Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-08-01
FROM WASHINGTON.
Especial Correspondence OF the Alexandra Gazette
WASHINGTON, D. c., August l, 1854.


senate folding room. He replied that he
was not He was then asked to give the
rsnorter the reasons for his removal, II he
had been removed OF for his giving up Inc
Mace if he had voluntarily done So lie
auphingly replied that would do nos good 10
nuhIish ANYTHING on the subject; he Woul',
however, say that there was no disagreement
or had feeling between himself and the super
tendent, :. S. Hickox, or the sergeantatarms,
Mr. w p. Cannaday and further than this
h. declined to be interviewed, hnt SAID be
was clad to leave an Office he ought never
to have accepted. The reporter then sought
information on the subject elsewhere, anu
feels safe in saying that the facts are ABOUT
IA follows: Sims was the leader OF the Dig
four of the Virginia delegation VINO re-
volted against Arthur and Malone at Chi.
cago. Malone, by threats and promises,
tried to intimidate or Dido MIN, pub
Sims was obdurate and persisted in sup
| porting Blaine and Logan. Mahone did
not even wish to vote for Logan Tor
Vice President, hut insisted on Gresham,
but the Virginia delegation overruled him
when they found that be had made such fall
nre with his ArlhIr boom. Nah, NJ called
meeting of the delegates and formally read
| Sims and the big four Messrs. Stuart, Scott
and Housin, out Of the party. Malone
aud Sims had an angry Interview ut which
Sims told him that his attempts to buldoZe
could not deter him from voting according
to his own opinions. Among Nlahone's
| threats WAS one that Sims should be re-
moved as foreman of the folding room, and
Sims stated that Malone had asked him to
take the place temporarily TO enable him to
al Malone and the party i'll getting up evl,
dence in the Danville matter; that ne mao
made a sacrifice in accepting such place,
and Malone could take it back whenever
he desired, and that II 1t was personal
nerouiste of Malone, he, Sims, would not
hold it a moment. Mr.. Cannaday thought
il was personal appointment given to
Malone, and hence Sims retired, but by
the advice of friends did not resign, but has
, been impatienty awaiting formal removal,
and retires o.day, August 1St. 1t remains
TO be seen whether the party can afford TO
suppo,t Malone, the national boss, and
: eplarye his dominion to national rs we'll as
t Virginia affairs.
MIR. Speaker Carlisle was in his room at
.Ln rn,.;tol thia morning looking oveC. his
t spondent he said he was not personally &C.
> quainted with Governor Cleveland, but that
from what he had heard of him, and from
his messages to the New York Legislature,
, he was convinced that he is a man of good
strong, sound common sense, which enables
him to know the right, and that he has
} the courage to do it at any cost, and
) irrespective of what other people NAV
think. He also said that the Cleveland and
Hendricks ticket was growing one, and
would be stronger on the day Of election
than il is now, which was just the reverse
| with the Hancock ticket, which would
have been elected if the election had taken
place two months earlier than it did. He
said that the business men Of the country
in 1850, as the day of election approached,
knowing that Hancock knew nothing about
civil affairs, became anxious and uncertain
concerning the man he would be compelled
upon to rely for advice on such affairs,
that that feeling was as prevalent among
democrats as republicans, and that he per-
sonally knew of one man Of affairs who,
though lifelong democrat and who open.
ly voted for Hancock so as not to break
with his party, who subscribed twenty
five thousand dollars to the Garfield cleo
ton fund. There are, said he, many repub.
licans who will act toward their party as the
democrat referred to did toward his in 1880.
Mr.. Carlisle said he was convinced that if
Blaine should be elected there would be an
increase of at least twenty. five million in
the naval and fertilization bills of the very
! first year of his administrator in conse-
quence OF the fear that his supposed aggres-
sive foreign policy would make such an in.
crease necessary. With regard to the 70.
ported Irish detection, he said the Irish as a |
general thing had good sense, and were
therefore not opposed to Cleveland, but he |
believed if the Irish cranks and dynamiters |
would organize and declare for Blaine
the election of Cleveland would be Sc
cured beyond peradventure. He also said |
that Tanmanys opposition to Cleveland |
had tended no little to effect his nomi.
nation, not because the convention did not
want and was not anxious to get Tammanr's
support. but because it thought that if Cleve-
land were not nominated the country would
say it had been deferred from nominating
him by its fear of TammaDy, and that it had
acted under the dictaton of Tammany. Mr.,
Carlisle is confident of Ceyelands election,
and believes he will make a real reform
President.
Gen. Quarles, of Tennessee, was among
the callers at democratic headquarters here
to day. He says that the talk about re-
publican gains in Tennessee is all stuff. and
mat Inc democratic majority there will be
as large as ever, and that so far from losing
any congressman they will probably gain
one.
Intelligence here from Virginia is that
the impression that the democrats are 90.
ing to elect the President is so prevalent in
the interior portion of that State that fed.
eral officeholder in Bedford county ia al.
ready asking his democratic friends to :
pledge him their support in his effort to re-. :
tain his place under the incoming demo. :
cratic administration, and that several we'll i
snown republicans there have declared t
heir intention of voting for Cleveland. i
Notwithstanding Mr.. Holton's newspaper c
'efusal to be a candidate for reelection to .
he House, from the Marlboro district, in F
Maryland, it is anderstood here that he b
will be nominated, and that he will accept. Il
lie is thestrongest republican in his district, t.