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FROM WASHINGTON. [Correspondence of the Alexandria Gazette.] Washington, D. C., Oct. 1. Senator Stewart, of Nevada, called at the White House this morning to discuss the labor question with the President. "I told him that if he wins the fight he now has on his hands that he will be immortal," said Senator Stewart. "If 3,000,000 men are able to control 90,000,000 people, the death of the American republic will follow. The President has begun a fight for a new Declaration of Independence and the crisis we are approaching is the greatest that has confronted the country sincethe republic was formed. If the President backs down from the stand he has taken, we will have a battle to the death between the forces of union labor and the millions of people in the country who demand the right to labor and live as they please. If the President stands firm in his position he will be reelected, if he backs down he will be beaten." The Comptroller of the Currency has appointed National Bank Examiner John B. Cunningham receiver of the Bolivar National Bank, of Bolivar, Pa., on receipt of a telegram from the president of the bank, E. R. Hammond, that it is insolvent and he has closed its doors. The resources and liabilities of the bank, as shown by the last report were $136,320. 85. The Comptroller of the Currency has alsoappointed National Bank Examiner Frank I. Fish, receiver of the Pack ard National Bank, of Greenfield, Mass., which closed its doors yesterday. The resources and liabilities of the bank, as shown by the last report were $555, 477.32. Indiana admits that Senator Fairbanks is no longer in the running for the Presidency. Mr. Hemenway of that State, called this morning to see the President, and as he left the White House told the correspondents that there was "no one else in sight but Roosevelt. "Of course," said Mr. Hemenway, "there is nothing in the gift of the State of Indiana that Senator Fairbanks could ask for that he could not have. But unless there isa most remarkable change, Senator Fairbanks will not appear as a candidate before the convention. President Roosevelt is the only man in sight. As for Senator Fairbanks appearing as a candidate for the Vice Presidency there is nothiug in that rumor. Senator Fairbanks is not a candidate for the vice Presidency. Of course, if the convention should offer him the place on the ticket he might possibly feel compelled to accept, but with SO many excellent men in the party striving for the nomination, it is altogether unlikely that his name will be offered." President Roosevelt has an interesting postoffice controversy to decide at Lincolnton, N. C. It is a battle between a politician and a handsome widow whose husband was a personal friend and comrade in arms of the President. The fair combatant, Mrs. Margaret Shipp, called at the White House this morning under the wing of Ex-Senator. now Judge, Pritchard. Judge Pritchard assured the correspondents that he was taking no hand in the matter but called with Mrs. Shipp merely to introduce her to the President. The President heard Mrs. Shipp's argument and told her that he would give the matter his most careful consideration, Mrs. Shipp's husband, Lieutenant Wm. E. Shipp, was killed at San Juan Hill. On the night before the battle he shared his dinner with Col. Roosevelt and in the morning of the engagement the future President livided his breakfast with the Lieutenant. The incumbent of the Lincolnton postmastership, A. L. Barkley, wants the job again and is backed by the republican organization of the county. Senor Pulido, secretary of the Venezuelan legation here, called at the State Department this morning to make arrangements for the presentation to the President of Senor Hernandez (Ek Mocho), the new minister to the United States from Venezuela. Although no definite date was fixed today, it is expected that the ceremony will take place at the White House one day next week. The republican factions in Delaware are more badly split up than ever. The matter of patronage is the bone of contention and the twoSenators held a conference with the president today. After listening to their argument the president is understood to have "read the riot act"
