Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-10-08
PROW lEAEXINGlON

HPCc'at Correspondence Of tic 1Ieca. Gdstttc.
WAsnlNGroN. D. O.. o., s. 1881.
lbs Csplto! was onto lively this morning,
ncro people b:isg abou! there than at Gpy
time sinco thc last sessicn Of tie Senate, With
the exception of the days during which the late
President lay 10 STAKE there. Tho rcts)1 wss
The assembling Of tho dsncc.alic snd rtpub,
can senatorial caucGSas The Republican caucus
met in tho Marble Room. but. after short
| sion. appointed a committee 10 confer With Z
| similar Committee 10 be appointed by tho Gcmo.
cratic CAUCUS 10 arrange plan, if possible. lar
| the organization of tho Senate withou. de,y aid
difficulty, al d tben took recess. 1t is report
! u that before tho committee vas appointed
| /. WAS agreed that the democrats lad the right
10 elecs The President Of tho Senate. bat tnat
| he sdnlsaion Ct Tho three Scnstor5.sltc W0ud
| ia lDsIseG upon Immediately alter the election
CT ptcsiI3nr, and httyTo tnY other business
| should be transao cd. The democratic osucus
| net IN The room OF the Com nltloe on Revolu
| lona'y Claims. Il was unanimously agreed to
iIslst upon the cleo or Of President before
; the admission tf tbs pcg senators. and that
that President b. Mr.. Bsysrd. Tho question
OF admitting them beIure proceeding with the
! election Ct E Secretary then csuo up and was
discussed at length. Nuiiog itB dlscus"
sl1n ard before determination Vas
| reached, tho notification OF The action
| OF tbs republican csucus wa rcoci7cd.--
ibe question OF accepting the propostiOa Ess
| also The subject IT sr0loFged discussion, but il
Gas agreed TO 81 two u'oicck, wien the demo
cratic caucus also took q r,c!sa Tbs sction OF
! tue committee srponted ty the democratic
Caucus Is Dot 70 &c SIuaing upon that caucus
Until It abs!i hsro been reported 20 that csucus
Gad received It's arproSsi. There arc various
| ruE!ors conccruing the yribabe result of tho
two oaucusses. Among them tro the following:
| That the republicans do not want the President,
but would rather tho democrats nave him, as
they could then ioil The cGuHtrY that he demo
Gratis have svailGd themselves Of tie &C. CT 90
assassin 10 take az ltica that The people gcye
to the Republicans; that they will not make
c,n!cst fer tho SscretSrY iur The reason that
they oanGot unite their oEn party 90 Gorhsm,
and cinnot stuIt!y themselves by withdrawing
Ms ncminatlon and nomsnating suuitcr c,n0i.
date; that tEty will make no opposition TO the
election Of lrcsideDa the first day, but that
when ell tho members arc sHora iu they will,
with the v0to OF MIR. Davis, have ms joriiy vi
ona and will then depos, the democratic Prtsi
dent aud eltci republican in his plac and
that they will mako vigorous fight Tor tho re
tentlcn OF at least halt the Committees All tie
members OF tho democratic caucus wera present
eXcep! Mctsrs Slstur, Grover, Farley. Fair aud
Raosom, and all the republicans but two, one CT
whom is psired with Mr.. Fair, who will not be
present during the session. Altho other mem.
b'rJ will he hero by Monday. Neither MIR.
Davis nor General Malone is ptestn, end
neither CT them attends party caucusts The
new republican Ssnat1ts Mes5rs. Miller. lap
ham aud AldIich arc umorg tho livliest 6! the
members. and lock M though they ere un 10
all that is going 90. A noticeable thing shout
tho caucuseJ is thsL tho d90lkeepe: of the
dcmcors,io csucus IS 20 ex rebel, whi!o That OF
lha republicans ls negro.
Capt. Howgatc waH brouah! i5Io caur! this
mornlug 10 hear The decision Of Tho jlGgo on
She hsbeas corpus writ in his caso that
was argued yesterday. The decision sss that
the captain be released upou his oRn r,c)2ui-
zsnco 10 the sum OF $40, 000 which is really no
bail ct oil. Tnero was rumor ab5ut the Court
House after the captains release to the effect
that somo ct tbs sureics 90 his other bo1d
would surrender him, but nothing Of TINT sort
haH yet been done.
Dlttict Attorney CaIkh saya Guiiciu sill
be formally indicted to day, but will nos b. Dr.
raigned uni Gtxt week.
Senator PcId!otGD. who is Us from Ohia,
says it is impossible to t,rp p dtalc opinion
about tho result of the r!oolicn to be held 10 his
State next Tuesday, as there has been 10 cam.
pslcn there, aud, consequently, 20 basis upon
which to form az opnou.
The President hiss passed a comparatively
quiet day, his callers being chic The Senators
who have arrived since yesterday Mr. Conk |
ling made him a long visit TO day sud it is said |
all reports to the contrary notwithstanding, thu.
ho is the frosldonts most trusted adviser and !
that he is really the poT6t behind the Pres- |
dents chair. greater than tho chair itself.
All thu candidates for Tho Secretaryship Of |
tho Senate arc on hand to day. naIooiy Mesass
Watterson, Withers. Washington, Young |
Smith and KGm1ndson. The fact that three 70 |
publican Senators have eaii they hoped ex.
Senator Withers would be elected Strengthens |
!he report that the republican caucus Will not
insist upon tho election Of Secretary. The |
name of Nr. Riddloberger ia never mentioned |
s letter was received hero TO day from p;o- |
mnent federal otlice holder in the Valley of |
Virginia in which the writer stst9s thst in his |
opinion the regular Democrats will sweep the
State next monh. and that nearly all the reputable
republicans in the state, having 10 ticket OF their
own in tho fold, will either not vote al ell o. |
else vote tho debt paying democratic ticket.