Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-10-13
FROM WASHINGTON.
Especial Correspondence OF the Alexandria 9aze
WASHINGTON d c.. Oct. l3 lS

WASHINGTON. D. c.. Oct. Is. 1884
1t is now stated here on the most reliable
authority that the President, ever since he
has been in New York, has been engaged
in Efforts to achieve the success OF the
Blaineites, and thus not only TO stop the
rascals from being turned out, but to pre-
vent au uyerbauling of the books OF the
Government ami the consequent discovery
of the amount of which the people have
been robbed turing the reign of The plum
dercrs. Ii is now known that 1t was at his
instance. hat the bargain with General But
Ter was made, Mr. Gresham, then Postmas-
ter Gcue'al being tie medium through
which the terms OF the bargain were COM
pleled Ever since his arrival in New ork the
President has been constantly trying to heal
the differences between the stalWartS and
the half breeds in that State, but though he
has partially succeeded in this latter effort,
he hiss been ny no means as successful rs IN
the former, owing 10 the decided stand
made against him by the friends of Senator
Conki!ng. and by ,he opposition OF the friend
+ Tie iaic Secretary FoIger. He has been
AVA, from his POS. Of duty nearly the whole
SUMMER, ans! during all that time the only
pusineso III what be has been engaged has
b, cu snch as was connected with bargain
,uG, trhnlllS ah'i Win iiSii 90 Soi
tupt rs uu,sci for the election of Pres-
Dental candidate who only excels him in
he quality Of "smartness."
Letters from Virginia, received at repub-
lican headquarters here this morning, say
that The withdrawal of the straightout re
publican Presidential electoral ticket IN
that Stale has united all parties opposed TO
democracy there and That the State will
probably go for Blaine. The most ridicu
Iuus thug about this is the good faith in
walch such letters are received and the sin.
,ere credence that is given 10 their con-
tents. The sole object the writer's have IN
sending them, OF cuuise, is TO get hold OF
some Of the republican campaign funds,
but with all their past experience 10 sending
campaign money to Virginia that object is
not discernibe to those who receive them,
and should Ohio go republican, there IS no
doubt that that object will be attained, at
least in some cases.
From Ohio all is doubt and an xiety. The
Baineites of course are the most alarmed,
for should they lose their all is gone, but
The democrats are by no means unconcern-
ed, for should they win the rest of their
race will be a walk over. But few of them
say the State will 60 democratic, though they
all have an underlined hope that it may, or
at least that the republican majority will be
80 small as TO give those who get it no cause
to crow. Betting on the result is practically
Suspended, though Congressman Thompson,
democrat from Kentucky, says if he wanted
to win money he would bet the State would
go republican. In addition to the demo-
cratic clubs in the State, previously men,
toned in this correspondence, Brick Pom
eroy, chairman Of the greenback national
NIT talonro he bora RI. dow that Of
the ZIG preenback clubs there 1919 have de-
cared for Cleveland. Congressman E.
John Ellis has just arrived here from
Ohio, where he has been campaigning
He says every thing is favorable there, and
that the democrats are cheerful. Mr.. E. E.
White, the we'll known grocer of this city
who went off to the republicans with Ma
hone, Cameron and Riddleberger, made bets
on Ohio last week, but said this morning he
would lose, and that the State would give a
large democratic majority. No one has
we'll. defined idea how the State will go,
aud those who talk about the result only
express their hopes.
Secretary Mcpherson, of the republican
congressional campaign committee, acknow-
lodges that he sent McElfresh, Hurdle and
other Blaine strikers from this city to Ohio,
but his lame excuse for doing so is that he
wanted MIN 10 Watch negro democratic re-
peaters-as if there could be any such thing
The prompt arrest of the two named as
soon as they reached Cincinnati scared the
rest, and those who were to follow them,
sold the tickets with which they had been
provided to the scalpers, and did not 60.
While nobody credits the report that
General Logan will withdraw his name
from the Blaine ticket if Ohio shall go
democratic, there is no doubt that the
General is by no means we'll pleased with
position of second fiddler in which he has
been made to serve during the whole cam
paign. When here last week he did not
hesitate to express his displeasure at the
treatment be bad received at the hands of
the Blaine managers, saying that while
every ruse that could be conceived of to
attract crowds for Blaine had been adopted,
nothing bad been done for him, though he
noticed that wherever he had spoken his
audiences were larger than those who listen
ed to Mr.. Blaine.
Senator elect Eustace of Louisiana, is in
the city to day. He believes that Cleve-
land will be elected by a large popular ma.
iority, no matter what may be the result in
Ohio, in which state he takes very little
stock Though just from Louisiana. he
saws he never heard of any democratic de-
lection there until be came here.
Mr.. E. John Ellis will return TO Virginia