Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-12-03
FROM WASHINGTON.
TCorrespondence OF the hle1andrla eazelVe'-
WASHINGTON. Dec. 3.


CORRESPONDENCE OF the Alexandria Gazette.J
WASHINGTON, Dec. 8.
Consul General Lee has informed the
State Department that the Insurgents
in Cuba elected asd installed at Yaza
Porto Principe on October Goth the
following officers: President, barlolo
Masso; Vice President, Domingo Men
dtz Capote; Secretary of War, Jose b.
Aleman; Secretary of the Treasury.
Earnisto Font Stearling; Secretary OF
Foreign Affairs, Andres Morens de Ia
Tore: Secretary of the Interior, Manuel
X. Silva; General in Chief, Maxine Go
mez. Lieut.. General, Calixito Garcia.
Republican congressman now here
say that as they were elected on a plat
f,rm that declared for the civil service
law, they don't we'll see how they can
vote to repeal that law, but that they
| taink il possible to so amend it that it
may only apply to the government de-
psrtments in this city.
Mr.. Dulany Bruin, chairman of the
democratic committee of Loudoun
county. who was here to-day, says
there is no doubt that MIR. Charles
Janney, OF Leesburg, will be the next
Judge of Loudoun county.
Colonel Mosby was escorted into the
Presidents Office yesterday by private
secretary Porter, but only said few
words to him, and they were not in re.
gard to any official appointment:
A delegation of Virginia republicans
from Harrisonburg called upon the
President yesterday and protested
against the proposed appointment OF
Mr. Fuukhouser as postmaster at that
tnwn. A delegation was also here to
prevent the appointment OF the man
who has the recommendation OF the
state republican committee for post
| master at Dayton, and the commission
of the man appointed postmaster at
Port Republic has been held up.
George d. Sipple was to day appointed
postmaster at Snyder, Va.
The advices received at the White
House to day regarding the condition
of the Presidents mother indicate that
she can hardly survive more than few
DAYS. II is the Presidents intention to
| return TO Washington for the opening
! of Congress on Monday if his mothers
condition will permit him 10 make the
rip. la the event of his being detain-
ed at Canton there may be some delay
in the regular programme. Several
Presidents have sent special communi-
cations to Congress while absent from
Washington, bu. at the opening of a
session Of Congress the formalities are
such as to require, under any ordinary
circumstances, the personal pres
4nce of the President in this city.
Il is likely if the President is detain-
ed at Canton that Congress will imme.
stately adjourn aud await his return to
Washington. Should Mckinley, how
ever, desire not to delay Congress, the
written message which is now at the
White House could be sent 10 Canton
for his signature and he transmitted to
both houses at the opening on Monday.
| The message has been printed
at the government printing office
Among the republicans from Virginia here
| today are Mess,s Smith and failey OF Bris.
toll. others are also here, but they all came
to, late, AS the President has gone away and
| il is not known when he Will return. GENERA
Groner of Norfolk went away yesterday
having been unable to got an audience with
| he President. Referee Bowden and Collector
Aenew were both hero to day
reformation was received here to-day from
Havana that the organ of tho autonomist
patty of the island, IL Pals" had issued 8
firm Al circular declaring, i'll behalf OF Cuban
autonomists that they were satisfied with TIE
pal of Cuban autonomy now extended Il
Cuba, a realiza.ion of the policy they ha1
urg d from the beginning of tho century, ex
pressing the greatest hopes in the new re
gime and declaring that with the fulfillmen
of all tho aspirations of the Cuban people
there remains 20 further rea-on for continu
ing the isht in the field
a well known Virginia republican here to
SAYS that when the county conventions OF hi
pa " shall be held next year he has no doub
that the State committee 81 that party will bt
reorgsnzed with few or none of its presen
| members.
Tue nearing given by the interstate com
mer e commission on the question of extend
ing the time within which the railro DIS O.
the country may comply with tho provision;
of the car coupler and train brake act was
concluded at Loon to-day. There seems to
DO no doubt whatever that an extension viii
be granted for three years, and that the ex-
tension will be general in is character
as any discrimination would fall as heavily
! on roads which have complied with the Law
| rs or those which have thus far disregarded it.