Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-07-13
FROM WASHINGTON.
special Correspondence of the kle1s. GAzErrrl
WASHINGTON. D. c., July IL, 1883.


Among the visitors at the Capitol to day
was Congressman Barnes Compton, of the
Marlboro, Maryland, district. He was there
to see about the papers 10 the contest that
Mr.. Mudd ia making for his seat. He says
he has no doubt the republicans in the next
House will endeavor to 30 change the rules
as to enable them to GUST as many democrats
az may be requisite to give them good
working majority. He also says that In
contested cases the question the republicans
ask is not whether contestant has been
fairly and legally, elected but whether he Is
or Is not republican.
The republicans of this city are growing
loudly at the delay In the change in the re
naming district offices, and cay if MIR. Har-
risou could give them, as be has already
given one of the others, to the "slck elk" OF
Indianapolis, he would not be 30 long in dis
posing OF them. >,
A New York democrat here to-day said
he hoped Governor Lowery. of Mississippi,
would not make requisition upon Gov.
Hill of his State for the rendition of Slugger
Sullivan, as most Of the boys there are
democrats, and this is no time to be provok.
ing them unnecessarily. It is thus seen that
prize fighting affects even politics.
Mr. Park Agnew called upon Postmaster
General Wauamaker this morning TO see
about some of the postofices In his district
in which he is interested, but as MIR. Wanna
maker was preparing for a trip, there was not
time enough for any definite understanding
on the subje to be reached.
Among the rumors current here to-day 10
one to the effect that General Rosecrans is
to be removed and his place as register oil
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colored man, who held it once before. Also
that Senator Quay, Collector of Customs
Cooper and Postmaster General Wanamaker
have arranged q little plan for making the
latter Mr.. Don Cameron'5 successor in the
U. s. Senate.
Gen. Groner and ex-Congressman Brady
of Virginia, the leaders of the anti. Mahone
wing of the republican party in their State
had prolonged interview with Assistant
Postmaster General Clarkson to-day, 80 long
that hardly any body else had an opportuui
tg to say word to him. They repeated tc
bin tie story of their woes, and urged him
with all The ability at their command, t.
save the wing of the party they represent
ed from the region of weeping and wailing
and guashing of teeth. As they had moth
ing to say when the interview was over the
inference was that their time had been
wasted.
Ex-Copgresaman Brady, Of Virginia, when
asked by an acquaintance 10 this CITY, what
the anti-Mahone republicans in Virgins
were going to do next fall replied, thar
monte and win" The next question was
What th Gen. Malone rs the candidate
for Governor ?" His reply 10 this was,
there you've got me"
Mo.ar, Gropar ond prl6u o.uspnoad
much of Assistant Postmaster General Clark
sons time this morning that he didn't have
any to devote to removing 4h class demo.
cratic postmasters in Virginia; 30 there were
no changes in those offices to day.
northern republican holding high
eff cia position here. In talking to the GA
zETTE's correspondent to-day about para
graph he had seen in this correspondence to
the effect that General Malone and Mr..
Mason, commissioner of internal revenue,
were close personal friends, and that the
Virginia appointments in the internal reve
nue. service would be made Only on Gen.
eral Mahone's recommendation, said that
from what he cav and heard he was dis
posed 10 think that the statement referred to
was too broad, and that he believed the true
reason for the delay in the appointment OF
Messrs Rogers and McCaull, Mahoneites,
to the Virginia internal revenue collector
ships was the fact that no matter how great
friend Mr. Mason was ofGeneral Malone,
be was greater friend of Mr.. Blaine, aud
that made as light of as Mr.. Blaine's infu-
ence might be. in his opinion it had been
strong enough to delay the appointments re-
ferred to, and might be, to make at least one
of them impossible.
A gentleman from Petersburg, Vir gnia who
arrived here to-day, says that Prof. Langston
made speech to a large crowd of negroes in Pc
teraburg last night, in which he scored Genera!
Malone for his methods, and told his hearers il
they expected to make compromise for the
sake of expediency thoy must look to some other
man thar himself.