Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-11-07
FROM WASHINGTON.
CORRESPONDENCE Of the Alexandria Gazette.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 6.

CORRESPONDENCE OF the Alexandria GaSette.l
WASHINGTON, Nov. E.
Application was made to prominent
commission house on Louisiana avenue
here few days ago by the son OF
very Influential farmer Of Maryland for
position, who stated that he was &C
ouainted with nearly all the shippers of
produce to this market, and related to
all the old families of his section of the
State. and that he thought ne could in
huence large shipments. To his sur
prise. the merchant said he was now
discouraging such shipments, for the
reason that money being so scarce, he
had, in order to get rid of the large
amount sent him, to give credit to the
hucksters, who, in the matter of pay
ing were poor even in good times, but
now it was impossible to collect from
them.
A gentleman from Mudd's district, in
Maryland, here to day, said that at q
meeting Friday, held at Forrestville,
one O. me republican speakers stated
that "if Mudd was elected, within three
days after election he would have all
the idle men and teams there at work ,ex-
tending Pennsylvania avenue through
Prince Georges to Charles county" II is
unnecessary to say that the aforesaid idle
men received this with much satisfac'
ton, which recalls the ancient promise
If forty acres and a mule. Those IA
niiiar with lhe district say Mudd's
chances are slim for re election, as he
has made many enemies during bis
erm in Congle;s.
Applications for discharge from the
army are pouring in at the War Depart
ment at the rate OF thousand day,
but only those of such as have pulls"
are granted.
The room of the L. S. supreme court
having been badly damaged by the gas
explosion under it yesterday, the mem
bers of that court met to-day in the
room of the Senate committee On the
District OF Columbia, which is on the
font of the Senate side of the Capitol.
No decisions were rendered.
No Virginians are in the city to-day,
all those usually seen here having gone
home to vote. The prevailing impress
sion among those here last week, in re-
spect of the election, and it was held
bv republicans as we'll as democrats,
was that all the congressional districts
10 their State would be represented BY
/ democrats in the 18th Congress, though
the republican congressional campaign
committee, it is said, have sent large
sum of money TO two or three of them
Fewer democrats have gone from
here to vote in Virginia than ever be-
fore, and that, toe, though transporta-
ton were offered them. 1t has been
the same way with other States. In
deed, the way the democrats have been
treated by Mr. Cleveland and those
who followed him seems to have taken
much of the spirit that once used to in
spire the democrats that frequent
Washington, and many Of them are
mad and say they don't care if the
| whole thing "goes," as they can stand
i. if the boilers eau.
MIR. c. Z Huntington visited the
President this morning. He was or
mis- way to New York from Newport
! News.
Justice McKeuna of the Supreme
Court also called at the White House
ibis morning, it is said, to advise the
President to recommend in his message
10 Congress an appropriation for the
erection OF building for the use Of the
Supreme Court the court of claims
and perhaps the Department of Justice
william a. E. Moore, who was arrested IL
New York city yesterday on charge O.
bla ,kmailing, was appointed from Ohio al
| consular agent to Durham. Natal by Preslden
Mex inley on May 12 1897, but be never
went to his post.
Congressman Hilborn of California, who
visited the War and Navy Departments this
morning, says there are ffty.six warships il
the course of construction and that at the
next session of Congress q number of other
first class battleships and cruisers will be pro-
vided for.
Mrs Mckinley will accompany the Presi.
dent on his trip to Canton tonight. The
train will leave here at 1920 o'clock and al.
rive at Canton tomorrow morning After
voting the President will take the same train
aud reach here "Wednesday morning.
Cll. F L. Smith of Alexandria was here
to-day and argued the case of Bryant vs.
Monogue before Judge Cox of the District
Court, as counsel for the plaintiff, Captain
Herbert Bryant of his city.
1t is now conceded by the conservative
public men here that if the peace treaty to
be made with spain by the Paris commission
| ers shall provide for the seizure of the whole
Philippine group of islands, the President
cannot induce the required two thirds of the
Senate to support it.
The hopes of the democrats here are not as
buoyant to-day as they were last week, in
consequence OF the clrrent and credited re-
uort that Mr.. Hanna has repeated his per-
f)rmance of two ago and bought hundreds of
thousands of voters in all parts of the North,
especially in his own State and in New York.
To such an extent has this been done that
the President to-day expressed his entire con-
fidence in victory in New York and in hay
ing msjorty in the next Congress.
A NEW RAILROAD.