Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-11-06
FROM WASHINGTON.
r. or,es,oud.nce Of the Aexandris Gazette.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 6, 1894.

WASHINGTON, Nov. b. 1899.
Election day witnessed no unusual
nroceedines at the White House. Mr..
and Mrs. Cleveland drove in from
Woodlev shortly before IL o'clock and
Mrs. Cleveland went shopping with
Mrs. Bissell. The regular semi-weekiy,
Cabinet meeting began at the usual
lour and was attended by all the Cabl-
ret officers except Secretary Lamont,
who has gone home to vote. and Post,
master General Bissell, who is confined
TO his house. Secretary Smith made
his first appearance at the White House
since the smallpox scare began in the
Interior Department. Private Secre-
tary Thurber said this morning that he
did not know whether the President
would remain at the White House this
evening to hear the election returns.
He believed, however, that MIR. Cleve-
land would return to Woodley this
afternoon. In that event important
bulletins will be sent to Woodley
by telephone. At the White House
the news will be received from the
United Press and the Western Union
and Postal Telegraph companies over
the Presidents private wire ana by
special messengers.
The possible result of the election
now ia progress throughout the coun-
try is the absorbing topic here to-day,
and though the election is being held in
so many States and that upon IT de-
pends the political complexion OF the
next Congress, the sole interest seems
to be centered upon that in New York,
and many democrats go so far as to
saw they would be willing that every,
thing else should be lost, provided Hill
be elected. There is but little betting,
but in what there is, the odds are In
favor of Morton, and it is pretty gener-
ally conceded that the latter Will be
elected.
Messrs. Bullock, Glasscock and DR..
Harmon of this city and Mr. Wedder-
burn of Fairfax county, Va, delivered
democratic speeches at Vienna last
night. There were many negroes pres
ent when the speaking commenced,
but when one of the orators alluded to
the number of their race retained IN
office by the administration, they broke
and lett incontinently, and the noise
thew made in going down the stairsteps
drowned the voice of the speaker.
The extracts of letter from Mr
Cleveland written from Buzzard's Bay
August 3, 1892, to Justice of the Peace
r L. Thatcher, of Albion, N. Y, which
were published as bearing upon the
present campaign, are distinctly mis-,
leading. Soon after Mr.. Cleveland was
nominated, Mr.. Thacher wrote him an
nouncing the formation of demo.
cratic club at Albion, and Mr.. Cleveland
in commencing such organizations,
used, among others, the sentences re
ferred to. The President declines to be
brought into the New York State
cain paign by the publication of a garh.
led extract from letter written during
n Presidential campaign.
| 1t was hard work to get the bakers OF
this city to reduce the price of their
bread from five cents loaf, but now
hey sell two loavcs for five cents.
An Alexandria county voter here to,
day, who had voted, says the negroes at
his precinct looked upon the new bal
1T law as square and direct blow at
cir privileges and immunities. Here
fore they have voted-for considera.
ton, and to-day they expected to do
kewise, but when neither democrat
nor repub lean would offer silver,
they pouted their lips, and many would
n 1t vote at all. The gentleman refer.
r,d to says a small vote will be polled
i, the county and that, though there
are many more ne G 'oes there than white
D ,ople, he believes Mr.. Meredith will
g t majority.
The talk about new hotel in Alex
audria is materialzing. 1t is said by
one of those interested in it that the
site has been selected, the southwest
corner of King and Washington streets,
the present buildings there to be pulled
down and their material used in the
| construction of the new one. 1t will
be conducted on both the American
and European styles, and be a first class
city hotel in every particular. 1t is re-
ported that among those Interested IN
| it are some AlexandriaDs.
As anticipated in this correspondence,
the only member of the Presidents
cabinet who went home to vote was
Secretary Lamont. All the govern
ment departments were open to-day.
but they were short-handed, many Of
their employees having gone home, and
as eighty per cent. of them are republi-
cans, most, to vote the republican tick
ct in their respective States. The
President wouldn't even allow the mug,
wump attempt to deceive the people
into the belief that he had written a
letter favorable to democratic success
in New York, to stand, and as soon as
he heard of it, denied that he had done
anything of the kind.
Miss Rosalie Bradford, daughter OF
the late Capt. Bradford, U. S. consul to
Antigua. was married here this morn
ing to Mr.. R. Bowman Matthews,
Washington correspondent of the New
Orleans Picayane.
The MEDICAL ExAMINERs.-The
Governor has appointed the following
gentlemen AZ members of the State
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