Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-09-13
FROM WASHINGTON.
of the Ale1Andris Gazette.

nun AOlll1tO IV4t.
Correspondence of the AleIAndris Gasette']
WASHINGTON. Sept. ID, 1894.
C. II. ]. Taylor, the Kansas negro
brought here to be made recorder OF
deeds for the people of this city, has
written a letter in which he calls the
members of his race who oppose him,
Upwards" and "hyenas." L. P.
Wright, a Northern republican appoint
ed by Dir. Harrison, still holds the
place of register of wills, and it is cur
rently reported that Mr.. Sherwood, the
republican postmaster. will be reap,
pointed. 1t is needless to say that all
of this is especially gratifying to the
democrats of the District, who, as regu,,
larly as elections come, make liberal
contributions to the democratic cam
paign fund. =.
From the Petersburg, Virginia, dis
trict, intelligence is to the effect that
Mr.. McKenney of Petersburg, not ex-
Governor Mckinney of Farmville,
stands the best chance of getting the
democratic nomination for Congress IN
that district, and that should he get it,
he will certainly receive large repub-
lican support in the city of Petersburg,
and probably some in other parts OF the
district. ]. NJ. Langston, the negro
Ak Congressman from that district, who
lives here, says he will soon go down
there and make speeches for MIR.
Thorp, the republican nominee; Inc
strength of the populists in the district
is said to have been almost entirely
dissipated. i,
While Chinese are rigidly excluded
from this country, consular reports. re-
ceived at the State Department to-day,
show that emigration companies are
chartered by the Japanese government
for the purpose of shipping natives OF
that country to the United States.
Acting Secretary Uhl of the Depart
ment of State today designated Lieut..
Michael A. O'Brien of the 9Th Infantry,
L. S. a., as military attache of our le-
CATION at Toxic, Japan.
According to Senator Stewart, Mr.
Cleveland has been as lucky in his Pc
cuniary, as in his political ventures.
for that Senator says he understands
that he and his former clerk, Secretary
Lamont, have both become millionaires
The rumor that Mr.. Mcdonald, the
republican candidate for Congress in
the first Virginia district, will be with
drawn, and q stronger man put up II
bis place, is not sustained by letters from
that district received here. Indeed I
seems as if nobody can name strongt
man, but that if otherwise, it is now tee
late to make change. 1t is said here
that Mcdonald will get most of tht
populist vote in the district.
Among the callers at democratic
headquarters here to-day was Congress
man Pendleton of West Virginia, wht
has been stumping in his State. H'
saws there is no doubt of the reelection
; of Mr.. Wilson and Mr.. Anderson, ant
that in the other two districts the dem
ocratic candidates will also be elected
if the democratic vote can be induced
to come out on election day. Mr.. Pen
dleton is confident of Senator Camden
reelection. A letter has been received
at headquarters from General Hunton
saving that he will make some speeche
during the campaign. Letters from va
, rious parts of the West are of the mos
cheering character, and to the effec
that the democrats will hold, their OWL
or gain there, and that the Mormon
vote in Idaho will be cast for the dem
ocrats. Intelligence from the East
however, is not so favorable. A re
quest has been received from the 9tl
VIRGINIA district for the circulation
therein of a good democratic campaign
newspaper.
A gentleman from Richmond here to
day saws some of Mr.. Wise's friend
there are still sore over his defeat TO
denomination. They say the cause O
his defeat was his failure to get Offices
for all the applicants, but that while
the federal patronage in that district
outside the limits of the civil servic'
law, does not amount to more thar
sos, 900 year, the appropriations Mr.
Wise got for James river, for the public
building, for harboring the monitor:
and for other purposes amount to sew
eral million.
Secretary Carlisle and Commissions
Miller to-day gave further hearing Il
wholesale druggists, manufacturers
medicinal preparations, retail druggists
and others as to the nature of the regu
lations to be issued by the Treasury De
partment in case the Secretary of the
Treasury decides that he can issue an.
regulation at all to carry into effect the
provisions of the new tariff law, per
tanning to the free importation of alco
hol for use in the arts and in medicina
preparations.
The coast and geodetic survey has re
ceived advices from all the surroundin:
parties in the field within range of thu
: alleged associated press (western) mas
sacre" to the effect that they are al
we'll and have met with no misadven
ture Of any kind.
A BIG DAY At WINcHEsTER.-Win
chester presented lively appearance,