Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-08-24

mart of the PRESIDENTIAL game, luo n'eo
sage ia as good card as could have beer
playeG in that game. The republicans Try
to make light of the message, but 1t is ap'
parent to all who talk with them On tne
subject that they think it a matter OF q great
deal more Importance than they are %llilGs
To acknowledge. While it is said that In
other times. and under other circumstances,
and between other nations, such message
might be preliminary OF war, nobody sup
noses it will be the cause of any real inter
national trouble; but the e1 Confederates 10
CONGRESS- say that should such be the
case thew will all join the army, but
will look out for bumb proof places,
az thew had enough of actual blood ana iron
some years ago to last them the remainder
of their lives they also felicitate themselves
anon the supposi,ion that should there be
war. the scene of hostilities will be far re-
moved from their homes, and that Wnen
crows again find it necessary to carry thels
rations while flying over large tracts OF TINS
country, those tracts will not be, yet aWnlle
at least, in the South.
Some of Gen. Mshone's colored captalus
from the upper part OF Virginia, VINO nave
recently been to Petersburg to receive tneir
commissions and instructions from the Cen
eral have stopped here on their way home
Their commissions are most imposing in ap.
nearapce. being deliberately decorated with
ribbons and gilt eagles, and the care they
take OF them shows that they prize them
among their most valued possessions.
The French Spoliation Claims section OF
the Deficiency DILL was Suspended In the
House yesteday evening by the want OF
quorum on Mr.. Burns's point OF order
that that section is not properly part
of the bill, and it is feared that there
| it will remain as there not only Is
no Quorum present in the House, nut IL not
likely to be for some time.
During the consideration of the deficiency
| bill in fhe House yesterday evening MIR.
Yost, Of Virginia, made point OF order so
as to get an opportunity to make speech
/ in favor of the Blair bill, but was shut oil.
! A democratic member hearing his polnt,sad
to the representative sitting next to BIN,
s"Yost must have caught that from Neison,
( who would make point of order OF the
sLord's Prayer" Mr.. Yost says all be
/ knows Of the intention of the Mahone re-
pubicans to try to make MIR. Craig the re-
publican nominee for Congress IN his DIS
trict, is what he saw in the GAZETTE, where
he gets most Of his Virginia news, lie can,
be says neither deny or affirm 1t, as he
knows nothing about it, but that be does
I
county 10 the nominating convention have
been instructed to vote for him, Yost.
Representative bowdeD. republican, of the
| Norfolk district, Virginia, has just returned
from visit to his home He says there is
no trouble whatever among the republicans
in his district that the kickers have no fol.
lowing there that from what be heard while
| at home he believes he will be renominated
unanimously, and that while the district
gave FIVE thousand republican majority at
| the last election, it will give seven thousand
next November. A democrat from Norfolk,
TO whom what Mr.. Bowden said was sub.
seouently repeated, remarked that while the
district might give seven Thousand republ'
can majority it could only do go IN case the
democrats should have no candidate 10 the
| field, and that from what he knew OF the
ambition Of certain democrats there,no such
condition could possibly occur.
Amoug the strangers on the floor OF the
House today was Mr.. Kendall, the demo-
cratic congressional nominee in the lst or
Accomack district of Virginia. MIR. Ken
dali says the local option question caused
] little trouble among the democrats of Acco'
mack some years ago, but he thinks 1t has
all been pretty we'll settled by this time
| that now the democrats or that and all the
other counties in the district seem to be
| united and in good condition. and that be
has strong hopes OF being one ofan Increased
democratic delegation from Virginia in the
next Congress.
State Senator Heaton, Of the Alexandria
district. chairman Of the democratic commit
| tee of the Sth, or Alexandra congressional
district, was here to dag. He says he has
had all the other members Of that commit
tee notified to meet him at Orange Court
House next Monday at noon, wheo, in adj
dtion to other matters, the sui ect OF denn
itely designating place for holding the
democratic congressional convention in that
district will be considered and settled.
In the Senate TO day Mr.. Edmunds made
q speech on the Presidents latest message
| to Congress, the jst of it being that while
law authorizing retaliation upon Canada had
been on the statute books for more than
year, and while occasions for exc
cutting it had occurred within toat
time, the President had waited until
treaty in the interest of British free trade
had been rejected before ne deemed 1t at
all necessary to put it in force and had then
cent message to Congress calculated to
stave of, rather than bring on action, as 1t
would doubtless be the occasion OF prolonged
debate.
Senator Riddleberger says he may have
something to say in the Senate on the mes
sage the President sent to Congress late yes
terday evening, and that if he shall, the point
of it will be that the Senate hay
ing rejected the treaty, the President
mad nothing more to do with it.
When asked if Mr.. Roller, who has announced
| himself AZ protectioniSt candidate in his Con-
gressional district, acceptable to the republl-
cans of that district, he replied measuraby go but
as this was Presidential election year he did not
anticipate his election.
General Lee, who has been in the bosom of the
democracy of his district for the last day or two,
was in his seat in the House tn-day. He says the
democrats of his district are in good trim, and
will give good account of themselves in the
coming fight.
W0OdIuwn Farmers Club.
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