Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-05-16
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influential CT the New York republican lead
ers. in fact. the man who Yields control OF
the organization in that State. was shown
to the GAzgTTE's correspondent to day. IL
is addressed to Virginia republican and ID
doubtless intended to affect the situation a.
Petersburg. AS it is marked private INC
manner OF The writer is withheld. 'uii
the presidential nomination at Chlcago, ~
the follow ing bold and confident an
management: Under no circumstances IA
nv opinion can John Sherman secure the
support o. the delegation from New Y OK
he should by any possibility OBTAIN tne
nomination this State must DO consiueIeu
hopelessly lost He could arouse no enthu
siasm, but could fan into flame all Inc ola
factional feelings and feuds oftne past t"eh-
ty wears. TO have the South foist upon US
sucb candidate would be fatal mistake
and an outrage New York feels that sne
has already had an overdose OF ONO. Leu
US have rest" :. :
On the eve of the Petersburg battle 1t Is
discovered that Gen. Malone, with his uSu-
al energy of action and fertility OF resource
has been operating quite successfully on
number of the disaiected delegates VINO
were relied on TO swell the attendance Gu
the district gatherings called by Tie OPPOSE
lion. His manifesto of warning 10 THESE
rebeIlious and reasonably Inclined officials Is
as hgh-sounding as some OF those issueo oF
orr commanders in war time. The preamble
begins with the formal whereas" preceding
his statement Of the great grievances com
mitted on the regular organization ny GER
tain insurgents styling themselves members
of the several district committees, ana haal, :,
ly concludes with severe condemnation Of
each and every delegate attending enc Of
these "bogus" conventions, to whicn Is ap'
pended the penalty OF such delegate being
Invested Of all his representative functions
if caught in such association. etc. III is hkeiy
that one or more ofthese contemplated gath
erinps vi be stampeded, AMI if not entirely
broken up, that many doubling member
will be 0hereaSed into regular line OF march
for headquarters of the main army at Pe-
tersburg.
Republican politicians here affect quite a
modification at the noisome and noxlous
behaviour of the Virginia factions of their
party. Before long it will be agreed on all
hands that Blaine was right when, accord
inc to the secret circular of Gen. Malone be
declared that the only thing worth hghliDg
for in Virginia was the twenty-four votes
which the State cast in convention For
Malone, however, despite the clouds that
now lower DER his house," there are many
CLEANS Of hope to be found in the presiden'
tial outlook. 1t is difficult to SEQ how any
serious objection can be made to the adj
mission of his four delegates for the State at
large. Therefore, he will be on hand when
the convention gathers and will probably
show up egain as he did four years ago
when he proved veriable sensation Tor
the immense crowd of people and delegates
the meal attractive and picturesque OF oil
the famous personages there. True, he will
90 TO Chicago for Sherman as he went Tor
Arthur carrying all his political e2g5 IN one
basket. but even should Sherman fail all
will not BY any means be lost. Indeed, 1t is
already asserted here that Gresham whose
following has so rapidly increased OF late
would be were he nominated and elected to
| the Presidency rs close to Malone as Sher
man. They were certainty on the most
cordial terms while Gresham was in the
Cabinet of Arthur. In short, while Malone
would be more OF less degraded and shamed
in his political pretensions by the nomina,
ton of Blaine he would have little trouble
in making himself ''solid with any other
nominee of the party" 1t is also fact that
the doub: as to Blaines candidacy seems to
be growing rather than lessening, and with
Blaine Withdrawn the probabilities ara be-
leved by many to lean strongly toward
Gresham as the leading western aud Depew
the leading eastern candidate.
Neither Congressmen John r. nor Bailey
Brown of Virginia, will attend the Peters
burg convention. Messrs. Bowen ard Yost
went on the morning train-the one for, the
other against Malone.
Whether omiuous or not, Judge Stuart, OF
Alexandria, staunch democrat and strict
party man, prominently mentioned as del
egate to St. Louis, is not in Norfolk, as he
was seen to day. He was recently replaced
upon the bench, and as no may DO called
upon to pass upon the validity OF the acts of
the said convention, thinks it prudent to alb
stain from participation therein.
The failure of the Investigation, ordered
by the House, into the conduct of the gov.
eminent printing establishment here, is so
far as republican party interests are con-
cerned, complete and overwhelming. All
hope to raise party capital By compromise
between Benedict's and Rounds admins
tration Injurious to the former. has been
blasted and abandoned. Many republicans
are frank enough to confess their disap-
pointment at the result and ere free to adj
nit that the administration OF Benedict has
been industrious, active, economical and
honest. True, the establishment is no longer
a hospital where the halt, lame and blind,
0lapidated men and decayed females, are
provided with quarters on orders of Con-
gressmen but as now conducted is vast
business bee hive whose inmates depend
less on extraneous and doubtful influences
than on individual worth and merit.
One of the most important and extensive OF
its branches, the folding room, was never
touched by the investigation at all, although
its republican head was removed some
months ago in the face Of warnings that no
successor could be found of experience and
ability equal to his own. In the person of
Hon. E. NJ. Ruttenbur, of New York, was
found, however, staunch democrat of
many years. service to his party and State,
as we'll as model of skill, method and abil-