Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-10-26
POLITICAL.

largo number appeared ard promptly entered
ca The business Of pelficiirg tho organization
necessary for tho approaching eltctioa. Much
needful business Was fGished aud arrangements
uGds fer full turnout Oh the u OF November.
Alter the regular business Wts over George
Mason, esq By request addressed the club ID o
| speech Of considerable length. explaining the
address just ISSUED By the rational democratic
committee ito tho conservative voters of Vlr-
ginia." earnestly urging upon these p'ssen. 10
| do all 10 their power TO show these Of their
| neighbors who had attached themselves to the
Malone party, that their votes would be ALTO
| gether lost for HarcccS. end simply assist G ar.
| field in bis etc:ior. Mr.. Mason reviewed tie
movements of Malone and his leaders from the
defeat of Grant ct Chc,ro to the present time
and showed coIc.usively that their efforts had
always been 10 the interest tho republican par
ty. lie corcu5ed with an earnest appeal to bis
hearers cot to allow tho Virginia democrats to
DO sod GU. to tho republicans by being DO
ceived into giving their support 10 tho It'll of.
uly ticket. MIR. Masou's eroech was received
With applause and at the clcs, the thanks Ct
| tho club were unanimously rendered him.
Mr.. TboGas Hughes cast decided gocm
over bis prote cliorist auditors q! the Academy
OF Music in Philadelphia. whi!o discu,sIpg the
comparative cost Of living in tbs oouatIy snd
Eneland. he told them that ian Eoglish
shilling expended 10 Eng!and would bring him
better rourDs than CO American dollar eXpent-
ed in America" Whercupop. says the R.c1rd,
OF that city. "the tlscd bevy Ct protectloniSts
by whom Mr.. Hughes was surrounded : X
shut all their eT5clress from the genial orator
os dardsiocs close up their bloom when scorch
ed by The norDiGg sua.
The New Orleans Plca7uuc asys: The Gsht
between the State and United States ofEclsls
upon the registration question is assuming very
grave proportions and q se7;ro oorhc. may be
expected o. any moment Arrests ta7s al
ready been GaGc CT parties registering within
ten days prior to The Gle 100. ~ specified 10 the
law for revision Of tbs llsS
| Garfield has written apoth,r letter 10 Chair
man jewell denying the authorship CT the
Chimes, labor lotter. What commentary says
tho Baltimore Gsz;tto Oh tho character OF their
candidate when republicans are compelled to
bsck Up tia denial E!th clIcCm itsrtial c1idenc!.
S.ctetely Sherman addressed republican
msetog al the Z :ook'yn Academy of tluso last
night. IIs did not pressa! aoY new Arguments
l
was TO heir interest 10 st,rh hY he rcYutl.caa
party.
| Tru.!, tho New York paper which st
printed Tho Mercy lotttr. nov cIre5 forward
With tho announcement that il cey or two
it will prtdac, n)luu,iga cqidQgG1 d its au-
thcniioItY.
| AfeE the Chicago corys1li0n Cen Grant sail
| Gaiti>i could Dot be c5o!cl, ED attGr tae
Oiaciunsti convention that Hancock Vas 90
hoccraba, tats msn, aud would ho elected
S,palor Ritioe he'd several embellishments in
New York fer this wetk. tu. i'll sl:h has
made il necessary fac him t. catcEl Gil tho Gu
ga2cme1.s.
General Gi5at H.s ct Utica yesterday. Three
meetings wtr, held, at one OF which Grant snd
| Cork!ing Elits speeches.
| Radical EenGjnstcrs ant. The state
DeDt-Ehe Paradox OF Northern
kadtcalisn OH IL j.: cneyea sristOc.
rncy-The Present britt OF tho Pc
Iitlcal Tide.
| Correspondence CT the Alexandria Gazette
IEWLETT's. O,t. 25.-Nethirg is mere t4!se
ar2 uoisir than TO term oil who STE opposed TO
The radical rea: justsr early as 'idadeIs,
ID b: payers" g., il conrsdistiEcio: 10 their
own po;ilion for the recent elioIic0 10 this
Stale disclosed tbs tSo: t!iet TIC opponents OF
tho Il. Il. parry we're !cadj:Ssrs Ct very
sacepipg character, and hsd tcurcd tn: ap!ro-
b,!iou Of tao toodhcldsrs 10 sotene OF adj
i.s'GaS!, Which, if carried cut. would s,ve tho
State auru.iIy S440 900. b!sidcs paying inter.
| Is: in iu On ell her bonded debt. Tnfr. sre
Tow ia the State treasury. ssys mf. M'ss:o.
$35 OG0, I'D the surplus is attributed 10 the
Wss nansgemcr: Ct tho t. II. party. Bet let
US sse. There were fuodtd uader the Metal
lach tili. in round nunher5, IS 600 600 ; OF
this emouot S. 3223 1873 SO. we're coupon bonds
hearing & rnr cect. interts!, amounting to
$500 OOo. UGdcr the McCuooh bill VIC have
saved thu year on that amount $lG0 600 There
were iucded CT pceIer bonds 50 CSC 6GG CO.,
the intercs; on which vas $780, which was
ntvar paid, but annually increasing the debt to
that amount, thus making the Thcl, cnausl
interest of the amount founded under tao los.
Got, $3.50 900, half Of Which was saved by fuod
log. leaving credit to tho McCulloca bill OF
$240 900. As, however, the interest ct thu
peeIer bonds faded had rot been paid aad
has this year been paid in full. amounting to
$3.50 900. Wa still have, after paying tho ioter'
es. in full upon this part Of the debt, get sur
Plus 10 tho treasury of $4,000. lostead,
therefore, OF having $35 O00 Dir. Mas5ie ought
to have surplus of sll0. 600; end il all tho
debt bad been funded las. fall, it is DOW demon
strablo that there would have been 10 the treas
ury to d,y $4,000. Iosiead, therefore. of
less; ming the burthen Of the people, the radcil
read asters have iIcraasid our BURNERS this
year by $3.50 900. And yet NO sro called upon
10 throw Ourselves into tho arns of Tho radicals
ard burthen the Stat, with az iooreaso OF taxes
to nearly one :hira Of Q million ner anlum, as
a compliment to the radical rea5 jasters- Will,
hero in VIreinis. the simon pure radicals and
radical resdj asters ere pyeigLiug against ''cap-
tai, bonds aDd bordh6lders," their friends and |
allies 10 the North arc the capitalists and bond |
boldels. prominent anoos whom is the great
abused ard dspised Hugh McCullcch ! Aud
wtilo tho Northern radicals are profcssiog the
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