Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-11-04
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence OF the Alexandra Gazetto.]
WASHINGTON, Nov. 4.

cessful, as the people there have at last
learned that while negroes may De IN
duced to stay away from the polls,
those who go, are too much in dread OF
their own race to vote any other ticket
than the republican.
Postmaster Read of Viewpoints News,
who is here to-day says the appoint
ment of Mr.. Waddey as postmaster at
Norfolk is not popular one. Judge
Riley says it is most unpopular one,
and will tend to increase the democratic
majority in that district next Tuesday.
The Judge also says that Mr.. John
Wise told him he intended to carry
sic, 900 of Wall street money to Nor
folk for DR.. Wise's campaign. The
Judge being asked if Mr.. Wise had
really told him that, replied that he
would cut off the ears of the man who
denied it, close 10 his head.
VIM. II. Lucas was appointed COL
lector of customs at st. Johns, Fla,
to. day, and VIM. II. Allaire adjutant
general with the rank of lieutenant
colonel of the District of Columbia Ma
tional Guard.
Senator Platt, president of the Tioga
National Bank of New York, had
conference with the Comptroller of the
Currency to-day and sfter the meeting
the statement was made that the bank
would resume.
No rupture in the peace negotiations
at Paris to-day is expected by the ad-
miuistration. 1t is not thought that
the negotiations will be broken off.
Arrangements are being made here
for the reception of the Fourth Ohio
volunteers which arrived at New York
last night from Porto Rico, by the AS
sistaut Adjutant General. They will
reach Washington early to morrow
morning. a collation. will be served
them upon their arrival, after which
they will march with full equipment
through the portico of the White
House, where the President will review
them. They will continue their march
to the street between the Navy Depart
ment and the White House where they
will stack arms. The regiment will
then march in single file through the
White House proper, the President, in
the East Room, shaking hands with
each soldier individually. After the
reception by the President, the regi-
ment will be hurried aboard the cars
and to Ohio in order that they may
have an opportunity to register on
Monday and vote on Tuesday.
At the conclusion of the Cabinet
meeting to-day Secretary Hay said that
no news had been received from the
Peace Commission and that the meet
log was prolonged in the hope that
so nothing would be received.
a The report is credited that Senator
Mcmillan, of Michigan, will be appoint.
ed ambassador to England.
Owing to the decision of Judge Is.
combe, of New York, that creditors
may levy on the assets of bank in the
hands of the Comptroller Of the Cur.
rency, Mr.. Dawes to-day appointed
temporary receivers for several banks
so that the creditors may be placed on
an even footing. He says, however,
that he will withdraw the receivers.
From Maryland it Is learned to-day
| that while the true blue and old time
democrats of that State are by no
means enthusiastic, in consequence of
the treatment they have received from
the gold men who formerly belonged
to their party and OF the nomination of
several so called gold democrats for
Congress in their State, they will turn
out next Tuesday and vote the regular
dem ocratic ticket, and that consequent
" Maryland may "come," next Tues
day, and join the Southern sisterhood,
though sue didn't do 80 in the time
that tried mems souls and bodies too.
People from Falls Church, Virginia,
here to-day, say many of the voters
there have failed to register and have
therefore disfranchised themselves, but
that Mr.. Rixey, the democratic candi-
date for Congress, will have no practi-
cal opposition there, as neither one of
the Alexandria republican candidates
for his place is known there.
At democratic headquarters here it
is said that nearly all the applicants
for transportation certificates are men
in the pay OF the government, and that
many of them do not intend to go
home and vote, but will De in their
places Tuesday, and only applied for
such certificates in order TO be recorded
1T democratic headquarters es demo-
Gratis, in hope tba. they may be retained
in their places if the democrats shall
succeed.
More than seven Thousand applications for
positions in tbs Porto Rican Postofice De-
partment are on file at headquarters here,
though there are only thirty mine to DO given,
and nearly as many Tor the Cuban and Phil
| ppne stations.
Senator Platt Was visitor at the White
House this morning it is said in the interest
the President, it is reported, will take action
after the elections.
A uniform system OF keeping books at the
various United States courts will be required
by the Department of Justice. The examin.
ers of the department. are in the city receiv.
ing instructions as to book keeping. They
sre also being made familiar with the bank.
luptcy law.
Naval Constructor Hobson to-day made
personal appeal to Secretary Long for per-
mission to raise the Spanish ships sunk at
Santiago but was again referred to the board
Of construction which decided that his plans
were visionary.
DR. Arthur Snowden of Alexandria, who
when in Porto Rico was chief surgeon of the
| U. S. A. in that island. and DR.. 6ayne of this
city, brigade surgeon at Chattanooga, have
been honorably discharged.
Secretary Kerr of the democratic Congress
SIGNAL committee, who has just returned from
| Pennsylvania, says that thousands of the
Wanamaker men in that State, indeed nearly