Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-05-01
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence Of the Alexandria Gazette
WASHINGTON, May l.

T(tOrT6SpOnQ6QC9 OF Inc Al6XAuUIld OdL3LtS.l
WASHINGTON, May l.
The democrats of Fauquier county
have determined to elect their dele
gates to the congressional convention
of their district on the II of July and by
precinct meetings, and some of those
from Loudoun, an adjoining county,
now here, say that if similar course
had been adopted by their county com
mittee the party there would be IN pet
ter trim than it is.
People who attended the recent Vir-
pinia republican convention at Staun-
ton say resolution declaring for tyee
silver would have been adopted, L 1t
had been introduced, and that the man
ayers were anxious during the whole
session lest some body would spring
such resolution.
Congressman Tyler and ex-Congress-
man Libbey, of the Norfolk, Virginia,
district, argued before the House COM
mittee on public buildings to-day in
favor of the bill appropriating Sl5o,Wo
for public building at Newport's News;
The committee agreed to report the bill
favorably. -.
The Senate committee on public
buildings made an adverse report to-
day on the resolution providing for
changing the plan of the roof of the
new postoffice building in this city.
Congressman Turner of Virginia sue
ceeded to-day in having the property
of MIR. Thornton, near Flint Hill, Rap
pahannock county, which had been
seized for violation of the internal rev.
enue laws, released, upon the payment
of the taxes due on it and fine of $25.
The House committee on labor to.
day ordered favorable report on the
bill to protect free labor from competi-
ton with convict labor by restricting
the sale of convict-made goods to the
States in which they are produced. The
| measure was amended so as to exempt
the manufactures of agricultural
products from the operation of the pro-
posed law.
The overthrow of Senator Cullom in
the Illinois convention yesterday was
the one topic for discussion in the
Senate chamber this morning. But
one Senator was outspoken in the ex.
preston of his delight, and that was
MIR. Pritchard, of North Carolina, who
has been making fight against heavy
odds to carry his State for the Ohio
candidate. Mr.. Pritchard says the
thing is all over now but the shouting.
Senator Chandler, who will be remem-
bered as the author of the two letters
accusing the Mckinley managers OF
frying the fat out of the manufacturers
refused to talk. He simply smiled and
pointed to his campaign button, on
which appeared this inscription II
have troubles enough of my own; don't
mention yours" Senator Quay does
| not appear to take the situation serious
iy and observed that some of the dele
gates selected were not Mckinley men
at heart. He did not assert, however,
that the men to whom he referred would
60 contrary to the plain instructions OF
the convention. Several earnest con-
ferences were held and Mr.. Carter,
chairman of the republican national
committee, NJ. Quay and Mr.. Chandler
frequently had their heads together. 1t
is quite evident that the unexpected
result of this convention has discon-
certed the anti-McKinleyites. The
friends of Mr.. Allison, Mr.. Reed and
Mr.. Quay put on bold front and say
that the end is not yet; that MIR. Nc
Kinley will only be justified in claim
ing the nomination after the ballot has
been taken and the result announced.
Mr.. Tillman who has just returned
from tour of the west declares the
indications point, Enthusiastically, to the
selection of Mckinley. 1t matters little
to him, he says, whether the plat
form declares for the gold stand
ard or is "straddle." In the
House the Mckinley men are
bubbling over with satisfaction and the
more hopeful of the leaders, such as
Congressman Grosvenor, of Ohio, have
asserted for several weeks that McKin-
lev would be nominated on the first
ballot and to-day there are many Rep
resentatives outside of Ohio who
make the same prediction. General
Grosvenor says that nothing but death
can prevent McKinley's nomination.
He claimed this morning that enough
delegates favorable to Mckinley have
already been elected to insure his
nomination on the first ballot.
The subcommittee of the House
elections committee to whom the Yost
Tucker contested election case from
Virginia was referred, compose of two
republicans and one democrat, re-