Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-11-19
FROM WASHINGTON.
Ispsc,al Correspondence of the Alexs. GAZETTE
WASHINGTON, d. O., Nov. 10, 1889.

General Malone and his son Butler passed
through here this morning for New York to
meet Mrs. Malone and her daughter who
are expected TO arrive there tomorrow or
next dsy from Europe. On their return all
the party will probably go on through to
Petersburg except the General, who may
stop here short time to attend to some pri
yate business. Toe General has not yet
commenced the preparation OF his proposed
address, which he abors under the vain de
iuson will induce some people to believe
that his recent overwhelming defeat was the
result of democratic fraud and bulldozing,
out is collecting material for that purpose.
Secretary Rusk of the Agricultural De-
partment has added one hundred and
fifty acres to the cemetery park at Airing
ton, and is preparing an Enclosure OF three
hundred other acres of the reservation for
the purpose of agricultural experiments.
All the promlneut candidates for the
Speak of the next House are now 10
the city, and each has opened headq larters
we'll supplied with cigars and wet groceries.
MIR. Reed up to date certainly has more sup
porters than any other candidate, probably
more than any two. but as certainly not
more than all the others combined, and the
question that now bothers him is whether
or not all the others will combine against
him, His friends seem To think they will
not, and that he will be the Speaker OF the
fifty first Congress, and will decide the qaes
too of the presence Of quorum IN the
House by the sight and not py the SOUND.
Among the latest arrivals is that of Mr..
Ike Hill of Onio, Assistant Sergeant-at-
Arms of the House. He says the democrats
will certainly elect Ii and possibly l6 of
the 81 representatives from his State next
fall. and that bad it not been for the legls-
latiye ticket, which brought out the repub'
lIcsn vote, the majority against Foraker
would have been IS large as that against bis
nal Malone ia Virginia.
Gen. w. Fl. T. Lee. the representative
from the Alexandria district, and his wife,
passed through here last Saturday on their
way to their nome 10 Fairfax county from
New York, where they went after the recent
election. The General said the Yirginlans
he met in the North were more demoDstras-
i've In the expression OF their delight at the
result of the election in his State than those
at home. for the reason that while the latter
were a-sored of that result from the begin
niug of the campaign, there had been great
doubt and anxiety about 1t among the Tor
mer.
Among the strangers at the Capitol to-day
was ex.Congressman Yost OF Virginia. Mr.
Yost. slluding to paragraph in this CORES.
pondsnce of yesterday, containing the state
ment of Malone republican to the effect
that Mr.. Harrison would probably continue
to support Gen. Malone with the nope OF
getting Virginia's vote III the next national
republican convention. as the General sui
controls the republican machine IN nls state.
said he placed no credit in the reliaoiilty OF
- obi or ct
to were successful, which is hardly possible,
he damage Mr. Harrison would receive 10
the North by adher,ng to the General
would more than offset the support OF
Virginia. Ia reference to General Ma
homes charge of fraud and bulldozing, Mr..
Yost saws there was nothing of that sort in
his district, and that If all the republicans
there had voted, McKinuey's majority
would have been much greater than it was
In his county, Augusta, he says, If all the
rennblicsus had turned out, the majority
AGAINST Malone would have been three thou
sand instead of twentyone hundred. de
saws every county in his district, even the
black ones, gave msj orities against the Gen
eraI, and that the cry of fraud, 30 far at least
as relates to his district, Ia humbug ana
has no foundation in fact.
A meeting of the committee of freight
agents of the railroad com panies. appointed
to fix the rate of freight charges for the en-
sp;ng wear, is in session here to-day. Repre-
ssntatives of the Virginia railroads are pre-
sent. .
The following is the only change that was
made in the 4sb class postoffices of Virginia
to dsy: Mitcbell's Station. Oulpepsr county.
J. B. Lewis, appoioted postmaster vice L. +.
Long, removed.
From the supplies OF matter relating to