Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-09-09

Malone as one of desertion in the face
of the enemy; but the Judge had no
fear or shame about it and the next
day presented himself at the home of
the new made President in Indianapo-
lis to give personal assurance of his great
regard, ETC., and to receive the hearty
thanks of the next distributor OF led
eral patronage for Virginia. After this
G me a chill on the relations OF the
Judge and the General and they met
Nd more until the Norfolk convention,
which nominated the latter for Govern
or. The Judge was there waiting for
Malone to say the word of declination
and to take the nomination himself.
The general doubted and hesitated, but
was finally beguiled by the rainbow
hopes of his friends, and so the Judge
was saved from nomination that even
had it ended in defeat of less than the
fifty thousand showered on the General,
would have brought deluge big
enough to have "swampedn him or any
other republican in the State. Now,
however, they are together again and
both for Reed or nearly so. Barring
tle unexpected and the incelculable in
politics, both will be found in the next
republican convention and both un-
alterably against Harrison and for
Reed first or most anybody to beat Har.
rison. The Judge called this morning
at the Mexican legation Offices in hope
of seeing the Minister, but he was alb
sent. There are some important bust
ness enterprises in Mexico which the
Judge and his friends are connected
with and which are stated to be promis-
ing in the way of pecuniary results.
There are no democrats, he says, in his
section who up to the present time
have declared themselves for third
term.
The bids for the construction of all
the remaining portions of the Wash
| ington and Mt. Vernon Railroad are
now being examined, and all the con-
tracts will be given out by the last of this
week. The work, it is expected, will
be completed by the middle of Novem'
Der, and cars be running from here to
Mt. Vernon, over the Long Bridge, by
the first of December.
The Treasury Department has writ.
ten letter to Henry Graves and Com.
pany, of London, England, suggesting
that certain relics loaned by the pres.
emit Duke of Wellington to accompany
the famous painting of the battle o.
Waterloo, entitled "1815, may be admit
ted to this country free of duty provid
ed they are sent for exhibition at the
Atlanta Exposition. The Department
had previously declined to permit these
articles to enter the United States duty
free, for private exhibition.
The fact that Senator Gray of Della
ware has declared in favor of President
Cleveland as the nominee of the mex
national democratic convention i:
thought here to voice the true feeling
of all the mugwumps, and to show tina
the "whole power of the administra
ton" will be used to effect that object
and besides, that the effort will be IS
sisted by the gold men, irrespective o
their former political utilization.
| Secretary Morton has in his posses
sion financial object lesson recently
sent him by a prominent manufactur
ing firm of silversmites in New York
1t consists of two chamois skin bags
one of which contains piece of silvel
.999 fine, the size ola dollar, and con
tanning 4S0 grains OF silver. This cos
IS cents, while the actual silver dollar
contains but 4124 grains of 1907 fnt
silver. The contrast drawn by th!
Secretary is found in the smaller bag
which contains tiny piece of gold, O
the exact weight and ineness ola dol
lar, and this cost him $1.15. The two
pieces of metal attracted great deal o
curiosity about the Department to-day
The treasury gold reserve as stated to.da.
has fallen to $9S. 91O,772.
Among tho visitors here to-day are exon
gresham Wise and Commonwealth httor
ney Smith of Richmond city. They botl
seemed to think that Senator Daniel woult
be his own successor.