Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-09-01
FROM WASHINGTON.
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nation of Bailey for Congress in the 9th dis
trict of his State by the Mahoneites assures
the election of Trigg, the democratic candi-
date there. He says that while Bowen,
the present representative, is the personal
friend Of most every voter In the counties OF
Tazewell, Russell and Buchanan, Bailey has
hardly personal acquaintance III those
counties, and that while Bowen was abe
to and did put up money for himself, anu
had scores of kinslolk and friends to put up
money for hun, neither Bailey nor any Of
his friends in the whole district has the
money for carrying on campaign. MIR.
Johnston also says that while hundreds OF
democrats voted for Bowen upon personal
grounds, not one will vote for Bailey.
When asked about tue reported detection
among the Irish Catholic democratic
voters, Mr.. Johnston said that If it
ever had existed, which he doubted, it had
all been diSsipated by the Irish Catholic
demonstration in New York last week, by
Tammany Halls determination to support
the democratic ticket, and by John Kelly's
declared intention OF making a speech in
favor OF Cleveland. In reference to the 9th
congressional district in Virginia, alluded to
abovr. the GAZETTE hears from another, but
equally as reliable il source, that the reason
houeites of his district is the fact that
having given one months salary to the sup
port of Mahone's newspaper, he positively
refused TO give any more, and that Watts,
the U. S. marshal, his cousin, who had SUBJ
scribcd one thousand dollars to the same
object, likewise refused to increase his Gen.
tributiou. Malone demands full equivo.
lent for all the favors he bestows.
Senator Ransom is here today, on his re-
turn home from New York, where he has
been to attend meeting of the executive
committee of the national democratic COM
miltee Of which he is member. He says
that neither party is carrying on an en-
thu. iaslic campaign, that both know they
have no easy work TO accomplish, and that
both are putting forth their utmost exer-
lions. He says that at the democratic head
quarters the feeling is that everything is
going On so far as satisfactorily as could be
expected, but that every man there realizes
the importance ard the risk of the work in
which he is engaged, and will not relax his
efforts until the night of election day. He
SAWS that the Bluiueiles are striving for and
expect largely increased vote in Maine,
and that should their expectations fail of
realization it will afford the first real indi-
cation of the probable result of the cam
paign. Tammany Hall will support Cleve-
land, Mr.. Ransom says, and that he would
never have been nominated if it had not
been known that such would be the case.
A letter received here this morning from
Mr.. Lamb. democratic member of the House
from the Terre Haute district in Indiana,
saws that he is more and more convinced as
the days roll by that his State will 60 dem
ocratic in November, and that On recent
visit to Cincinnati, every democrat he talk
ed with there on the subject assured him
that that State would 60 the same way.
Mr. Matson. member of the House from
another Intiiaua district, is in the city to-
day. He confirms the statements in Mr.
Lambs letter, and says he does not see how
il is possible that his State can go otherwise
than democratic.
A gentleman who was at the democratic
mceuug at Sligo, Maryland, near this city,
last Saturday night, says that the farmers
assembled there seemed more pleased with
the speech Of Captain Bill Geary, of Alex
audria county, Virginia, than with any
other. He says the Captain told them that
he was one of the one hundred thou
sand Virginia democrats who had start
ed on the Malone hunt in Virginia,
and was one of the seventeen thousand ma
jority, who, rs his brush was trailing over
the dew, making the scent fresh, were run
ming him to cover. He also said that the
tariff question was too abstruse for him,
but that he was in favor of reducing the
price Of the necessaries of life which the
poor must consume, and Of taxing the lux
uries which only the rich could afford, and
that ifa poor man had money enough to af-
ford to drink he could stand u tax on liquor,
hot "A ,,iF co. n l,
was II revenue tariff man.
A New Yorker who arrived here this
morning says he attended meeting of the
afternoon, that only twenty-five per-
sons were present, two Of whom were
speakers at the Butler meeting, and some
Others merely spectators, and that one Of
the speakers condemned Mrs. Parnel
for attending the Irish democratic
ratification meeting last week. He
says that at the coming meeting of Tam
many Hall Mr.. John Kelly will offer the re-
solution endorsing Cleveland's nomination
and that it will be seconded by Mr.. Bourke
Cock ran, ami also that the democrats there
include in the democratic column all the
Southern States, Ohio, Wisconsin, New
York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Indiana,
and have hopes of carrying Iowa, Kansas
and Pennsylvania.
Professor Odlum, the swimming master
of this city, and we'll known at all the bath
lug resorts on the Potomac, had hemor-
rhage while walking on Pennsylvania av-
enue this morning, and fell on the sidewalk
in front of the ST. Marc hotel.
J. B. Peacocke, chief clerk of the bureau
of medicine and surgery, Navy Department,
has resigned.
Mr.. Huntington, President of the C. & o.
r. r., told one of the board of directors of
that road the other day that while be
thought he would vote for Blaine he was
not particularly interested in the result of
the election, and did not intend to subscribe
q single cent to either of the campaign
funds. 10 this connection it may be said
that intelligence from New York is that the
subscriptions to both the campaign funds
this year are nothing like as large as usual
for the very good reason that by the shrink
age of values there the old contributors ale