Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-07-15
FROM WASHINGTON.
CORRESPONDENCE Of the Alexandria Gazette ]
WASHINGTON. July 10.


to the honor of his State be it spoken,
he is Virginian, Solicitor General
Holmes Conrad. In short talk with
the GAzETTE's correspondent this morn
ing, he said that while the platforms of
party conventions were ephemeral and
often ineffective, the principles of de-
mocracy were fundamental and ever
lasting, and that being democrat, and
the democratic party having nominated
a ticket, he should support it, and do
all he could to prevent the republi-
cans, with their high tariff, unlimited
pensions, and centralizing policies from
regaining control of the government.
He is opposed to free silver coinage and
some of the other planks in the Chica-
go platform, but they are not the only
things the democrats have to fight fer.
Colonel ]. D. Brady of Virginia says
the nomination of Mr.. Thorp for Con-
gress in the Petersburg district was not
confirmed at the last meeting of the re-
publican committee of his State, and that
MIR. Gee is as much the republican con-
gressional nominee in that district as
Mr.. Thorp is. He also says that Col
onel Lambs deposition of Colonel Boil
ing from his place as member of the
executive committee because he could
not sanction Thorp's nomination is by
no means satisfactory to the republic
cans of his State. He says, however,
that the differences in the party in Vir-
ginia will not affect the vote for Nc
Kinley.
Major Love, chairman of the demo
cratic committee Of Fairfax county,
here to day, says the democrats of his
county will support their party's Ma
tional ticket. In respect of the demo-
cratic Congressional nominee in his dis
trict, he says Mr.. Rixey has made a
thorough and we'll organized campaign,
and from what he hears will go into
the convention with more delegates
than any other candidate, though not
enough to secure the nomination on
the first ballot.
The Office of stamp deputy in the in
ternal revenue Office at Norfolk having
been abolished, a delegation of the
merchants and business men of that
city, headed by Colonel Brady and ex'
Congressman Bowden, called upon
Commissioner Miller yesterday for the
purpose of having it reestablished. The
indications are that their visit will not
be without effect.
Mr.. Frank Hume, who was dele
gate to the Chicago convention, says the
men at the head of the boiling move
ment would have bolted at the conven-
ton but for the fact that by 30 doing
they would have rendered themselves
ridiculous, as their delegations would
not have followed them; that Amos
Cummings when a bolt was proposed at
meeting of the New York delegation,
said the minority had been fairly treat
ed by the majority, and that he could
not see how democrats could refuse to
submit to the will of the majority; and
that his speech stopped all boiling fin
that delegation. He also says that so
far is Governor Altgeld from being an
anarchist, as he is supposed to be in
the East, that the property owners in
Chicago say he has downed the rings
and restricted official corruption there
to such an extent that the people of
that city, irrespective of party, think he
is the best Governor they have had in
years. He says there is some probabili-
ty that the protectionists and boilers,
by the use of large amount of money,
may induce the populist convention to
put up ticket, but that if they do, it
will receive few votes, as the populists
will be satisfied with free silver this
year.
Senator Chandler says: "If the
silver movement keeps on as it has be-
gun, no power on earth can elect Nc
Kinley." Judging from the talk here,
the silver movement is not only keep
ing on, but is gathering strength as it
progresses. The democratic boilers
seem to be aiding it immensely, as it
appears that for every one of them
there are ten from other parties or in.
dependents who will flock to the Bryan
standard. 1t is reported that though
the administration will keep up its OPP
position to the democratic ticket,it con-
cedes that the Jig is up, and, to use its
reported words, "the country will soon
be in the hands of the populists."
Owing to the fact that the amount of
silver dollars in the treasury for the re-
demption of treasury notes has become
reduced to SIC, 659, $50 and will be fur
Their reduced by redemption during the
current month, the coinage of silver
dollars by the minis will be increased
from one and one-half million dollars to
three million dollars per month from
the first of August, and will probably
be continued at that rate in order that
the treasury may have q sufficient stock
to redeem treasury notes presented in
exchange for silver dollars. On the
first of March 1898, the treasury held 3d.
800, 461 standard silver dollars for the
redemption of treasury notes issued un-
der the act of July 1890. To-day the
number of silver dollars held by the
treasury for the redemption of treasury
notes is 10,659,5S2. Since the first of
March 1898, the coinage of silver dol
lars has aggregate FL, 1885, OF this
sum, however, $2,311 ,677 was profits,
or seiguiorage, which leaves 1851 1873
for the redemption of treasury notes.
The amount of treasury notes redeem-
ed in silver dollars and Cancelled from
November let, 1898, to July IA, 1896,
was $2S, 400, 25S.
ELopEMENT.-Mr. Joe P. Myers,