Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-08-29
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence of the Alexandria Gazette
WASHINGTON, August %.

EMPLOYEES under the War department
He holds that the law as TO laborers
and mechanics in the direct employ
ment of the government and OF the Dis.
II let of Columbia is general, and that
the limitation to public works appiies
only to such persons as are III the en-
nov of contractors and sub-contractors.
Ii The EMPLOYEES are ordinary laborers
or mechanics, working for the govern
ment for wages under ordinary condl-
tons. the statute would seem TO apply.
IF at the same time it is quite apparent
that as to some of them it might fro-
ouentlv happen that they would be
within the emergency exception named
in the statute, and as to others as: for
instance, sailors or others on shipboard,
or tcamsters, their employment being
peculiar, they might well be held to be
rs a matter of fact neither laborers nor
mechanics within the meaning OF the
law.
Few callers were at democratic head
quarters here to-day, and but little news
was there. OF all the documents that
have been printed for distribution by
the congressional campaign committee,
that in chief demand is the Force bill,
the supply ofwhich has been exhausted.
That naked bill, however, does Lot ap,
pear so very Objectionable to The casual
leader, inasmuch as it merely mentions
the number of the sections Of the exist
ing law it effects without stating their
contents. The committee, therefore,
think it better to spend the money that
another edition of the bill would cost,
in copies of the explanation of the Ell
feet of the bill, such, for instance, as that
of Mr.. Black, of Pennsylvania. This is,
therefore, being done, and orders for
the bill will be filed hereafter by the
substitute referred to. Among the let
tiers received there to-day is one from
Portsmouth, Virginia, stating that
grand ratification meeting will be held
there by the democratic club of that
city, and asking tina. speakers lie sent
there at the clubs expense.
Mr.. John Popham, jr., who has been
here for the last month, will sail Tor
Panama tomorrow, to resume his duties
as U. S. commercial agent at that city.
His father, the Colonel, will not go with
him, as he intended doing some time
ago.
Intelligence here from New York to-
day is considered by democrats to be
by no means favorable to the success of
their party in that State next Novem-
Der. They hope, however, by election
day q change will have taken place and
everything there be all right. They
cannot understand how any democrat
can hope to help himself or his party
by doing any thing that will initiate
against the election of the nominee OF
his party, and are therefore disposed to
think that the New York democrats
will poll their usual strength next No
vember, Notwithstanding the facts that
now Hill's name is Kissed at democrat
ic meetings there and that the demo-
cratic labor commissioner of New York
prints republican documents.
Some Of the committee appointed by
the republican State committee of Vir-
GINA to 60 to New York and represent
to the national republican committee
the true condition of their party's affairs
in Virginia passed through here Satur-
day and yesterday. They seem to think
that if the national committee will be
liberal and will entrust the disburse-
ment of their contribution to the regu-
lar republican organization, that is to
General Malone, strong fight will be
made for the Presidential ticket in their
State next fall, and that rs conducive
to victory in that fight the republicans
in some and probably in most of the
congressional districts of the State will
make no nomination, but will SUPPORT
the nominees of the third party.
Mr.. King, president ofthe/ Washing
ton-aand Arlington Railroad, and the
[ contractor for building the Alexandria
and Mt. Vernon Railroad were nego-
tiating here this morning for the com
pletion of the former road, that is ior
that part of it in Virginia, by the meet
ing Of the G.. A. r. here next month;
1t is said the company owning the road
intend to have it finished by the time
referred to, and that that can be done
by working night and day gangs.
w. S. Calls was appointed postmas-
ter at Brick Haven, Alexandria county,
Va, to-day, vice w. S. Chewing, re-
signed.
An Oregon democrat, here to-day,
says that at the last congressional cleo
ton in his State the republican majority
was as large asst was at theprevious cleo
ton, and that too, though the third
party polled ten thousand votes, which
shows that that party did not hurt the
republicans, and this he says, he fears,
will be the case in all the Northwest.
Consul Edwards at Berlin has cabled
to the Department of State that there is
one case of Asiatic cholera in the hospi-
tai in that city and that there are seven
cases supposed to be cholera in the hos
pital at Bremen.
A we'll informed Iowa republican,
here to-day, says the third party in his
State will not poll over fifteen thousand
votes, and that most of them will be
those of democrats. He says Iowa be
ing General Viewers homo, he is we'll
known to the people there and conse-
quently is by no means formidable.
The General, he says, has belonged to
every party that ever had an organiza-
ton there and even to some that had
not, is for any party that will give him
an office, is recognized as q professional
demagogue, and that he, therefore, has
no standing with the people who have
any material interest in the welfare OF
his State, no matter.to which party they
may belong.
1t is currently reported here that when Mr.
Carnegie sent dispatch to President Harri-
son congratulaing him on his denomination.
and telling him the republicans knew good
y Ill n