Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-10-09

Preparations are being made in the Varl-
Gus departments at Washington, for the
clerks to take their leave for the purpose of
going home to vote.
Tomorrow elections will be held in Ohio,
West Virginia and Iowa. The principal in
terest centres in Ohio, where twenty-one
Congressman are 10 be elected
There are five thousand white men in
Richmond who are delinquent. They can
not vote until their capitations are paid, and
three fourths of them are richly able to pay
for themselves.
Major John w. Daniel telegraphed TO
Richmond on Saturday that he feared he |
would not be able to fulfill his engagements
to speak in that district, and that he would
write fully in explanation.
The Democratic Committee of Iynchburg.
says the .ldcance, are working like beavers
and il the whole of the State gave such Il
vote rs Lynchburg mas done in the past and
will do again, Mahoneism would be wiped
out forever.
A correspondent writing from Aliens
Greek to the Richmond Why says readjust-
ment received Il mighty impetus and reviv-
nj here last courtday. We reckon it did
in Il horn. If that is the kind of revivals
REIMBURSEMENT is having all over the State it
will be buried under 100000 majority.
herSt Ncr Era.
Some clustering braggart says Paul will
be reelected to Congress by majority of
250O. We say it confidently and confident
tally that Capt. Paul will not be reelected
TO Congress from this district this year, all
asseVeratlons to the contrary notwithstand
ing. That is fact already well-known to
the leaders Of his party, and in order that
he may fall easy, we have reason for saying
that the vacant Judgeship of the Federal
Courts will fall to Capt. Paul.-OEd Common
. WulM
The political millennium in the democratic
! party of Pennsylvania was reached in Phila-
delphia Saturday evening when ex-senator
William 4. Wallace: and Hon. Samuel J.
Randall, who have heretofore been leaders
of opposing factions spoke from the same
platform. Mr.. Randall humorously remark
ed that when the distinguished ex-senator
and himself came together in hearty accord
|
: ed rs accomplished Pattson, the demo
cratic candidate for Governor, will take the
I stump the present week, and make IN ac~
+ tive canvass until election day
During Col. Mayo's speech last week at
Lancaster c. H., K. D.. Beckley colored, of
this city asked him how it was thathe miss
/, ed 2l9 votes in the House of Delegates,
! where he mad been sent to serve his people.
Col Mayo replied. lit was better to have
t missed voting 2l9 times than to have voted
: for bad legislation THAT won't do, Col
onel,' quickly responded Beckley "'you
= should have been 1T your post of duty to
If have voted for the good legislation, and to
# have voted against the bad and Mayo like
the little boy the calf ran over, had nothing
more to say.
ovation which Mr.. Wise is receiving in 9th.
t er parts OF the State is like the one he rot
; III Accomac and Northampton, we would if
we were like him, pray to be delivered from
our friends. IF he created any enthusiasm
on the Eastern Shore. then spare us n SINH
lar manifestation when we offer ourselves n
c GahaIdate for the sullrages OF the people.
hhlh''slilsm, indeed On the contrary, we
} nave never seen any colder reception accord
Z Ell 10 any candidate, and yet there is no one
man IN the whole of the broad limits of yir-
: Slhi;l whom we would have more delighted
to honor if he had not linked his noliticol
fortunes with party SO sincerely and NJ
most unanimously condemned and damned
by the white voters of our two counties"
Indications Of the Congressional canvass
| IN Virginia point all one way--to the over
throw of bossism in the election which takes
T.. place on the seventh Of November. Time
enough has elapsed to give the discordant
, elements of the coalition parties opportunity
to display themselves. Both the readustcr
anu the republican parties to the coalition
have split. The former have divided into
Alahonc and anti-Malone factions. while \
third section of the readuser party, under
:hasseys leadership, have renowned read
luslerlsm as I dead issue, and have returned
10 the ranks of the democratic party. The
republicans have ceased also to act together,
part only adherlng to their bargain with
Malone, while the remainder. comprising n
large proportion of the colored vote
have made ''stIaightout republican, or
anti-Mahone nominations. The sum of the
above facts is, therefore this that Ma
hone will lose largely from both the
dcmocratic-readiuster and the republican,
readJ'Istcr wings of his army and is most prol,-
ply marching the remainder to the political Wa
terlno This will be more evident when il is
recalled that the majority with which he carried
the State last fall when he controlled all the elc
mehtS OF ms past success, was only about 900
| NAT ne VIII not lose enough of this vote TO hr,
him' say 1000 ballots, would seem to be incrcd.
DE considering that some of his most influential
supporters, such rs Massey, Lyhrook, Hale, New. |
| berry, Ward, Bailey REYNOLDS sc have ,L,,J |
cd him and joined his opponents The fight mado
against him by ant-readiuster republicans is
specially bitter. Dawson the colored republican
candidate for Congressman at large, is an active
canvasser and little doubt can be entertained that
ne Will draw enough votes from Wise to elect
Massey who will poll almost the whole democratic
strength Baltimore Sun.
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newspaper, provided it contain the adycr.
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