Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-03-22
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WASHINGTON. D. c., March %. 1889.
While great many Virginia republican
Office seekers are still in the city, q large
number have returned to their homes. They
availed themselves OF the reduced fare to the
late Methodist conference at Alexandria TO
come here, but when the time Of the confer
ence tickets expired they had to leave. THOSE
who remain are 10 anything else than an
enviable frame OF mind. About hal! OF them
are Mahoneites and half anti Mahoneites,
but all are disgruntled at the evident coiG
shoulder that has been turned alike Oh o9tn
sides. General Malone is still here but
persists in refusing 10 endorse the papers OF
any applicant. In doing this he mas pro
voked the censure OF some OF nls own parti
sans. who say that his endorsement would
secure for them that OF iLnnential repupii-
ran Senators, ard would thereby materially
helm them, but that be will do nothing
until assured that what ne asks will be
granted, and that they now are assured that
he will never receive any such assurance
from the present administration.
There are several things connected with
the proposed Mt. Vernon Avenue which 1t
is right at,,people in Alexandra, interested
in that!svenue, should know, IN order that
thew may act accordingly. Ole Is that
matter of such comparative unimporance
should have been taken up by the War De-
paJ;nent so soon after the commencement
of the present administration, and before any
of the parties generally known to be
interested in it had been to the
Department to urge action another
is that though tho engineer to sur
yey the route was appointed some time be-
fore. his name was never published until
after the Alexandria delegation had their
interview with the Secretary another Is
that the engineer of the District OF Columbia
has been heard to say hat false Impression
exists that the avenue is for tt Re; eht OF
AleXandria, while ii TACT lis sole purpose Is
good road from Washington to Mt. Vernon;
and atill another is that scheme Is already
on foot to survey route, not lrou tie south
end Of the AQueduct bridge down TO the AZ
| lugton gate, where the road to the proposed
1 Monumental bridge across the Potomac
would Join it, and thence on east OF the
( ridge towards Alexandria, but from the
| Aqueduct bridge up to R9slyn, and thence
{ west of the ridge, passing close by
! the Theological Seminary. WHAT Gil
/ this means it may be we'll tor the AleXan
drians to find out as early a5l possible. as
| by SO doing they may save themselves some
disappointment. Il would also do no harm
if the land owners along the route as origi-
nallv proposed would hesitate no longer
about giving the right of way for that route.
REPRESENTATIVE Bayly Browne and ex-rep
resentatives J. r. Brown and Bowen accom-
panied by large number of other Virginia
office seekers, were at the Postotlice Depart
ment to-day, urging changes in the 4.h class
postotIices in their State. Mr.. Clarkson,
the First Assistant Postmaster General, to
whom the disposition of such offices belongs,
has defni' civ determined that the iact that
d 4th class postmaster is a democrat Is o
sufficient reason for his removal. Among
his appointments yese day was that OF ;.
a. Cover at Waterford, Londoun county,
w., an original reput lean, who was re
moved from the same of,ice by the iuilIence
of General Mahoue.
When General Groner, q prominent anti
Malone Virginia republican, was here re
ceuty, he said the republicans of his State
1ad fully determined that they would never
again submit to General Mahone's DONNA
lnn, and that if he should attempt to selec
the republican ticket for the next State
campaign, the anti-Mahone republicans
would either put tickecof their own in the
| field and show him By the election that they
have large majority of the party, or else
stay away from he polls. General Malone,
a few DAYS afterwards, when asked about
the next Virginia State campaign, said he
was not bothered was not even thinking
about it; he supposed, however, it would 90
by default unless the democrats should
break up as he, as at present advised, was
not disposed to assume the arduous duties oil
conducting campaign, and had no faVors to
gain and none to requi!e by doing go.
An old and well-known Virginia editor,
now resident in this city, in talking to day
about the recent speech of MIR. Flournoy,
Secretary of the Common wealth OF Virginia,
in which he said the man who mentioned
the State debt or the tariff in the next State
campaign; should be kicked out OF the
democratic party, remarked that he would
like to know what else besides those two
subjects could be mentioned in the next
campaign He expressed his regrets that go
many of the prominent democratic poiiii-
clans of Virginia lacked understanding.