest Joe Crupper, the incumbent. is a
strong, tried machine man, while Law
renee washington. whom the President is
saio to have decided upon for the posi-
zion, is said to be the last of tho Wash
ingtons.'' For some time there have been
other applications for the position, but
Crupper was the strongest man in sight.
Somebody wandered UP to the White
House, though, and told Roosevelt that if
he did the right thing he would appoint
Lawrence Washington because of his IL
l,istrious name. Alexandra being so near
Mt. Vernon would make Wasingtens ap
goointment particularly appropriate Roose-
welt thought the idea lovely. too lovely TO
Jet it go by. SO he said he would soppoint
linn This threw the machine up in the
air. and they lost no time in sounding the
war cry. Crupper went to the President
and told him that he had been a strong
and militant member of the Republican
party for sixteen lony. years. and had
eurvided the Malone, Lamb. and Agnew
battles and YVES still with the machine,
and that with that record. he felt he was
entitled to some consideration.
He would not complain II any other Re-
publican were put in, but he thought the
Office should not go to Democrat.
FREE SILVER DEMOCRAT.
washington, according ITO the ma
Chine" men. Is free silver Democrat
OF the worst sort They are telling the
authorities hee that in 1896 he made it
Ills business to break up a,ll the Repub-
lican or Gold Democratic meetings that
were held in Alexandra, and that he
ought not to be appointed to the post
mastership of that city, even II he is
..the last Of the Mohicans,' . so to speak.
Whether or not the machine men will
win out in the end cannot be foretold,
but it is certain that they have hung up
the appointment of Washington. which
was about to be made.
The entries for the hunters steeple-
chase TO be run at the spring meeting
of the Washington Jockey Club at Ben
,1jnes. have been announced and there are
several Virginia horses among those who
are to run This is always the most pop
,,lar event Of the Washington Jockey
Club meetings and promises to be very
coed this year. The entries are as FOL
lows:
i. W. Colt. Genesee Valley Hunt, N. Y.
David Gray, Genesee Valley Hunt, N. Y
Charles NJ. Harris. Genesee Valley Hunt.
~. Z.
Fell and Hayes. Radnor Hunt, Pa
ii. ingram Marshall. Radnor Hunt. Pa.
r. Neville. Piedmont Hunt Va
a. B.. Dundas, Warrenton Hunt, Va
S c.. w. Smith. Warrenton Hunt, Va.
Hon. Edward Morrell, Rose Tree Hunt
Pa.
John S. Bratton. Woodbine Hunt, Mo.
Julian Norris Deep Run Hunt, Va.
BANKS.
The Comptroller of the Currency has
approved an application to organize the
Following national bank: The First Ma
.1onal Bank Of Norton, Va, capital, So
Zoo: ]. e. Brading, Norton. Va; John
"A. Esser. G. H. Esser, e. ii. ould and
Hh. l., Stallard.