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

WASHINGTON, Nov. II.
The government departments here
still present deserted appearance, as
nearly all the clerks in them went away
before election day to work" and vote
for Mr.. Harrison, and few Of them have
as vet returned OF those who have
come back or did not 90 away, many
who before the election were pro-
nounced Harrison men, and who BET on
Harrison. have suddenly become the
eatest Cleveland men in town, anG,
though they lost their bets, exhibit all
the money they have left and say lheS
won it on the result of the election. :.
Conservative democrats here say II
is hardly probable that Mr.. Cleveland
will cali an extra session Of Congress,
and that he will wait for the regular
session before commencing legislative
operations against the many and gross
iniuuitous measures enacted by the re-
publicans during their long lease Of
power.
Ey-detective McElrresh of this city,
who was employed By the national r'-
publican committee III New York, has
returned. He says the members OF that
committee tied Il rope to all the money
that was sent to them and let none OF
get away. He also says it was as hard
for Il worker to Get an interview even
with Dave Martin as with President
Harrison. But he also says nothing
could have saved Harrison, us The peo-
pie mad it in to beat him, and nothing
could have prevented them from do
ing so.
Congressman NIilliken, of Maine, was
here to-day. All four Of the Congress
men from Lis State are republicans,
and all were reelected. He is not
talking much about the election, but
the little lie does say suggests the idea
that he thinks the ground swell would
not have been quite SO heavy if some
body whose home is nearer his than
Mr.. narrison's had been the nominee.
Dispatches received at the Capitol to-
day us late rs two o'clock were TO the
effect that there was no doubt that both
California and Ohio had gone demo-
cratic
Mr.. Felix McClusky, who was SER
geant-at-arms OF the democratic con-
vention of 1862 and is now an active
Tammany democrat, returned from
New York to-day He says Mr.. Cleve-
and is IN altered man, and that he is
good democrat now, and now believes
that in order to be successful, political
parties must be partisan.
As many of the present federal oil
ficers in Virginia were appointed soon
after Mr.. Harrison was inaugurated, il
they are to have democratic successors:
the latter will not have to wait long,
even though the former be allowed to
serve ont their full terms.
The American fleet on the Pacific
coast has already set sail for Hampton
Roads. which. however, it will not
reach until March, as twill stop ut all
the iutervening!oreigE ports on both the
Pacific ana Atlantic coasts to invite
the governments of the countries there
of to take part in the grand naval dis
play at Hampton and subsequently at
New York. Thus far Great Britain is
the only power that has signitied its in
tention to send q fleet, but many other
iII1t IluN W III 'iOuCtiSf1p ~
well represented. Mexico, Ecua-
dor, and Belgium have declined
the invitation for the reason
that they could not make creditahle
showing with their small navies and
obsolete ships. Every ship in the I. 5.
navy that can be possibly pressed into
service will be in Hampton Roads, and
ii is expected ut the Navy Department
that the review will be the largest that
has ever taken place in this or in any
other country.
The following changes in the 18th class
postoilices Of Virginia were made to-
day Cap, Carroll county, NJ. c. Volt
appointed postm lster, vice \. NJ. Ed
wards, died Mono, Lunenburg comfy,
b. f. Paige, vice w. J. Matthews,
died.