Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-09-03
FROM WASHINGTON.
Of the Alexandra Gazette.
WASHINGTON Sent.


andria district. He has been de-
tanned at home for the last three
weeks by the desperate illness of his
son, who has the typhoid fever, but
who was a little better this morning.
Mr.. Meredith intends 70 60 an the
stump in favor of the democratic
ticket. He says he supposes all the
republicans in his county, Prince Will
liam, viii vote for Mckinley, but that
Internationally the democrats there are
equally as solid. Mr.. Meredith and
Mr.. Leonard Marbury Commonwealth
attorney for Alexandria, called upon
Mr.. McAdoo, Assistant Secretary OF
the Navy, in the interest Of the Alex
drians who are at work at the navy
yard here. The building in which they
are engaged will be pulled down and
another one erected in it stead, neces-
stating a suspension of work until the
| new shop be completed. They want
half the new building erected at time,
so that it won't be necessary to sus-
pend work. But Mr.. McAdoo said that
could not be done, but that he would
try to so arrange the matter that they
would not be out of work for more than
six weeks.
! Mr.. McCaull, the republican candi-
date for Congress in the Sth Virginia
district, left here yesterday evening for
King George Court House, where he
aad his democratic opponent, Judge
Rixey. spoke to-day. He told some OF
his acquaintance here that his chances
of election were good. and that many
gold democrats had told him he would
get their votes.
It is current talk among the depart
ment people here that the administra-
ton is about pretty we'll tired of men
in its pay who are at all active in their
support OF the national democratic
ticket, and that it has been intimated
to such people that they would con-
suit their own interest by letting poll
tics alone. No such intimation, how
ever, mas been made to government
of6ceholders who are active in their
efforts to defeat the democratic ticket.
General Lomax Of Warrenton, Va,
talking to-day about politics in his
State, said that almost everybody he
knew there was either for free silver,
or. whether so or not, would vote
| the regular democratic ticket. He
had, he said, made visit to the Valley
portion of his State, and that during II
be only saw one anti-Bryan man, and
be was drunk and said he intended to
vote the prohibtionst ticket.
Ex-Congressman Kerr and Colonel
Sarvis, both of Pennsylvania, are here
TO day. The former says that politics
are in a ferment in his State now, aud
that nc nan can foretell the result.
The men in tue mines and factories,
and the farmers seem to be 10 favor Of
Tree silver now. The great danger,
however, that he apprehended would
result from the unlimited use of repub.
lican money. The latter, who has been
summering in strong republican
district Of the State, Gays ne only talk
ed with republicans, and that when he
asked them if there was any free silver
up in that country, they answered: yes,
too damned much Of it.
A Virginia democrat here to-day, old
enough to remember the better days OF
MS party, in talking about the gold
boilers, and of those among them
who have political aspirations, said the
late Senator J. N. Mason told him that
upot enc occasion, when q young man,
he had scrst ched the name of candi-
date for constable an the regular demo,
cratic ticket, and the facu NAV he Aau
done so was brought up whenevc.r he
was a candidate for office, and came
very near altering the whole course OF
his life.
Mr.. Francis, the new Secretary of the
Interior, was sworn into Office to-day.
Congressman Richardson, Of Tennes-
see, who has been in charge of the
Washington branch of the national dem
ocratic headquarters, has been trans
ferred to the chief headquarters in Chi
cago, and Mr.. Clark Howell of Georgia.
takes his place here.
Ii Hung Changes special train is ex'
pected to make record over the Penn
sylvania road this afternoon by running
from Philadelphia to Washington in
two hours, overtsking and passing the
limited at Havre de Grace and reach
ing here at o'clock. The members of
the Chinese Legation aud the populace
at large will form the only parade from
the depot to the Arlington where the
yellow flag bearing the black dragon
swapping at the red ball was hosted on
the main flagstaff this morning.
Tomorrow the Viceroy will devote the
greater portion of the day to Chinese
affairs exclusively. He will go to the
legation out on Meridian Hill at II
o'clock. There a peculiarly Chinese
luncheon will be served at noon at
which only the ambassador and his son
and principal secretaries will be the
guests of Minister Yang Yu. In
the afternoon the Minister pro-
poses to take the Ambassador
for a drive to the Soldiers Home.
Saturday it is proposed by Gen. Ruger
to conduct the viceroy and suite on a
hasty tour of this city, visiting the
capitol, the Washington monument and
several of the executive departments,
ending possibly with trolley car
party to Mount Vernon, where wreath
will be left at Wsshington's tomb.
L1HUNG CHANG AND MAJ. DANIEL.
Senator Daniel and his secretary, Mr..
Young, returned to America on the st.