Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-08-31
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence Of the Alexandra Gazette.
WARRINGTON. August 81

Major Seldeu, proprietor of the Met
ropolitan Hotel here, who has just re-
turned from trip to Virginia, says be
didn't meet with single gold demo
crat while he was there, and though he
did hear that there were few who are
not in favor OF silver, he also heard
that every one Of them would vote the
Chicago ticket.
MIR. Frank Hume says he hears that
of tle $3.50, 900 the national republican
committee has appropriated to the re-
publican campaignsfund in Virginia,
S25, 900 will be sent to the Alexandria
district, and if that be so, the colored
brothers there should be on the lookout
for their share of it.
Congressman Jones and Mr.. Lloyd
Smith of the first Virginia district were
at the rooms of the democratic Con-
gressional campaign committee this
morning. They both said that not only
was the democratic party in that dis
trict solid, but that many republicans
would vote the silver ticket, and that
they really believed many negroes
would do likewise.
A we'll informed and intelligent news
paper correspondent here, republican,
who has just returned from trip to
Iowa and Minnesota, says the republi-
cans of the 9th, 9Th and 9th congress
sional districts in the former, and the
1st and 2nd of the latter are afraid they
will loose all those districts.
Senator Faulkner has returned from
West Virginia and was at the rooms Of
the democratic congressional campaign
committee this morning. He says all
the four congressional districts in his
State will 60 for free silver, and that
the attempt of the railroads to force
their employees to declare for gold pro
duced such indignation not only among
those employees, but their friends and
acquaintance, that it has greatly in
creased the silver vote.
Mr.. Pendleton, the democratic con-
gressional nominee in the Wheeling,
West Virginia, district, here to-day,
says his republican opponent, Mr.. Mil
Ter, lays back in his office and tells his
party the question with them is not the
amount of money they want with
which to carry the election, but how
much can be spent among them.
Senator Blackburn is here to. day from
Ocean City, on the Eastern Shore OF
Maryland. He says the feeling there
is all in favor of free silver. Such also
is said to be the case in Charles and st.
Mary's counties in the same State.
General Hunton of Virginia was at
democratic headquarters here to-day.
He will 60 the stump next week. He
says all the people in his State who
left the democratic party during read
ulster times have come back to it, and
also that many white republicans will
vote the silver ticket, and that in his
county, Fauquier, he has not heard of
six democrats who will not vote their
party's ticket.
Mr.. Bynum of Indiana, who is in
charge of the gold boilers movement in
Indianapolis, says Louisiana will go
for Mckinley, but General Meyer, a
congressman from Louisiana, now here,
says his State is perfectly safe for
BRYAN. One of the officials of the Q. S.
Senate, q republican. who halls from
Oregon. says that State and Washing
ton will both 90 for free silver by large
maiorities, and that in Pennsylvania,
where be has been summering, while
the rich men and the dudes he met
we're for gold, Ell the workingmen and
farmers were for silver. He says there
will be big fight in November.
General J. w. Sinclair of West Yir-
ginia left here to-day for Hinton, in his
State, where he will have discussion
With e3' Governor Cameron of Virginia.
Mr.. W. s. White, of Fredericksburg, passed
through here Saturday evening for st. Paul,
where the G. A. Z. will meet, in the interest
of the proposed national park at his town.