Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-10-22
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence OF the Alexandria Gazette.

Correspondence OF the Alexandria Gazette !
WASHINGTON, Oct. %
The democrats OF Loudoun county,
Virginia, in the Alexandria Congress
sional district, expect to increase their
vote largely at the coming election.
One of them here to-day says many
republicans there, among them Mr.
William Shoemaker, former chair
man of the republican committee OF
that county, have declared for the free
silver ticket, and as al the populists
there have come back to the party, and
all the democrats who were so dis
gusted with Mr.. Cleveland that they
refused to vote in '92, are now active
workers for their party.
It is asserted here by members Of the
Knights of Labor that 90 per cent. OF
that organization will vote for Bryan,
and that most of the members of the
other labor organizations in the coun-
try will do likewise. as they realize that
the present fight is between the pluto
Gratis and their agents, and all the other
people of the country.
Alexandria county people here to-
day say that every lounger at Jackson
City, white and black. has been regis
tered, and that they will ali vote tie re
publican ticket for money. An at.
TEMPT. they say, was made to prevent
their registration, but the county Off
GERS refused to interfere.
People here who know what they are
talking abont say the attempt to coerce
the labor vote will be the most signal
failure on record, as the workingmen
look upon it as direct assault upon
their manhood, and have determined 10
resent it at the polls in the most en-
phatic and conspicuous manner. A
democratic Congressman here oday
says he recently met about twenty-five
railroad train employees, and that they
volunteered to tell him that no matter
what be might hear, he would ooen
know that they would vote all right.
It has been published that the Quak-
ers will vote as unite against Mr..
Bryan. A Loudoun county democrat,
here to-day, whose county contain a
large Quaker settlement, says such a
statement may be correct about other
Quakers, but it is not true 10 respect to
those of his county, in which he says
Phineas Nichols, one of their preachers,
delivered telling speech in favor OF
Bryan recently. after which thirteen OF
his brethren vino were among his hear
ers declared their intention OF voting
with him.
Mr.. Frank Hume received to-day a
letter from merchant in Lyon county,
KY, in answer to en- enquiry of Mr.
Hume as to the political eitnetion in
that State, from which the following IS
an extract: "The poll of Lyon county
showa 1896 democratic majority for
Bryan. Palmer will get about %
votes in the county, and in my judg-
ment Kentucky will give Bryan not
less than $4,000 majority. The grand
mass of suffering humanity in this State
are for Bryan, and but few democrats
will vote for Mckinley"
Mr.. Morrison, Of the interstate COM
merce commission, who has Just de.
clared against his party, told PEG
Pile in this city less than month
ago that he was a democrat, and
being one, WOULD support his par
ty's ticket. 1t will be recollected
that on the infamous salary grab bill,
Mr.. Morrison did not vote, every body
knowing the bill would pass. He drew
every cent of the money put to his
credit by that bill, and on the resolu-
ton to refund it, he voted no.
Among the callers at democratic
headquarters here to-day was Mr..
democratic eiector for the
Alexandria district. He is recently
from Charlestown, Jefferson county,
West Virginia, where he addressed a
large and enthusiastic audience. He
says the gold boilers there will not
number fifty, and that the usual demo.
cratic majority there will be increased.
He also says that the democrats there
spoke Of Postmaster General Wilson
more in sorrow thar in anger, but said
they were surprised that he should have
turned against them after all they had
done for him, and were grieved that he
did not go elsewhere than his own town
to make open profession of his apos-
tacy:
Mr.. Price, chairman of the State
democratic committee of New Jersey,
was at democratic headquarters short
time this morning. He says tbs talk about
. republican majority in New Jersey
amounts to nothing. and is inspired
solely by the proprietors of the monop-
plies and the railroad companies, whose
say they will teach them a
rick or two next Tuesday week. BE
says tally of the State has been made
and that conservative estimate gives
Bryan mai ority of about ten thousand.
Mr.. ]. E. Clements of Alexandria
who was at Leestnrg yester.
day on legal business, says he heard
there that of the seven geld boilers
there, three had been induced to cone
back to their party by Secretary Nor
tons recent unprovoked assault upon
and that it was prob.
able the other four would do likewise
or not vote at all.