Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-05-30
exercises were held. At noon

Walter @. Gresham and Gen. Gibbon
were profnsely covered with floral
tributes. A salute by battery of the
Fourth U. s. Artillery, music by the
Marine Band, and singing by the Mo
Fart Club preceded the delivery OF the
Grafton of the day by Congressman
Marriott Brosius, of Pennsylvania. At
the Soldiers Home Cemetery special
services were held at the grave of Gen.
John A. Logan in addition to the main
ceremonies there at which Col. Charles
P. Lincoln delivered the address. The
local organization of the Legion of 10y
al Women went to Culpeper, Va, to-
day to decorate the graves of the sol
diers in the National Cemetery there.
The Legion of Loyal Women was in
charge of the decoration of the graves
at the various cemeteries.
Several of the leaders of both factions
of the prohibition party are here on
their way home from the Pittsburg
convention. Mr.. J. II. Southgate, of
Charlotte, N. c., who was put on the
"bolters" ticket as Vice President, with
Rev. Chas. E. Bentley, of Lincoln, Neb.,
the defeated "broad guage" leader, as
President, is one of them. He defines
the national party" Qhe name adopt
ed by the bolters) as populism and pro-
hibition attached. This definition is
amply borne out by the platform, which
not only includes free silver with the is
sue of legal tender paper sin sufficient
volume to meet all the demands of le-
climate business interests" but also
government control of railroads and
telegraph lines, election of Presi'
dent and Senators by the people,
non.sectarian schools and half dozen
ideas for which certain organizations
contend. 1t is the avowed purpose of
the national" party to send delega-
tons to both the great national conven.
tons to attempt to force these issues
upon each of them. The free silver
and unlimited greenback plank was
really the bone of contention. 1t was
Nebraska movement to force the
Nebraska populist platform upon the
prohibition convention. st. John, OF
Kansas, and others declared in advance
of the convention that if free silver
plank were not adopted they would
not support the ticket.
The Capitol was almost entirely de-
serted to-day, two or three members
only being in the chamber or committee
rooms of the House, and even less than
that number of Senators, on their side
of the building. The latter seemed to
think that the river and harbor bill
would be passed over the Presidents
veto with little or no debate, and that
Congress would adjourn towards the
end of next week.
People from Petersburg, Virginia,
here to-day, say that while the contest
for the republican Congressional nomi-
nation in that district is close, they
think that Colonel Brady will get it,
and that, strange as it may seem, his
chief supporters are General Boiling
aud other conspicuous followers of the
late General Malone, and that even j.
NJ. Langston, the negro ex-Congress-
man from that district, has declared for
him.
People from Leesburg here to-day say
the result of Thursdays election there
was very satisfactory to the white peo-
pie of the town, as nearly all the ne
groes voted for the defeated ticket.
They also say that though the town is
under prohibitory, law large quantity
of liquor was dispensed on that day,
chiefly, if not entirely by people who
voted for prohibition. They also say
every thing passed off very satisfactor-
ily at the Confederate memorial cele-
bration there yesterday, that large
crowd was present, and that Senator
Daniels address was greatly admired.
The Arlington branch of the Mt. Yer
non Railroad did large business to.
day, all the cars on it being crowded
to their utmost capacity. The number
of people who went from here to the
st. Asaph race track was also so large
that several additional cars had to be
attached to the trains in order to ac-
commodate them.
It is stated that Hon. N. B. Scott,
member of the national republican
committee from West Virginia, at the
approaching meeting of that committee,
will renew his resolution of four years
ago, that representation of the various
congressional districts in future ma
tional conventions be based upon the
republican vote polled therein, one
delegate being allotted to each district
for each 1000 votes, with an additional
delegate for fraction exceeding half
thereof, each district to have at least
one delegate" Under this rule Vir-
GINA would have 16 instead of "a dele
gates.
The delegates to the Virginia demo-
cratic convention from the counties of
Loudoun, Fairfax and Alexandria nave
agreed to go to Staunton by the B. &
o. r. R., and will leave Wednesday
morning on a special train, flying a
banner on which is inscribed Free Sill.
yer at 16 to 1, irrespective of other ma
tions-John Daniel for Vice President"
People from Alexandria county here
to-day say the selection of Fort Myer
for the site of the proposed new court
house for that county is not at all salts
factory, for the reason that it is difficult
of access, not being on any railroad
line.
A subcommittee Of tho House committee
on Indian affairs yesterday gave hearing 10
delegation Of Turtle Mountain (Chippewas)
Indians, respondent and picturesque in their
toggery of feathers and furs. Among the
visitors were several prominent members Of
the band. The:e included Good Thunder,
the chief of the tribe and "Old Man Afraid of
His Tail" This Indian is nearly blind, from
which misfortune he received his name. In
In 1862 he was one of the arbitrators between
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