Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-12-09
Letter from Richmond.

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Letter from MfchmOnL.
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RICHMOND. Va, Dee. 9.-Ths session Of
The Legislature oan not be said to havs gotten
Well under way y,t. 1t does not. sitter the osu-
Gus he's been ended, promise to be a very ex-
citing session. The msjorties arc too heavy to
maks It in any way close Of even to give cause
for debate. The opponents OF the coalition
MS have way OF asserting, because thly wish
1t TO % so, that thers will ba DETECTION from
the Malone rule, bu. at present their asssr-
!i)rs seem 10 DO Incorrect. Undoubtedly there
Is bad feeling, but for some TIM it docs not
appear probable that acy open oct break
sgains! Mahone's rule will take place. liz has
the c!uous too we'll in hard for that, and none
OF the malconteDts care about beiog the frs: 10
make such mcva, knowing. as they do, TINT
failure 10 accomplishing their OF ieos means p:-
nlell death 80 long IS the present organization
OF the festlustcr party is maintained. Ii is
lntlnsted tust republicans are dissatisfied over
tho prospective selection OF Riddlebsrger by
tae oauoua, and that Arthur Insists On the s..
Icc:lo1 CT Lewis or some equally pronounced
republican,. TC-oigbt, boRever. res6iust,rs
| deny that Arthur is opposed to Kiddleberger,
| and hold that he is hrthur's choice. There-
| fore, it is Difficult; to get at the truth of tho
matter between these corhioing reports. John
| b. Lewis, Lieutenant Governor sleot, is in tho
| oily. and his rather sudden spp,arsDco Oh the
| eve OF the caucus Is regarded IS sigaitioant 10
view OF bis reported Interview with the Pcesi
dent Mr.. L5wis bod scarcely reached tho
city before be vas met by the inIsliigeuc, of the
death ttiI morning of NJ ior h. w. HoIie. who
| married d.uehtlr OF lhs lste John Minor
Bolts. and u. S. DIstrici Attorney H. l.. ;.sT
| IS married her sister. The connection betEeen
the families is, therefore, vsry clcsa. Msior
Hcxie was for sums years. Assistant u. 8. Dis
tr:ot Attorney IL this j Astic'. ind took quite
an &C i've part 10 pcl!tic9. lia was native Of
New Jersey.
COL John r. porenm q, pesrd 10 ths ely
tC-day also. Sloce his appointment 81 Super
iutendcnt Of the Fo!dpg ROOM Ct the House ct
Representatives hs has been beset With appE-
| cations fox plsGas. the idea having gotten oas
that DO has good many uLdcr his o,nsr0
tbs expellenco upon arriving in the city wss
| IKE that or traveller in the midst Of copteDd-
| lng dalknsss aud omnibus drivers and 10
| mad desperation he rushed to newspaper Of
| tioe aoa published 3 card 10 the effect that be
bad actually 90 Olive 10 his gift, Tut that they
wtro to the hands of the Doc, keeper. |: il
| said that Mr. Farr, OF Fairfax. will only be o
candidate Tor the position OF Superintendent OF
Public Instruction in the even! that the cEsaous
does not eqaltsbly rscogn;Z, the claims OF Gu
d.f a,cs from bis dislli,t 10 tho distribution Of
! Gctkshipe, c. Mr. w, G. Elan. editor OF the
Wing. ia 90 all sides spoken Of 10 conntc.ion
with tho Office of Secretary of tho Common
wealth, bu5 sotGe DOUBT Is expressed SO to
whether he will accept it. COL McD,r,s!d.
| m far l.1 nil
elected TO it when he was editor Of the w big.
Much the larger nunber Of candidates for
places are after committee clerkships. Clcvk
OF the House McCauil remarked lsughineiy to
day that there were about two hundred an6'
fifty applicants for olnrkships and be c9uld not
vet decide % to when he would select
Speaker Fowler ia having o terrible time be-
tween the cross firing of applicants and their
hackers for the places of pages to the House,
but he is a newspaper man nLd knows how to
keep bis temper. But if tho thicg GOES 90
much longer the man will Gle or Use some
strong language.
The caucus held tonight was not Of locg
duration. While the membors IS ruls are
retioent 10 talking shout theit deliberations, il
is understood that tho acIion Of the joint caucus
resulted in 6xIog upon Tuesday as the tins 10
begin grinding on the Senatorial mill. The
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State ofd,es. O,er sheso there is to be some
w,argiDg. 1t has bsen pretty much decided
that 10 the appointment each Congressional
J dlstr.c. is 10 receive sn equitable shars of the
spolls sud it is observed mat written pledge
will be excited from the beaGs of departments
) 10 this ehscs. After this Hrsngs is over 81
cours, there will bo another among the men,
bars of CONCESSIONS! districts themselves SO to
Who shall have the Office apportioned to their
disr!c'. There is an evident desire Oh the
part Ct members to get rid of this natter IS
soon So possible.
Malone, Riddlsberger, Speaker Fowler aud
several other friends are in CLOSE conference tc
night over the Senstorship. |. is understood
that conference, will be held with The reput-
liaans c-norrow upon this subieo.. The eau
Gus Of republican members to-day Was 10 re.
gard to State ofhcas entirely, 80 one Of their
number asserted night, and be further said
tha! the SenatoIship was not even men toned.
Many of tho friends Ct Mr. John f. Lewis
would like 10 see him get the place snd will
doubtless press BIS claims strongly, but it il
J asserted By leading republicans that he will mol
!, get the support OF sll bis party for the place,
IS many OF them assert that they mean 10 ecE
10 State politics as readjuscrs and therefore
will prefer Riddleberger All the Lswises arc
here to-day. Il is asserted by some of the re-
} aGl1s!era that President Arthur actually does
! not desl;e republican as Matones coll5esue
, but that be prefers resGiuster, for the reason
J that be thinks another rcs6juster would carry
mary moro moa with him, and thereby be q
more efficient aid 10 tbs disinsregston of tie
. democratic parry 10 Virginia ard the Senate.