Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-12-07
LETTER FROM RICHMOND.

Correspondence of the Alexandria GAzErrE.)
RICHMOND, Va, Dec. 1.-The claims
of Hon. John S. Barbour to the seat in the
United States Senate, now held by Malone,
have been urged by leading and influential
citizens in every county and in almost every
district in the State, but, Notwithstanding
the strong and powerful reasons given for
the election of Mr.. Barbour, it now seems
that he is to be thrown aside, and that Maj.
John Warwick Daniel, Of Lynchburg, is to
reap the much coveted honor. The appeals
made to the Legislators in behalf Of Mr.. Bar
bour have been ignored by majority OF
the democratic members Of the General As
semby, and the shrewd and successful
leader of the democratic forces in Virginia
is to receive he"taffy" speeches, and Major
Daniel is to have the votes. The Barbour
men in the General Assembly have done all
in their power in behalf of their candidate,
but their labors are likely to come to naught
They hope that before the caucus meets
tonight they will be able to bring
about change in the sentiment of the leg
islators in favor of Mr.. Barbour, but the
Daniel men declare tnat no break Is likely
to occur in their ranks.
The caucus tonight promises to be
be stormy one, It is not thought that it
will be marked by utterances of feeling or
that q war of personal attacks will be made
upon mem bers, but there is every reason to
believe that the discussions will be warm
and spirited, and that the proceedings will be
both exciting and intensely interesting. The
Barbour leaders having declared that they
did not recognize the vote taken in the last
caucus to be q test of the relative strength
of the two candidates, hence every vote that
will be taken tonight prior to the nominat-
ing ballot will be carefully studied and
analyzed. Each side will watch the pre-.
liminary proceedings with an eagle eye and
the most adolf political shrwedness and acu-
men must be manifested by the leaders of
the two candidates The Richmond dele.
cation are put down as follows 4 for Dan.
iel and for Barbour
The proposition to allow the defeated
candidates in the "Black Belt" to have o
voice in the caucuses will be laid before
the democratic caucus tonight by SEN
ator Williams, of Bland. This will evoke
some discussion, because if these defeated
democrats are allowed voice in the eau
Gus the chances of certain prominent Judi
cial aspirants will be weakened, ss it is
known that most of those who under this
proposition will be permitted to vote are
opposed to candidates FOR certain iudgeshps
who, under the present existing state of
affairs, would have walk over"
Major 10. Lane Stern, who bid IS 900 for
the Wing, was asked by your correspondent
last night if he was not bidding for Phila-
delphia party. He replied that he was not
permitted to say who instructed him to
offer the bid. It is believed, however, that
Malone would rather see the paper 60 into
the hands of Philadelphia parties than to
allow Governor Cameron to get possession
of it. 1t is copjectured that if the paper is
put on terra irma it will harp on protec-
ton, and discarding the issues just past
will labor to make the tariff question lead
ing issue in Virginia politics.
If the present Legislature elected judges
of the Hastings and Cbancery Courts of the
City of Richmond, the present incumbents,
who were put in Office by the Malone Leg
islature, would be sadly left.
If the resolution offered in the last demo
cratic caucus by Delegate Abrem Fulker-
son, of Washington county, providing for
redistribution of Offices by districts, is adopt
ed some of the present Capitol officers will
be defeated. B.P.O.