Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-09-18
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence Of the AlsxAndris Gazette
WASHINGTON, Sept. IS, 1894.


Correspondence Of the Alexandria Gasette.]
WASHINGTON, Sept. Is, 1894.
Secretary Carlisle is overwhelmed
with letters from Senators, Congress
mrn and others, asking for the re-
i, statement of Treasury clerks VINO
have been dismissed within the past
few days. So far as known, not one OF
those discharged has been re-instated.
Messrs. Baker and Herriatt OF the
T'reasurer's office, occupying important
positions and whose designations were
asked for last week, have complied
with Secretary Carlisle's request ana
handed in their designations.
Mr.. O'Rourke the deposed supervising
architect of the Treasury, tried to see
Secretary Carlisle to-day, but did not
succeed, the Secretary sending him
word that his removal was final and
that nothing he could say would affect
it.. There are three reasons assigned
for his removal; one. that as he was at
the head of the Office he naturally de-
sired to conduct it in accordance with
! his own ideas and not those of his sub
O. dinates, and thereby provoked the
latter's antipathy another, that there
was q lack of discipline in bis Office, and
also irregularities in the matter ofaward-
ing contracts; and the other, that he was
one of Senator Smiths appointees, and
was therefore non grata to the admins
tration.
Among the exhibits at the Grange
Camp annual fair, now in progress near
Jackson City, are some cattle and fowls,
said to excel any ever before seen about
here. The attendance at the fair is
pretty good.
A New York republican here to-day
saws that Col. Fred Grant, son OF the
| General, ex U. 8. Minister to Austria,
aud whose name has been spoken of in
/ connection with the next Presidency,
was q candidate for delegate to the re-
publican convention of that State, but
was defeated, because he had not voted
at recent local elections and had not
made liberal contributions to campaign
| funds.
At democratic headquarters here to-
| day there was no news from Virginia,
| but, from other States, Senator Faulk.
ner, who was in charge, said, intelligence
was favorable. Large quantities o.
campaign matter are being sent out
daily.
A we'll known Virginia republican,
now living here, who returned from
Petersburg this morning, says the i'm
preston there is that Mr.. McKenney
of that city will be the democratic can
didate for Congress, and will be elected
as the order has been issued to the con
stables in charge of the tickets to pre-.
pare tickets for none except the blind
and that this has been done by a strict
literal construction of the new election
law. He also says that though Genera
Malone has promised Mr.. Thorp, the
republican congressional candidate, hi:
support, he has not yet withdrawn hi;
circular advising republicans to let con
gressional candidates alone this fall,
He also says the republicans in the
Richmond district are in bad condi
ito, =, and that no body now know!
whether they will have a candidate, o.
if so, upon whom they will agree.
Ex-Congressman Mansurof Missouri
who was legislated out of Office as sec
ond comptroller of the Treasury, wa
to-day appointed assistant comptrolle
of the Treasury.
Among the strangers here to-day wa
Major Thomas Wallace, now of Fred
er~icksburg, Va. He says that in tn
discussions in his district between MI
Jones, the democratic, and Mr.. Melon
aid, the republican candidate for Con
gress, the former gets away with thu
latter every time, and that he also ha
many frieuds among the populists. Th'
Msior says he thinks Jones will b'
elected by the usual democratic MAORI
ty. He also says he hears there il
some democratic detection in Orange
and Culpeper counties, in the adjoining
district, but that he doesn't think it i
of sufficient extent to endanger the
election of Mr.. Meredith.
At republican headquarters here it il
said that campaign documents are be
ing sent out to only four Virginia dis
tricts, and money to none, as they hav'
none to send. Their campaign bool
will not be ready for distribution be
fore Thursday. 1t is also said that ont
of the two negro republican congress
icnal candidates now running in thu
I'd North Carolina district, Chatham
and Wright, one will be forced to with
draw, probably the latter.
Major Thomas Turtle, Corps o. En-
gineers U. 8. A., died here this morn
ing.