Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-06-11

of each one of them, and that from the time
they started for Chicago until the nomina-
ton was made not one of them was out OF
sight Of the man who had been put upon
his track. He also says that Mahone has
had no conference or interview with Mr..
Blaine nor any of his managers; that some
of those managers in the past have sub
scribed money to defeat Malone; that there
is no understanding between them and Ma
hone that Malone and his party had the
very breath taken away from them by
Blaine's nomination, and that their hurrah
for Blaine is put on for the purpose oil de-
ceiying the negroes with the idea that
should Blaine be elected Malone will be
as influential with him as he has been with
Arthur-which is impossible.
Notwithstanding the adoption by the
| House Yesterday of the resolution 10 adj
journ on the 3Oth instant, the impression
to. day is that Congress. will not adjourn be-
fore The 1st Of August.
Owing To the absence of the republican
members of the Springer committee the eN-
animation of Mr. Merrick in the star route
case was postponed to-day until Friday.
| During the present session of Congress
the House has passed bills providing for the
forfeiture Of nearly seventy million acres OF
land granted to railroad companies.
! Senator Frye, Of Maine, says "Nr. Blaine
| is g prohibitonist, and l count upon con
siderable strength from those who believe
us we do on this question" Whether MIR.
FRYE means to injure Mr. Blaine is not
known, but it said here that this remark
of his will have strong tendency To pro
duce that eiIec..
| Among the strangers ut the Capitol to-
day was DR.. Terrell, of Orange County, Nir-
ginia, who is on his way 10 the National
Democratic Convention. The Doctor was
medical student at Philadelphia during
the war of 1872, and has been Il democrat
ever since.
The concessions from Nicaragua which
Secretary Frelnshuysen wishes TO secure
| for this Government are understood TO be
those made three or four years ago for an
interoceanic canal, the project in which
General Grant, Governor Morgan, ;. IL. M.
Barlow, Captain Phelps, and others in this
country, together with some people of inIlu,
ence in Nicaragua, were Interested The
term within which the work must be begun
has nearly lapsed. What the secretary pro
poses to do with the two hundred and fifty
| thousand dollars which he has asked Con
gress to appropriate for expenses under
1.-The neutrality act'-whether to purchase
the rights Of the original grantees or 10
secure an extension of the time, or both
cannot yet he learned.
| AT meeting of the House Committee on
Appropriations to-day the following resou-
ton, offered. by Mr.. Randall, was adopted
as an amendment to the general deficiency
bin, by a vote Of six TO lhree-a party vote
of those present: THAT no Senator. Repre-
sentative or Delegate in Congress, or Scna-
| u =; Il,l. I,1f ~
no officer, clerk or employee Of the United
States or any department, branch or bureau
thereof or any person receiving any salary
or compensation from moneys derived from
| the Treasury Of the United States, or any
contractor under the United States Govern
ment, shall give or hand over to any per-
son or persons, directly or indirectly any
money or other valuable thing on account
of, or to be applied to the promotion of any
political object whatever. That any person
guilty of violation Of this provision shall
be deemed guilty of misdemearor, and
shall on conviction thereof, be punished by
a fine not exceeding $1,000 or by imprison.
ment for a term not exceeding three years
or By such fine and imprisonment both nj
the discretion of the court.
! Nearly all the democratic Congressman
have been interviewed now on the subject
of the republican Presidential ticket. and
the general summary of their views is that
the nominees are about rs weak as could
have been selected and are weaker from
the fact that Bainc's opposition to the Adj
mnistration will preclude him from receiv-
ing any assistance from that quarter.
The Congressional Record was once almost
filled with poem by republican meni-
Der which had not been read in the House.
The majority report Of the Danville
Committee of which an extra number
was ordered to be printed by the Senate
this morning, is published rs republican
campaign document at the expense Of the
public, and is illustrated by wood cuts, de-
signed, it is said, by Mr.. John Wise.
Mr.. Work, of Lynchburg, q straightout
delegate to the national republican convcn-
ton, passed through here yesterday on his
return home. He says that Blaine will
make a conservative and heightened cam
paign; that he will probably make one
speech during the campaign in Virginia,
and possibly others elsewhere in the South.
Mr.. Work says it is possible that Blaine
may carry Virginia, hut, Of course, his
hopes in that respect are by no means
sanguinc lie is in doubt as to whether all
the opponents of democracy in Virginia will
be willing to vote for the Malone electors,
and does not yet know what will be done
toward removing that difficulty. He cor
roborates the old rumor that Malone, until
he can provide some of the men of his party
who were once reputable with office, he
sends them monthly supplies OF money, and
is Of the impression that the reason some oil
his jackmen remain loyal to him is that they
are under pccunary obligations to him. He
also says he believes that report about
Malone s.getting large amount Of money
from the national republican campaign
fund and ,expending very little of it for
election purposes, or that ifso spent, no
body but the General knows how, and no
body can be found who ever handled any
Of it.
Mr.. Randall in an interview this morning
said that he is sincere in his advocacy of
Mr. Tilden's nomination, and that Mr.. Til
den will let the country understand his
position when the democratic convention OF