Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-05-15
FROM WASHINGTON.
Of tho Alexandris Gazette.
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Washington, May 10.
Mr.. Frank Hume, who has returned
from Charleston, says the demonstrated
intention Of the people of that city at
The late Confederate reunion there was
that the soldiers of the lost cause should
have everything that city afforded,
without money aud without price, and
lh&t if any of those soldiers there didn't
DO so, he has only himself 80 blame.
He also says the failure to send q car
rage for General Wheeler was entirely
accidental, and that the Kissing of the
name OF Lee was unaccountable, and re-
GREETED even by some of those engaged
in it.
People Just here from Ohio say that
while Senator Foraker has already sue
cumbed to the mslign influence of Mr..
Hanna, numerous other Influential re-
pubicans in that State have not and do
not intend to, and that the election Of
delegates to the State convention now
in progress shows that the fight be.
tween the two factions is fast and
furious.
From Alexandria county, just across
the river, news here today is that the
negro majority in that county is COM
posed of many separate clubs, each of
which is for itself, and though the re-
publcsns there have nominated a
ticket, the man VINO comes down the
most literally will get their support,
and there are so many candidates for
each OF the paying offices, that nobody
can now tell who will be elected.
Senator Deboe of Kentucky is here
today. He has come to protest against
the Presidents determination to divide
the census supervisors in each of the
Southern States equally between the
two parties, and says there are enough
republicans 10 his State to fill al the
federal offices there. He is accom-
panied by some of the prominent mem
bers of his party in his State, who are
10 back him. His present intention
is to wait until the President returns
and to present the case to him. What
be has heard since he arrived, however,
has tended to dampen the ardor of his
protest.
The enemies of Senator. elect Clarke
of Montana are collecting and formu.
latng charges against him to present
to the Senate when it reassembles. But
it is said here by those familiar with
the facts of the case that they defeated
him before and now that he has beaten
them, they are actuated only by envy,
hated and malice, and cannot succeed.
1t has just been discovered that the
poor and easily deceived negroes of
the South have been gulled again by
their dear friends in the North, and
that thousands of them have given their
quarters, halves and dollars to the
agents OF Northern company who reg
lister such of them as were slaves, tell
ing them that efforts are being made to
secure from Congress large pensions
for them.
General NJ. G. Butler says the print.
ed report that he has purchased home
and tract of land near Clouds mill,
short distance west of Alexandria, is
not true, and that he has made no such
purchase.
Affairs N neither Cuba nor the Philippines
are by no means satisfactory at the War De.
partment, whore the opinion of the insur.
gents in both has become like that entertain
ed Of them By all intell gent and we'll inform
ed people before the Spanish war commenced.
Senator Daniel has left for his home in
Lynchburg and will not return until next
month. He does not know whether his son
will remain IN the army or pursue his
collegiate studies. The Senator will not at.
tempt 10 influence him, as he thinks young
men should choose their own professions.