Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-05-26
From Washington.
i.l Cnrrospondence of the Alexa GAzErrE.

,linp into the belief that Mr.. Blame VIII. 10
assuredly be that nominee az tnat Mf.
cleveland will be the nominee CT Inc 81: ,
,ouis convention. 1t is also the prcVaieh'
oDinion among republicans here that the
anti. Malone delegates will be admitted at
Cb;ceco They also say that if they carry
,ha next national election the adminstrs-
tion will not only as Tie New York. Tribune
advises the Virginia republicans, have as
little TO do with General Malone as possible,
Init HAYS nothing at al to do with him.
The nomination Of Mr.. Fuller 10 be Chief
Jnstice is still hung up 10 the Senate Com.
mittee on the Judiciary. Messrs. ingalls,
and Einunds are its chief opponents in the
Senate. 1t is whispered among the know
irg ones that some Northern demo Gratis cut
side the Senate arc also working against It's
COL firmaton, among them one holding an
exalted position in the Judicial branch o.
ths government.
Commissioner Morrison of the interstate
Commerce Board repeats 10 day thal
Commissioner Back of the Pension Bureau,
thouph an asprant for the democratic VICE
Presidential! nomination, is prsc.ically ont 81
theraoe hi .M0rrison' friends "a, that II the
Pre- siient shall bereu ominated because oil MS
low tariff policy, the leading advocate OF
that motley in Congress for many years
| should surely have the second place on the
tick At. and thst mau is Col. Morrison, anG
besides that ii Il soldier must haVa II. none
is mere entitled to it than he, who mas a ctr,
,i6cate of efficiency as such from General
Grant.
By the bill recently reported favcratly
to the Senate for rtscJnstmene Oh tue
interest on the money Virginia lent Tue
general government iii the war of lSl2 ana
no Har
House. as heretofore sta ed in this CORES
nondence the state will recover about Que
and a half million Of dollars against WHICH,
however, the government holds Virginia
bonds to the amount Of about eight hundred
Thousand dollars with many years interest.
MIR. Speaker Carlisle has appointed KEEP
sresentatiye Wise Of Virginia one OF the
Board of Visitors to the L. S. Naval Acad-
envy at Annapolis.
The President in 6 talk with one of the
fprominent leaders of tho democratic party
a 6ay or two ago said he did not want the
democratic nominee for Vice President
to be man who is directly connected win
his administration, and that he desired the
nominee to come from the Pacific slope, such
q mar for instance as Mr. Coleman OF Call
fornia but IS the latter's recent business
failure might make him unavailable. some
other man from the slope could easily be
found. If however, the convention shoulc
oppose such man, the candidate should be
taken from a close State.
Reports brought by white republicans
from the Petersburg Congressional distr'ct
are most alarming as to the well peluG o
the republican PARTY there,and strange as Ii
NAV seem sure enough war OF races is in
active progress in that section Of the State,
in which white republicans and their hith
erto ohedient 6upes, the negroes, are firing
at short range and with deadly effect the
yilest explosives at end into each other. In
deed complete massacre Of white repubii'
can officeholders and office seekers ls SER
ously threatened by the new self ss'e'. i,s
and belliperent horde of co'Vieu 'o,eia ""o
hoya on Iono al 50 meekly borne the cruel
vot,~ vi their white oversecrs. The lnsplr
ing Moses in this insurrectionnry march to-
ward supremacy Of race and numbers is
Professor Laucston late of this city but now
resident of Petersburg and candidate for
Congress in the 4h district. Never before
it appears was the race issue so hoty press
ed on the color line, so merclesaly drawn by
the negroes on behalf Of any leader of theis
complexion and kind. Malone. Gaines,
Hooper, Boiling, Gee, Rogers end their en-
tire following were unable TO keep the negro
delegates from sending Langston to Chicago.
One of these rformants fresh from the scene
of strife likens the present state Of the
coloreG mind in the famous black bolt
to that excited aud frenZied condition into
which the sable sister or brother is often
thrown by the violent exercises which 60 on
at great camp meeting All reports agree
as to the exciting nature of the revival
which has broke out in that benighted re
gion, and furthermore, that the field ID no
longer an inviting one for white missiona-
ries" seeking the good or rather the goods
of the colored folks. Even ex-Cougressman
Hooper, with his admitted popularity, is
unable, it is said, to keep in check 10 his
own county this newborn impetus Of the
negro to strike from his "kith and kind In
o heated cclloquy which took place few
days ago between a number OF Leading
whites aud negroes, the former " re told to
quit tEepa If they wished TO and b. -
Said one of these negroes: IF you can't stay
in the party without holding office, go out Of
it, and the sooner the better" Nor. over, he
said, "you sban't officer us any longer with
| your poor white trash, and if we arc TO be
'bossed' we want men who are our SUPERB
ors in other respects than as to color. We
won't submit 10 your rule day longer" 1t
ia q pressing necessity according TO these re-
ports that the whites shall at ouce pool
| their issues" in the fight for Congr; 81. The
instruction, they say, must be nipped in
the bad and that speedily, or else the white
man, and especially the white office holder,
like the poor Indian, "must &C."
Both parties in the House will hold eau
cuses to day, the republicans this afternoon
and the democrats at night, the latter for
the purpose of determining what amend
ments to the tariff bill they will allow, and
1 r. "
is understood the democrats will agree 10
restore the duties on glass, bus will permit
no change ia the wool schedule.
In the House to day the consideration OF
the legislative bill was resumed. Among
the amendments adopted was one increasing
the number Of clerks in the civil service bu
reau aud increasing the appropriation $1,000