Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-07-11
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence of the Alexandria Gazette
WASHINGTON. July l

WASHINGTON. July II.
MIR. Hicks of Brunswick county, Nir-
ginia. an intelligent farmer, was among
the visitors at the Capitol to-day. He
saws that both Malone and Langston
have lost popularity among the negroes
of his county, and that Gaines is proba-
bly, the most popular republican among
the negroes there. Mr.. Epes, he says,
is the only man spoken of for Congress
among the democrats there. He says
the third party is much stronger there
than people in other parts of the State
suppose, and that its strength is COM
posed almost entirely Of white men who
formerly voted the democratic ticket.
II is agreed on all hands to-day that
the free silver bill shall be taken up in
the House next Wednesday and be de-
bated for at least two day. Its oppo-
nents say they are confident that it will
not pass, though they do not say how
its defeat will be accomplished. The
silverites, too, don't seem to be as as
sured of their strength as they were
soon after the Senate passed the bill,
but they express their determination to
do all that is possible to force it through
the House and send it to the President.
Collector Brady of Virginia, when he
left here last week, was in high feather.
He thinks the refusal of the national
republican committee to put General
Malone on its executive committee in
dicates that he, Brady, who was a great
Harrison man at Minneapolis, will be
considered by the administration as the
leader of the party in Virginia, and be
treated accordingly, and, what's more,
other people think so too: 1t is APP
parent TO all that General Malone OK
poets little from the present administra-
ton and will receive even less.
An effort will be made to amend the
sundry civil bill so as to provide for the
purchase of the lot in this city owned by
General Malone and the heirs Of the
late ID. A. Windsor of Alexandria for
site for the proposed new government
printing office.
If provision be made in the naval
appropriation bill, now before confer
ence committee of Congress, for two
new battle ships, one of them will prob
ably be built at Viewpoints News, as Mr..
Huntington has ordered bid to be pre-
pared, which he will put in as soon as
the provision referred to shall be made,
which he is sure will be lower than can
be afforded by any body else without
loss.
People from the mountains of Vir-
ginia, here to-day, say that small as was
the attendance of visitors at the various
springs in those mountains last year, 1t
is even smaller this summer. They at
tribute the falling off to two causes
scarcity of money and the fact that peo-
pie are finding out that they can be
more comfortable at home during warm
weather than any where else.
An effort is being made here to or
game as an adjunct to the National
Guard of the District of Columbia, a
four-company battalion composed ex-
clusively of clerks of the government
departments. a start in this direction
was made some months ago, when
company OF War Department clerks
was mustered, and since then Secretary
Elkins has urged the extension of the
idea to the other departments.
The subcommittee Of the House committee
on the judiciary, charged with the investiga-
ton of the Pinkcrton system in general and
the Homestead troubles i'll particular, Will
leave here for Pittsburg this evening.
Secretary Tracey desires to have 1t
understood that there are no vacancies
in the list of cadet appointments for
1892 at the Naval Academy.