Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-10-29
From Washington
rspsclsl Correspondence OF the Aleza. GAzETTEJ
WASHINGTON. D. c., Oct. %. 1888.

From Washington
rspscisl Correspondence OF the Alexa. GAzETTEJ
WASHINGTON. D. c., Oct. %. 1883.
Among the strangers at the Capitol to.
asv was Representative McMillin, Of Ten.
nessee. member of the House Ways and
Means Committee. Mr.. McMilin is just
from campaigning tour in New York aud
Connecticut, both of which States and New
Jersey also, he is confident, from the assur'
ancee given him by the managers OF the.
party therein and also at democratic head
quarters in New York city, will 60 demo-
cratic pext week. He says the Working
men of those States now understand the
tariff question, and will vote accordingly
thew know that the tariff does increase tne
nro6ts of their protected employers, ana
have q realizing sense OF the TACT tnat IL
does not increase their wages. he says tnaI
the workman who was discharged 10 NE"
Haven ty his republican employers De.
cause he showed the pay envelope ne nad
received, was employed the next day I'll
higher wages by democrat;that such cases
are occurring all over the North, ana thst
the result has been immense democratic
gains in al that section OF country. Regard
ing the West letter, he says he ooesn I
think it will have any effect, as 1t has been
demonstrated TO be trick, and sucn poor
one that no Irish American OF any lnteiii'
gence will be deceived by it, he says OF so
little account is it in New YORK anu ZOE.
necticut, that when he asked the democratic
managers there if he should explain IL I'D
his speeches, they told him 1t was not worm
while. Regarding the report that the
recall of Minister West has been ae'
manded, ne says he is assured the
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McMilin came here to attend the Joint con-
eressional committee appointed TO inVesti-
gate the frauds connected with the aquedncs
of this city. That committee met at me
Cspitol this morning, elected Senator Ed
| munds chairman, engaged three experts 10
examine the work, and adjourned until the
middle OF next month to hear their report.
4 Virginia republican now here, who has
inst returned from visit to The Eastern
Shore of his State, says the belief among his
party there is that Accomack county, which
has heretofore given n large democratic ma
/ iority, will, on next Tuesday, give m0lorl'
sty for the republican congressional candi-
date. unless some great and unexpected
[ change shall take place in the feeling OF the
people there before that time. When asked
I The reason for this anticipated change, be
said the republican candidate was excep
tionally popular in his own party, and hnd
Il.rsc und Influential democratic family con-
nection, many Of whom were working &C.
| lively for him.
The U. s. Supreme Court to day decided
| that the Texas law imposing tax on dram
mers is unconstitutional. Last Monday the
same court decided, in the Iowa liquor case.
that State had the right 10 pass any law
regarding it's own affairs it might SEQ fit
! The President returned early yesterday
morning from his trip 10 New York. He Is
pleased with what he saw and beard there,
aud is more confident than ever of bis re-
| election. Regarding the West letter. he
says it was such 8 transparent trick that he
doesn't well see how Minister West was de,
ceiyed by it. His own action In the matter
has already been taken, but he declines
| to say what that action has been, as
to do so would be breach OF ETH
ouette. He docs cay, however, that
when that action shall be made pubic.
the people of the country will have their
belief ln his courage confirmed, and be per
| fectly satisfied with bis course in the matter.
They will know all in a short time, De says,
and the most eaptious among them will have
difficulty 10 finding anything about which TO
complain. The President as everybody
| else, now believes the letter To the Minister
was prepared By republicans, and that
Murohison, the nominal writer, is myth.
| A private letter received here to day from
| the chairman of the democratic committee
of Indiana, says there is no possible doubt
about democratic majority in that State
next week, and that every democrat IN the
State a confident that such will be the re.
suit. leading and reliable republican
from the same State, now here, to the con-
! trary, says that he and all the other Indiana
republicans are perfectly confident it will go
| for Harrison. 1t is this discrepancy which
puzzles democrats, and suggests to them the
idea that the republicans may be aware of
something of which they are ignorant.
The managers of the race course here held q
meeting to-day and determined that the races
| should be resumed tomorrow