Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-11-08
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence of the Alexandria Gazette
WASHINGTON Nov. s.

WARRINGTON, NOV. o.
J. M. Langston, the negro eX-Con-
gresham from Virginia, now attorney
for Waller, the negro ex-U. s. Consul at
Madagascar, now in French prison for
breaking the laws of that country, says
the only good part of the present adj
ministra,ion is the State Department,
that the case of his client is progressing
f,yorably, and that he hopes to get a
million dollars as indemnify for him.
Among the visitors here yesterday
was Congressman Smith Turner, of the
7th Virginia district. He came, seek
ing government positions for some OF
his demo, ratio constituents who have
not yet abandoned hope of getting
anything from the present adm1nlstra-
ton, but finding none.
Senator Blackburn's numerous friends
here have abandoned all hope of his re.
election. even should the democrats
have majority in the legislature of his
State. They say, however, that he will
be candidate for the House il his old,
the Ashland district, aud that the con-
test between him aud MIR. Breckin-
ridge, who will again be candidate in
that district, will probably be the live
Hest one ever made.
MIR. Proctor, civil service commits
sioner, who halls from Kentucky, says
the result of the election there is the
very best thing that could have hap
pened to the democrats of that State,
aud that next year their majority will
be larger than ever. 1t is needless to
say he is laughed at for such gable. he
might Just as well have said kill man
now, and next year he will not only fe
alive, but in better condition than ever.
Mr.. Proctor is preparing bis annual re-
port and is SO enamored of the service,
IN which he took the place of the no.
torious Mr.. Roosevelt, that he will re-
commend its application to every and
all branches of the federal government.
Senator Gray's friends here say it is
entirely unnecessary for them to deny
that he ever sent such dispatch TO
Senator German as that published over
his name in some of this mornings
newspapers.
Before the late election, the republic
cans here prophesied that if the result
should be in their favor, the price of
stocks and bonds would advance. On
the contrary, it has gone down. No
body says the result was the cause Of
the decline. But it shows that in none
tary as in political affairs the unexpect-
ed often happens.
People from New York here to-day
say it is believed there that Judge
Rufus Peckham of that State, brother
of Wheeler, who was rejected by the
Senate, will be nominated by the Pres
ident for Associate Justice of the q. S.
Sup, eme Court, and that if so he will
be confirmed. He is democrat and
is not Objectionable to the New York
democracy.
People from Alexandria county here
to-day say the cases of the magistrates
and constables and The parties recently
arrested above the Aqueduct Bridge
for gambling will come up before the
county court in Alexandria on the 25th
n;t. The magistrates, they say, will
make no defense, as they don't think
their offices are worth the trouble.
They also say they don't understand
why Heath's place, the most secluded
in the whole county, was the only one
raided, when policy and other gambling
shops were in active operation in vari-
GUS other parts of the county. They
also say that fine new Methodist
church will be built at Mt. Olivet, near
Baliston, on the site of the one destroy
ed by the federal soldiers during the
war; that the owner of Addison Heigh
will build station house on the Wash
ington and Alexandra Railroad in
front Of that property, and that the
government is filing up the gulch in
which Coxey's army was encamped,
Just south of the Aqueduct Bridge.
The President to-day took the first
step toward putting fourth class post
masters in the classified service by
amending the civil service rules.
The Spanish Legation has been d.
reeted by the ministry of foreign affairs
at Madrid to declare that the alleged
kilograms between Gen. Campos and
the government, published by the New
York World yesterday, have never ex-
listed, and that no dispatches of similar
import have been sent or received at
any time.
The State Department spent s24,
409.33 during the last fiscal year re-
lieving destitute American seamen who
were stranded in foreign ports.