Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-08-16
FROM WASHINGTON
Especial Correspondence of the Alexs. aAzErr
WASHINGTON. d q Ano 1e 1000

loPsoiat corresponding OF tno AleTa. GAZETTE
WASHINGTON. D. c.. Aug. 16, 1889.
Some of the Clarke. Loudoun and Fred
erick delegates to the recent democratic
State convention OF Virginia, and some OF
the delegates from other of the upper coun.
ties Of the State, passed through here to day
on their way home They all agreed that
the ticket nominated was perfectly satisfac-
tory. but some Of them we're not specially
delighted with the platform. All of them
appeared to be confident the ticket would
be elected. They seemed to think that In
selecting it there was not much choice, ss
they had barrel of good apples to choose
from. but that with the republicans it will
be entirely different, as they will be COM
PEELED 80 choose theirs from barrel of bad
) ones.
The following changes ia the fourth
clsss postoffices OF Virginia were made
to-day: Clinchport, Scott county, W. E.
Kidd appointed postmaster vice B. ].
Broadwater removed; Irwin, Goochlaud
county, Geo. F. Cox vice J. g.. Parrish re-
signed Ream's Station, Dinwiddie county,
F. L. Perkins vice g. W. Harris removed !;
Rocky Station. Lee county. a. L Lloyd vice
II. D. Litton resigned Rodaphi, Amelia
county. Mrs. 81. c. E,roughty vice Jas. 81.
Anderson removed; White Plains, Bruins.
wick county, Jos. w. House vice Thomas
Branch removed.
gentleman In this city now preparing q
lecture on the currency, says that on that
question he finds the people here divided
into three classes. the monometaists. the
bimetalists and the begmetalists, and that the
latter are by far the more numerous.
Col. A. w. Jones, once prominent re-
publican politician of Virginia, but now res
ident In Kansas City, Mo-, is here to-day,
en- route home. He says he knew when he
was here two months ago that Malone
would down" the "kiokers," and is there
| fore not at all surprised at what has hap.
pened since.
Senator Ingalls, arrived here last night.
He says now that the republicans have con.
troll of both branches of Congress they will
enact some necessary legislation that has
heretofore been prevented by the sectional
opposition OF the democratic 9sj ority In one
or the other of the branches. This ia sup
posed to mean war to the vanquished.n
1t is reported that list of thirty. six Pres.
dental postmasters' commissions will be
ready for the Presidents signature when he
shall return this afternoon, and that he will
approve them at once, as he will leave the
city. agaln tomorrow for Deer Park.
The anti Malone republicans of Virginia
now here are by no means pleased with the
course the Generals followers are pursuing
in the election of delegates to the State re-
publican convention. They say they think
the General will be nominated for Governor
by the convention, which, In consequence of
the course referred 10, they conoede will be
almost unanimously in his favor, but don't
hesitate TO say that if he shall be, they will
call upon Mr.. John Wise for hooks and lines
and 60 fishing on election day.
A gentleman from Alexandria county,
Virginia, here to-day, says the republicans of
that county met ln their several msgisterisl
districts last night and appointed delegates
to their county convention which meets to-
morrow to elect delegates to their State con
vention. He says the Mahoneites swept the
platter.
Congressman Browne, Of Virginia, was in
the city to-day. he WAS at the Postoffice
Department trying to have some q his
friends appointed to postofices In his dis
trct.
An old physician OF this city told the GA.
ZETTE'S correspondent to-day that he had
given negro servants lorg and fair trial
since the war, and had come to the deiber- |
ate conclusion that those who had grown up |
since their fathers and mothers we're de |
olared free were too inefficient and unreli |
able to be depended upon and that, there
fore, he had given them up entirely and now |
employed only white servants, wbo expert |
ence taught him, were much more satsfac |
tory.
President Harrison is a ''spoilsnsn". He has |
decided to exempt the clerks to bs employed in |
the csrsus bureau from the operation of the civil
service Law.