Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-08-20
FROM WASHINGTON.
iS,ecisl Correspondence Of the Alexandria Gazeti



WASHINGTON, D. c.. August ~. 1894.
Senator Concer says that on his visit TO
Alexandria last Monday he saw evidences
of more activity and business than were APP
n,rent when he was there before, aud that
the party he vas with admired greatly some
of he residences they saw there. In regard
to Gov. Clevcand's letter Of acceptance, the
Senator said il was such letter as IL man
could write in the cool shade Of the Adiron-
dacks without heating his brain or firing
that uf any body else by the enthusiasm II
would create.
A letter received at democratic headquar.
ters to-day from the secretary Of the demo
cralic committee Of Ohio, says that from
iutelliuence. nj his office democratic pros
Dects are more favorable now than they
we're at the same time before the last cleo
ton, VIII II the democratic ma orlty there
WAS 3 Vcutten thousand.
The i,npre$:Siou among all those here and
in Georgetown Interested in the {. q q.
Canal is that the application for Il receiver
for Mai .il::;., wall be granted hy the court.
Mr. ~. A. DUNCAN. one OF the lesSees OF the
Alexandria Canal, Il spoken Of for the place,
bui il i. though. hat Maryland man will
be appoi,icd There have been more and
greater breaks Oh he callal his season than
in any previous one, hut now The canal Is
in good condition from Georgetown TO UNI
herIand, and il is thought that u good coal
business will be ,inne on il un!il cold wealth
or shall close navigation. With regard to
the u, opu;ra free bridge nj Georgetown, the
deeds of release Of the Alexandria Canal Go.
now at the War Department will probably
remain there two or three weeks longer, a.
the Secretary is absent, until they are sent
to that of the Attorney General, where they
will remain probably a. long, If not longer,
before they are retained, and when return
ed, even if decided to be valid, IT, will take
Mr. Lincoln Sotne time TO determine Wheth-
er or not he will accept them. SO that
there is not much likelihood that the mat
ter will be definitely settled before cold
weather. If the terms shall be accepted
the present bridge, repaired, will be used as
Il free bridge until the new one can be
erected
United States Senator Kenna and Attor-
ney General Watts, of West Virginia, were
at democratic headquarters here to-day.
The former said that under ordinary cir.
cumstances the democratic majority in his
State next fall would be fifteen thousand,
but that under the extraordinary circum-
stances consequent upon Elkins' reported
work in that State, the democrats there
would make extraordinary efforts, and by
that means increase their ordinary majority.
Dir. Watts, if any thing, took even a more
sanguine view of the situation in his State
than Mr.. Kenna. Mr.. Kenna says that ev-
cry newspaper in the country of all parties
will print the whole of Gov. Clevelaud's let.
ter, and that every man in the country who
knows his letters will read it. He says the
letter is an able one, that every word in it
conveys an idea, and that every idea is
good one. Mr.. kenna goes to New York
this evening 10 confer with the executive
committee of the national democratic COM
miltee. 1t is possible that Mr.. Barbour
may 60 with him, though the latter may
make flying visit to Richmond before he
goes to New York.
Mr.. Houck, one of the two scalawag men,
befs of Congress from Z ennessee, is in the
city to day. Like all the other Southern
republicans" who come here, Mr. Houck
lys that the republicans Of his State will
lrry the election next fall if they are sup.
piled with the required campaign funds.
But the source of the asked for supplies
doesn't place much reliance upon what the
Southern republicans say, and such funds
as it does pour out are being spent in Ohio,
Maine, New York, Indiana, and other States
in the North. where they will do the most
good.
1t is said here that the special meeting of
the Cabinet to be held in New York to-day
is for the purpose of deciding whether the
civil authorities of New York or the United
States military authorities have control of
the remains of Private Henry, Of the Greedy
expedition, which are buried in New York
and also to determine whether Gen. Hazen
shall be court-martiaed for the part be took
III providing for that expedition 1t is
thought however, that Hazen is safe, as the
Mclean influence, which bad him appointed,
will be potential in having him retained
Agent Dyer Of the Cheyenne aud Arrapa-
hoe Indian agency informs the officials at
the Indian o!lce that some ofthe Indians are
abnsiug boys that have returned from the
Carisl. school One case is instanced in
which Mad Wolff an Indian OF bad re
pntr, took from tin shop a boy about 90
years Of sge, and insisted that he should not
ia the white mans road.'
Governor levrun3 s letter of acceptance is very
crafty NJ t, all The democrats here and even the
republicans can say Lothng against it except that
it is imposed of speci"n. grnrraliteS. But to
this the democrats reply that a President has only
10 execute the laws, not make them that The |
policy Of his administration is laid down fully |
md explicitly in the party's platform, and that
very suggestion he makes is wise and should be