Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-10-02
FROM WASHINGTON.
Especial Correspondence OF the Alexandria G"zette.l
WASHINGTON, D. c., Oct. 2. 1884.

tonight Should he come there will be
meeting of the Cabinet to- morrow, nominally
to decide upon some appointments, but
really to consider the political outlook and
do what can be done to save the 6. o. p.
from impending defeat. After the meeting
the members of the Cabinet will HE them
to their respective fields ofwork. and should
the weather continue warm the President
will return to New York.
Mr.. Rufus Hatch is in the city to day.
He takes hopeful view of the financial
condition of the country, says the recent
failures have only brushed away the light
weights, that values have only reached their
proper level, and that while the real and
substantial business men OF the country
have not made any money during the past
year, they have held their own and haven't
lost any.
Congressman Phil Thompson, Of Ken.
lucky, who was not renominated, has been
in the city for day or two on his way home
from New York. He says that Tammany Is
acting in good faith with the democrats
and that New York will give Cleveland ii
large majority. He docs not see how the
democrats can carry Ohio, as the repubii-
cans cannot afford to let them do so.
Should the prime meridian be changed
from Greenwich, it has been estimated that
the cost to this Government by reason 81
the necessary changes in the charts will be
over million of dollars.
The straits to which Mr.. Libby is reduced
have brought him here. He was at Mr.
Dezendorf's rooms to, day begging that gen.
tlemau to write. him u letter OF endorse
ment, or to do something that would tend
TO stop the detection that now exists among
the negroes of his district, hundreds Ci
whom threaten to vote for Mitchell, his
negro opponent. 1t is not probable thai
Mr., Dezendorf will do any Thing for him
until after the Ohio election, but should
that 90 all right for the republicans, it i,
supposed that Mr.. Dezendorf will comply
with his request, and that all the white
straighout republicans in Virginia will
hasten to submit TO Mahone's yoke, and
support his electoral ticket, though it con
| tains he name Of but one man who has
heretofore been known as a republican.
Among the large number Of letters recciv
| ed AT democratic headquarters here This
morning from all parts of the country is one
from well posted politician in Iowa, who
says the change in the political condition
| Of that State is remarkable, and that men
| heretofore Of the most pronounced type G!
| republicans now say that all the war ami
ante war questions having been settled, il is
| time to overlook the books, and that IL
| new hands are required for that purpose the
republicans must go. The Mhliigan letters.
Collinss speech st the Irish meeting in New
York, and Hurlbert.s account Of Blaiue'5
course in the case of the Irish suspects
are the campaign documents in most de
mand Intelligence is also received there
| that q letter has been written by Neal Dow.
of Maine, in which he says that Blaine told
him he lodged the vote on prohibition in or.
der to blind the "bigoted Germans III
Ohio.
Mr.. Joslyn, Assistant Secretary of the
Interior, who has been away from his post
of duty for weeks manuuvrng for the
election Of Blaine has been written to re
turn, SO that Secretary Teller can go to Col
orado and do what is possible TO keep that
State from going democratic. About six
weeks ago new order was issued in Mi,
Teler's department., to the effect that not
more than sixty days leave of absence
would be granted a surgeons certificate
of sickness. Every employee in the depart:
meut possessed of any political influence IN
| his dist riot, or good political worker, has
availed himself Of such certificate as thai
referred TO, and either has gone or is going
home to work for Blaine.
Mr.. Crandle, the exponent of the la6Cr
party OF this district and who presided at
one or two Butler meetings here, has just
returned from a visit to the North, and sa, 5
the Butler movement is not supplied with
the sinews of war, is doomed to overwhe!m
ing defeat, and that Cleveland is the com
| ing man.
A letter received here this morning from
MIR. Trigg, democratic candidate for Con-
gress in the 9th Virginia district, says that
he has just returned from the southwestern
counties in his district and that his prospects
of success are most favorable. He says that
Bailey is by no means as formidable an OPP
ponent as Bowen would have been, and
that whereas Tazewell, Bowens county,
gave only thirty odd votes against that
at the coming election.
4 statement Of the condition of the Ma
tional banks on the 30th Of September has
been called. There are twenty-five hun
dred Of such banks in the country, and as
they have been contracting their loans for
some time in expectancy of this call, after it
shall been responded to a noticeable relief
in the money market is exl ected.
| The latest letters received here from Col.
.Mosby, q. S. Consul at Hong Kong as
post all the previous ones did, speak in the
most contemp,uous terms OF General Ma
hone and his methods
Dr.. Roy, young Virginia surgeon, and
q last years graduate of the University Of
Virginia, went on duty 10 day as the resi-
deut surgeon of the Emergency Hospital
in this city.
A gentleman from the Valley of Virginia
here today says that hundreds of the men
there who went Off after Malone on the
debt question have returned to the demo-
cratic party, and that though Malone has
as perfect an organization as he had last
year and is working diligently on his still
hunt, trying TO divide the white people and
to make the negroes solid, the democrats are
confident of success.
Hough, who killed McMahou here last
| week, occupies the cell in the Jail next to
the one in which Guiteau was confined
when no was shot at by Sergeant Mason.
He is said to be very repentent, but refuses
to talk about his case.