Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-10-30
FROM WASHINGTON.


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month. before the first day of the next sue
ceedinp month. But Notwithstanding that
order all the employees in all the de-
partmeuts who wanted to go home to vote
for Blaine have already drawn their sala
ries for the current month. The order re-
ferred TO has heretofore been so strictly OBJ
served that it was not broken even for holt
day requirements. But the administration
thinks it much more essential to civil sery-
ice reform that the government be kept out
of the hands of the party whose "antecedents
have been rum, Romanism and rebellion"
than that the orders of the departments be
obeyed.
In response to note written to gentle
mau at the headquarters of the national
democratic committee in New York, the fol-
lowing answer was received here this morn
ing: Your note asking for the Worst news
has been received. Our leaders consider
this State perfectly certain for US, and our
chances to get the twelve additional votes
necessary better than the chances OF the
opposition. The odds therefore seem five
to two in our favor" While the republi-
cans in this city do not brag much on New
York, the democrats say they would not be
surprised if Cleveland's majority for Presi-
dent be as large as it was for Governor.
The prevailing topic of conversation here
today is the speech Of the Rev. DR.. Bur
chard to Mr.. Blaine in New York yester-
day-which the latter approved-in which
'.Romanism'' was made the recipient of
as much abuse as rum and rebellion.
The general opinion about it is that Mr.
Blaine, by endorsing sentiment so outra
geo,lsly insulting to such large class of
reputable voters as the Catholics, has efec-
tually driven back to the democrat
ic party the few Irishmen and Catholics
who had thought of voting for him. If
in a speech to Governor Cleveland any man
had commenced to utter words denuncia-
tory of any religious denomination in the
country, not more than one would have
escaped his lips before he would have been
stopped and told that his room was prefer
able to his company. But Mr.. Blaine's
course is not surprising, for he had previous.
" said it provoked him to be called a
Catholic"
The fact that the national republican
committee has sent large amount of money
10 General Malone has induced some of the
republicans here, who have been 80 de.
oauched by the prolonged sway of their
corrupt party as to believe that money
is now the only factor inelections, to think
that Blaine really has chance of carrying
that State and one of them, department
official, went 80 far yesterday as to tell q
broker he had information to the effect that
Blaine's majority in the State would be ten
thousand, and that he gave him that as
pointer for bets.
Elk Senator Johnston, of Virginia, is still
in the city. In talk with the GAzETTE's
correspondent to-day he said that while
there was some apathy among the demo
Gratis of bis State some time ago, the reverse
is now the case, and that he has no doubt the
State will give its usual democratic majority,
and that both Trigg, in the 9th, and Crox-
Ton, in the LIST Congressional districts IN the
Stale, the only two about whose election
anybody has doubt, will both be elected.
He says when he first came here week
ago the prominent democrats he met were
\ little depressed, but that that depression
has been replaced by confidence which
they ascribe to the knowledge of facts. MIR.
Johnston, as is known, is a Catholic, and
ne is consequently very indignant at Mr..
Blaine's evident endorsement of the denun-
citation of the democratic party by the
spokesman of delegation Of the republican
preachers of New York because its antece-
dents have been rum, Romanism and re.
bellon." That sentiment, he said, should
and would lose Mr.. Blaine thousands of
votes among the right thinking and self
respecting Catholics of the country.
Col. L. O. Washington returned to the
city last night from Westmoreland county,
Virginia, at the Court House of which
county he and Major Tom Wallace made
speeches last Monday. He says the white
people are alive there to the Importance of
the election, that they will all turn out, and
that Croxton will have good majority over
Mayo, his Malone competitor for Congress.
The Colonel received letter this morning
from Mr. E. John Ellis, who is campaigning
in the 9th district of Virginia, in which it
is stated that the democrats of that district
are aroused, that hundreds of them who
left their party on the debt question have
returned to it in every county in the dis
trict, aud that Trigg, the democratic candi-
date for Congress there, will surely be
elected.
The impression is gradually spreading
from the democrats to the republicans here
that Cleveland is the coming man. A chief
Of division in one of the departments yes
terday told democratic friend that he and
talked on the subject had about reached the
conclusion that Blaine was already defeated.
we'll posted Ohio democrat, from
rural district in his State, here to-day, says
that while the democratic State committee
is not doing much visible work, the district
and county committees are actively EN-.
ployed, and that he knows the democratic
vote in his district will show a large increase
over that of the 18th inst
Mr.. McCulloch's commission as Secretary
Of the Treasury was received here to-day,
but up to half past one o'clock Mr.. Nc
Culloch had not arrived from his home in
the country to receive it and be sworn in.
1t is stated here that personal friend who
talked with Mr.. McCulloch last night about
the newspaper statement that he was a
revenue tariff man and not protectionist,
was told by him that his opinions on the
tariff were formed after mature delibera-
ton, aud therefore were not and could not