Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-04-22

He also said he never got any assistance
from any of the Senators referred to when
he was in the Senate, and that none of them
were for him before his nomination.
Messrs. John S. Wise aud J. ID. Brady,
the leaders of the anti. Malone faction OF
the Virginia republicans, arrived here to day
to have another talk with the President
about their side of. their party's troubles IN
Virginia. Unlike the Mahonites, they seem
to he in excellent spirits.
Major Bob Mason, Of Albemarle, ana MI.
Rixey of Culpeper county will start from mere
this evening for Strasburg to make pros
pecting trip on horse back from that town
along the route of the proposed Alexandra
and Charleston Railroad, for the purpose OF
inspecting the reported mineral deposits on
that route. When they return and make
their report meeting of the company own,
ipp the charter for the proposed road Will
be called.
Senator Barbour and party Of friends,
among them his sister.in. law, Miss danger
fed. and his brother in-law, Mr.. Henry
| Daingerfed, will start from here to- NOR
row on a short trip to the Warm Springs
of North Carolina.
That the feeling between two such prom
inent republican Senators as Messrs. Sher'
man and Quay should have developed into
an open quarrel is the subject OF no little
solicitude among the members of that party
now in this city. Mr.. Quay doesn't hest
tate to denounce the action Of Mr.. Sherman
as 'discredtable and dishonorabe." The
predisposng cause of the quarrel has exist
ed for some time; the exciting cause was
the recent appointment OF an Ohio man to
an otfc, which, by an agreement between
Ohio and Pennsylvania as to disposal OF the
spoils, had been allotted 20 the latter state.
Easter Monday was generally observed
by the children of this city to-day. About
five thousand of them OF ali ages, sexes and
colors, accompanied by their nurses, assem-
bled on the open lot south of the White
House, and picked and rolled and ate eggs
10 lhe;e hearts, and some OF them to more
| than their stomachs' content.
Nearly all the Virginia republicans OF the
| Malone faction who came here for office have
either gone home or are going, tho General
himself being among the latter His few
I Virginia partisaps remaining here say ne
will ba gone before the end Of the week
There ia no denying the fact that even tht
most prudent OF them, up to date express
7 any thing but admiration for MIR. Harrison
They say the General will call on tie Presi
DENT 10 uaJ, DuI Huciuci ny iHEiaVIoh VI
not they profess not to know. If he shall
call, the way they will talk hereafter vii
indicate pretty clearly the result OF the call
Col. Jones, formerly q leading Virgins
Mahoneite. hut now prosperous residen
of Missouri, is still here, at the Ebbitt, TIT
headquarters of republican office seekers
The Col. SAYS he has not been dead in love
with Gen Malone for some years, but tina
everybody who knows anything about Nir
gina politics knows that the repub!ics1
party there without Malone would be lik'
the play Of Hamlet with the psrt of Hamle
left out. He says he takes nc interest il
Virginia politics now, but that he does re
gard the sore troubles and disappointment
of bis old political associates there with {
sort Of regretful amusement. The Colone
says the negroes always hurt tho republican
party in the South, aad that he thinks tbs
Presidents pc icy OF making them take bach
seats may help the party there; but tina
whether it will or not the democrats ough
to be pleased with the commotion it ha
created in the party.
1t is reported among the Virginia repuhl
cans now here tina! at the cabinet meeting
TO- morrow the subject of the division in tb,
republican party of Virginia will be consid
cred end the faction to which the postoflice
in that State shall be given be determined