Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-09-15
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence of the Alexandria Gazett
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improbable as such a thing would
be, there is no doubt of the fact that
the democratic Office holders here who
have been at all pronounced in their
support of the national democratic tick
ct believe that they have been black
listed and will soon be discharged. For
their own sake it is hoped none of them
will comply with request to resign,
but will say as Auditor Baldwin, of the
Treasury has, that if incompetent or
inefficient they should be removed.
But if they shall be discharged, what
must be done with the cabinet ministers
and other higher so-called democratic
officials who have been actively en-
gagged in attempts to defeat the demo-
cratic ticket?
General Eppa Hunton, who has been
campaigning in Virginia for Bryan and
Sewall, says he was informed by reli.
able and we'll posted authority in the
counties, cities and.towns referred to-
that there are IS goldites in Albemarle
county including Charlottesville, so in
Stanton, % in Harrisonburg, 80 in
Winchester, and II in Berryville. The
General estimates the democratic ma.
ority in Virginia at $4,000, and says
he is assured that General Walker, the
republican congressional candidate in
the 9th district will be defeated.
w. b. McClung was appointed post
master at McClung, Bath county, Va,
to-day, vice Joseph Baxter, removed.
Varly JapnncrofS hara fn 10 Y, 40 Y,
the condition of the silver telling there
is the same as it is in the West and
South, so that it makes no difference
whether Senator Hill favors or opposes
it, as the working people entertain
it, and they can make it effective with
out leaders; indeed they say that the
Senator's help now, might do the cause
more harm than good.
The result of the election in Maine
yesterday seems to be of no conse-
quence at either democratic, silver or
populist headquarters here, and when
spoken of at all, it Is said. that the ma
jority may as we'll have been one hun.
dred thousand as what it was, as the
democrats, aware that they had no
chance of succeeding, made no effort to
do 30, while the republicans, for its eff
feet on the November election, by the
Unlimited use of money, brought out
every voter in the State.
Senator Butler says he never wrote
the letter to Congressman Howard,
printed in some of the morning papers,
stating that Sewall would be Withdrawn,
and never conceived the idea of doing
30, nor did he ever say, which has also
been printed, that he is sorry Mr..
BRYAN was nominated. How any such
letter az that referred to was ever pub
lished, he can not tell, for assuredly it
was never written, and he is convinced
that Mr.. Bryan is the very best candi-
date that could have been selected.
The Senator said 'If the democratic
party had nominated Bryan or some
one like him in 1892, the populist party
would never have been organized;
there would have been no need for it.
The populist party in my State was
not organized until after the nomina-
ton of Grover Cleveland. l believe
that Bryan ought to be elected and am
confident that he will"
Senator Dubois, of Idaho, now here
in consultation with the national COM
mittee of the silver party, says his ad-
vice would be to spend neither time
nor money in any of the New England
States, nor in Pennsylvania, New York
or New Jersey, as all those States are
in the hands of Wall street and the pro-
tectionists, and as they are not wanted,
as the entire West is practically solid,
and the South of course will be.
The Washington correspondent OF
widely circulated Western gold news.
paper, who has been to Indiana and
Kentucky enquiring into the condition
of political affairs there, says he is Ger.
tain that both those States will 60 for
BRYAN, almost all the farmers thereof
being for free silver.
Mr.. Pat McCaull, the republican can
didate for Congress in the Alexandria
district, was here to-day. He says he
was at Louisa Courthouse yesterday,
but that the democrats refused dis
cussion, so that the republicans spoke
on one side of the Court House and the
democrats on the other. The republi-
can speakers were Messrs. Franklin,
Flanagan and himself, and the demo-
cratic. Messrs. Anderson and Petit.
Mr.. NIcCaull says he was we'll satisfied
with the days work and is with his
prospects. He will be at Stafford
Court House tomorrow, where he ex-
poets TO meet General Hunton, Mr..
Rixey and other democratic speakers.
1t has been reported by boilers jour-
nails that ex-senator Mcpherson, of
New Jersey, is opposed to free silver.
On the contrary, Mr.. McPherson's
friends here say he is NOT only in favor
of free silver, but if in good health
would go on the stump for it, and will
subscribe to the extent OF his ability to
the democratic campaign fund.
Chairman Faulkner, Of the demo-
cratic congressional committee, says
that the removal of Mr.. Sewall is not
among the possibilities and deciareS
that sll talk in that direction is worse
than idle. 1t could not be done even
# it was desirable and that it would
NOT be done YVES, he asserted with much
emphasis, absolutely fixed and deter.
mined.
BAsEBALL.-The games played by the