Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-05-14
From Washington.


Baptist Educational Convention, the Amer
lean Baptist Home Mission Society, and the
American Baptist Publication Society. Be-
tween two and three thousand delegates are
expected.
The rumor circulated here last night that
the President is preparing letter declining
denomination. while neither affirmed noT
denied at the White House, is not credited
by those who really know what is going or.
1t is 70 State secre. that Mr.. Cleveland
would accept and thank you too"
The establishment of biological Garden
here is moote6, and bill is before Congress
having for i,s object the establishment of
such garden, the nucleus Of which is al
ready here in a small collection of native
animals on the Smithsonian ground. to
which two bufIaloes have been added re-
Gently.
The President has approved the act an
thorizipg the construction of bridge across
the Eastern Branch ofthe Potomac at Wash
ington.
Malone may aptly be styled the John L..
Sullivan of Virginia republican politics, and
from present appearances could make short
work of his enemies at the coming Peters
burg fight except for the fact that, like Char
lie Mitchell, they don't mean to let the erent
gladiator get at them. "Oh, yes, he could
knock US out in sixteen foot ring, Marquis
of Queensbury rules. but JohG Wise, who Is
something of q pugilist himself and the lead
ing bottle-holder to Us kicking republicans,
don't intend that we shall fall into any such
trap as that. We have simply pitched too
many rings for the little giant he can't COR
per US as he would like; he can't get at us,
and if he doesn't know it by this time his best
advised friends do" The foregoing jocose
epitome Of the republican wrang!e in Vlr.
cinia, made by one of the prominent kick
ers" TO the GAZETTE's correspondent, merits
a moments consideration and may prove
suggestive even to Malone, un'ia:euDg aud
peculiar as he is said sometimes to be. The
General should know, and the GAZETTE'S
correspondent takes pleasure in informing
him. that the prepondera!ing sentiment in
the leading republican circles ofthe country
j, that if his machine is smashed in Virginia
it will be owing in great part to his mismsn
agement. Leading republicans herc-his
friends-Whie not altogehe- Dia3;'12
him for the violent disorder which has broke
out ir the republican camp Of his State ard
of one mind as to the course he should pow
take toward the leaders in the existing re-
volt. He should bring the war, they say, to
o close, and failing to conquer or compro-
mise peace he must show that the blame
rests not on himself but on his opponents.
Sherman is uneasy and his friends gloomy
over The news from Virginia They see the
opposition to Malone in each OF the Con
gressional districts Of the State, ten in all,
calling conventions to the end OF manuiac-
turing Blaine delegates to Chicago. Wheih.
er lawfully elected or not they know these
Blaine delegates will go to the Chicago con
yention and make their demand for admis'
sion They moreover know that Riddle.
berger, Wise, Yost, Cameron, Lewis. Brady,
Groner. Libby Parsons, Sins, Houston, Nc.
KeuZie, Burke, Frazier and many others Ct
like attitude will be backing the claims CT this
delegation. In such contest they see that
the forces of Blaine and Sherman at Chicago
would be brought in direct conflict and i'll
will toward each other would certainly DC
one OF the results Sherman who still has
strong hope that Blaine will not BIO canG-
idate before the convention i5naturally anxi-
Gus to avoid any pheasant collision with Tie
supporters OF that gentleman. Hence Sher-
man, it is believed, would to-day favor
compromise whereby both Riddleberger and
Wise should be chosen as delegates from the
State at large. Malone, RiGdlehcrger, WISE
and Lamb would in that event be the repro.
sentatives at large and three out of the four
it will be observed would be for Sherman.
1t is not improbable therefore, that Malone,
taking counsel of Sherman, will agree to
some plan of reconciliation whereby the I'm.
seemly squab5e, which now seems imminent,
both at Petersburg and Chicago, may be pre-
vented Riddleberger, in some respects, is
thought to be of much greater importance
in the matter OF this contemplated peace
making than Wise or indeed than
the entire opposition TO Malone.
Together he and Malone, it is said, would
have the whole body OF republican Senators
at their back. No rival delegation would
be tolerated at Chicago, harmony would ap-
parently have come again to tho repu5i-
cans in Virginia, the kickers would have
10 one of any national repute to lead them,
and the disorder now so rampant would at
least be stilled far time. Another result
not to be overlooked from the republican
standpoint is that Vir2inias share of cam
piign moneywould probably besecured iotbe
party by this new compact. 1t is noticeable,
too, that Riddleberger's tone of speech to.
ward Malone is more friendly than former
~ Indeed coma of his public decara-
tons are to the effect that be would not I'M
of Wise. He is in constant communication,
however, with ex Gov. Cameron, who is
keeping him advised of convention matters,
and will go to Petersburg preferring peace,
he says, but ready for war If war must come.
The Supreme Court to day denied tho ap-
plcation for a reheariug of the telephone
case. This application was made by the
Peoples and Overland Telephone Compa-
MES, who claim that Dtawbaugh and not
Bell was the first inventor of the To ephoae.
The court also rendered an opinion sustain
ing the decision of the court below in the
case ofPlyant Mahon, appellant, vs.. Abner
Justice, jaiIer OF Pike county, Ky. This is
an application for writ of haoeas corpus
arising out of the celebrated Hatfield
Mccoy vendetta and WAS brought to the
Supreme Court on appeal from the Circuit
Court of the United States for the district
OF Kentucky, which declined to grant tho
writ. The court also rendered an opinion
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