Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-08-24
FROM WASHINGTON.

less 30.
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence of the Alexandria Gazette.]
WASHINGTON, Aug. "a.
This city always has been the head
quarters of the Virginia republicans,
and is 30 now as much as ever. 1t Is
here that all their plans are formed and
their orders issued, and as the latter,
during republican supremacy, have the
endorsement of the administration, they
are ALVEY obeyed. There is no doubt
that the present administration en-
dorses the recognized republican COM
mittee of Virginia, and will act in ac-
cordance with all the recommendations
OF that committee. This being 30, and
that it is, there isn't the shadow of a
doubt, It may be stated with as much
certainty as anything may be that has
not actually occurred, that Mr.. Brown
Allen will be appointed marshal of the
western, and Mr.. Morgan Treat OF the
eastern district of Virginia, and that
Mr.. Blair will remain assistant attorney
for the western district. It has also
been practically determined that Mr..
Gleayes will be attorney for the wes-
tern district and Mr.. Coles, assistant at
torney for the eastern, though in the two
latter cases contingencies may change
the slate. It has also been intimated
at the State Department that two
consulates are sure to come to Virgin
ians, and that Mr.. Ashby, of Spottsyl.
yania, will get one of them.
Senator Martin of Virginia is expect
ed here this evening. His stopping
place is at the Metropolitan Hotel.
Nathan a. G. Smith, of Wisconsin,
for q quarter of q century we'll known
employee of the Postofice Department
and recently chief of the bond division,
resigned to-day. His successor is Capt.
G. D. Dickey, of Ohio, another veteran
employee.
Virgins republicans now here are
surprised that the two republican con-
gressmen from their State should have
arrayed themselves against the State
republican committee and of course
against the administration, and there
By lost all or nearly all their influence,
and that, too, when they must have
known they were knocking their heads
against brick wall. The committee
now tells them they can get aboard
their boat, if they want to, and they
will divide what is left equally with
them, but that If they don't choose to
do 30, they needn't, as it makes no diff
ference to them.
Alexandria republicans here to-day
say the talk of the kickers in their
party In that city about recognizing
their city committee amounts to moth
ing, and that the names of the kickers
are not on the books of the city, nor
on those of the State committee, and
that nobody, except themselves, cares
what they say or do, as they are in
significant. and having neither the city
nor State committee to sustain them,
they can have no standing with the
administration.
Messrs. Bowden, Brady, Agnew and
Treat, who have been here for day or
two, will go their respective homes this
evening or tomorrow. While here they
went to the Postoffice Department, the
Government Printing Office and some OF
the other Offices in the interest of re-.
publican Office seekers from their State
They say there are now no differences
in their party in Virginia. that no ap-
plication without the approval of the
State committee will be considered by
the administration, and that that COM
mittee will not be divided on any ap-
plication.
A guest at the Metropolitan Hotel
to-day who has just spent two weeks in
Bedford county, Virginia, says that n
all that time he did not meet single
man who was not in favor of both the
Chicago ticket and platform.
A Madison county, Virginia, republi-
can now in the city, says that regular
or not regular as it may be, the republi-
cans OF his State will hold convention
and nominate q State ticket, and, what's
more, that General Walker, one of the
republican congressman from that
State, Is 10 favor of such convention.
He says if there are to be republican
tickets in ell the counties, as the State
committee recommends, it would be
worse than folly not to have State
ticket.
John D. Marshall, the Prince Georges
county, Md, farmer, who was shot by
an unknown negro near this city yes.
'erday morning, died to-day at Provi-
dence Hospital. The murderer is still
at large.
A party Of congressman with a citizens
committee from Wheeling, West Virginia,
will leave tomorrow night for San Francisco,
whore the Wheeling committee will present q
silver service to the gunboat Wheeling, now
about completed at the Mare Island navy
yrd. Among the Representatives is General
Walker of Virginia.
II is now rumored that not only was the
g. A. 3. of the North opposed to Colonel
Mosby's getting anything from the admins
tration, but that opposition to him was mani.
tested even by Northern republicans in his
native State. 1t is we'll known that the Colonel
mover had sny uso for the latter and never
troubled himself to conceal the feelings he
had for them and then, too, they thought
his appointment might be credited to Virginia,
and thereby lessen their chances for Office.