Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-04-24
FROM WASHINGTON.
(Correspoudence Of the Alexandra dazette.J
WASHINGTON, April "a.

comino canvass for the Presidency and
of intending 10 take as active parI ~
ths pronunciation of silver sentiments
and arguments as the nature e. u - a wei,
dicial office will admit. IL IS , wen
known that if he consulted his ieehngs
he would probably resign the JuageSInip
at once and 60 again into editorial mar
ness Judge Hughes seems to nave
about reached the conclusion that the
republican party will refuse to take sat,
isfactory grounds for bi-metallism, and
hat he may be forced into support OF
the democratic candidates. He IS Tor
the republican party first, and for Sena,
tor Cameron as its candidate, provided
they are for free coinage openly, nom
,stly aud without mental reservation.
Should neither of the old parties take
position satisfactory to silver, then he
favors convention of all republicans
and all democrats in favor of the
complete restoration of bi-metal-
ism. On that point he writes to
a friend in this city as follows:
My impression is that there will be q
convention called after the old parties
act. of all republicans and all demo-
Gratis in favor of the restoration OF Di-
metal SIN, and l am sure that with
Cameron as the candidate of such
convention for President, and some
Western democrat for Vice-President,
the country can be swept. The BIZ
metall;s5s, need Sibley in the field. he
is too powerful a debater TO De
shelved on ticket. Let blm be re-
served for Secretary of the Treasury"
The Judge insists that both parties
trickedtthe people in the last President
ial election by placing in their plat
forms declaration in favor of the bl.
metallic policy. The candidates of
both parties, he says, got into the same
rowhoat, and though looking one way,
rowed another. He wants no moro
rowhoat candidates-"rowlng Que way,
facing the other way" Nothing can
now prevent, be says, direct vote by
the whole people upon the issue whelh-
er we are to have gold and silver, both,
us the basis of contracts, or gold alone.
The sum of his conclusions IS that the
republican party will straddle the issue
and nut up rowboat candidates. vi
the two.he believes the democratic par
w is far more likely TO take sides
suuarely and unequivocally in favor OF
what he terms the money of the Con-
slitution. In the contingency of neith-
er party being sufficiently pronounced
and pledged for silver, he favors call
lug in each State a joint convention
of all democrats and all republicans
who favor the bi-metallic policy, and OF
selecting free coinage republican for
one of the presidential offices and a
free coinage democrat for the other.
This combination he would aptly style
8 union of bi-metallism and bi-partyism.
Democrats and republicans combined
in support of gold and silver combined:
Ri. Partuism -Metdllism, these would
be the Judges watchwords. By-party-
ism for the sake of bi-metallism. No
more rowboat candidates, rowing one
wsy and facing the other.
Holders of shares of the Southern
Railway Company here are in fine
spirits to-day, as the price of those
shares advanced q dollar during the
morning.
The funeral of Lieut.. Breckenridge, Of
Stanton, Virginia, one armed Con-
federate, at Ascension Church here yes.
terday, was numerously attended by
his old comrades.
While it is hardly possible the U. S.
Supreme Court will refuse the petition
for rehearing of the income
tax case, it is uncertain wheth-
er it will confne the reheariDg to
the special points asked for by coun-
sell. or enlarge it to the whole case, as
requested by the Attorney General.
Intelligence here from Nashville is to
the effect that Justice Jackson is per-
fectly able to come here to hear the
case reargued, and will be here next
Monday.
Representatives Wise and Meredith,
of Virginia, were in the city to-day.
The latter, as usual, went with some of
his constituents to the departments in
q vain search for places for them. He
said he would be here again tomor-
row. The former was at the Treasury
Department, for the assistant comp.
trollership, of which he is an applicant.
He left this evening for Richmond.
1t is understood here that Waller, the
negro ex-U. S. Consul at Tamatave, who
is now in prison in France, was de-
tected in acting as a spy upon the
French troops in Madagascar and in
conveying intelligence to the British
and the Hovas, and that as the proof
against him is positive aud direct,
France must be allowed to do with him
as it may choose.
The time has now elapsed in which
any more testimony can be taken in the
contested congressional election cases
in Virginia, unless Congress shall make
special exception, which is not ex-
pected. The contestants are allowed
forty days, the contestees forty, in
which TO reply, and the contestants ten
for rebuttal. The clerk, of the House
will soon notify the parties to the cases
to come here, examine the papers, and
say what parts thereof they desire to be
printed.
It is understood that the develop
ments thus far made in the investiga-
ton of the beef question have almost
convinced Secretary Morton that
combination has been formed for the
purpose of putting up the price of beef.
The secretary early in the history of
the recent rise was inclined to attribute
it to the natural scarcity of fat cattle.
Notwithstanding the unusual advance
in dressed meat cattle on the hoof show
very moderate increase in value, even
less than it would seem natural to ex-
pect in view of the small receipts by