Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-11-04
FROM WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON. D. g.. Nov. 4, 1885


WASHINGTON. D. O., Nov 4, 1885.
The result Of the election ia Virginia yes,
terday is looked upon here as indicative OF
Mr.. Barbour's election to the senate WIFI
out opposition. The Virginians mere seem
70 think that as the members Of tho Legis-
Iature who may prefer some other man VIII
he aware that MIR. Barbour will have large
maiority of that body in his favor, they VIII
deem il unwise to be giving complimentary
votes in caucus to their individual favorites,
and that his nomination will therefore be
unanimous. A nomination, OF course, is
to election. Another Senator,
thew say, will have to be elected two years
hence, to fill Mr.. Riddleberger's place, and
that will be the opportunity of the next most
deserving man.
The result of the elections yesterday is
the only topic of conversation here to day.
With that in Virginia all the democrats are
delighted, and the republicans don't seem
TO regret it. The fact is Malone is looked
upon here as political nuisance, and every
reputable man is glad that he has been
abated. The only regret about Virginia is
that his fellow nuisance, Riddlcberger, un'
der the law, will be permitted to make Viz
einia noisome for some years longer.
An ex-U. S. republican Senator, now IN
the city, who is on familiar and intimate
terms with the republicans Of whom he was
recently colleague, says he ls assured the
republican opposition to the Presidents
nominees will DO confined to those whose
personal character is Objectionable. he
saws the main objection the republicans
have to the President lies in the fact that
he has not removed the republican otllco
holders, and has thereby deprived the re-
publican party Of their active support.
Ex-Congressman Hurd, of Ohio, who Is
here, says the result of the elections yester.
day is exceedingly gratifying to him as a
national democrat. He is democrat, and
he delights in democratic victories. When
asked if he considered the result in New
York az an endorsement or rebuke to the
administration, he replied that was mat
ter about which he had nothing to say.
All the democrats hero who hopo for adj
ministration favors, and know that what
they say will be printed, are open in their
expressions of the belief that the result
of the elections is an endorsement of
the administration, but there is no
use denying the fact that the others do not
look upon it in that light, and that even
the former, when assured that their utter
ances will not be repeated, express opinions
SutllCIJ w eiooO OhSJ OtNS Oao to'
publication.
| MIR. J. A. Smith says he has private in
| formation from Rockingham county to the
effect that that county has gone democratic;
that Lieut.. Gov Lewis did not vote, and
that all the Lewises except Mr.. Shelly Lewis
voted the democratic ticket. Mr.. Smith
says General Malone sent no money to
Rockingham county, none to Richmond,
and but little anywhere else; that his fight
was not made for Virginia, as he was too
smart to know that he had no chance of
success, but for The tho North, and that he
is really disappointed that hundred or
two negroes were not killed. He says the
General has made two hundred thousand
dollars by campaign funds, and a great deal
by the last one, as he allowed no one to
handle it or know anything about it except
himself, and that he will not be surprised if
after the Generals term as Senator expires
he shall go North and open brokers' office.
He says Mr.. John Wise intends to settle in
Philadelphia, and hoped all during the
campaign to get into prominence there by
being martyr in Virginia.
General H. II. Wells, provisional Gov
ernor of Virginia during reconstruction
times. says he always thought General Lee
would be elected by about ten thousand
| majority, but did not think the majority IN
the Legislature would be SO decisive. He
says the result shows the wise and careful
hand of Mr.. Barbour, whom he looks upon
as the most astute politician in his State;
the best political manager there, and one
eminently qualified for the conduct of just
such campaign as he has brought to so
| successful an issue.
Ex-Congressman Dezendorf when asked
to-day what he thought of the result in
Virginia, said he was not al all surprised at
it, in fact that it turned out just as he had
said as soon as Malone, i'll his platform,
termed Virginians murderers and assassins,
and when he ignored and condemned the
original and real republicans of the State.
Major S. P. Bayly, another straightout Vir-
ginia republican, says he is glad Of the re.
suit for the reason that it condemns the
bloody shirt policy adopted by General
Malone, and because it supports an admin
istration whose acts prove it to be in favor
of civil service reform.