Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-01-24
Letter from Richmond.
Correspondence Of the Alexandra Gazette
RICHMOND. January %, 1878.


RICHMOND, January %, 1878.
The election to day surprised good uuapy
perpl, The L'r raucu+ undoubtedly carried
the day, 10 f.! rs HE eIrcinn II Stale tthc' Is
was concerned. The reatiju4tcrs clam, that tho
have not matte any lishi, that they did ''''' at
temrt 10 Lnnssk"l ihr!r tnrccs On tie tHcas!'n,
anti thai il Is ~ ~ means 4 test cas-. D. shla
A it NAV, the ilcl has bcru lttnons! rated thht
the rcadustcls are ,:isnrgau!z ID. WHILE their
ORD ontnis arr, - they have b Ell stnHe they
wtr, defeated ii |, cling Nj j. hlar.hall llal gsr
as Speaker o: the House, II o,&nn:z u, ard
with lead, ~ wilu they viii f.ll"w Without
hes tatiGu No. 50 the rcaGjI5tcrS. They he.
gau bg sW:cpin;; ". y i::lug h,i"rc ilrEi sud
elected th,r Spci krr without oubhi alter
that they brsau Gitterns among themselves,
and moro than on. If their number. because
they co1li ,st get their preferences or have
their way un caran 1l2stinns, refused TO act
with tie p2rty al IlGca. Last tight, at Inc
Qucsan5erry clu,us, which is henc1!OIth 90
more The QucarnbrrIy caucua, TINS spirit 81
internccine wranelidg WAS exhibited. 1t needed
Cd 10 ,r0L het to f,tctcIl that 1t Would end 10
dcfsat. There arc Too many men among Tue
rcaGiustcrs who wart To be leaders, while the
Lee wing has its Leaders whom oil follow 1t
is rather noticeable tho that the Ire wing had
all tho officers Oil tht Ii side, OF nearly all. Ii
Was triumph OF military tactics over the tao
tics Of tho civiliaua. They had Gen. Loe,
Gen Is. J.. Johnson. Gcn. Echois. General
Walker aod Mai)r Daniel, against which array
OF military talent tho other side had only COL
Fulkerson and General Elliott. Had the cleo.
ton been held in open House Gen. Lindsay
Walker and Mr.. r. Il. Walker would have
been elected. Gen. Walker made good run,
indeed wonderful ruo against very popular
man, the present Superintendent OF the Pen.
itentiary Col. Swami is one of the most pop.
ular men in Virginia. Mr.. r. L. Walker.
Superintendent Of Public Printing. was the
only officer who was not reelected. ln him the
State certainly looses competent officer, and
enc capable Of doing his work We'll and with
expedition. 10 the Lee caucus both Mcssrs.
Mushtach and IIunter voted Tor Gen. r. Lind
say Walker for Superintendent of the Peni
Tertiary.
The question is now asked, Ga what side
does Senator Quesenbcrry stand? By his
action in resignlDg the chairmanship OF the
caucus over which he las been presiding, COM
posed, as it was of al! the readiusters. he gave
that wing @ stab which proved its death. His
action in retiring drew away many faint hearted
ones who wanted aD excuse to get away. 1t Is
rumorcd that some OF The good people Of Caro-.
limo county came to MIR. Qucsenberry and said,
look here, if your caucus nominates Gen.
Walker against Samuel a. Swami, and you
vote for Walker, or hold yourself bound to vote
for him against Swami then tho people OF
Caroline will see that you don't 60 to Con-
gress." Hence these tears, as MIR. Popbam
would say ,parenthctically. Swami and Quesen.
bury are both from the County Of Caroline.
The House day postponed the c1nsidera.
ton of Mr.. Barbour's three per cent. bill un-
til Monday.
There will b. short session to morrow for
tho members will not get through by that time
the discussion Of the why's and wherefores OF
the election.
The debt payers. or funders, or Lee caucus
fellows. as they arc variously termed, arc wild
with delight at their success to day. Several
Office holders also breathe trccr.
There is at least one thing upon which all
sides agree, and that is-that it is good
thing" that the election of officers is over. The
caucusing aud clectionecring that has been
going on has killed every thing else. Now
that it Is over business will be taken up and
pushed forward. and newspaper correspondents
will now be able to get news and gossip, which
has heretofore been scarce. Why inst one
hour after the election was over wild rumor,
that made some men shudder, was shoat to the
effect that popular member Of tho House
would soon lead to the altar, &c.