Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-06-06
TUESDAYS ELECTION.

in another will close with tbs election
next Tuesday. Ia the first place, It Is q
dual election-the mayor and mem
bfrs of the law-making body OF
the city are TO be voted for and
In the second, it is the selection OF
he .taudsrd bearer of the democratic
pa,tg in this district IS candidate for
Coner,s'. 10 years gone by animation
wss at Is height Just previous ID the DAY
of voting for municipal officers and there
wers numbers of men willing to serve
ihe city, but this yesr the candidates
Glide in on aowery BEDS of ease without
the slightest opp silioD, and the local
election is over ,hsdoTed and almost lest
eieht of 10 the active campaign waged
by the opponent OF Mr.. @ O. O'rlln for
his seat in Congress. In years thst have
passed at this stage of the campaign the
friends and foes Of the various candidates
for municipal Office were deeply inter-
ested in the success Of their friends pOlitt-
caIIy or the sieht of their opponents.
Times have changed aud and all the
int,ts. center4 on one office-thit is,
.xho sbalI present the Eighth district
sn Congress. Mr.. K. Lindsey Gordon,
of L1aisa, has canvssstd every hamlet IN
this district, appealing to every prtdd.
lice which would enhance bis personal
interest. He has accused, by pamphlet,
circular and otherwise, Mr.. Osrlin of
impropsrly conducting his campaign last
wear and laid HE views before the entire
dlstrict. Friends of Mr.. Osrlin sought out
and found what they consider gross ir'
regulsr.t es in Mr.. GOidon's home coun'
~. which have subsequently, been tao tly
acknowledged by the tres snrer OF said
county. The conditions in Louisa hav-
log been pictured in manner so dam.
aging to Mr.. Gordon, IS pure political
aspir mt to the Office held by Mr.. Ca Rim
that he Immediately dispatched Messrs.
Wampler aud Sringfellow to Alexandria
10 examine the treasurtr's tax lit and 81
an that Of the clerk of the court. These
rsprss snistives submitted list OF more
than one hundred illegal vCt'rS to their
.chief-R. Lindsey Gordon-wbo imme-
.distsly came to Alexandria ard revises
the list himself, with the result publish
ed in Thursdays Gazette, in which he
found 81 names of persons he claims, tre
NIT entitled ID vote. This was met WITH an
answer from City Treasurer Robinson,
published 10 the GAIT Q of yfsarIay,
which explained satisfactorily t. those
VINO elected him TO his Office, accounting
Sor all but 4 Of thtsa. If the city treas
urer Of this city can handle snch num-
Der of names many OF whom ply 10 9
rush at the lat hour, and only make
mistake of 4 10 about 1000, then he is
an exception to the rule and should be
retained 10 office Indefinitely.
One of the straUgest things connected
with this whole mater is that candi-
date fer Congress 10 this district who is
supported by some eminent gentlemen
in this city, could not find an Alexan-
drian acquainted With The conditions,
voting population, ETC., 10 fact could not
find one whom he could tru't 10 90 over
this list aud r3port to him his hadings.
# seems that Mr. Ger lou had to secure
gentlemen from nearby counties ID con-
duct said investigation, men who neither
knew the voting population CT the condi-
lions surrounding the casting OF the vCt'
This. O, itself ia black eye to Mr.. It. r
don. His course in this matter has lo't
him friends and 10 an everla.t ng cou-
nIiment the resent representative
Hon. O. G. Carlin. Messrs. Wampler
and Stringfellow have been eogaged for
4he past tea days f,r;eting ont presumed
irregularities aud, it is said, have dis-
covered in the DeighborhOod OF 200
names which they hope to have stricken
from the voting population of Alexsn-
dria hy means of mandamus proceedings.
On the day of election Mr.. Gordon
will 8 representative at each boz tn,
who will be accompanied 10y a lawyer
from nearby county who ibt'nds 10
prosecute any illegalitJ found in the
conduct of the election.
While all this was going on Congress
man CarliD vas at his pos: OF duty at
tending to the businlss which be was
elected. not thinking Of the unjust as
ssults being made upon him in the sur
rounding conrty by his opponent, Who
WAS evidently leaving no stone uutur9ed
10 accomplish his defeat. Mr. Otrlin
remained in Compress II the body sd-
iourned- MAY 29-which only left him
about 9 days - canvass this district
He is now spending the few days re-
naming to him 10 an endeayor to see
those who so kindly remembered him at
the last elet tion, aud other friends he
Aas gained.
As the Law requires that in general
election those Inter sied in the Tespsc-
live candidates will have to remsin 40
feet away from the polls 1t is presumed
that this will be enforced, notwithstand-
ing the fact that the selection OF ea1'
didate for Congress is con6ntd TO tie
ranks of the democratic psrty in pri-
mary, There will be two boxes, how
ever. one for the ballots for city o'he'als
and the other for Congressman.
While Mr.. Csrln has been spending
the few days ALLOTTED t. him previous to
his elett on 10 other parts of the district
his friends hrs have been busy per-
fectiug an organization which will speak
for itself when the polls close on Tues
day. From prsssnt indications it seems
improbsble that more than a hundred
votes will be cast against him In this
CITY. and it is generally presume d
that not les thsn l, 700 or 800 will
be polled.
REMOVING TO NEW BUILDING.
Mr.. P. T. Harrington is removing his
horses, vehicles. etc, to his new build
iug Oh st. Asspn street, between King