Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-10-14

WASHINGTON. Oct. IA.
There will unquestionably be a cali
soon for meeting Of the State commit
lee of the republican party of Virginia.
Heretofore they have held the most OF
their meetings in this city ct Chamber
Inns. the Headquarters of the late Gen.
Mahone. The ensuing meeting Will
be held in Petersburg and the attend
ancs no doubt will be a large
one, There are fifty members in all,
or five from each one of the ten Con-
yres-ional districts. II is by no means
the belief here that the committee will
be harmonious in either filling tho va
cancy of chairman, orin recommending
a successor of Gen. Malone or TO fill his
ul.ce on the national committee. The
republican politicians of the State have
their ears aud eyes wide open on the
new condition of things created BY the
death OF Gen. Malone, and each will lie
on the alert in looking after the inter,
ests of himself and immediate friends
1t is conceded that Col. Brady, who has
b I'd a great experience in the election
and manage Of delegates to ma
tional conventions, will be most in de-
mand by the representatives OF the
rival Presidential candidates and will
ne invited TO manage the interests oil
me or Ii ore fthem in the coming fight.
The impression prevails that Brady Is
for Reed. but it is believed he has TWO
much sagacity to have wholly commit
ed himself SO early as the present.
The outlook just now is largely favor.
.bls to the Maize candidate, who il
eaten at ell must be by eombina.
ion on some strong Western man and
hen there must be nearly solid West
With Southern contingent at his heels
make the combination asuccess over
Reed.
At the meeting of the bar of the Su
creme Court Of the United States this
morning to take action upon the death
IT the late Associate Justice Jackson,
Secretary Olney presided. A commit
ee was appointed to draft an approprl-
re memorial for presentation to tie
C ut.
Col. Swords, who has had many
years intimate come ction with repub.
lican campaign management and con
.ressioual party affairs, predicts live
y session of Congress and much effort
IN the part of the managers to make po'
lilical capital for their respective par
ties. He thinks there will be several
investigators instituted by the republi
cans, the most important of which wi
be regard TO the conduct of the ad
ainis,ration touching the sale of the
government bonds aud the protection
ofthe gold reserve by the well.knoWn
syndicate with whom the deal YVES
uade. The fire of this investigation
viii. of course, be directed at the Pres
ident and Secretary Carlisle.
Col. Wintersmitn, U. S. commercial
gent at Panama, who is spending a
few days in this city, corroborates what
Mr. Handbook stated, as reported in
his correspondence last week. He says
''Tnere is no doubt as to the practica
oilily of the Panama canal. The route
i only fJrty-fve miles long. IL has a
magnificent harbor at both the ter
uiuals and twenty-five miles Of the
work have been completed. He says
ne has the authority of Colonel Albert
=. R,ves,' hesuperintendent of the Pana-
me Railway Company, for saying that,
Notwithstanding the engineering diff
mites. the canal can readily be con-
structed. The French company have
>uuuG Que thousand men employed al
alebra. point about twelve miles
asst Of Panama, but the laborers are
uiserably paid and are accomplishing
title if anything. I doubt if the French
.,euple can be induced to contribute
III additional amount, but an Amer
can syndicate could"
The fact that seventeen out of one
,undred members of Congress question
ID on the subject have expressed
themselves as not opposed to
Presidential third terms, supple
nented by the other fact that Wall
street, which has been interviewed on
the same subject, has eyinced q strong
feeling in favor of such term for Mr..
Cleveland, and that, too, irrespective of
party, shows that those in favor Of the
examination of the President are not
without Influential support.
Attorney General Hendricks Of Ken
lucky, here today, says the democratic
rajoritv in his State next month will
70 twenty five thousand, and that
Hardin will be elected Governor and
Blackburn be re elected Senator with
nut any trouble.
The Debs strike is not yet out of the
courts, though Debs himself has been
ried, convicted and almost served out
MS term in Jail, for case arising from
he sympathetic" strike at Los An
geles is set for trial in the o. S. Supreme
Court in this city on the 21st inst.
People from Virginia here to-day
say that operations have been revived
at the gold mines near Kelly's Ford,
10 the lower part of Fauquier county,
iud with every prospect of success;
.lso that behring's for phosphates on Tye
liver, about forty miles from Lynch
'urg, have discovered immense de-
posits, infinitely superior to those of
South Carolina and Florida, and exceed
ing in value even those of Canada,
which heretofore have been supposed
to be the best.
The following changes in the fourth
Il sss postoffices of Virginia were made
to-day: Bloomfield, Loudoun county,
J. H. Ross appointed postmaster, vice
VI. NJ. Van Horn, removed; Deerfeld,
Augusta county, J. w. Baldwin, vice
Y. o. Teller, resigned; Model, Rock
nsham, NJ. V. Rodgers, vice w. E.
Il 'dgrrs, resigned; Springcreek, Rock.
lngham county, Z. E. Graham, vice