The Evening critic., 1882-09-22
ALEXANDRIA, AFFAIRS.

Important Meeting of the Young
Mems Democratic Ciub-Prcparing
for u Vigorous Campaiu-LOudoun
& County Fair-Busiucss and Per.
sounI Matters.
The recenty.organiZed Young Mems Demo.
cratic Club held meeting last night at tho
Democratic headquarters, on King street, with
George A. Mushbach, president, In tho chair,
and j. ID. II. Lunt, secretary. About forty
members, Including number OF mon whose
they had long passed tho summer Of life and
would bo more in place in an old
mems club. President Mushbach, In his open.
Ing speech, said the Democratic party In yir
ginia was In this campaign confronted with a
foe more cunning than 1t has ever had to con-
tend with in tho past and victory would only
ccasing vigllance;. that there woro two i'm.
portant things for tho club TO attend
to-ono was TO SEQ that tho new
TO commence the flrst Monday in october and
continue till the following saturday, was prop.
erly conducted, and that dead negroes and
parties removed from the city wore not regis.
tered and voted on election day; the other was
TO get correct list OF the voters In tho city,
their names and residences. Tho following
additional vicc-presidents of tho club TO
act with those already selected was then
elected: First Ward, William Dobio and
Samuel Mankin; Second Ward, Alonzo Mills
and Frank Price; Third Ward, J. Il. Waddey
and George Bontz Fourth Ward, Colonel
Francis l.. Smith and ]. II. sweeny Major
W. ". Herbert and James r.. Cation,
GfsnaSn Gonserya,vo ana COMMITTEES feS' wcro ase se
elected members OF the Executive Committee.
Colonel Maryo favored the appointment OF
making application to Judge Hughes of tho
United States Court for tho appointment of
supervisors to attend the now registration In
the two wards named. This was OBJ.
jected to, on the ground that Vir.
ginia did not want any Federal In.
terfere9ce in elections. Judge Stuart said
p.(a l.oI hpn,. taI grn, q.
Southern Statos, and II such course would
prevent the Mahonites from swindling the
Democrats he was In favor OF It. He did not
want tho old books copied with a few addi
tioDs, which would certainly bo dono unless
there was some one OF authority TO watch the
registrars. After further discussion q motion TO
apply to Judge Hughes for the appointment OF
supervisors was adopted. BY this action the
Democracy OF Alexandria goes back on Its fif-
teen years opposition to Federal interference
In state elections. II there is one thing that
tho Democratic party has condemned tho
Republican party for more than another, II is
the appointment of mon to supervise
And And nSS,OA' now, strange to say, the
Alexandria Democrats have openly declared
that they have bcen wrong all these years
and that the Republicans have been right.
The following then volunteered is act as city
canvassers of tho city: Leonard Marbury,
J. s. d. Thompson, II. NJ. Latham, J. Il. Cation,
w.wheat, j. E. Pierpont,J. NJ. Hill, NJ. J.water-
man, b. Ii. Lambert,w WV. Adam, L. Moore, RI
Cox, samuel L. Monroe, James Henderson, W.
zart, F. NJ. Hill, George T.. Price, u. f. Nails,
Louis Kraft, Thomas Beach. Q. l.. Arnell, O.
L. Stuart, L. II. Arnold, W. Couling, L. Thomp-
son and others. The executive
committee was authorized to employ two
men TO attend the new registeration In
the Second and Fourth Wards. collection OF
| 800 was taken up. Wednesday night OF each
week was fxed as the regular meeting night
| OF the club, and tho meeting adjourned. The
Mahonites OF the city look upon the applica
tion for the appointment of supervisors as AT
evidence of cowardice on the part OF theii
| enemies.
| The colored man, william Lightfoot, ar.
| rested In this city Thursday night on sus
| picion of being insane, was sent to his home
| Oficer Webster. Lightroot insisted that the
| colored men Intended to kill him because he
| was Democrat and had made up his mind to
| vote for Barbour.
| Leesburg Is attended by large numbers oil
| people from Washington and this city.
Business is now very brisk around the
| wharyes and the commission merchants are
In unusually good spirits. Several large
schooners are on tho way 10 this port to load
Mcssrs. Agnew Co.'s shipyard, and rs soor
| as the repairs to her are completed she vii
| take a cargo of coal.
The Southern Telegraph Company openet
m office in this city to-day with Mr. Georg
| Hopkins as operator. 1t Is said that soon Their
viii be q reduction In telegraph rates.
There was very heavy rain here thl
morning.
The remains of Mr.. VIM. NJ. Elliot, who det
at Gut Landing Wednesday evening, will ar
| rive at Washington this afternoon In charge o
| Mr.. Ed. Reed, of Mr. B. Wheatloy's undertak
| Will 10 taken to Havre de Grace, tho lato hom
| Of the deceased, for interment,