Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-10-08
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence of the Alexandria Gazette
WASHINGTON. Oct. S.

dered cannon metal, while the others
were made from purchased bronze. The
President thanked the committee for
the souvenir.
A private letter received here from
North Carolina says that Mrs. Lease,
the third party speaker, in one of her
recent speeches in that State, was IN
terrupted by an excited member OF her
party who, under the impression that
She was General Viewers wife, cried
out three cheers for Mr.. Viewers old
woman
The news here to-day from New
York is not assuring to the democrats.
1t is to the effect that the republicans
have all the money they want, while
the democrats have only small supply,
and that staunch and true as the lead
crs of Tammany are in their support OF
Mr.. Cleveland many of those who have
heretofore voted with them are sour
and ill-natured, and that not few are
disposed to accept the large brides the
republicans are offering. This has been
the trouble from the first. The South
must be solid; the danger lies in the
North.
Mr.. Patrick Egan, U. S. minister to
Chill. arrived here this morning and
Immediately called on Mr.. Grinnell, the
Acting Secretary of State, in the abb
sence of Secretary Foster. Mr.. Egan
presented the treaty concluded with
Chill for the settlement of the claims
between the two countries.
The Interior Department has been
openly and fagrantly turned into Il
Harrison election bureau. An official
order was issued from it last Tuesday
headed as follows: New disabilities
rules of evidence Supplemental rnl-
ings). The arbitrary rule of the Cleve-
lard administration in adjudicating in
crease claims based upon alleged new
disabilities, overruIed by the Harrison
administration in the interest ot meri-
torious applicants The old doctrine OF
estoppel in pension claims set aside by
the present administration Tho old
est employees, not only of the Interior,
bet all the other departments of the
government, say that such thing was
never done before. This show the
wisdom of those who would restrict the
Presidency to one term.
The meeting of the Virginia demo-
cratic association of this city last night
was presided over by Mr.. r. c. elias
cock aud was addressed by Mr.. Chas.
Janney of Loudoun county, Va,
State Senator Moore of the Alexandria,
Va, district, and Mr.. John Goode OF
this city.
At the meeting of the October term
of the L. S. Supreme Court on Monday
next all the members of that court are
expected to be present. Justice La
mar, who has been sick, was at the Cap
itol this morning.
1t is understood here that the Presi-
lent is provoked at the deception he
has been subjected to by the republi-
cans and third party men in the South,
who led him to believe that with as
sistance the combination Of those two
parties would secure him the votes of
some of the States of that section. It's
said that he never favored the spend
ing of election money in the South, hay
ing gained experience from southern
delegates to national republican con-
ventions, but was over-persuaded to al
low $70,0 900 of the campaign fund to he
sent to Alabama, and that he now pro-
tests against sending another cent to
that section, being convinced that the
South is solidly democratic, and that
money sent there will be just that much
thrown away.
1t was stated at the White House this
morning that Mrs. Harrison had passed
a quiet night and was about the same as
usual. There is hardly a possibility of
her recovery, and her death, her friends
think, is only matter of time, and a
short time at most.
Mr.. J. Z. Clements of Alexandria
county sold to-day three acres of land
near Ballston. in that county, two for
$3.50, and one for 500. Mr.. Clements
SAYS the citizens of the county are to
hold meeting TO determine upon the
induccment they will offer the Wash
ington and Arlington electric railroad,
which now runs from the south end of
the Auueduct Bridge to the northwest
gate of Arlington. to produce its track
to Falls Church.
Marshall Wright Of the United States
Supreme Court, called on the President
to-day and arranged for reception to
the justices of the Supreme Court Mon
day afternoon, when they will formally
call on the President and pay their re-
spects. 1t is probable the court will
not take a recess to attend the New
York celebration.
Among the strangers in the city to-
day is Judge Wood of the Sth Virginia
district, brother of the republican can
didate for Congress in that district. The
Judge has just returned from republic
can headquarters in New York. 1t is
understood here that General Malone,
who was called to New York by the
national republican committee, has in
duced that committee to agree with
him that it is unwise to run republican
candidates for Congress in Virginia this
fall, and that the better policy will be
for them to support the third
party's candidates, some of whom,
he says, may thereby be elected
while there is no chance of the
election of a republican, and that
in return for such service the third par
ty will vote for Harrison on the sly,
ID ELIOT thar congressional candi-