Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-08-11

let him be chairman of the naval committee,
and; th would fit his navy yard tastes adml.
rablv. saws fourth. One fellow proclaimed
yesterdaythat he would control the patron
age of the House in case of his election, aud
be- again able to provide places for his
friends. Brady is not likely to be pleased
with this movement, but every one coniesses
that he would be powerless to prevent Ma
homes nomination if Malone would agree
TO be the candidate.
Mr.. Butcher, the Independent candidate
for Congress in the Eth district of Virginia,
will deliver an address at Abner 8 hall here
to. morrow night. A lively time s expected.
r. B. Stewart, prominent Malone re-
publican, who left Virginia, as he said, be-
cause of social ostracism, was recently ar
rested in Baltimore, charged with emoezzle-
ment, but was subsequently discharged.
Both the republican and the democratic
coneres sional campaign committees have
established headquarters here, but neither,
80 fur. has obtained any funds, nor will,
from present appearances. Their chief
source of supply heretofore has been the
Office holders, who were assessed for that
purpose, but the Office holders never were
wildly in love with such assessments, and
it is certain, now that they are prohibited
from paying them, they will not run any
risk to do 90.
A good many department clerks are tax
ing their summer vacation; but none OF
them are asking for more than ten days, for
the reason that as they are now locked for
sick ness, they want to save as many OF the
vacation days as possible as reserve fund
for contingent indispostion.
There are no new developments at the
State Department to-day relating to the
Mexican imbroglio. If any news be there
the officials are very reticent and don't say
any thing aboutit Regarding the Mexican
affair, the generally prevailing impression
is that with the exception of Secretary Bay.
ard and few bummers in different parts of
the country, chiefly Texas, every body
wants that affair settled amicably.
The flag on the House side of the Capitol
is flying to. day in respect to the memory of
Congressman Beach, of New York, who
died this morniog. Mr.. Beach was demo
crat, and during the last session of the
House divided the honors of 1.-THE great OBJ
gress has lost more of it's members by death
than almost any of it's predecessors.
Matthews, the new cololed recorder OF
deeds for the District Of Columbia, took
possession Of that Office this morning, Fred
Douglass, his predecessor, retiring. The
last interview between them was formally
polite, but that no love was lost on either
side was apparent to all the heholders, and
Fred's grunt as he shut the door after him,
and Matthews simultaneous chucke were
significantly audible.
Now that Mr.. Rounds has rendered his
resignation as public printer, and that there
is a probability of its acceptance by the
President, it is said he is removing as many
southern democrats from bis office as posi-
| BILE before his final departure. He had APP
pointed quite a number of them before he, a
pronounced republican, concluded to resign
his lucrative position, but now that he is to
90, he wants.; according to current reports,
to leave as few behind him as he can.
The Post Of this city accuses the President
of deliberate and wilful falsehood in the
matter of the Hedden removal, and states
| the case so clearly and briefly that NEST peo-
| pie who read it can not help believing what
| it says. Unless there be agreat mistake the
President will have to revise the letters be
has written in which he criticised so harsh
ly what he was pleased to term Lying
newspapers"
Well informed politicians from the Valley
of Virginia, here to day. say that MIR. OFFER.
| rail- will be re. elected to Congress without
any trouble in the Rockingham district, and
| that Mr.. Bumgardner will be elected in the
Staunton district, though not SO easily.
Mr.. Goode got larger vote in the U. S.
Senate for confirmation than any Of the 9TH
er rejected nominees. His numerous friends
here are asking why it was thu, the Presi-
dent selected him as the peculiar object
upon which to afix the Presidential stamp
to the republican Seuates condemnation.
Only thirty Representatives aud a half dozcn
Senators now in the city, and even that small
number is rapidly diminishing, as tho republicans
among them don't want, and tho democrats can /
get, any thing in the way of patronage.