Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-07-30
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FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence Of the Alexandra Gazette.]
WASHINGTON, July 80.

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WAsHINaToN, July 80.
Some idea of the size Of the vast
thropg of Office seekers that has called
upon the President since the 4th OF
March was conveyed to the visitors at
the White House today when they
saw q number of workmen lifting up
and strengthening the floor OF the
large lobby just outside the Presidents
Office. This floor has sunk no less
than four inches from the weights i'm
posed upon it. 1t lies directly above
the vast East Room and 80 cannot be
supported from beneath without dis
figuring that splendid apartment. A
plan has been prepared by Col. biDg'
ham, the superintendent OF public
buildings and grounds, for suspending
the floor from the heavy roof beams
above.
The following is copy of a letter
that was received at the office of the
District commissioners to-day: 1.-The
Hon. Commissioners D. c.: Gentlemen,
I am informed that the contractor for
the removal of garbage from the District
of Columbia has recommended to your
honorable board the erection of re-
duction plant on land situate in Mary
land and opposite to the city of Ale1an-
dria, known as the Rozier tract, said
works to be used in disposing of dead
animals as well as the garbage OF this
city. If 1 am correctly informed, de-
sire entering my protest against the
Location Tho uioipifu IF oirhar the
cities of Alexandria or Washington OF
such works. l beg leave, however, to
suggest that this city's garbage be sent
at least ten miles down the river, where
works could be built conveniently on
some of the creeks flowing into the Po-
tomac and where it will not be NUS
ance to the travelling public or menace
to health. With great respect l am
your obedient servant. FRANK HUME. ="
When the garbage was sent to the place
above referred to before, great complaint
was made by the people of Alexandra,
and it is not likely that it will be any
less now. Washington garbage should
be burned in Washington, and not be
permitted to pollute the air OF all the
surrounding country.
Colonel Brady, collector of internal
revenue for the lower district of Vir-
GINA, and Collector Agnew, of the up
per district, are still here, and will re.
main certainly until tomorrow night.
They, with Judge Waddill, constitute d
majority of the executive committee OF
the republican party of their State, and
are opposed to State republican con-
yention this fall. Colonel Brady, in
talking on this subject, last night. said
if the gold democrats would nominate
General Fitz Lee for Governor and
Governor O'Ferrall for Senator, their
democratic friends would see that the
election was fair. or know the reason
why, and that with the solid republi-
can support they would receive, the
State would be redeemed from demo
cratic control, and the patent fraudu-
lent election system now in operation
be abolished root and branch.
Ex-Governor Ga es OF Alabama is hert
to day. He says there are no political
developments in his State, and all news
paper statements in respect of such
matters are founded upon nothing more
substantial than speculation. 1t is
pi obable, however. he says, that the
populists there will dissolve into their
original elements, and that the gold
democrats will 60 back to their old
party, if the latter shall be as mild a.
hose in Maryland have been, and.shall
not come out Hatfooted for the Chicago
platform.
postmaster Mclaughlin of Lynch
burg is here to-day. He Gays the re
publicans of his section of the country
are opposed to the calling of State re
publican convention this year. He also
saws there are two other stamp agents
10 the upper district of Virginia, besides
those mentioned in yesterdays GA
zsTTE, one at Martinsville and one at
Bedford, but that their salaries are
small.
Three and quarter million of the
gold surplus in the Treasury was with
drawn to-day for export tomorrow.
As the patronage of the two internal
revenue collectors in Virginia mas been
go restricted by the new civil service
rules, those two officials are put to a
great deal of trouble. They naturally
want to give the few offices at their
disposal to the most effective republi-
can workers in their respective dis
tricts, and there is where their trouble
CONES in, as it is difficult for them to
determine who those men are, in view
of the many claims to such pre-emi-
hence.
It is pretty generally understood
here that Mr.. Forman, commissioner OF
internal revenue, will retain that posi-
ton until the end of the current year.
Democrats from Southside Virginia
here to-day have revived the old idea
of nominating a populist for Lieut..
Governor, and say the action of the
State populist convention at Roanoke
yesterday makes the wisdom of that
idea the more apparent, as its adoption
would secure to the ticket the whole
populist vote. Democrats from other
parts of the State, however, say there
should be no coalition with the popu-
lists.
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