Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-08-24
FROM WASHINGTON.
spocial Correspondence of the Alexs. GAZETTE


WASHINGTON. D. c.. Aug. "a, 1889.
Senator Barbour has returned from Attain
tic City, where he has been in consultation
with Chairman Gordon, of the Virginia
State democratic committee, In respect OF
matters relating to the management of the
democratic campaign just commencing IN
Virginia. He says Mr.. Gordon is improv
ing and hopes to be we'll enough to take
charge of affairs at an early date. At Mr..
Gordon's r.q lest Mr.. Barbour will act as
chairman, or as Mr. Gordon expresses it, as
s'regent" during the latter's disability. MIR.
Barbour says Chairman Gordon never had
an idea of changing the headquarters oil the
State democratic committee from Alexan
dr;a. Mr.. Barbour will soon open headquar
ters In Alexandria. either IN the McQeigh
houae, near the customs house, or in the
Fendal house, opposite the GAZETTE Office,
Messrs. Scott and Shepherd have been
offered positions as secretaries of the com.
mittee with equal power and rank, AID
| may possibly be assisted by Mr.. James
Fisher, assistant postmaster OF the U
S. House of Representatives. All official
coDmunications to the State Committee will
| hereafter be directed to Alexandria. Mr.
g.,.so.lr will be at Lynchhurg on Tuesday
to confer with the candidates nominated at
| the recent State democratic convention, II
tbsy be there. The executive committee
hss not yet been completed. Indeed there
| has been some little embarrassment about
/ il. owing to the fact that in some cases two
gentlemen from the same district have been
/ invited to be members, though there Is OIL
place for one. Mr. Frank Hume Yves in
vted from the Alexandria district by Mr..
Barbour this morning. and has consented
to serve.
Congressman Wise of Virginia is here to
DAY He has abandoned his proposed trip
to Europe for the reason that he could noi
get off until go late that his visit would have
been too short to be at all satisfactory. Mr..
Wise says the democrats 10 his district are
we'll satis6ed with their State ticket and
vii, give il larger maj ority than they gave
the national ticket last fall. He and MIR.
James Fisher, assistant postmaster of The
u s. House Ct representatives, will leave
here this evening On short visit 10 Bay
Ridge.
Some of the delegates to the Virgin. re-
publican convention at Norfolk are In this
CITY to day, on their way home. They are
all enthusiastic Mahone man, and say that
the opposition of Wise, Cameron, Groner,
Laueston Rddl .bereer Heermans, Me-
Kepz e, the Yosts and few other kickers,
even if all of them continue to kick, which
ia doubtful, will amount to little OF nothing.
All the rest of tha party, they say, and tbs
solid negro vote. will rally to the support OF
the General. Ole of them says the pane OF
Sir. Agnew, Of Alexandria, @han presented
90 the convention for Lieutenant Governor.
was re- eved, With loud AID general applause,
and that had not the ticket been arranged
by the General beforehand, MIR, Agnew
would certaioly have BEEN nominated. Elk
Congressman D zsndorf it is sald
though heretofore chased among those
republicans who opposed MahoDes meth
dds, congratu !ated him Oh HE domination.
and pledged himself to support his election
When an occasional correspondent of the
GAZErTE babe General Malone good bye at
Norfolk yesterday, previous TO returning to
this city, the General told him TO keep his
ears open and be sure to inform he GAZETTE
of the latest Virginia political news that
comes to Washington az most OF SUCH news
re aches him through it's columns.
Notwithstanding the facts that one
ruler has evacuated Port all Prince and an.
other one taken posses slcn of 1t, and that
the commander Of the American man
of war lying off that pert has tele'
graphed to the State Department here
that the presence OF an american
minister is especially needed there Frederick
Douglass, the colored man Mr.. Harrison ap
pointed u s. Minister to Hayti, though he
has been drawing pay ns such for the last
three months, is still enjoying himself with
his white wife at his home 10 this city.