Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-11-29
FROM WASHINGTON.
Special Correspondence Of The Alexandria Gaactc.l
WASHINGTON. D. O.. Nov. 90, 1890.

WASHINGTON D. O.. Nov. 90, 1890.
Delegate Caine OF U .ah, who was re.elect-
ed over his republican anti-Mormon oppo-
nent by nine thousand maj ority, says his in-
creased msi ,lity wac caused by the proscrlp
tivs policy adopted by the administrator
to Sard the Mormons and by the Force bill.
Congressman Bynum says it is plain that
Mr.. Reed has not es much IL fl 1erce outside
of the House as he has in l., as the demo
Gratis elected their candidate IN every dis
tric5 in which the Speaker spoke during the
late campaign. Nor does he have high
opinion of the Influence OF Mr.. Thoebe, who
contested e1-Speaker Carlisle's election, as
that gentleman, who now holds q suDordi.
nate position 10 the House, went to his and
Mr. Shively's district for the aVuwed pur
pose of inducing the knights OF labor to vote
against them, and yet both were re elected
By largely increased mel orities.
Senator Qnay has returned from Florida,
but has not yet minated what course he
will take On the Force bill.
Gen. Miles reached here to-day. He
thinks the Iadisn scare is over for the pres
ent, and comes to consult with the Secretary
of War about the beat means to keep the ID
dams quiet upon the arrival CT General
Green-she spring.
AS soon as the regular proceedings Of the
House shall commence MIR. Oates OF Ala
pams will introduce bill to impose tax
upon incomes, 80 that the necessaries OF lie
may not be taxed still more to make up the
deficit 10 the revenue caused by the enor-
nous pension expenditures.
Col. Morrison. the author OF the DILL that
made o hoY;zjntal reduction In ehe tariff.
says national democratic conventions have
/. prescrptige rule to nominate no man who
has not solid delegation from bis Own
State and that they never will. and cannot
AFFORD to, break that rule. He also says it is
absurd to til about the nomination being
determined by the South, and that for some
time yet, rs has been the case ever since the
war, the southern delegates vii! let the
North select ne man, and they will vote for
him.
Thompson, the negro at the head OF the
land bureau in the Ioteror Department,
saws the recent republican defeat wss partly
due to the spathy of his race, who don'G
think they have been given their full share
of patronage, in view OF the fact that their
votes carry several Of the largest northern
States.
C1nere ssman Vandever, of California, the
man who said il would have been just as
appropriate to lower the Dag at haif-mast
for the devil who @as kicked out of heav; n
as for the death of Jefferson Davis, says
Senator SANFORD is candidate for the
Presidency, aad that the republicans OF
California and ell the other States on the
Pacific Slope are in favor of him. He also
SAYS that Mr.. Stanford's influence carried the
Sac at the recent election.
The Indiaa Bureau is Informed that the
Indian Messiah resides in Mason Valley,
E ,era!d4 oouOty Nevada, close to Walker
River reservation. His name is not Johnsor-
Sides-at-R mo, but Cap. Jack Wilson,
known among all Indians by the Iadian
names or We.yo-kar aud ais0 Co-we-j ,,
| sn intel gent, fac looking Indian
of sb.us thitty-ive years of age, VINO
goes into frances or seemingly so from
| u to II hours In the presence OF large
| number of / dlaus upon Invitation OF tne
prophet. Upon his recovery he relates to
them thai he has been TO heaven a5d t1at
the Messiah s coming TO the earth again.
M7. Ise Hal, one OF the best known Onio
democrats aud best informed men about the
politics Of MS own State, says he has hesru
rapy effective stump speeches, bot
he never head such one az Gov
ernor Eill Delivered in Holmes county,
McKinley's district, during the late csmpaign,
and tho result WAS that though there was falling
off in the number of the democratic vote al.
most every where in the State, from The vote OF
two yeirs ag, in III It county the party vote was
increased thirteen hundred, and thersby secured
Mcki:ley's defeat,
Congressman Gambler of Georgia says there will
be no split in tho delegation from bis State on the
Speakership question, and that if it be the nten-
tion of the democratic caucus 10 give the ctfl4e
Georgia man, the delegation will be solid for Mr..
Crisp With regard to the next democratic Pres
deutsl nomination, he says if it shall go TO Neg
York no suppos it will be to the man New York
will see t.
Glca Zero, tho famous restaurant near this
CITY, was destroyed by fire this morning.
The officers Of the :sIaziiian fleet now here were
taken to Mt. Vernon to day.