Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-01-27
From Washington.
Special Correspondence of the Alexa. GAZETTE


WASHINGTON. D. c.. jar. q, 1855.
A Virginia republican who was present
st the recent organization of the State re-
publican league at Richmond says be sew
enough there TO make him know That Gen,
eral Mahope has the republican party OF
Virginia in his control and can manage IL az
will. He saws the mere fact that the man
whom the league had practically agreed
10 elect secretary expressed doubt aoou'
the Generals supremacy was suhcrehe 10
defeat him almost unanimously. he aieo
s.va there will be Stste convention ns4t
snrioc tut that arrangements VIII DC
made nv which large majority o. the dele
gates will be Malone men, and tnst
fhouph il ia provided that the delegates 10
tha rational convention shall be elected IN
the respective congressional districts, IN ViT
oipis they will he elected at the State con
ven ion. He says the Blaine men il qlr-
pinia have heretofore opposed Malone, put
that as it seems B.eine viii BE- tbs nominee,
be doesn't see why Malone should offer vaiu
resistance. but that whatever the General
NAV do will be endorsed by the republican
party Of his State.
During M. Blair's speech On his educa
tioual bill III the Senate yesterday he read
lsuerB in iayor of il which had been re-
ceived By Representative Yost, CT Virginia,
from ;he following named county school Gu
perintendents in Virgipia: W. G. Corson, OF
Cumber and CO.; g. 7. Jordan, OF Augusta
CO.; G. E. McCarkle, Of Allegheny CO., and &.
F. Caskie. Of Nelson county. He stated
that if the bill be passed $4,000, GOO, the
highest sum to BIZ distributed by it in one
wear, would give 50 81 towards the education
of every child in Virginia.
The Richmond delegation here yesterday
came to ask Mr.. Barbour to use hls Influence
with the Richmond and Danville manage
ment to have the general Office OF that sys
TEN moved back to Richmond. MIR. Bar
5our informed them that his position IN the
railroad company entitled him to no lnnu-
ence ia it's operative management, and that
if it did ne would feel compelled to use 1t IN
behalf of Alexandria as the place for the
Office referred to.
Mr.. Speaker Carlisle was prevented by
the inclement weather from going to Oid
Point on the day mentioned in the GAZETTE,
but accompanied By his wife and one or two
personal friends, left this morning for Balti-
more, where the.party took government
tug for Old Point. They will probably re
turn en- Tuesday next. Mr.. Carl;ele is lna'
1t is said here to day by New York demo-
Gratis that the fight in tho State Committee
of that State yesterday over the election TO
fill q vacancy in that committee was q
SQUARE one between President Cleveland and
Governor Hill, and the fact that it was a
drawn battle shows that the latter will be
in the ascendant, az the Cleveland men ex-
pended their utmost force then and will
not be- as strong when the fight is renewed.
The House Commerce Com mittee, in or
der 10 relieve its members Of any possible
injury that might result ftcna report on
the subject of the Reading Railroad strike,
agreed Today 10 ask the House to refer that
mat er to the Interstate Commerce Com
mit,ee.
The removal Of Col Ludlow from the
Board of Commissioners Of the District of
Columbia seems to be anything else than
salts factory to many people here, especially
the democrats, who say that the Colonel
was the oaly one of :he board who enter
tanned the idea OF possible change IN any
of the numerous Offices at their disposal
In the House yesterday the following ps-
pers wero introduced by Virginia members.
Mr.. Bowen, resolutions telegraphed by the
town OF Pocahontas and citizens of East
Tazsweii county, Va, protesting against the
removal of the duty on coal and iron. Mr..
Browne, OF the 15t dstricr, petition OF s. B.
Chapman aud others, Of Gloucester county
Va, for the improvement of Ware river ;
also bills for the survey snd Improvement
of certain rivers aud creeks in the 1st Fir-
einis district. Mr.. Lee, petition for the re
lief of Dowpham and Strauss, Of Alexandria,
from su.e,isnip liabilities. MIR. O'FerraIl
petition of Rshec,A l.. Boggs, of Frederick
county. Va. Mr.. Brown, OF the 9Th district
petition Of T. Reynolds and other citiz us
of Viola, Pittsylvania county, and John
Phelps and others, OF BuTcham, Carroll
county, Va, for increasing the pay of 81
and 4th class postrnasters. Mr.. Yost, SIM
lar petitions from citizans of New Hope.
Augusta county, and Midway, Appomattox
county, Va. Mr.. Bowen, a bill TO pay Wad
Cey 7. James and Others for horses killed in
the service of the United States. Mr.. Bow
den, bill to regulate the payment of watch
men in the executive departments of the
government.
Senators Daniel, of Virginia, and Butler,
OF South Carolina, and Repre- ,entatives Wise
and Lee, two representatives of the navy
department, ard others, left here this mora
ing to inspect the Trigg locomotive works in
Richmond, upon the Invitation Of The pro-
prie;ors of t. ose works, whose obi ct is to
have "a much government work done there
as poss bic.
Among tho late removals ct tho Government
printing Off 20 WAS that of Mr. Bishop, said hore
to be good democrat from Alexandria.
Representative Browne, of the LIST Virginia dis
trict, has received letter from Surgeon General
Hamilton, of the Marine Hospital Service, favor
ing his bill for permanent quarantine station at
Cape Charles, Virginia.
w. E. Bib, of Louisa county, Virg MA men,
Der of the Virginia State Senate WILL it is report
ed, be appointed U. S. consul at Port Hope, Can
ada.