Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-05-30
FROM WASHINGTON.
Ispccial Correspondence of the ALEXANDRA dazette
WASHINGTON, D. c., May 80, 1884.

those most conversant with Firg inia law,
,hst while the recent decision of the Court
of Appeals in the election law case was not
rood law, it was not only good enough to
repeal the existing law, but to leave the State
without any election law, and that unless
another law be passed the vote of the State,
if there should be any trouble about the
next Presidential election, may be lost, and
certainly will he if left to the decision of the
republican Senate.
During the consideration Of the legisla-
tive, judicial and executive appropriation
bill in the House yesterday, Col. Cabell had
the number Of revenue agents, which by
the bill had been reduced from So to %, re-
duced to 5, and the appropriation for rev.
enue service reduced to the extent of $780,
900. These agents are the men who IN Flr-
ginia, at least, are the chief instruments by
which the political machine is run.
The Virginia delegation in the House,
action of the Elections Committee in the
Wise Massey case. They and Mr.. Massey
and his counsel held conference last night
and this morning, the result of which is
that they will ask the democrats who
refused to sustain Mr.. NIassey's claim
the reason for their action, so that
if that reason be insufficient it may be
set aside. 1t is understood that the COM
| mittee heard only arguments upon abstract
law questions, but heard none upon the
merits of the case, and if this be so, the
democratic members will be asked to recon.
slider their action until they can hear the
merits of the case and at least read Mr..
Massey's supplemental brief.
| The Blaine boom is still on the increase
| here, and there are many who say the
| .'pIumed knight will be nominated on the
| first ballot. 1t is currently rumored to-day
that the friends Of both Conkling and Sher-
man will support Blaine with the understand
inc lhn, The whole power Of the Admins,
tratiou' will he exerted TO have the former
returned to the Senate from New York,
and that the latter shall he Secretary Of the
! Treasury.
Senator HiGdchcrgcr was in the House
| District ui Columbia Committee room Yes
tcr,lny 10 urge the passage Of his Three Sis
lcrs bill. but was told that he would be in
formed When the committee would hear
| further arguments upon tEat bill. That
sine has not Vet been fixed. it may be on
| Thursday next, but whether it he or not, the
indications OF another District day in tn"
House this session are by no means IA
vorabIc.
\ LARGE party Of scientific men, capital
| ISIS .,nd. manufacturers left here this morn
! ing for Alexandria to inspect the working
Of ;hc pew process for reducing metals Al
the Potomac works of that city. The pro
cess was invented 10y }. J. Newell Of Mich
igan ;i,! WAS patented last March. BY ii
one barrel OF oil will generate 5000 feet OF
Gas as mitch as Il ton Of coal, but while
the coal co$s 81 the oil costs -. Among
the party were Mr.. Lombard, agent Of the
Cunard steamers, Prof. Coleman, of \. C.,
+. NJ Gardner, Of Pennsylvania, Mr. New
ell. Prof. Works, n. V, Mr. Dorsey, IN ca
pert from y. V, Mr.. Sm0ot. superintendent
Of the Baltimore Gas Works, Mr.. Tingley,
Of Pitts'nIrg, Pa, and others. ProfcS sol
Eai-toc was sent there last Monday bya New
York syndicate and has reported that the
process is an entire success, and the visitors
this morning say that from what they saw,
an entire revolution will be effected i'll
the smelling, gas producing and steam
| generating processes now in Use. The
new patent is entirely different froT,
The old vapUr fuel process, with which the
company owning il has nothing to do. The
gentlemen referred to say they will not he
| surprisc cd if Alexandria soon takes start in
manufacturing that will make her, i'll a
short time, Il prosperous business city.
Mr. burnside the dcraulting disbursing agent
Of the Treasury Department. was still III jail at :!
| o'clock this afternoon having been unable to pro-
| cure bail.
The straightout republican delegation from
Virginia to the national republican convention
| will not GO rs the Mahonctcs will tonight i'll a
| Pullman palace car hut start tomorrow night in
| the regular mail train and in the same car with
other passengers bound to the same city, and each
on his own ticket. They say that either the halt
or the whole of their delegation will be admitted
This being Decoration Day was observed here
as II general holiday by the Government and Dis
trct employees
General Mahoncs wish to oblitcratc all race
distinctions is practically carried out, at least
among the drinking delegates tn tho national
rcpubican convention now in this city, for the
negro and white delegates 20 up arm in arm to
| the bars and drink with and to each other as
| though nature had not distinguished them.
The report that Mr.. Blaine says he has no de.
| sire for the empty honors of Il nomination, and
| that the republican nominee whoever he may be
can not possibly be elected, is utterly denied here
by his friends
|