The morning times., 1896-10-28
ARE CLAIMING ALEXANDRIA
Republicans Believe That Inc
City Is Theirs.
ADMIT IT WILL BE CLOSE
democrats Are Dubious and Say the
por,v Managers Have Frittered
Away Observation-Disclosures
for Illegal Registration Attorney
Marbury Charges Corruption.

Alexandria is usually accounted TO te an
irnnrepnable stronghold of Democracy, the
vote for President in 1882 standing '3o@
for Cleveland, to / ,162 for Harri>op- he
mind of man runneth not TO the DAY wien
any Republican candidate catricu II, ;" 'h
the single exception oil the lohercsNonai
race bctween Gen. W II. r. Lee ana aEhe
Aguew when AGnew, who mas great per
soual popuia rity and isidentliied WIN ilahS
or ,he most important business enterprises
of Alexandria, reversed tie situation ana
carried the city by II small majority.
The thorough canvass that has been made
nv McCaull and other Republican speakers
in ne Eighth district Of Virginia has been
concentrated for a special effort to carry
Alexandria for Mckinley and Mceauii-
..the two Macs as they are called.
M,nnger Nowland of the Alexandria
Shipyard, expresses not only hope hut an
absolute certainty that the city VIII make
a grand flop from her usual place IN
the Democratic ranks ana give tue he
publican candidates a substantial majority
When asked to talk politics yesterday ne
said:
THINKS THE CITY SAFE.
"Au that is necessary for me to say on
tile situation s this; that we are going
to garry tue city and the district ior NC
Kinley and McCaull by q rousiug good ma
TEN of organization ever carneu out III
this district and we know just what TO de-
nenl upon. The Republicans are so stitrcu
nm that business is practically suspended
except the business of politics we KNOW
we are going to win and we know why
and where we are going TO get tue votes
We are not chasing rainbows nor talking
through our mats.
"AleXandria city is normally Democratic
VIXEN the vote is cast ana counted under
the influences that usually surround the
ballot box. This year we propose to see
that every vote is an honest one ana larry
coupted If this is done, Alexandra VIII
go for Mckinley by a good big malontS.
The general impression among Demo-
cratic politicians who would express ahy
ouinions on the subject was to the effect
fiat .it is tCo close for comfort ana
some expressed the belief that the cam
pairn opportunities have been frttered
away by the Democratic managers ana tiiao
III is now TOO late to retrieve the losses
suffered.
DECLINED BY MARBURY.
AS previously stated in The Times, Com
mouwealth's Attorney Marbury Is IN pos
session of information. which 1t is claimed
will lead to the conviction OF parties VINO
illegally registered in this city on satur-
day last. MI s. G. Brent, the legal repre-
sentative of the gold Democratic organ
| iZation in this city, proffered his aid To
| Mr.. Marbury to assist in bringing to jus
| tice those persons who are suspected OF
having illegally caused their names to be
| entered upon the registration books.
Mr. Marbury yesterday declined Mr.
i Brent's offer in the following terms:
..'rhe violence thus far shown me, without
doubt. indicates that a large percentage oi
| this illegally registered vote will, unless
counteracted, be cast for the Repub iican
party, and that a seeming, if not an open
| coalition has been made with said Re
publican party and the one you represent