Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-06-24
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence of the Alexandra Gazette.J
WASHINGTON. June a.

CORRESPONDENCE of the Alexandra Gazette.J
WASHINGTON. June a.
The President is expected back from
his fishing trip on light house tender
tonight. None here seems to know
where he went, but it is said at tne
Treasury Department that secretary
Carlisle will be in his Office there to-
morrow. and as be and the President
went away in the same boat, 1t is only
natural to suppose that they Will re-
turn together.
An old-time Southern democrat now
residing here, but who, having become
a philosopher, is disguised with mod
ern politics, speaking to-day OF Mr..
Whitpey's and other Northern peoples
talk about the free coinage of silver
withdrawing gold from circulation, said
he had been travelling pretty extensive
~ throughout most of the States during
the last three or four years, but that no
where had he seen any gold in circula.
ton, nor, so far as he could learn, had
ANYBODY else, and it seemed to him
therefore that the CAB referred to ID
absurd.
1t is intimated at the Treasury to-day
that the gold reserve fund there will be
reduced below the legally required
amount before the close OF the current
week, Notwithstanding the late sales OF
government gold bonds, and that new
issue of such bonds will soon be neces
sary in order to pay the debts and meet
the current expenses ofthe government.
A patent was issued to-day for sill
yerite medal shaped, like the common
yellow-hearted daisy, which, it is said,
will make the patentee fortune dur
ing the coming political campaign.
r. G. Mitchell was appointed post
master at Fancy Gap, Carroll county,
Va, to-day, vice R. ]. G. Lyon, re-
signed.
Judge McCabe of Leesburg, candi-
date for the democratic Congressional
nomination in the Alexandria district,
was here yesterday. He says there
was small turnout at Warrenton last
Monday, but that he is satisfied with his
prospects in Fauquier. In talking
about the chances of the other candi-
dates for the nomination, the Judge in
tilnated that those of prominent one,
heretofore generally supposed to be
good, if not the best, were just the re-
verse.
Mr.. Ryan, internal revenue collector
for the Richmond district, who has
been on visit to Cuba, arrived here
this morning. He has been in quaran-
tine in New York. He says he brought
no official communication to the gov.
ernment from Consul General Lee.
While in New York he is reported by
the papers of that city as saying that he
did bring q personal letter to the Presi
dent from General Lee, than an official
communication is now on its way here,
and that he had personal inter
view with Maceo, the negro insurgent
chief, in the very heart of the city OF
Havsna, where that chief deemed him
self so secure that he had his picture
taken there, and gave him copies OF it
for the President. He is also reported
as saying that General Lee is states
man as well as soldier, and that what
he does will please the Cubans and the
Americans.
A private letter received here this
morning from Congressman Otey, the
head of the silver organization in Vir-
ginia, says that while nothing definite
has as yet been done, so far as he knows,
in that direction, he thinks it will be
better for the Virginia delegation to
Chicago and for every member of it, to
60 to that city in body and take quar-
tiers at the same hotel there.
Prominent democrats from different
parts of the country here to-day say
the only danger they now apprehend
is the lack of moral courage at Chicago.
A straight-out silver declaration, a
straight out silver nominee, and a de-
caration in favor of an income tax,
will, they all seem to think, carry, not
only the West and South, but many
States in the North also.