Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1900-06-27

6eeLuH 10 u1o lul5 &c duOthOh
/ the abuse of executive power !"
would have been very easy ior .ne
President to have called Congress TO-
gether In extra session 10 assis1 MN
9th its advice. and it would only have
tsken two weeks TO have assembled:
The fact that he did not issue tie call
s,mnlv shows how far we are stray
inc from our old traditions and prin-
ciples. oo,,oa
from China is 80 onesided that we don't
know the situation there. But even II
il is as reported by our own people, IL
seems to me that the President mas eA-
oeeded his authority 10 sending troops
20 invade foreign country Without INC
sanction of Congress. A naval demon
s,r.tion should have been the limit OF
mis- action until he could have assem-
bled Congress and heard what that body
had t. suggest. The frequent exercise OF
| exeontiye power as IN this Instance,
without consulting the representatives
| Of the people will be one OF the impor-
tant suggestions to receive attention al
the Kansas City convention. Inc plat
form to be adopted there 10 already
| written, by which mean that every
body knows what it will contain. The
baby has been born but has not yet
has been dressed. The precise words
10 be- used h we not been agreed upon,
but the Chicago platform will be real
frmed and there will be additional
blanks on snti-imperialism, and anti
trusts. 90 the Vice Presidency every
body ia at sea. Personally L think
Towne is about the strongest man we
could name, but / realize that there lisa
strong element among the bourbon
democracy that is opposed to his nomi'
nation becsuse be was formerly re-
publican. HIPS record during the last
| iour wears makes him unavailable even
# he should come and confess bis errors
and promise repentance. The fact Is
we know as little now who will be our
Vice Presidential candidate as we ala
this time four years ago about VINO
would be our candidate for the Presi-
dency." "How about Pattison OF Penn
| sylyanis ?" The Senator was asked.
At this Tillman threw up his hands
and gave a snort of disapproval.
The Logan left Cavite this morning
for Chefoo having the Ninth lnfantry on
board together with supply OF ammu-
| milton and Maxim rapid lire guns.
Col. Liscum is in command OF the
| Ninth Infantry which has recently been
recruited to its full strength OF LACY
men. The two batalions of the 9th Cav
alry which lssve San Francisco July
will be able 10 report at Cnefoo in "a
to q days according to the estimates
made by Gen. Corbin.
By order of the Postmaster General
the salaries Of all carriers In the rural
free delivery service from July will
be increased % per cent. In the future
every rural free delivery carrier must
take his deliveries and collections on
Evsry day o. the year, Sundays alone
excepted.
A MARYLAND democrat now here says
the practical elimination OF the negroes
from politics 10 his State has been
great disadvantage to the democratic
Darty there. as when the color line was
drawn there the white men would keep
together, and money would not buy
them. but now money has just as much
effect upon them as it has on the ne
groes, and the consequence is that the
biggest purse always secures the big
gest vote.
At the War Department today it is
estimated that General Chafiee's force
of Americans to invade China
will number about eight thousand men.
Adventures are already on the look
out for ways and means by which to
reach China, 10 order to get some OF
The swsg lying about there loose.
All the railroad sCalpers lately here
nave folded their tents and gone to
Kansas City, where, for the next two
weeks, they expect to do thriving
business.
Stocks here today are stronger than
they were yesterday, and wheat is also
higher than yesterdays quotations.
Senator Lindsay OF Kentucky, who Is
a native of Rockbridge county, Viz
einin, is here today. He, like all The
other prominent men who deserted the
democratic party in the face OF the
enemy four years ago, says McKinley's
election ia assured without peradven
ture. and that the talk bout detection
among those who supported him In
1896 amounts to nothing. He ex-
dresses, however, only his hopes. The
Senator's democratic successor has al
ready been elected, and, after next
Marco, oone OF the places the demo-
crsts have given him will ever know
him again.
1t was understood at the Navy Department
today that four Of the new naval ships order
ed by that department will be built at tie
Trigg shipysrd, at Richmond, Virginia :,
The war with China has created
such demand for naval officers thst those
who have been on the retired list for ten and
twelve years are now having important COM
msnds entrusted to them.
A private letter received here today from
member of the New York stock exchange
and a republican in politics, says betting there
which has heretofore been In favor of the 70.
publicsn ticket by long odds, is slowly but
surely reaching the even point, and, IN his
opinion may soon be in favor OF the Demo
Gratis. He also says that it seems TO him that
the general stock market will not reach last
weeks figures again until the fall.
The handsome white marble -uilding just
erected here by the Evening Star Company
will be open 10 the inspection OF the cCmps-
ry's il vited friends on Friday evening next.
Ii Is the most complete and perfect news
paper Office south of New York, ard is inf
njtely handsomer than many even OF those
in that city, and is patent evidence oil the
growth of the ma ional capital.