Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-06-12
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence Of the Alexandria Gazette.


Correspondence Of the Alexandria Gazette
WASHINGTON, June -.
RS Omohundro was appointed post.
master at Wilmington, Fluvanna coun-
ty, Va, to-day, vice Richard Omohun'
dro, resigned. -,
Prominent republicans who will
leave here tomorrow for ST. Louis say
they are confident the platform to be
adopted there will not be a straight
gold one, as the silver feeling is 80
strong throughout the West that one OF
that character would drive so many
away from it that it's success would be
doubtful. They also say that unless
the convention shall make a bold and
emphatic declaration for gold and
against silver, there is great danger that
the Eastern republicans will bolt. They
acknowledge that their lot at present is
not particularly happy one.
DR.. Jose M. Delgado, the American
citizen who was 80 roughly handled by
Spanish troops in Cuba, is in Washing
ton, with his son, who was also injured.
DR.. Delgado's purpose in coming to
Washington is to see Secretary Olney
and, if possible, the President.
Though Captain Fowle's nomination
has been rejected and Congress has ad-
iourned, no applications for his place as
collector of internal revenue for the up
per district of Virginia are as yet on file
at the Treasury Department. If any
have been made, they are at the White
House, where they will remain. Meth
er of the Virginia Senators has present
ed the name of any applicant.
The special Senate committee, of
which Mr.. Harris, of Tennessee, is
chairman, appointed to investigate the
recent sales of Government bonds, be-
gan its inquiry to-day. The session
was devoted to reading the reply of
Secretary Carlisle in answer to SEN
ate resolution, giving review of the
sale of bonds to the Morgan-Belmont
syndicate. The matter was generally
discussed, after which it was decided to
request Secretary Carlisle to appear be-
fore the committee on Monday next to
answer inquiries regarding his written
statement In case the examination OF
the Secretary is completed on Monday
the committee will 60 to New York
that night to examine persons in that
city connected with the bond sales.
The Capitol presented deserted ap-
pearance to-day, two or three Senators
and half dozen Representatives,
among the latter, Mr.. Otey of Virginia,
being the only Congressman seen about
the building, and clerks, employees
and visitors were by no means nu-
merous.
Representative John Allen, of Mis-
slssippi, has been invited to deliver the
address at Marshall Hall to the Vir-
ginia democratic association of this city
on the 22d proximo, and says he will
accept it if he possibly can.
General Edgar Allen arrived here
from Richmond last night. He says
the St. Louis convention had better
adopt a gold platform if it wants its
ticket to succeed, as no gold democrat
will leave his party to vote for a man
who may not be for gold if elected.
The General says the anti-Lamb con-
testants in the Norfolk and Richmond
districts did not 60 to st. Louis to press
their claims before the national repub-
lcan committee, because they received
kilograms from there that it would be
unnecessary for them to do so, which
he thinks, indicates that they will be
admitted. They and the entire dele
CATION from Virginia will leave to-mor-
row evening, via the G. & o. r. r. In
respect ofthe republican split in the Pc
tersburg district, the General says that
but for the improper exclusion OF
the anti.Thorp delegates from Lun-
enburg county, Mr.. Thorp would
not have been nominated for
Congress and that a recent de.
cision of the national republican
committee, to the effect that the action
of any republican committee must be
determined by majority of that COM
mittee, and not by it's chairman, makes
the nomination of Mr.. Thorp inopera-
tive. He also says that as Mr.. Thorp
is free silver man, many republicans
in the district who believe in the gold
standard will refuse to vote tor him.
1t is said that Mr.. Cleveland is by no
m6AQS pl6ASGu Will Ouc dufClSO lOCliuS
his party in the South has toward him,
and especially with the treatment he
received at the Virginia democratic
convention, in which he was called his
party's wrecker, and which declared
against third term, evidently against
him, and that recently when his nomi-
nation of General Fitz Lee for consul
general at Havana was spoken of to
him, by prominent Southern demo-
crat, as gratifying to the South, his only
response was cold bow.
Mr.. W. w. Nixon, formerly of Lees
burg. but DOW Of this city, was thrown
from his bicycle here last night and had
his wrist dislocated, and other parts of
his body bruised.
Three democrats from different parts of the
Eighth Virginia district here to-day said the
democratic Congressional nominee in that dis
trict would be either Mr.. Willard, of Fairfax,
or Mr.. Rixey, of Culpeper. When asked
what was the matter with Messrs. Meredith,
Anderson, Ashton and McCabe, who are can
di iates for the nomination, they said each Of
them would receive some votes at first, but
that finally one of the two named would be
nominated.
HORSES AND CARRIAGES BURNED
Fire completely destroyed the building
of the American Horse Exchange,