Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-05-12


there is no use in keeping that result
secret any longer, so the parties to II
still here don't hesitate to tell their
friends Just exactly what it was. The
cen ferrees. after looking the whole field
over. came to the conclusion that Mr..
Harrison would not be a popular candi-
date for the next Presidency, ana that
the most available ticket that could be
nominated would be Blaine and Rusk.
Il was therefore determined that Sena-
tor QUAY shall present that ticket TO the
convention and back ii by the solid vote
of Pennsylvania: that Mr.. Platt OF New
York will second him with the vote OF
New York. and that somebody from
Ohio will follow suit with the vote OF
that State. Congressman Ezra Taylor,
Mr.. Harrison's mouthpiece IN the
House. says if Mr.. Blaine shall allow 1t
to be known that he will accept the
nomination. Mr.. Harrison will not allow
his name to 90 before the convention.
Mr.. Richardson, chairman of the
House printing committee, which has
the selection of the site for the new GOV
crnmcnt printing office, when asked to-
dav if the committee had as yet select
cd a site. said no, and that they had not
had meeting since the same question
was asked him more than two weeks
ago.
A private dispatch received here to-
day bv President Polk, of the Farmers
Alliance, says that in the IS counties OF
North Carolina in which elections have
been held the Alliance men have ma
iority of 30 Of the delegates to the
State democratic convention.
At the civil service investigation to-
day Postmaster General Wanamaker
modified his former testimony TO the
extent of designating the question of
vcracity between him and Commission
err Roosevelt as single" and not a
small question. BY his own testi-
mony ii was proved that certain en-
ployees of the Baltimore postotlce were
before committee authorized to make
an investigation. They admitted their
guilt, and the postmaster, whose duty
il was. under the law, to dismiss them
because of their confessed violation OF
the civil service law. took no action at
all. and when the matter came to the
Postmaster General, instead of acting
upon the confessions ofthe parties, he in
stitutcd another investigation for the
purpose of enabling them to deny
what they had already admitted.
1t was proved that the Postmaster Cen
eral had sent two inspectors to re-
investigate the matter, and, acting upon
their report, declined to dismiss the
men. The postmaster had admitted
that the men had confessed their guilt,
and to exculpate himself had said that
he was not responsible for it, and the
Postmaster General ignored the recon-
mendations of the commission and ac-
cepted the statements of these men
made in eXoncrati0n of themselves as
having greater weight than the state
ments inculpating them.
In the Senate to-day Mr.. Hale offer
ed a resolution reciting that in the
charter Of the Washington and Airing
ton R.R. Co. of the District of Columbia,
the names Of W. II. Randle, ID. c. For
nev. J. 5. Lawrence, Beriah Wilkins, c..
G.. Lee and James l.. Barbour are men
toned rs incorporates; that none of
these men are stockholders. that it is II
matter of public report that the char
ter of the road had been sold for S4S,-
900 before any part of the construction
was begun. and has been sold several
times since the first sale, and that only
about $4,000 has been expended on the
road, and instructing the District COM
mittee to inquire and report what ac-
ton is necessary to protect the public
interests. After remarks by Mr.. Hale
and Mr.. Powers. the resolution was
agreed to.
The President and Mrs. Harrison
will probably leave here tomorrow on
the lighthouse tender Jessamine on a
short cruise in Chesapeake bay, touch
Ing at Fortress Monroe. The trip is to
be made for the benefit of Mrs. Harri
sons health. The President expects
to return by Monday.
Senator Barbour is very much graft
fed that the Cleveland club of Rich
mond has repudiatcd and condemned
the unwarranted and unuseemly refer
cnce to him and his colleague, Mr.. Dan
iel, made by Congressman Williams,
the Boston boiling muewump, in his
recent speech in that city. Mr., Will
liams has gone to Tennessee to make
more Cleveland speeches. Before he
left he wrote letter to Senator Daniel
in reply to the latter's peremptory de-
mand for the authority upon which he
made his Objectionable statement, in
.I 10 hnt hn al
the speech referred to ne did not know
that Messrs. Daniel and Barbour
were Senators when Mr. Cleveland
was President, and was entirely ig
norant of the fact that they were
opposed to his denomination. Such
a letter would prove that Mr.. Williams
is not only Il great fool, but a great
something else. But that he did write
it was stated publicly to-day by his col
league. Mr.. Andrews, who said Mr.
Williams, who said Mr.. Williams show
cd it to him before he put it in the mail
box.
At the Raum investigation to-day
witnesses testified that upon their APP
pointment young Ram asked them to
indolse his notes, and that they had
lent him money.
General Pierce Young, of Georgia,
now here, says his State will send a
Hill delegation TO Chicago.
The committee TO investigate the census
bureau met to-day, but consumed nearly their
whole time in deciding upon the line upon
which they should conduct the examination,
the republican members of the committee in