The Washington times., 1895-04-30
POLITICS RUN BY The GANG
Nominations for Alexandria County
Offices All Cut and Dried.
Veitch, Though a Democrat, Satisfactory to
the Bosses Johnson Is cure of
Getting in Again,

Alexandra county politics take on IL
more caloric temperature as election time
draws near The Republican primaries
will be held this evening TO send delegates
to the county nominating convention, to
convene at noon on May / at the Brick
school at Convalescent Camp, Arlington
district.
It is moral certainty that the nomiua
tions will be: Fer commonwealth attor-
ney, Richard W Johnson. for county
treasurer, W. c. Wybert; for commissioner
OF revenue, H L. Holmes. The nomina-
ton for sheriff, il is said, on waht seems
intelligent authority, VIII he left open.
| This is probably because the incumbent,
Veitch who is a Democrat is more
satisfactory to the present government
of the county than any man W thin the ranks
OF the Republican party.
There is Republican aspirant for the
shrevalty in The person OF c. Costello,
but il IS not thought that he VIII cut an
! important figure
There viii lie no Democratic primary,
| for the reason that to draw party lines
means Democratic disaster, as the Repub-
| licaus on Il fun vote have plurality OF
| COU, ana. 1uIl0elIl.NTe, lHls Nbtt Is custer
| to get out than that OF the Democrats
In opposition to the regular Republican
nomipee is VIII w Douglas, who on ma
/ tional questions is Democrat, but III
| county affairs is q MoralIst, that is, he
opposes the present guilty rule IN the con-
duct of the government of the county.
| In conformity TO the Walton election law,
| which stipulates that person desirIug
! 10 run for county office shall give notice
! OF such intention to the clerk of the
county court twenty days prior to election,
! Candidate Douglas did tins some time
| ago. aud thus far is the ouly legal oppo
neut of Candidate Johnson.
ut a recent political meeting, amid
charges of perfidy from the Moralists,
| James +. Clement. superintendent OF pub
lic schools for Alexandria county, an
nounced that he would become Il candidate
| II has not given legal notice TO that
effect to the clerk OF the county court
| though he has several day Us in which To do so
Johnson is the present attorney of the
co Iuty, aud the friend OF the gang" He
refuses to prosecute the thieves ana thugs
| al the outlaw race track. He refuses TO
act against those yiolators of the law,
against whom the grand jury has returned
true bills. He refuses to take cogni-
"a nee of the charges being made by the
! respectable element of the county, that 6
conspiracy exists between the magistrates
dllQ COusldDuluGS OIL lDc County 10
arrests and divide the fines.
Douglas, the reform candidate, is piedg-
| ing himse IL to enforce the law. The
Douglas people charge that Clements mas
put himself i'll the campaign either at the
instance of the Johnson crowd TO split
the vote of the moralists or to Sell out
to the Douglas people.
To a reporter for The Times he said
that he did not know what saloons and
gaming tables were running on Sunday
across the river. He did know that a
conspiracy existed between the magis-
tTates and constables. He did not know
that many indictments against evil-doers
were lying in the county court unacteC
on.
Alexandria county is strongly Repub
lican. There are but 900 voters i'll III,
county. Six hundred of these are salt
by politicians to be purchasablc. John
son is the regular Republican candidate
and has the backing of the gamblers.
The reform candidate belongs 10 tile mi
nority party in the county, has no Doodle
behind him, and is antagonizing the law
less element. Then there is the contin-
gency that Clements Will draw some of
the votes that he otherwise would get.
great public meeting is TO be held
to night at Carn's schoolhouse, at which
it is understood that all the candidates
and hundreds of their followers will bt
present, and an angry time is looked for