Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-10-14
FROM WASHINGTON.


FROM WASHINGTON.
Especial Correspondence OF the Alexandria Gazette
WASHINGTON, d. c., October II, 1882
Mr.. Ben. Wilson, present member of the
House, from the Wheeling district, of West
Virginia, who is here to-day, says that when
he passed through Grafton ut late hour
last night. all the counties in the Jefferson
district had been heard from but PendIeton,
and that Mason, the republican candidate
was about one hundred ahead, but that as
Pendleton usually gives a large democratic
majority it was supposed that the democra-
tic candidate had been elected. He Mr..
Wilson has no doubt that the democrats
have carried the district Mr.. Wilson says
the chief reason why the republicans made
gains in West Virginia, was the fact that
the ten thousand greenbackcrs in that State
voted with them almost to II man. and did
so because the republicans gave them many
of the judges and members of the Legisla-
ture, in return for their support Of republi-
can candidates fol- Congress- He also says
that the republican Congressional candi-
dates were amply supplied with money by
the Hubbcll committee and from other
sources, in order to break the Solid South,
while the democratic candidates had little
or none; also that the people in the towns
were deceived by the monopolists on the
tariff question, and that possibly the in
iluence Of the T. / o. Il. r., was thrown the
same way. The republicans have about
doubled the number of their members of
the Legislature, but the democrats still have
a large majority in that body.
Chief Justice Waite has purchased of Mr.
John W. Thompson the house adjoining the
lattcr's residence, on |, between 18th and
18th streets, for $4,000 Man worship is
carried to such an extent here that the fact
that the Chief Justice is to move from his
old residence on Rhode Island avenue has,
it is said, deprecated the value of property
in that immediate ncigborhood fully ten per
cent.
yellow fever kilograms received here to-
day report 4G new eases and deaths at
Pensacola during the last 81 hours
Mr.. Beverly Mostly, son of Col. John S.
Mosby, is here to-day. and gave bond as
Vice Consul TO Hong Kong, where his
father is Consul. Though other consuls in
China have been granted leave of absence,
Colonel Moscy has so far found it impossible
to obtain one. The newspaper report to the
effect that the Colonel intends rcsigning
and coming home is without the slightest
foundation.
News received to-day at democratic head
quarters from all parts Of the North is of
the most encouraging character. The In
diana delegation now stands ) democrats to
S republicans, but the republicans them
selves conccdc the loss of three members,
while the democrats claim ten members.
and say they have Il good chance for two
more. Indeed the news from the North is
so cheering that some sanguine democrats
anticipate Il ground swell and hope that not
only the next House but that the Senate of
the next Congress will be democratic.
1t is generally believed that the republi-
cans are attempting to make up their Con-
gressional losses in the North from the close
districts in the South, and that they are re-
sorting to every conceivable means for ac-
complishing that purpose Money is being
thrown into such districts in unstinted
amounts and federal patronage is played for
all it is worth. Well informed people from
that section, however, report that the So.
called liberal move is a iiasco, and that those
leading it arc SO well aware of that fact that
the funds they receive for advancing it are
kept in their own pockets.
-htiiN -htluUcilcS nave neon
in the city during the last day or two in
| consultation with their boss. Hooper one of
the Generals Congressional candidates,
Van Aulcn, who protested his anti Malone
ism two years ago in order to retain his
inSpcctorShip, and Champion, all from
the Petersburg district, were here, but
| left this morning on the Richmond train
The Ohio election has stirred the Malone.
ties up amazingly: they dread its effects
upon those democrats who were making
opposition to Massey stepping stone into
their party, and are working like beavers to
counteract those effects
Since the discovery of the opium smok-
ing den in Georgetown several more have
been found in different parts Of the city, and
so large is the patronage they receive that
it is just cause for serious alarm to those
interested in the moral welfare of the ma
tional capital. Young girls have frequently
been traced to them, and having once found
the way are sure to go again.