Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-05-23
FROM WASHINGTON.
special Correspondence of the Alsxa. GAzETTs
WASHINGTON, D. c., May %, 1889.

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WASHINGTON. D. c., May %, 1889.
Ex-senator Riddleberger had long pr
vate interview with Postmaster General
Wansmaker in the latter's private Office at
the Postof1ice Department this morning
during which be gave him an account Of inc
differences that exist IN the republican
party of Virginia. The interview Lasted an
hour. end was only then suspended by the
uncertainties Of other callers, with an uh-
Outstanding that it would be resumed IN tne
early future. Mr.. WaDamaker wac an IN
terested and attentive listener TO ell tne eA-
Senator had to say, but gave no lntimation
of his views on the SUBJECT. Whether MS
predilections are in favor OF Malone or not Is
Unknown that those of Assistant Postmas
.ar General Clarkson are is we'll known.
There are quite a number of enquiries
here to day about the unwilling OF the Con-
faderate statue in Alexandria tomorrow,
and il the weather be favorable large num-
Der of people will 60 from here to witness
the ceremony.
Elk Congressman Bowen, of Virginia, is
here 10 day, He comes on business con
nected with his contested election case and
to try to get some small Offices for those peo
ple of his district, who. like him, followed
General Mahone out of the democratic, and
into the republican party ou the Virginia
debt question.
Congressman Wise and his republican
contestant, Judge Waddill, appeared at the
office of Col. Clerk, clerk Of the House, to-
day, who, in their presence, opened the pa
pers in their case and determined what
should be printed and what omitted.
A well informed local democratic poiitl-
clan from Rockingham county, Va, here to-
dav. SAYS that so far as he knows the feeling
among the democrats Of his county with rel.
erence to the democratic gubernstorial nom-
nation Is about equally divided between
Judge Harris, Congressman O'Ferrall and
Mr. Beirne. The predominant feeling OF
| nest of the democrats from various parts OF
Virginia who have lately been here, on the
subject referred to, seems to DE IN favor OF
Mr.. Venahle, of Petersburg.
| 1t is rumored that though the fact that
Capt. Stops, of Virginia, whose removal
was mentioned in this correspondence yes
terday, is democrat, was the predisposing
cause of his removal, the exciting cause was
/ the fact that day or two before, he had
raised the flag on the Postoffice Department
up ,ide down. Luckily for the South the
| Captain is northern man by birth and was
IA officer in the federal army during the war.
1t is rumored that Senator Qlay's man,
Gilkerson, will be appointed Second Comp
troler to-day or tomorrow.
The rumor is revived that government de
tectives have been set to Work TO shadow
republican office seekers here and TO report
their words and behavior to the respective
departments to which their applications
have been mode. This rnmor is es csedingly
distas.eful to some OF the Virginia office
seekers and their Virginia friends, and they
denounce the spy system roundly.
The sensational rumors cent cut from this
CITY to the effect that the members of Mr.
Harrsons cabinet are in i'll accord, have, it
is said By hose whose personal relations
with the gentlemen referred to certainly
enable them to speak knowingly On the
subject, no foundation outside the heads Of
those who originate them for want Of some
thing else to Go.
The Press one OF the two morning repuo,
lican newspapers OF this city, says General
Mahone will not have the distribution Of
the federal patronage in Virginia; thas the
| Generals bluuder in the last campaign dc.
prived Harrison Of the electoral vote OF Viz
ginia, and that it will be veil for the General
and bis friends to realize that they can no
longer dictate terms to republican admin
islration." To the contrary, Congressman
B0WQeD anu DfoWue, eA-OuhStoSeu'ou Gvf-
en-, ex.Auditcr Allen, Mr.. McCaull, and other
prominent Virginia republicans, say the adj
ministration will recognize General Malone
az the head of the republican party in Vir.
gine ard act accordingly.
The gentleman who told the GAZETTEs
correspondence that Dir. Strother had with
drawn his application for the Warrenton
pos,oflice, says he got his information from
Warrenton party who had heard it in
Warrenton and had come here to see about
it. He says that the party referred to nav
ing subsequently gone TO the Postotlice De-
partment and found that the application had
not been Withdrawn, informed him CT that
fact Also but too late for him to sec the cor
respondent.
It is now positively asserted here, as com
ing directly from the Department Of Justice,
that the reason assigned at that department
for the removal of U. S district attorney
Gibso1 and U S marshal Scott of the east
ern district of Virginia, was that they were
notactive enough in the prosecution ofdemo.
Gratis for alleged election frauds. Az grand
iuries have 10 indict people charged with
! election frauds, and as such people can only
| be prosecuted after indictment, how the at
torney and marshal could be held RESPONSE
BILE can be told only by those who were al.
xious to have them removed.