Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-11-08
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence of the Alexandria Gazette
WASHINGTON. D. c., Nov. 8.

strengthened, and it is said to-day that
when the full particulars of the affair
are known it will be found that great
injury has been done to au innocent
officer.
The argument on a motion to dis
miss the appeal in the Shipman. tletch-
or case, from Fairfax county, Va, TO
have been made before the Court OF
Appeals at Richmond tomorrow, has
been postponed indefinitely, by reason
of the illness of Judge Willonghby of
this city, who, his friends, fer will
never recover.
The prevalent belief on the subject
here is that the course that was deter
mined upon when Minister Willis left
for Hawaii was that all interference with
the affairs of that country should be
withdrawn, except in case some other
country should attempt to interfere;
but that possibly the protectorates may
have brought influences to bare that
have changed that determination.
The startling results Of the thirteen
State elections Yesterday are gradually
finding their way to the surface in pub
lie expressions of prominent men at
the Capitol. Almost without excep-
ton the Cabinet advisers of the Presl-
dent decline to discuss the situation,
either confidentially or otherwise. The
President has no public opinion to ex-
press of the catastrophe which has
overwhelmed the party managers In
New York. He spent the day at his
country home. Private Secretary
Thurber held forth at the White House
and explained to the few callers, who
braved the wet weather only to meet
with disappointment in their expectan-
CIV of seeing the President, that Mr.
Cleveland intended to remain at
"Woodley" five days in the week and
that the distribution of patronage
would be attended to by Cabinet officers.
Mr.. Bryan, of Nebraska, who was elect
ed to Congress as a democrat and Is
serving his second term, was among the
most pointed and outspoken in his COM
ments from the silver point of view
He said "The democratic party now
| in power in all the branches of govern
ment has announced its policy on one
| question only, namely, finance. Con
gress was called together to repeal IN
conditionally the purchase clause OF the
Sherman law. 1t did it and adjourned
If the returns have any political sisniii'
! canoe, they indicate that the demo
cratic party in the northeastern States
made the heaviest losses where the rep:
resentatives were unanimously opposed
to silver. We endorsed the position
of Senator Sherman on finance
and the returns indicate that there is
no room for two republican parties on
that question" "What do you mean
by two republican parties ?n was ask,
ed him. 81 mean," he replied
"that on the finance question we
got onto republican ground and voters
showed that they did not appreciate oul
effort to steal republican thunder.
think it is safe to assume that the re
publicans can beat us at their own
game. Last fall we fought the republi
cans on the tariff and whipped them
this time we joined with them OF
finance and were badly routed. 1t is
little ungrateful in the eastern democ
racy to 90 back on the party after they
have run it in their own way even t,
the extent of alternating many stauncf
democrats in the South and West.
Don't you think the prospect of tariff
revision had something to do with iii?
Mr.. BRYAN answered-sNo. The peo
pie declared for a tariff for revenue
only last fall, and no law has been
passed yet carrying out that decree
The money question was most para
mount in the extra session, and it must
bear the blame for our reverses. " "WilI
the result tend to embarrass the work
of the committee in reporting revenue
bill 2" mot at ALL" said Mr.
Bryan. 1--WE were elected to reform
the tariff. and we will do it. There
may be some hesitancy on the part Of
| members from the manufacturing dis
tricts, but am not willing yet to be
lieve that we will be compelled TO con
ciliate Mr.. Mckinley on protection
Just because our effort to harmonic
with Mr.. Sherman on finance proved
disastrous" How has the election af
| fected the populists 2" "rhe returns,
| said Mr.. Bryan, $50 far as | have seen
them, do not give comparisons between
! the populist vote of this year and last
year. 1t is probable from the reduc
ton of the democratic vote that they
have made gains. The defeat of Gov
Boies would indicate that even his
splendid leadership could not overcome
the disadvantage of gold standard on
the Iowa democracy"
People from various parts of Virginia
who arrived here to-day all bring the
same news Of the election-to the effect
that half the democratic vote was not
| cast and that very few republicans,
white or black, went to the polls. The
! democratic apathy they attribute to the
| unpopularity of the head of the demo
| cratic ticket and to dissatisfaction with
some of the administrations policy.
Some OF them say that General Malone
; made the greatest of his many political
| mistakes in not running ticket, and
that if he had, and made combination
with the populists, he would probably
have carried the State. Colonel
Lawrence Boyce, of Clarke county,
which gave Governor Mckinney near
ly eight hundred majority, says OFFER,
rail- carried it only by about q
hundred, and that the regular demo.
cratic candidate for the legislature in
the adjoining county, Frederick, 60,
fewer votes than his opponent in Win,
chester. Democrats from Leesburg say
hardly half the democratic vote was
polled there. A republican from Hamp.
| ton hrinnc a similar rannrt from his sec.