Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-08-21
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Correspondence of the Alexandria Gazette. J
Washington. August q.
Representative Babcock, of Wlsc"i
ain. chairman Of the republican congress,
sionsl committee, recently expressed
the opipion that the next Congress
would certainly pass measure pfoVio-
ing for the absolute single goio sts nu-
ard. Some of his republican associates
IN the House differ with MIN II ne
means to say tta; the bill will get
rhrouqn includin. II clause for the re-
iirement of the greenbacks. Judge
Gibson, OF Tennessee, now here, ls
positive that nothing can pass that in
rIudes this provision, and he thinks the
republicans should pay no attention to
mat demand or the part Of those be-
hind the monetary commission. Col.
Hepburn, OF Iowa. is another republi-
can who does not believe that votes
enough can be secured in Congress to
retire the greenbacks.
Secretary of War Root, accompanied
ny his private secretary, Mir. Mason,
will leave this afternoon for Plattsburg,
n Y. where Secretary Root will have
ais second conference on the Philippine
situation with President Mckinley
Gen. Merritt will be party to the dis
cussion, it is said, although it is quite
positive that this will not involve the
question OF changing commanders in
the Philippines, the present disposition
being to give Gen. OTIS full swing and
fair trial.
A member OF the republican execu'
tive committee of Virginia here today
said that at the meeting OF his commit
ee to be held in Richmond tomorrow
night to consider the policy OF the party
10 be pursued during the coming politi-
cal campaign in his State, he supposed
il would be decided TO leave the Ques,
ion of running candidates, to the com
nittees of the respective districts, but
that he thinks the majority OF the COM
mittee is in favor OF keeping hands OF
and letting the democrats fight among
themselves, as by that means the dit.
ferences and anmosities they are pro-
voking in their own party would in
duce them to make propositions to the
republicans for help, and be so intense
as to be lasting, and that the three
or four republicans that might possibly
De elected would be Of no good to the
party.
A Virginian from Hampton here
today says now that the quarantine has
been removed from that section OF hit
State business there is reviving, anC
will soon be on it's old footing, though
he said, it had received serious injury
by the false report that yellow fever
-xisted there. The Hygeis Hotel, he
said, had reopened, and the Chamber
lin would do so on the first of October
The we'll known old proprietor o
what is known as the Business Men;
Club here, named Hockmeyer, who
was supposed to be prosperous, was &c
depressed by the dull times prevailing
mere and the falling off in his business
hat he retired to an upper room in hi
house this morning and blew his brains
out with a pistol.
a private letter received here today
| from Chairman Jones Of the pationa
| democratic committee, now in Glasgow
Scotland, says he is we'll and is doing
veil, and will be back by the first O
October. He is we'll satisfied will
| what the committee did at its las
meeting in Chicago, and says ever,
thing now looks favorable to the sue
cess OF the party next year.
A Pennsylvania republican here to
day says his party's State convention
to meet this week, will endorse both
Senator Quay and President Mckinley
and that the former is much bigger
man in Pennsylvania now than he evel
was, and if the question of his reelec
ton were submitted to the voters Of hi
party, he would be reelected by an i'm
mense majority.
Personal friends OF ex-President Harrison
now here, say he never was in favor OF the
expansion policy and the fact that his son
IN officer Of the army, mas yellow fever il
Cuba, will not tend to make him any more
eDamored of that policy than he has evel
been. Private intelligence here from Hav
ana is to the effect that Major Harrison If
very i'll, his disease not having been dag
nosed correctly at first
Several prominent citizens OF Fredericks
burg and vicinity called upon CHAIRMAN AS
new of the Virginia republican committee
here today in the interest of a friend who de-
sires commission in the army, but they wer,
Informed that nearly all such places had 81
ready been assigned and that getting them
now was the hardest sort OF work.
Virginia democrat here today says the
| executive committee Of his party will meet in
Richmond tomorrow night.
In letter written to a personal friend In
this city ex.spesker Reed leaves no doubt as
to his intentions. He is to quit Congress, and
does not seem to regret the step ne is about &c
take.
The report has gone out from Washington
that the Quartermaster Generals Department
is buying Transports in order to moe rapidly
provide for the transportation of the men to
Manila This is denied. No ships have been
bought. although three Or four more will be
chartered if possible. The last ship charter
ed is the Grenoble. The Roanoke WAS offer.
cd for sale today bat the department would
not buy.