Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-08-10
FROM WASHINGTON.
special Correspondents OF tho Alexandria Hakette.
WARRINGTON. ID, c., August 10, 1888.

Wv ell, lot Iue EcdSou, tHao -hi.
very peculiar man and is awfully jealous.
He doesn't like to see Mr.. Stevenson, his
FIRST assistant attract so much attention. All
I am afraid of if Mr.. Stevenson continues to
receive so much praise from the press for his
services as first assistant Postmaster.
ra! is that it will cause trouble in the Z. =.
Denartment and might embarrass Mr.. Ste.
venson in his good work. Mr.. Villas is Post.
master General and think he wants all
the credit for the work done by his depart
ment. Yes, Villas is a good fellow, Tine
orator, and all that, but l think he Is OF o
deviish jealous temperament"
s'It is my opinion" said ex Mayor Con-
stanteuo, OF Spring field, Ohio, as he was on
his way 10 the depot to leave Washington
for New York, THAT the republicans OF
Ohio will have all they can do TO hold their
own vote in the October election. The
corore,l vote is very much dissatisfied and
growing exceedingly independent. There
i considerable dissatisfaction among the
co,ored voters, and while do not say that
the republicans will lose tho votes OF all
thcs. dissatisfied, | believe that there IS
large unmbtr of cololei voters who Will
not vote the republican ticket this fali:
Yes. | think that we will Win. At first l
thought We would be beaten by ABOUT Ten
thousand majority, but now ! am or the
firm hplief that the democrats VIII elect
ID .,r State ticket. Since l have seen
nuI te,rd of the dissatisfaction among
IL, coiofcd voters | have conc uied We
have Il chaue he prohibition vote
will, | think, rath between thirty a"u
mr,v thou and Ii it goes to Tor
w. ,b,usaud w, will have walk over. Oar
chances for electing majority OF the legis-
l.ture are lair. I believe We Will carry the
Senate sure, and if we can carry Hamilton
county there vii! he no doubt OF the demo
Gratis eiccli' ( Il Majority i'll both houses. A
s,uoi zeal ihsrefure, depends upon Haul
ton comfy. No, the question al who shall
sacured John Sherman i'll the U S. Senate
wiil not enter the campaign. The demo-
Gratis wlil cndeayor to carry the Legislature
and discuss that question atterward.
Tx Cumsr. sSman Shelly, Of Alabama, now
holding an Important place under the gov
e, nent in His city, says the election of
Cleveland will break up the solid South,
rs the negroes have, by ii, at last been
uudeceived respecting the intentions of the
democratic party toward them, and will,
hereafter, cease to vote as unit, and that
us soon as that happens the white vote will
also divide He thinks Louisiana will be
the first Southern State 10 go republican,
and does not object 10 IL, for the reason
that, in bis opinion, the more Southern
Soates that go republican, the more North
ern States will go democratic. MIR. Shelly
thinks the administration will prove great
national success.
There are Just five hundred and twenty
seven employees in the Patent Office. About
| one halt OF the places are filled by men.
Commissioner Montgomery says: "OF all
| ~. an f,,,,,Ioypd in fbr puraou uho Uerc
here before democratic President was
elected, do not think there arc ten now
who have The manliuess TO admit that they
are republicans" This, it can be said, is
the same in all other departments. Men
who year ago were the most abusive re
publicans are now the noisest kind OF DEM
ocrats, and are especial y vindiclive against
| the few who are manly enough TO stand ly
! their party. The departments are full OF
| this kind Of democrats now, and some of
| them are from Virginia. Honest democra: s
say that they would like to see the sneaks
| in the government service given the bounce
before the manly and out and out republic
cans are disturbed.
Congressman Croxton, of the 1st Virginia
district, is still in the city, and will remain
here until Thursday next. In Il short talk
with the GAZETTE's correspondent this
morning he said he believed the State ticket,
recently nominated by the democrats, was
rs strong as any that could have been Sc
lected, and would be elected. AS regards
| the Senatorial contest in his State, he says
the chairman Of his county committee told
him that the action Of the convention had
no reference to the Senatorial question, and
that 80 far as he, Croxton, knew, the people
of his district and of the State believe that
IT.. ho Ganoiprobip hu
his work, and that he would get it. Mr..
Crox,on also said that he did not believe
| the negroes would he AS solid 90 they had
beeu before, and that they we're alrcndy
Itwitiiug the republican, leaders Of their own
race about the failure of their prngnosica
tions respecting the seizure Of their arms
and their return TO slavery. About tho
postotlce mt Fredericksburg Mr.. Croxton
said he did not recommend either of the
applicants; that the place had been prac.
tically filled "A month before the papers of
any of the applicants except the successful
one had been filed, and that tie appoint
ment was made at the earnest request of
influential New York democrats MIR. Crox.
ton says he has had all the ohjectional post
masters in his district removed except three,
aud that he has the promise they shall be
removed tomorrow.
Now that the President has gone away,
all the Presidential ofliceseekers that could
do so, and all their congressional friends,
have done the same, and they will remain
away as long as he shall There are only
fourteen members OF the House in The city
to-day.
Mr. Alex. Thompson, Of Hanover county,
Va, for long time an officer Of the Virgin
ia Legislature, and more recently in the Of
fee Of tho Sergeant at Arms of the U. S.
Senate, is very ill at Providence Hospital, in
this city
The friends of Mr.. McGrath, of St. Louis,
were SD sanguine that he would be appoint.
ed Supervising Architect of the Treasury,
vice Bell, that they are considerably disap-
pointed because he did not receive his COM
mission before the President went away
Solicitor General Goode, who went to
Victoria, Canadu, to see about the rendition
of an absconding postmaster, is expected
back here tomorrow, having succeeded in
the object of his MISSION. While at Victoria
be was banquetted by the government
officials there and treated with the greatest