Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-01-18
Letter from Richmond.
| Correspondence CT tie Alexandra Gazette. |
RICHMOND, January II, 1878.

Correspondence Of tic Alexandria Gazette.
RICHMOND, January II, 1878.
4 called meeting of the Chamber of the
Commerce was bel! to night for the purpose
Of taking some action 10 relation to the public
debt. The following resolution was adopted
Resolved, That committee Of five be ap'
to the people of the State upon the public debt,
to be distributed throughout Virginia, With
copies of these proceedings
The Chamter of Commerce is opposed to
compulsory reimbursement, and has already ez
pressed itself.
In the House, to. day, Mr.. Niche offered
resolution favoring reconciliation, which the
House refused to act upon, and referred to the
Committee on Federal Relations. 1t is cvi
dent that the body will not consider any
thing connected with this subject premsturely.
That large mfj ority favor reconciliation
seemed to be indicated by their expression Of
opinion on the subject but the politicians in
the Legislature to day are not considering any
subject but the debt question, and they take
no interest 10 any subject whether nationa! or
State that does not appertain to the debt. 1t
is however, very evident that they will not get
their minds fully made up on this subject uoll
they elect the various State officers. Election.
eeriug is very active. Among the new cantl
dates mentioned is Co.. W. +. G. Gregory, of
this city, for the position of Secretary of the
Commonwealth, IN opposition to Col. James
Mcdonald, the present Incumbent.
As the list now stands the candidates are
said to be for Secretary Ct the Commonwealth.
COL Mcdonald, present incumbent, and Col.
w. +. G. Gregory; for lst Auditor, no opposI.
ton to present incumbent; for % Auditor, MIR.
Newman, MIR. +. NJ. MCMILLAN and ex Lieut.,
Governor Thomas; for Superintendent Of Penl
Tertiary, Gen. r. Lindsay Walker and Colonel
Samuel Swami present Incumbent; for Store
keeper, the present Incumbent. and Captain
Gaines, of Caroline, and MIR. L. Wagner, oil
Richmond; for Treasurer, 10 opponent has YET
shown himself; for Superintendent Of Public
Printing, Mai. Il. F. Walker, present incum
bent, AID Capt. Il. Z. Frazer, Of this city.
believe none of the other officers have oppcsl
ton. Lieut.. Governor Thomas was during the
war Second Auditor of the State.
The House has already cvinced lis determi-
nation Of getting rid of this bother about Offices
By going into the election at once but the reso.
luton has been laid on the table in the Senate
That body has recently shown a disposition tt
disagree with the House on eVery question
which if proceeded with will seriously retard
legislation.
The Inquiry has been started among the
members whether the present Is the first ses
sion Of the Legislature under the new con:titu
ton. The boys will probably discover that il
is not So far, in the face Of the prediction
that this session would be the i7clest ever
known in Virginia. the legislative session ha;
been dull and uneycting. The members, how
ever, have not begun to Wrestla fully with the
debt question.
The three leading problems with which the
country member is DOW grapplIog are:
|. What do We owe?
, How much have VIC got?
3. When can We pay the debt
And neither one has yet been solved.