Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-06-22
From Washington
Especial Correspondence Of the Alexs. GA
UAsHING TON. d. c., June %,

The Senate Is not In session to-uay auu
the House is still engaged on the sundry
civil bill. In the latter body, however, not
more than seventy-Gve members are pres
ent, as shown by division. The republican
side Is almost bare of members, and the few
who are there are assembled in little squads,
figuring on the particulars Of the ballots in
the Chicago convention as the reports are
brought In by the pages. Bulletins OF the
ballots are posted in various parts OF the
Capitol, but in the office of the Secretary OF
the Senate large black board has been
erected. on which the ballots are written in
4 large letters as soon as the telegraph reports
! them, and it is in front of this that the
largest crowd Is assembled.
] Postmaster Cullingsworth, of Richmond,
was at the Capitol to-day. He says the
democrats in his city seem to be in good
condition, and that from what be hears from
people from other parts of the State, he ls
| induced to think it is the same way all over
Virginia. He says he has heard that Gen.
Malone, before he went to Chicago, and
when he thought he would be boss there,
| had made propositions to the labor party In
Richmond to help them if they would sup
port the republican Presidential ticket, but
| that be does not know what response he re-
ceived, or even if he ever made such a
| proposition.
AS general thing the democrats in the
House seem to be pleased with the republi
| can platform, and say its Inconsistencies
and attempted delusioDs can be exposed
with effect on every stump. One democrat
| ic member from Southern State jokingly
remarked to the GAZETrE's correspondent
that the platform ought to be entirely satis-
factory to the Virginia democrats ss it con-
| tains the leading provisions Of the Roanoke
platform.
A prominent member of the temperance
| organization of Virginia here today says
that organization has regularly appointed
Presidential electoral tick in the field, with
a gallant ex Confederate at the head OF it,
aud that instead of the five thousand votes
promised for it at the national temperance
| convention it is more likely it will receive
ten thousand, and that most Of them will be
those of men who have heretofore voted the
democratic ticket. He says he hears the
ticket will receive one hundred and seventy
odd votes in Alexandria alone.
Senator Colquitt, of Georgia, and Repre-.
sentative Lee, Of Virginia, think now that
the two national conventions have taken
their stand on the tariff question, when the
consideration of the Mills bill shall be re
Sumou ueAG Weeh, tuo EepuuiiCauS VIII uc
disposed to stop e clustering and permit
vote to be taken on that bill within a
reasonable time, and allow the people of the
country to decide next November which
side is right.
Nobody here, republican nor democrat,
seems to have any definite idea as to how
the republicsc, Presidential electoral ticket
in Virginia will be formed, as General Ma
hone says he wants "all or none," and as
Mr.. Wise says be will have mo compro-
MISE" According to the decision of the
national republican convention, the former
will have five electors and the latter seven.
In order that there may be ticket, the Gen.
eral can not have ALL and Mr.. Wise must &C.
cept compromise.
After the meeting of the sub committee OF
the House commerce Committee yesterday
afternoon in reference to the quarantine sta.
ton at Cape Charles, Virginia, Mr. Speak
or Carlisle was waited upon by the quaran-
tine inspector and DR.. Hamilton, Ct the Ma
rine Medical Service. He informed them
that he would recognize at the best time
any member of the commerce committee
to call up the bill providing 5000 for the
station at Cape Charles, and that he
thought the best time would be Monday
week.
Arrangements are being maze Dy the COL
ored people of this city to give Perry Carson,
one of their leaders. whose contested right
to seat In the Chicago convention was
confirmed by that convention, grand re-
ception on his return. He will be met at the
depot with chariot and white horsts, and
escorted to his house by band of music
and large procession of his race. Perry,
like the contesting delegates from Virginia,
Is Blaine man.
Mr. Frank Hume has invited quite mum Der of
the members of Congress and others to spend the
4th of July at his house ana on the shady grounds
around it on the hills back of and near Alexan-
dria.
Many of the mechanics employed on temporary
work at the Treasury Department have been mott
fed that their services will be dispensed with after
the LIST proximo but it is supposed that this mott
ication will not be made effective the appro-
priation for the payment of such employees pro-
vided in the appropriation bill that ha, been re-
ported. is larger than that in the last one.