Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-09-29
FROM Washing ION.
Correspondence of the Alexandria Gazette. ]
WASHINGTON, Sept. %.

WASHINGTON, Sept. %.
Regarding the alleged article from
the Financial Ne,cs OF London, stated to
be forgery, about which there has been
so much controversy, Mr.. J. NJ. Devine,
one of the attaches of the national sill
yer headquarters, asserts that the origi.
nal ait Gle was received by him as sec
rotary of the American Bimetallic Lea
que in the month Of May, 1894 1t was
received through the mail, the envelope
containing it being post-marked Lon
don, England. He says he mas the
original in his possession at the present
time.
NJ. E. Scott was appinted postmaster
at Bane, Giles county, Va, to day, vice
NJ. a. Williams, resigned.
The agent of large transportation
line here to-day says he knows it to be-
a fact that the railroads supply free
transportation to all the workingmen's
excursions to Canton and TO other re
publican meetings, and that the OIL or
expenses of such excursions, including
the loss of time to the excusionists. are
paid out of the republican election fund.
A reliable and we'll known resident
of New Haven, Connecticut, here to-
day, says son of Dir. Whitney and
on of MIR. Vanderbilt, Yale students,
orr ,inated and planned the outrage by
which Mr.. Bryan was prevented from
epe ,king at New Haven last week.
They hired the band and cot about one
half of the students of the college to
10 them. Ten OF the rowdies, he
says, but neither of the two mentioned,
we're arrested. but were let oil.
Mr.. McCaull, republican candidate
for Congress in the Alexandria district,
and Mr.. Park Agnew, chairman of the
republican committee OF that district,
we're in conference here to-day in re-
spect of the campaign in their district
and Of appointments for speaking there.
Mr.. H. G. Burton of New York o nov
On the stump for them in Stafford and
King George counties.
1t is stated ct democratic headquar-
ters here to-day that many Of the sub
sidized organs of the plutocrats, some in
this city aud vicinity, will suspend pub
lication after the Presidential election.
Mr.. Felix McClosky, an old-time
Tammapy democrat, is here to-day.
He says Cleveland and his followers
hrst, and more recently Hill, have hurt
us party considerably, but now that it
has q straight democratic ticket to sup
port, its members are raliying together
again, and have had their hopes reYiy-
ed. The workingmen of his city, he
says, are with them almost to man.
He says Hanna's money is flying about
there as plentifully az white flakes in
d snow storm, and that Broadway from
the Battery to Central Park is covered
with Mckinley banners, all Of which,
he says, only tends to make the poor
man angry. The head of a truckman's
association, he says, told him he had re-
ceived six hundred dollars for his in
fuence, but that he was going TO use it
in favor of Bryan. who is the working
mans candidate. Other democrats
however, he says, who have bad so little
honor as to sell themselves, say theif
honor will compel them TO stand by the
bargain.
A guest of the Metropolitan Hotel,
just from Boston, speaking of Mr.
Bryan's recent visit to that city this
morning, said that having some leisure
hours there he made it his business to
talk with such laboring men as he saw
idle and that almost without ex.
oeption they expressed themselves in
favor of Bryan; so strong is this feeling
among the workingmen of Boston that
ne doubts the truth of the republican
press to the effect that Massachusetts
will give large maj ority for Mckinley.
The contract for two of the torpedo
boats recently advertised by the gov
ernment has been awarded to Mr.
Lewis Nixon, formerly of Leesburg,
Virginia, now the proprietor of the
Cresson ship yard at Elizabeth, D. J.
Mr.. Ssilson Hutchings is hayilg
some trouble about his recent purchase
of half interest in the Richmond State,
as some of the other shareholders in |
that newspaper object to its columns
being used in the interest of the demo
cratic ticket Mr.. Hutchings has aban-
doned his idea of speaking in Rich
mond, but will speak in Alexandria if
invited by the democratic committee of
that city to do so.
A delegation of West Virginia demo
Gratis met at the Metropolitan Hotel
here this evening and made arrange
meuts for meeting Mr., Bryan, who will
arrive here tomorrow morning from
New York, and escort him to their
st tie, in which he will make speeches
at all the towns and cities along the
B. & 0. r. r. On the next day the
delegates of the democratic clubs of
this city and vicinity to their national
convention will leave here for St. Louis
by iha G. & O. R. R.
According 70 letter received at demo.
cratic headquarters this morning from Pitts
burg Pa, The headquarters of the republicans
at Homestead, Pa, have beon closed, aud the
furniture attached.
The President has pardoned c. j. GrbAth, |
convicted of illicit distilling in Virginia in |
April last. to six months in Jail and fine of |
SiOO. The prison physician states that
Griffith is in poor health and that longer i'm
prisonment will endanger his life. Or this |
account the pardon wss granted.
COTJRT OF APPEALS.