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Said to be Choice Of Sleinp, But
Not Of People 81 the
Town. *
.AGNEW LIKELY 10 L STICK ';-TI|I: I
| Mt BclievA THAT President
Will Remove, Him From }
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(Frorr1 our Regular Correspondent.)
~ WAsI11NGToN, Feb. 23.----rhc President
has decided to appoint James V.fs.Wo--
mack postmaster at Keysvllle, Charlotte
county, to succeed sA. B. Hammer " ! nc
contest over the office has excited con- con.
siderable attention because OF several fe "a
tures. Mr.. Hammer was oycrwhel t m M
endorsed for polntment b. the b tl11!'l
ness men OF Kcysville and patrons Of TN, the
office generally. Mr. Won1a ok recelvvte9d
the endorsement Of many people Y Of ' the
county, though not patrons OF the ofl Ilc.
His endorsement by actual pa irons W Voc
slim IN size. Representative Glass lass was q, !
asked to take hand in the CO tee ana
refused TO do so, beyond going to tie ex-
lent Of Hing tho papers OF n the 8cntldi-
dates. Hc said. however that innst1luc 9
as tho postmaster was to be g Is!epub tl@l
can, he would like to have q ppointed b q
man who would make an Z ef ficien e Of II II
I,cinl. and one wanted BY the business peo-
.p1eiSof the place VI In iewt OF the d verse
sta tements r made concerning the WIS Isl h sc
OF the patrons, he requested the depart
mentsto send a special agent 70 4 Keys
Vile to Investigate with g. view to lea ea n.
ing the wishes Of the people VII 9 eceiye f
mail at the office. ~ 81
not the choice OF the people, N but sssthe
choice Of Mr. slemp and the referees for
the sixth District. The ppointme has
not y been made. but has been decide .
upon. ";
Republican Squabb les.
The endorsement OF Mr.. L. p. Sum
fnr.. "a, Ia cn1 onfNrShiO
OF the First Virginia Revenue District is
not takcny1rlG all quarters to mean Just
what ut appears TO indica te. It lis \ be-
lieved to be hardly likely that the Presl-
dent will remove Park Agne w, who, ap-
pears to have mad q good Of ficial, and
who, be sides, was for cars tn g head OF
the Republican snization in rgln!a:
It il said that Mr.. slemp do es not ex-
pect to be able TO land Mr.. Summers in
the position OF collector but that he IS
hopeful that when the resident declines
to accept the recomm endationf OF the Yi II
ginia referees, IS he will 81 give PA something
equally as good to Mr.. Summers and
Will appoint him to the torn yshi lip for
would throw out District Attorney Z =,
Moore, which would not be displeasing
to Mr.. Slenp and his friends 8. The recon-
mendation Of Mr. Summers for he posi-
ton now held BY Mr.. "A grew, therefore,
isaonly a piece OF politics, viii CHI will ac.
conplsh the thing Mrs. Sleirtp great ya de.
sires-the two things-the proytsio Of lsa
berth for his trusted lieutenant, Mr. Sum:
mers, and, I he u GUST ting Of his insurgent
follower. District Attorney Moore .45.
" The Democratic representa tives and the
senators will not take q hand In the Re
publican rights for. places In rginia In
every Instance as soon as there is al cons
test over m appointment to- Fedora Of
flee In any Of the Virginia districts, ap-
peals are made to ! The congressman and
the senator's to assist one or o. her cam
didate. These are never; needed Il the
President or the 3 head Q ( \ g department.
were to indicate that q Demo rat might
be selected for the place, the Delnoc is
would be only too glad to urge the name
Of a constituent, but as It Is perfectly
we'll known that only a Re BIZ can Will
be selected. they refuse solutely to have
anything to do with the squa 5 bles. They
look upon them as purely r epublica iaf-
fairs, with which they have nothing to
do and should have nothing. XII i ii