Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-10-25
From Washington
financial Correspondence OF the Alezs. GAzE1IE1

rsn.c,,l Correspondence OF the Alezn. GAzETTEJ
WASHINGTON. D. c., Oct %, 1888.
Among the strangers in the city to-day is
Col. Beverly Tucker, Of West Virginia.
The Colonel says that in all his long politi'
nsl experience be has never known the re.
snlt of an election SO uncertain as the pres
ent one, as, though that result may be
sweeping victory for either party, now, lees
than two weeks before, no mortal man can
tell which party will win that victory.
A private letter received here to-day from
a we'll known sporting man in New York,
who Is also one of the best informed men re-
spectiug political affairs in his State, says
that he is betting even on Cleveland, 10 CIV
ING odds on Hill, and that Hewitt s already
as good as defeated.
The parade of the police and IRE depart
ments Of this city to day was very creol.a,
BILE affair, and was witnessed by crowded
sidewalks "a far down Pennsylvania ave
nue. as the Peace Monument at the loot oi
the Capitol grounds, around which 1t conn'
termarched. Noticeable parts OF the pa
rade were the colored mem5era oil Doth the
departments.
A Loudoun county, Virginia, democrat
here to day, says his county Is ell !lgut, cut
that to make sure of it, the democratic man
ayers there intend to wake it up next Week.
when they will hold meetings in various
parts OF it, and DO all that is possible to H.
duce every democrat within the limits OF the
C uoty on election day to come out anu vote.
Postmaster Dalton OF the U. ). House OF
Represen tatives, an lndlanlan. received
private letters from various parts oil his
State this morning, all to the effect that SO
fer as that State is concerned tho result OF
the campaign there may for Oil practical
purposes BE- considered as closed, that moth
ing row can change that result, and that
Cleveland will carry the STATE without
doubt.
A reliable republican from the 2nd Viz
giuia district, here to-day, says that WI
liams the colored republican candidate 10
that district will get large vote il he snail
remain ia ths tisld until the day OF election
as be Ia exceedingly popular with his race
| in all the Peninsula portion OF the district
He also said he understood the democratic
managers in the State had announced that
! it would 90 democratic without peradven'
ture, and that consequently he placed no re-
lance in republican assertions TO the con
/ trarv effect, ss he had in a somewhat pro
longed experience found that whenever the
managers referred TO authorized such IN an
| nouncement they always provided that il
nhould be true.
The republicans OF this city have 80 much
faith in Fred Douglass that his latest poit
cal assertion to the effect that both lndians
aud New York are cock sure for the demo
Gratis, that they arc mora down in the mouth
to day, since they heard it, than they have
been at any previous tine during the cleo
ton campaign. S me Of them try TO cheer
their political friends up by saying thai
Frederick is provoked because his service;
have not been sought bv the national repub
| lcan committee but their effort is in vain
| Tho track at the course t5-iay was in bet
| tsr condition than il was yesterday. large
crowd. among which were many ladies, witnessed
the races Some OF the ladies were betting, sno
though "a general thing heir bets we're for SINAI
sums, they were deeply interested in tho result
| as the men whose stakes we're large.
A Tournament was held at City View, formerly
Tivoli Park, old Giesboro, to-day, but the attend
ance was rather limited. Tho ferry boats from
th:s city and Alexandria made landings there.
The President will leave here tomorrow even
Ing for New York to review the grand democratic
procession there on Saturday.
Among tho lawyers admitted TO practice in The
T. s Supreme Court yesterday WAS cx State Sen
ator Marshall Mccormick, of Berryville, Clarke
county, Virgins.