Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-09-06
FROM WASHINGTON.

ington.
FROM WASHINGTON.
CORRESPONDENCE of the Alexandria Gazette.]
WASHINGTON, Sept. 6.
The recent selection of negro by
Senator Quay for the position of mem.
Der of the State executive committee OF
Pennsylvania is by no means an inslg-
nificant sign of the times in republican
politics. It was announced by the SEN
stor that he needed such committee for
purposes of advice and for special cam
paign uses. He made his own selec-
lions and for the first time negro in
that State has been taken into the con-
fidence of this reputedly great leader.
Il means among other things the prep
aration for much missionary work
among the negroes of the South
in the interest of Mr.. Reed for the pres
idency. A republican, who is no strang-
or in matters of republican party in.
trigue, stated to-day his expsction OF
there being more negroes in the next
national convention of their party than
ever before, and Furthermore, he said,
they could be found solid for an eastern
candidate, groomed by the Pennsyl-
vania, New York and New England
"combine." They had the money, he
said, and the vultures would flock to
the carrion. He is for Mckinley. He
had read, he remarked, of recent
curious happening in which o buzzard
had derailed a railroad train. The
beastly bird in its wild flight had
plunged against the window or some
opening in the fire department; such was
the fright or confusion produced that
it caused the engineer the derailment OF
his train. The negro delegates il
brought to the convention in body
might stampede, and he hoped they
would their white brethren, and some
body's train, he thought, might be
thrown off the track by the roosting OF
kites and carrion crows such
as they. While speaking OF the negro
as the coming man from the South he
said that Tesmoh, Of Massachusetts,,
would be with Quay and doubtless for
Reed. Also that Mitchell, the negro
editor in Richmond, who accompau-
led Teamoh to the flight collation., I"
which the Governor gave to the Massa-
ohusetts legislative committee, would,
he understood, support the New Eng
land candidate. Mitchell and Teamoh
he though, could be found together.
Laugs,on, ne added, if not dead to
every feeling of gratitude, would do
likewise, since it was Reed, with his
iron will and sledge-hammer gavel
that kept the republicans 30 phalanxed
as to knock out way for Lspgston to
get seat in Congress and ten thou
sand dollars in money along with it.
With regard to the O'Ferrall- Teamoh
incident he thought the friends
of Reed in Virginia might, through
Teamoh, turn that to good account and
would probably do important election.
eering work work among the negroes
there, aided by Teamoh and his friends.
The incident, ne said, had given the
Massachusetts negro a national reputa-
ton and that now, lone blast upon the
bugle horn" would cause thousand of
his race to fall in for Reed. One thing,
however, be was assured of, if Teamoh
again visited Richmond he had better
"keep off the grass in the executive
mansion grounds" He would never
again parfake of Eight collation."
with Governor O'Ferrall. but might
some day with Reed at the White
House.
In this correspondence of yesterday
it was written that among the secre-
taries who had aspired to Presidential
nominations while administering their
portfolios was Bristow, of Kentucky.
Benjamin H. Bristow, while Lord of
the Treasury under Grant, did so
aspire most strongly, and had the sup
port of the entire reform element of his
party in convention. He was nomi-
mated by his then law partner, who is
now Judge Harlan, of the Supreme
Court, and his nomination was sec
onded by Geo. VIM. Curtis, who head
ed the Massachusetts, delegation. Bris-
tow had the solid delegation of Ken
lucky, but from late adyices received
here it is doubtful about the present
Secretary of the Treasury-Mr. Car
lisle-.being able to do as well. Gen.
Hardin, candidate for Governor, who
is asking no favors of the administra-
ton and receiving no assistance from
Mr.. Carlisle, is sweeping enthusiastical-
" through the State, and even the op.
ponents of Senator Blackburn are
fikening the force and rapidity of his
assaults on Carlisle and Cleveland to
those of some swollen and angry tor
ieat rushing madld from its mountain
side, upon the plains beneath. Just
here it may be stated that Representa-
tive fuckers selections of Presidential
candidates, which were deemed ofsufi-
Gent Importance to be telegraphed to
Richmond and other points, will surely
need revision if Hardin and Blackburn
are elected in Kentucky. Reed, too,
whom he strangely ignored, is way up
among the probable winners, and if time
were called now would go to the nomi-
mating post an "odds on favorite." Mr..
Tucker should know-his father pro-
baby would-that it was almost wholly
through the great influence and power
over the legislation of the country
which MIR. Blaine welded through his
skillful and popular administration of
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