Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-02-08
VIRGINIA REPUBLICANS.


VIRGINIA REPUBLICANS.
The Washington correspondent of the
Richmond News Leader says
According to Representative Slemp
there is probability that Park AgDew
will bs nominated by the next republic
can State convention for State treasurer
on the gubernatorial ticket.
1t will be recalled that under the new
constitution the Office of State treasurer
is made an elective one, and in the next
campaign the people will vote for treas
urer.
Mention of the fact that plans are
making for such nomination was made
incidentally in the course of converse
ton the News Leader correspondent had
with Colonel Slemp yesterday. Some
thing was said about the ousting of the
present postmasters at Upperville and
The Plains.
Colonel Slemp said: al ust heard
tho Postmaster.general say this morning
tAat there should be new postmasters ap-
pointed at these places, and it will be
done in few days. | do not recall the
names of the incumbents of the Offices,
but the matter will be looked into in the
next fortnight, and we will appoint
Christians to their places; now tell them
that say we would appoint Chris
tains. "
1t is to be unexplained that to Colonel
Slemp every Slemp republican is a
Christian" while everybody else is
skinner"
81 suppose, then, that the incumbents
are 'Agnew republicans" queried the
interviewer.
"Ob, go long" was the reply, "why
have you not found out yet that there
are no 'Agnew republicans in Virginia?
Agnew is good fellow personally, and
We are going to nominate him for some
thing on our State ticket. What place
will it be? Well, it may be for COVER
nor yet, but it is most likely that it be
for treasurer. Agnew is popular
throughout the State, and it is bis fault
that be let the party go to rack in Vir-
GINA. He will made strong run for
whatever place he is nominated"
"How about Judge Lewis declara.
ton that he would not accept the nomi.
nation for goyernorT he was next
asked.
'DonP you lose any sleep on that, my
boy we will hear from Judge Lewis
again before the republicans let him off
if they want to nominate him" replied
Colonel Slemp.
The fact that Colonel Slemp is now
passing out nice things about Mr.. Agnew
is probably due TO his having awakened
to the necessity of having such men as
Mr.. Agnew in line, if he wants to come
within hailing distance of making good
his pledge to the President to deliver the
State in the next campaign.
He has found that it is one thing to
promise a State and another thing to
deliver it, and he is doubtless trying to
make peace with all his enemies that he
NAV come somewhere near "making
good" Whether the Agnew people
will be soothed down by such tactics is
not known, but it is known that it will
be very unlike them to do so.
Speaking of ColonelS lemp and patron.
age. a prominent United States Senator
yesterday related to the News Leader
man part of & conversation he heard
between the President and Representa-
tive Sherman, of New York, which throws
an interesting side light on the situation
in Virginia. ss
Mr.. Sherman, II seems, bad called at
the White Housein the interest Of Ger.
tain Virginia federal oaice-holder. He
said to the President that he ought to
consider the fitness Of applicants himself,
and ousht1osppoiot them on opinions Of
his own. ia ~
To this statement the President is
quoted as replying that, as rule, he
had recognized these patronage commit
tees, and that he purposed to take their
recommendations, that it was impossible
for him to take up the cases himself or
to have an opinion of bis own on these
subjects. He said further that there were |
some men in Virginia, only few, whom
be proposed to recognize in his own way, |
and that in these instances he would ask |
the patronage committee to withdraw
their recommendations, so that he could |
make his own appointments, but aside
from those exceptional cases he proposed
to abide by the decisions of the patron
age committees.
II is said that one or two moro ap-
poiDtments will complete the list Of per-
,oDal appointments the President desires
o make, and that the remainder of Vir-
gina patronage will be dispensed by the
committees.
Peculiar Disappearance.
j. ID. Runyan, of Butlerville. o.. laid the