Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-06-01

QOllCt butG III yOuI ISSut OF SAtlr-
day, May 80, 1896, the following card
appears:
To the Editor of the Alexandria Ga-fUt
The statement put forward by Mr Auier.
son and his INSCRIPTIONS partizaus that II u,y
delegation is selected in this city, and ind
that cannot secure the nomination ON Angus.
-, 1896, that L will throw that delegation.
or undertake to influence that delegation In
favor of Hon E. E. Meredith or anyone c,a
is baseless falsehocd. The delegation is ro,
pledged to, nor will undertake TO sway ,Hcm
toward, anybody whatever after thcy in their
wisdom have dropped me. They VIII 20
where they please individually without lrt
or hindrance on my part, nor do know who
any of thsm will be for after | have been dis.
posed of. Yours, truly,
GEO. A. MUSHBACH.
ALEXANDRIA, May 80 1896.
As q man born in the South. and
educated in accordance with the best
traditions of Southern manhood,
have no desire to criticise at length the
utterances of one who, on his recent
trip to New Jersey (Which, / believe. is
his native State), proclaimed himselfto
be "a Yankee with Virginia attach
ments.n The matter of this card is
only equalled by its style, and both
show more clearly than any argument
of mine, how eminently unfit The
author would be to represent SO proud
district as our own. To the best OF
my knowledge, have never charged
Captain Mushbach with determine
ton to throw his delegation to use his
elegant English) TO the Hon. T. T..
Meredith, should the former be unable
to secure the nomination for himself.
But | have said, and repeat &c
now, that whether he was aware
of the fact or not, it is true taat
this movement in his favor is
directly in the interest the
present incumbent. am now sat. lied
from his card itself, that he is 30, icuo-
rant of the movement, as ut first bad
supposed to be possible. That such a
movement exists is too plain for SIC
cessful contradiction. During last week
while was visiting the voters OF this
city, approached prominent gentle
man, Mr.. John P. Robinson, who said
~ am Meredith and Mushbach man
This statement was made in the pres
ence of Messrs. Thomas A. Fisher, vii.
mer Kemp and Charles Hawkins. |
likewise find, on examining the list Of
the prospective delegates of Captain
Mushbach, that the name OF X. kemper
appears as one of those selected for the
Third ward, and that of Theodore H.
Ficklin is in the list for the Fourth
ward. MIR. Kemper informed me per-
sonally, some months ago, that he was
Meredith man, and only few days
since Colonel Fcklin made statement
to the same effect in regard to himself
to Mr.. Thomas H. Netherland. 1t must
be confessed it is trifie singular, ifthe
Mushbach movement be not in reality
q Meredith movement, that the names
of these gentlemen should appear as
they do. But have no further TO 20
than to the card of Captain MushDach
itself for indirect proof that the
assertion of my friends is absolutely
correct. He says that "the delegation
is not pledged to nor will | undertake
to sway them towards anybody what
ever after they, in their wisdom nave
dropped me-" This in itself is the
strongest possible proof that the Cap
tain is not in this contest with any e1-
pectation of receiving the nomination,
If this be so, what would induce him 10
allow his name TO be presented to the
people of Alexandria, if there be no ui-
terror purpose in view? 1t will be OBJ
served, likewise, that the closing sen
tence of this card reads thus: They
will 60 where they please individually
without let or hindrance on my part,
nor do know who any of them Will be
for after have been disposed of. DO
not these words show that the Captain
is willing martyr? And to whose ben
eft would such martyrdom enure II not
to that of the present incumbent
have no quarrel, let me add, with MI
Meredith. l do not desire TO be under
stood as detracting in any way from
such merits as he possesses; for al
through this canvass have endeayore3
to conduct my campaign on a high ana
lofty plane, and have kept my adheFef's
from attacking any of the other gentle
men who have been named rs the pos
sible nominee. Since Captain Musn-
bach is a resident ofmy own town, ! nave
been particularly careful TO restrain
my supporters from assailing the many
weak spots in his character as g legs
letor and as man, nor shall seek 10
bring those points into undue prom
nence now. The campaign is pracil,
cally at an end, so far as the city OF
is concerned, and take
great comfort from the fact, that al
though 1 have been mercilessIy MIS-
represented, and new lies have been
circulated concerning me as fast nave
disproved their predecessors, have no
reason TO feel ashamed of my course IL
any particular. Permit me to add, u
closing, that the care which Captain
Mushbach has shown in delaying 10
print his card until it became t. la'g
for me to answer it before the day u
election, shows clearly that his charge
are false. Very respectfully,
FRANK e. ANDERSON.
Alexandria, Va, June l, 1896.