Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-11-11
FROM WASHINGTON.
spscsl Correspondence of the Ale1s. GAZETTE


WASHINGTON, D. c.. Nov. II, 1889.
So many Of the employees OF the govern
ment departments here were sent home to
work for the republican candidates in the
several States in which elections were re.
Gently held, that the business of some OF
those departments, especially the Treasury,
has been delayed considerably, to the great
inconvenience and trouble of many people.
The u. S. District Attorneyship of the
Territory of New Mexico, held by Judge
Smith, of WarreDton, Virginia, has been
given to republican. Major Fred. Smith,
the Judges younger brother, who has been
here for several days. left this even
inp for his home in Arizona Territory,
where he still holds federal position.
The following is the only change in the
Alb class postoffices in Virginia that was
made to-day PembertoD, Goochland coun.
ty, G. P. Campbell, appointed postmaster,
vice T. F. Prettyman, removed.
Representative Leh!bach of the Newark,
New jersey district, a republican, now here,
saws his district gave democratic majority
last Tuesday, AMI that he is certain it will
give three thousand democratic majority
next fall. He says the republicans support
of liuuor and Sunday laws has driven the
| Germans away from them, and that the
| brewers By transferring their political con-
tributions from the republican to the demo
cratic election fund, give the democrats the
most money, and that that is the reason
why.
| Senator Voorhees,, in talking at the Capt.
| tol this morning, said the next time he meets
| Vice President Morton be shall recommend
to him several men who will make good
samplers of the liquor that 10 sold at his ne"
hotel here. The Senator says everybody
knows that liquor is sold at the hotel refer
red to, and that the denial that bar room
| ia there reminds him of the country boy who
having been told by his mother before he
went to town not to go to the theatre, dis
obeyed her, and when subsequently asked
| In her presence by some of his acquaintance
| il be had seen Romeo and Juliet, the piece
played, neither wishing to displease her nor
TO have it appear to the enquirer5 that he
had failed to avail himself of the opportunl
ty of witnessing play, replied that ne had
seen Romeo but no Juliet.
The opinion generally prevailing on the
subject here, among reputable republicans as
we'll as democrats, Is that the PRESIDENT, IN
issuing his proclamation admitting Montana
into the Union, did not comply with the
law, and that, though he swore he would
| FAITHFULLY 6AbCutO tpO ih"o. uo oC'sDS'"VOiJ
| broke his oath in order to have too more re.
publican U. s. Senator's. The Presidents
own party, as represented by the republi
| cans here, think he is smaller, hitler
meaner and narrower man even than Hayes
| Representative Houk, Of Tennessee, one
of General Mahoneis stumpers 10 Virginia,
| who said before the recent election IN thai
State that General Mahone was bound to be
elected unless counted out, being asked to-
day what he thought of the result replied
that if the returns OF the election were even
an approximate representation of The poiti
cal feeling .ne stksA-speople of Virgins, he
would acknowledge that he was a fool All
knew nothing about party affairs, though he
had had long experience in them. When
asked how it was possible he could have
been 80 greatly deceived, he, like Senator
Blair, replied that. 1t WAS just as easy to
steal forty three Thousand votes as i've
thousand.
The report OF the U. s. Treasurer, just
printed, shows that seventeen and quarter
million dollars we're paid last year to rich
bankers, corporations and individuals, az
premiums, over and above the face value OF
bonds purchased by the government torre
demption. Unquestousbly this is the great
eat robber government on the face OF the
earth. 1t robs its own people, snd OF them,
it robs the poor to increase the wealth OF
the rich