Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-06-09
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Special Correspondence Of the Al:ea. Ga=ette.
WASHINGTON. d. g., June Q. 1880.

WASHINGTON. d. g., June 9. 1880.
The exeitcmcat about the Chicago nomina-
ton has quirted down, anl i; doesn't require
q democratic ptcdi:po:i ion to sro that The dc
preston 10 the republican 1sik5 is greater than
would lave been produced By natural reaction.
When lalkio2 among themselves or 10 these
upon whom they can rely, bo;h republican Sen
atcrs and representatives. acknowledge that tho
nomination Is rather tho avoidance Of C greater
evil than tic possession Of epy actual good, AID
thoso who are The most COZ e Dental don't hest
tate to say II a! the t;cku ISIS weak IS could we'll
have been selected. The nomination O! Arthur
was soD to the Grant uen, but by makiog il
otter So was given TO tho Blaine mep, 10 whom
Garfield il iodeb:ed for Ills success. They
wanted either Frye or Hale, and Gre offended
hfciusc neithtr one was selected. a strong
B aine man told nee 10 day that the convention
was liable TO tie keeDCst salclsm for r,ic,tiog
O man because CT c0 ass,ricd blepished char
actcr, and nominating one who had been found
guilty by republican nvesiignting committee
Of completely in tho Credit Mobilier ifau1. aud
o: whom Mr. Polard. the republican chairman
of thst CON miltec, had said Mr.. Gsrfsld has
cur tymIa,hy, but we must report 10 accord
anc, with the cvidcGc, before us, aud therefore
osn net lned lin gul;less His speech on the
Chinese bill he's rus an ltf,ctua quietus on
auy hopes Of success the republicans may have
cntertsiucd with respect 10 the States on
the Pacific slope. Inc Grant men a1o even
more put ont, aad somo Ct them are by no
means chsste in th, use OF expressions iudcl-
tive OF their dapprt biIioD OF the way in which
their iavo.io wss s'auehttred- c>mbioaton
OF all the other candidates against hin. One
Of them this morclog, not mt mbar Of Con
Rrsss however, but 30 & fic holder, slid to me,
"Wc!l, G!l your psrty has to do COW TO oltc: its
candidate is to coI late sono upel .c,ioo
able hard m9Ucy mao" III, dtm cats, With
the Exception Ct Mr.. Ticker, arc almost Of ono
accord cs regards tho ticket, and that is that
had the republican tried to ti-d the weakest
II s!cad Ct the strongest can1liates they could
Dot have met with better SUCCESS They say
that Garfield has wsbbled on every QUESTION
but ODc-tho money Q1csiiJn-and That bis
consistency n that consists 10 spproptiating all
Ct it he could ever lay lis hands upon.
The Senate COMMITTEE on Apr pristions
agreed 10 day 10 ant nd tho resolution for ad-
Jurti9g by substituting the 10Th for the 10Th
Instant, and it Is thought the House will concur.
1t is supposed by macy. however. that on ed
ijur0meut clnrot be elected even by tho latter
date.
Mr.. Whiltsker, Ct the House, when c.ksd
to day about the dispatch received in the CHI
cago convention yesterday to the Ctfsct that tie
c'ccllon 10 Oregon had goue 10 favor Of his re-
publican oppontn. ty thoust n ms )rty, said
he did not believe word Of i; that no had
heard noIhlog to substantive il, that Tho cleo
ton took p ace Mooday snd it was impossible
l0r the Jesuit 10 b, known by this time, and
that he ict perfectly assured that no had been
rc-cItc!ct, aid chat, TOO. by en- decreased n %
.rity.
Judge Thomas Smith abd lis sccoo1, Mr..
bunny Greene, Wtr5 10 tho city last night. and
left this mtrniag fer Richmond to surrender
thcmst Ives TO authorities Of lleurico country
flr the part they took in tho l.tu duel. The
Judge 'otOlmod n !riCud that Mr. Elan al
told HIM alter to Was shot that he did not wrlc
the arlc' whi'h hsd caused tho dutl. hut that
as the editor Ct the paper he had deemed it lis
tu'y to aSsnnc al l:s rcsponSiOi y.
Senator WilIi4ma ihiorncd me TO dpy that
he had by no means r2Ilf pushed his effort to
get up the hill for Mex c,u war pensions, and
that ho was watching for n tl,nco 10 tick it
10.
GeGernl l. :alo liaa tGon summooed to testify
in tho Warren csse, 49,! will leave fer New
York 90 tho l2:A.
The Senate will, il is thought, c)nculo tho
Consideration Of GOD pass tho suodry civil bill
TO day, snd tho deficiency bill wi probably b,
ready Tor them to morrow.
Major S. j. Baylg, The republican candidate
Ter Congress from tho Alexandria district, was
at The PosioGio Department 10 day for the rur.
pose Of having a no:toliJe established at CT.
lands, Farquier couoty, b,tSeen tho Plsos
ADD MldGlebuTg, bu; wtst of dirtcS liac b.,
tween ihc.c Places.