Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-11-30

ger at the door to take your card in who
was there under the late President Arthur;
you End the same republican clerk, Mr..
P,uden, who has charge of all appointments
taken to the Senate fer confirmation. You
witness the dsgraceful scene of negro
with white wife retained as Recorder for
the District of Columbia for nearly two
years, and then, when his resignation is &C.
cepted, you see this high Office filed by a
neora from Albany, New York, and when
rejected By the Senate, resppointed over
the people of the District, to their great dis
gust and disappointment. Is such conduct
SIS this calculated &c encourage democrats? On
the other hand what course could be adopted
more calculated TO discourage and disheart-
en- true democrats and cause them to hang
their heads in shame. Let any democrat
visit the various departments and see for
himself At nearly every door he will be
confronted with republican watchmen. ina
ny of them negroes), drawing from 5000 10
$500 from the public treasury. These
places belong to democrats. Why does Mr.
Lamar, from whom we all expected better
things, tolerate such condition Of affairs at
his department? Why does he keep as his
cbief clerk q prominent republican, assisted
by another of the same stripe? Are there no
democrats worthy of these places? In the
last campaign, we charged the republicans
with corruption. Can we expect genuine
reform with the same men in Office who con.
Quoted the business CT the republican ad-
ministration? 1t is impossible--it is an ab-
surdity."
A vel! known and we'll posted Virginia
republican, here to day, referring to the state
ment OF Congressman DeZendort in this
correspondence of yesterday, said there is
not now and will not be any effort on the
part Of any formidable number of republi-
cans to take away from Gen. Malone the
management of the party. He says Dezen-
DORIS statement of unhorsing Malone is an
old story, and that the General is "a firmly
seated in authority as he ever was, and will
remain at the head of the party organization
until after the next Presidential election
10 be frank about it, this republican states
that Malone carries the party in his breech.
es pockets. He has the money to spend, and
will spend it, if necessary, in maintaining
his leadership, while his party opponents have
not cent to pay out in waging battle on him.
The opposition, he alleges, is without head,
| system, or sinaws Of war, and consists chief.
| y in idle varorng on the street corners and
! hotel Hobbies Of Washington. Brady is lost
TO him, i: is true, bat Gaiues and his friends
are now for Malone, and they are host in
| the Petersburg district. Malone has gained
and not lost adh2cents by the late election
iesults i'll Virginia. OF the republican con.
gressmen elect Bowden, the two Browns,
Iost and Gaines are all friendly to Malone.
| Bowen's broth er in-law, Col. Watts, ofTaze.
we'll, former L. 5. Marshall Of the State,
says empha.ically that Bowen will do
nothing in the way Of personal antagonism
to Malone. It is well known that the ne
groes are as solid for him as they ever were.
Those Of them who are not for him now will
be if g convention is called and little green
light lie lei in on the sable brothers.
"Why," said he, Malone couldn't afford
10 let the organization slip from his grasp
now. 1t would destroy his prestige with
the Presidential aspirants and probably
beat him out Off just the thing his heart is
set on should a republican be the next Pres
dent, and that thing is we'll known to be q
cabinet portfolio. ttmen like Riddleberger,
Cameron, Dezendcrf, Groner and Brady
would 90 to work some trouble might re-
! si?t, but they won't work-only talk, talk.
| The President made the following ap-
rointmen,s to-day: Edward Cushing, to be
| Collector of Customs for tho district Of Bel
fast, NJ" Joseph f. Moore, to be Collect or
Of Customs for the district OF Marlborough
Ne; Philip W. Downes, 10 be General Ap.
prai5er nf Merchandise Tor tho port Of Balti.
more Md VIM. NJ. Neal, of franklin, Ind ;,
10 tie Agent for the Indians Of the Lembi
Agency, in Idaho.
Among the c0ugrUasmen at the capital to-
day was Rtpr. sentative aud Senator elect
Daniel of Virginia. Major Daniel is one OF
The many Eirpinians VINO think there should
ne called session oi the legislature of bis
State as soon as possible, So that something
mag be done to settle the State debt at once
ard forever. He thinks thut the democracy
OF the country is in good condition, and will
be at the next rational election, unless
there shall 5e 6 financial crash in the mean
time, of which he has some fear.
| 1t has been stated IN the newspapers that
CT the last meeting ofthe Virginia democratic
association Of this city a motion was max e
to cover the picture Of the President hang
ing on the walls of the rooms Of that associa-
ton. This statement is incorrect The
! rooms referred 10 are occupied by several
democratic organizations, among them the
Columbian and the Virginia. The latter
held mes;ing there last Friday night, and
after its adj ournment one Of the members.
looking at the picture, remarked that it
| should be covered with a curtain, to be low.
cred whenever the rooms were occupied by
other clubs than the one to which it be.
| logged. Dat Of that remark the statement
referred to was made.
Two republican cx-CongrcSsmcn from tho same
| district ia Virginia met at tho 9th street depot
here to day aud had quite a laugh st each other,
| because though both wanted to come to Congress
| again neither Strovo for denomination because
neither thought he could DO elected, though it
has now been demonstrated that either could
| have been. Ono of the gentlemen referred to has
| Just returned from visit to the North. When
asked what seemed to be the feeling of the people of
that section toward the President, he replied
that it was the same there as in Virginia ard
that the only people who were praising him were
those who expected rather hoped for some or
more fav0rs from him.
The democratic congre: smen from Indiana who
have arrived hero say they have not the slightest
| doubt OF the election of democratic Senator in
tho place of Mr.. Harrison and that the leading
republican newspaper in their State conceio that
tho democrats havo a majority of two on joint
| ballot in tho Legislature.
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ST. LOUIS, Nov. 30.-A special from Stout
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