Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-11-20
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence Of the Alexandris GaSstte.]
WASHINGTON. Nov. 20, 1894.


Correspondence Of the Alexandris Gazstte.]
WASHINGTON. Nov. 20, 1894.
The New York Jockey Club yester-
day evening refused to extend the rae
ing of the Virginia Club during the
month of December. All the same
however, as stated in this correspond,
epce last week, the Virginia Club Will
continue racing during all the far
weather this winter and all OF next
summer if not longer. At the meeting
of the New York Jockey Club, IN New
York Yesterday evening, Mr.. Kirk OF
the Virginia Club appeared and gave
excellent reasons why the extension his
club asked for should be granted. The
answer he received was that to 90 SO
would break an agreement with the
Western Club. Mr.. Kirk replied that
as the Western Club had broken lis
agreement with the New York Club,
that was hardly sufficient reason for
refusing his request. The only re,
sponse to this was, that two wrongs aid
not make a right, and so the matter
ended. The Virginia Club has gone to
too much expense and is too well pat
ronized for it to suspend operations
simply because the New York Club
chooses to order it to do so. A large
number of frst.class horses, that have
been running on Northern tracks, pass
ed through here to. day, on their way 10
the Virginia Jockey Clubs track, near
Alexandria. =,
The civil service rules have been
amended so as to exempt from exami-
nation those transfer and steamboat
clerks who are employed jointly by the
railroad AND steamboat companies on
the railway mail service, being paid
only a part of their compensation by
the Postoffice Department.
1t is said here that while each OF the
republican OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES IN
Virginia will employ separate counsel,
Mr.. Edgar Al 81, of this city, will be
the consulting counsel of all OF them,
and that Mr.. John Goode, OF this city,
will act in like capacity for the demo :
cratic contestees.
well-known executor of a republic
can newspaper of this city says the re-
cent election, strange as it may seem,
was as disastrous to the victors as to
the yanuuished, and that the probable
result will be the defeat of both the old
parties in 1896, and the reelection OF
Mr.. Cleveland by the so-called indie
pendents, who will be manipulated by
the moneyed men of the country, who
now have all things their own way.
Prominent republican congressman
now here say the talk about republican
opposition to the reelection of Mr..
Reed to the speakership of the next
House amounts to nothing, and that
not only will he be elected, but that
they don't believe any republican
member of the House would agree TO
run against him.
Supervisor Phillips of Alexandria
county, who is also manager of the
proposed Washington and Falls Church
electric railroad, has some men at work
on that part of the road referred to be-
tween Fort Myer and the Aqueduct
Bridge. and has advertised for railroad
! ties.
The income tax provision of the Cor
man tariff bill Will 60 INTO operatiou vi
the first of January. There is talk here
to the effect that some of those who
will have to pay it have raised large
fund to test its constitutionality; also
that an effort will he made at the com
ing session of Congress to prevent iii
collection by refusing to make the nee
essary appropriation therefor.
No more federal appointments of any
sort will be made until after the meet
ing of Congress.
The receipts of the Treasury are SC
snsll and the expenditures so large
that the money on hand now is only
one hundred million, and that, too
though that amount in gold, is by law
required az a reserve fund. The recent
gold bond issue will take as much ou'
of the Treasury as it will put into 1T
Wall street makes the profit, and the
people get no more currency. Another
million in gold was taken out OF the
sub-treasury at New York to-day in ex
change for notes.