Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-08-31
VIRGINIA NEWS.

neighborhood are the finest seen there
for years.
At Luray yesterday S. S. Turner was
repominated by reclamation for Con-
gress for the Seventh district.
Miss Laura E. Martin, who was shot
by Richard Guard in Charlottesville
last spring, continues to improve.
Mrs. Rebecca Clements, of Surry
county, died Tuesday, aged SIS years.
She was buried in a metallic coffin that
had been kept for her for over thirty
years.
Eddie Brooks, who was charged with
committing an assault on the daughter
of James Coleman, near Gatewood,
Spotsylvania county, was arrested on
Tuesday last in the barn of Mr.. VIM.
NJ. Eley, taken before Justice Bolander,
sent on to the grand jury, and commit
ted to Jail.
General G. w. Gusts Lee, president
of Washington and Lee University,
who had been seriously indisposed for
months prior to his departure for an
outing two weeks ago, is reported to be
much improved by his trip, and his
many friends hope to see him re-
turn in week or so greatly improved
in health and refreshed, ready to as
sumo charge of his university duties
"Parturiunt Monies. Nascetur Ri
diculus Mus"
To The Editor of the Alexandria Gazette:
Old Father Esop may not have the
Wilson bill in his minds eye when he
wrote the above, but all the same, he
struck the bulls eye. Well, it is to be
hoped the agony is over, the patient
convalescent, and the mouse is doubt
less better than puff of wind. Ii we
are to believe old Father Esop q mouse
once rendered an inestimable service
to the king of beasts in severing the
meshes of the net iuwhich he had become
entangled. Why may not this little iel'
low, then, be in like manner serviceabie
to those other animals, one of whom 1t
is said once put on the lions skin, in
delivering them from the web in which
thew have unfortunately become bound.
With the exception of the indefatigable
and hard working members OF the lIh,
SLh and 10th districts I believe the Vir-
ginia delegation will need all the ex,
traneous aid that they can get. Two
at least of these did not join the State
caucus in the effort to make the Presi.
dent of the United States eat crow, and
for this alone, if for no other reason,
should be triumphantly returned. That
President Cleveland has been antago-
nized in the house of his friends must be
apparent to all. When he first entered
upon the duties of his second term Of
office he expressed the determination
of not reappointing any person to the
position held under his former admins
tration. This, though decidedly right
and proper, did not suit the views
of those members of Congress:
who had axes of their owr
to grind. They therefore put theil
heads together and determined to make
the President eat crow and some
exceedingly sorry specimens of the
genius crow they selected for his re
past. During the present session o
Congress one of the members of thu
House introduced bill forbiding an.
member of Congress to recommend
candidate for any Office except. those, q
the Senate and Honss"oo u Representa-
ltires lie bill was o most excellent
one. but of course could not pass.
Could it have become law we would
be SHARED the humiliation of seeing the
best places filed by men who are SO
exceedingly unpopular that they could
not be elected to the most insignificant
office in the gift of their fellow country
men. That such exceedingly unpopular
appointments have been the prime fac
tor in bringing about the present state
of dissatisfaction in the democratic
party. have not the slightest doubt,
but still it is no excuse for anyone to
STAY at home and shirk his duty.
And lust here permit me to
saw that no district in this State
or any other State ever had
a representative who worked harder or
more intellectually for the interest OF
his constituents than the 9th district
has. The election will soon be held
and 1 call on all true democrats to rouse
themselves, shake off their lethergy,
fall into line and give long pull, q
strong pull, and a pull altogether for
the success of our grand old party In
November. b.
COMMUNICATED.