Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-10-24
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence of the Alexandria Gazette.
WASHINGTON, Oct. y.

WASHINGTON, Oct. y.
A gentleman here to-day, who saw
Mr.. Basil Gordon, chairman of the Viz
sinia State democratic committee, re-
Gently, says he was informed by INN
that the third party IN his State Is weak
ening daily and that the farmers who
joiLei it are rapidly getting back into
their places in the democratic ranks
also that the democratic organization
there is thorough, and that there are
no less than two hundred and NIFTY
democratic cubs in the State, each with
Il large membership.
A Norfolk republican, here this morn
ing, says this is the day appointed fol
the respective friends of Mes5rs. Bow
den and Feachy, to meet in that city
and decide upon the eleventh man OF
the committee to whom the nomination
of !. republican candidate for Congress
IN thai district has been entrusted, but
that the impression there Is ihat no
agreement can be made upor that
eleventh man, and that the cor .tee
Will dissolve. and the nomination. re left
to chance AID circumstances.
General RoSser of Virginia was here
Yesterday. lie has been on the stump
in various parts of his State during the
present campaign and has done effective
service. He says there is no doubt eX-
pressed in Virginia that the State will
east her electoral vote for Mr. Cleye-
land
That the administration is alarmed is
proved by the fact that on Saturday
last 10 less than four members OF the
Cabinet-the Postmaster General, ano
the Secretaries Of the Interior, tho
: att. and the Treasury Departments
II AIDE speeches i'll different parts OF the
COZ ry.
The [. :. Supreme Court resumed
lis session this morning after its reces:
for the Chicago fair, all its members
being present, but no decisions were
rendered.
The ease of Windsor's executor V
Malone was to have come up III TIN
District Court here to-day on a demur
rur filed by defendant last Saturday
but there were so many cases ahead q
it that ii had to so over until to-mor
row.
The belief here that Mr. Clcvelan'
will be elected is growing stronger an,
more general, and is entertained as wei
by republicans rs democrats. Usual.
there are numbers of bets here on Pres
dental elections, but the belief refer
red to is so prevalent that though thcr
are fifty-odd thousand dollars ready t
he staked on Cleveland, there Is no bet
ting.
Mr.. Browne, the third partv's cand
date for Congress in the first Virgin
district, was here yesterday. maxim
the closing arrangements for his cam
paign. He says he does not expect t
carry his own county, Accomack, bu
that he will reduce the democratic vot
there largely, and that he will get
large vote in the upper part of the dis
trict. His election he says, depend
upon the united forces of the republi
cans and the third party men, and th'
strength they can bring to the polls
He does not speak confidently OF hi
election.
The people here who have made TIT
trip to Mt. Vernon over the new electric
road from Alexandria to that place
speak in such praise OF its delightful
ness that it is expected every body ii
this city will take it sooner or later.
The attendance at the races to-da!
was small. Fist race for all ages, five
furlongs. Lizzetta won, Tormento
second, Mccormick third. Time l.0li