Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-09-16
FROM WASHINGTON.
,nscial CorrespondenQe of the Alexs. GAZETTE


WASHINGTON D. c.. Sept. 16, 1889.
The Virginia democratic association of
this city will take possession of their new
quarters, 927 F street tomorrow night, on
which occasion they hope that Mr.. Tyler,
the democratic candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Virginia, will address them.
He has been invited to do so, and as he will
probably be in adjoining portion of Virginia
tomorrow, it is expected that the invitation
will be accepted.
The following changes In the 4th class
postofices of Virginia were made to-day !:
Alopzsville, Shenandoah county, Benjamin
F. Coffelt appointed postmaster, vice Mary
J. Gochenour removed Dilwyn, Bucking
ham county, Joshua Davis, vice A. B.
Wade removed; fuckers Hill, Westmore.
land county, Vivian o. Dobyns, vice VIM.
G. Moss resigned.
Langston, the colored contestant for Mr..
Venable's seat In the .. s. House of Repre-
sentatives from the Petersburg, Virginia,
district, is In the city to-day, having re-
turned from New York, where be made a
speech last week. He says he will start for
Ohio in short time. When ssked If all
the negroes in Virginia would vote for
General Malone at the coming election in
that State, he said he thought most of them
would
There is some talk here of proposed
compromise between the two parties in the
next U. 8. House of Representatives by
which the democrats will be bound to ab
stain from flibusteripg if the republicans
will agree to make no attempt to deprive
them of the rights appertainiDg to so large
a minority. Several of the representatives
of both parties now In the city were asked
about this to-day, but none had heard any
thing of it, nor could any of them gee how
such compromise could be made. On the
contrary, they all seemed to think that the
republicans would attempt to 40 change the
rules of the House as to enable them to eff
feet any obj -ct they may have in view, and
that the democrats would resist such a
change by all the means in their power,
and that, therefore, most of the coming ses-
sion would be FILTERED away in protracted
and indeterminate squabbing.
1t wae reported this morning that $500
bad been deposited at the bar room of the
Metropolitan Hotel, in this city, to be bet
on Mahones election in Virginia. A rush
| to the bar room referred to was the inevi
table consequence in order to take 1t up al
once, but, az was expected by the knowing
ones, it was found that no money bad been
lett there for any such purpose.
A Tammany democrat here to-day says
there is nothing in the talk about the demo
Gratis of the late Mr.. Coy's district running
Carl Shu,z for Congress in that district, but
| that their candidate will be Mr. VIM. Seller
a young lawyer of great ability. As the
district ia democratic by large majority,
there is no doubt that Mr.. Cox's successor
will be democrat.
1t ia said here that the democrats have
not made as much capital out of the pension
rerating business as they could have made,
but that 1t will be exploited at length and
play ed for all it is worth before the fall cleo
tions. 1t Is reported that nearly all the
employees in the pension bureau made hay
while the Tanner sun was shining and had
their pensions raised by rerating, and that
those who did not avail themselves of the
chance are now regretting their lost oppor
tunty.