Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-11-07
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondents OF the Ale1andris Gazette
WASHINGTON. Nov. Z, 1894.

WASHINGTON. Nov. Z, 1894.
When Secretary Folger was defeated
for the governorship of New York State
by Grover Cleveland by 10000 major
ity, or something like it, the Secretary
was asked the next day as he entered
the Treasury Department what he
thought about it. He replied, "Well,
really, there is so much of it, and it is
so widely distributed that l hardly feel
it myself" This appears to be the gen
cral sentiment in administration circles
this morning. The latest comment
heard from the cabinet gathering at the
White House at midnight was that the
news was "rather disheartening. ;"
No cabinet officer will discuss the
situation for publication this morning.
One phrase of the elections which is
not vet definitely determined is exciting
much interest here, and that is whether
the universal lald slide will affect State
legislatures sufficiently to change the
political complexion of the Senate after
the 4th Of March. At present the Senate
is composed of A democrats, 81 repub-
licans and 4 populists counting Senator
Jones of Nevada among the latter.
Six votes will therefore be required to
make the transformation. Three re-
publicans in the vacant seats from
Wyoming, Montana and Washington,
republican from New Jersey in place
of MIR. Mcpherson, republican from
West Virginia in place of Mr.. Camden
and a republican from Kansas in place
of John Martin, will accomplish the
result, provided the republicans hold
their own in Illinois and Nebraska, and
Delaware retains republican majority
in the legislature so as to reflect MIR.
Higgins, of which there seems to be
little doubt. There appear to be
reasonable grounds to anticipate that
the Senate may be republican after
next March as well as the
House of Representatives, or at
least that the populists will have
the balance of power in it.
The consensus of opinion among the
democrats here, local and national
alike, is that while other things may
have assisted III producing the disas
trous effect of yesterday, the real cause
of it was the course the President has
pursued ever since his second iuaugu-
ration, and one of them expressed the
feeling Of nearly all the others by say
ing, "how could we expect to win when
our chosen leader was against US 2"
The Plains, the Fauquier county pre-
cinct at which Mr.. Beverly, the leader
of the Virginia populists votes, a dem
ocrat from there, here to-day, says, gave
Mr.. Meredith majority of thirty-eight
at Yesterdays election.
Orders will be issued tomorrow plac
ing Msj. General Oliver o. Howard on
the retired list. General Howard was
born in Maine, November s, 1880, and
appointed to the Military Academy
from that State September l, 1850. He
lost his arm at Seven Pines.
The Southern Railway Company
offered every facility to its four hun
dred Virginia employees here to go
home to vote yesterday, and even went
to the extent of ordering the conductors
of its through trains to stop at every
station at which voter might want to
get off so az to reach his polling precinct.
A democratic Virginia legislature had
given it a most valuable charter, and
its natural gratitude would not have
allowed the company to do otherwise.
The President has granted pardon
to James Gilmore and Frank Wills Of
Virginia for violation of the postal laws.
The President did not come in from
Woodley to the White House this
morning but staid all day at his coun-
try home engaged, it is given out, in
preparing his annual message to Con-
gress. Until this is completed, he will
deny himself to callers, coming into
town only for Cabinet meetings.
kilograms from New York here to-
day say the result of the election GER
tainly did not advancethe stock mar
ket there, and that stock quotations
we're lower to-day than Monday.
One of the professional resurrection
lists of this city, under the confding in
luence of an extra potation, to-day told
an acquaintance that the "stitl'' he took
to the medical college last night was
that of his mother in-law. Il was very
careful" he said, sin handling her, for
she hadn't been dead long, and |
thought jostliug might possibly bring
her to life"
TRIED TO KILL HIS WIFE.-Joseph Heath,
OF Weems, Lancaster county, Va, was locked
up in a Baltimore police station last night on
the charge of shooting with intent to kill