Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-05-03
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Special Correspondence Of the Alera. Gazette
WASHINGTON, u. g., May 3, 1879.

WASHINGTON, y. g., May 3, 1879.
hat body having adjourned yesterday uoiI
Monday.
10 the House Mr.. D.vi5son, of Florida, rose
to personal explanation, and denounced the
statement made By MIR. Russell, Of N. g., 10
speech he recently hadSprinted in the Record,
in which it was stated that there we're meu bers
of the House from Florida who had been
counted 10 by men now 10 the penltcutIary, as
false aud sandercu5, aud kntHa to bc SO by
the man who made 1t.
Mr.. Stephens reported o bill to enable
importers TO use the metric system OF
weights and measures, which was re-
f. rrcd to tho Coumlttee on Ways and
Mean. Among the bills reported was Que
authorizing the construction Ut free bridge
across tue Potonao at Georgetown. at Cost
not to exceed $40, 900 which vas ordered to be
printed. Mr.. Springer reported bill to taclll
tate the decision OF contested election cases
10 the House, which went over under the rules.
The order of the day, the bill for free coinage.
thou came up and was debated. Mr.. Warner, who
introduced it leading off, Oae OF the pro-
visions of this bill is that s. cents worth of
silver shall bo txohaugeable for 100 cenls worth
of gold, which, it adopted, will etfectuslly
dra,o every gold dollar lrJm the treasury and
retire it from circulation.
Among the petitous introduced through the
petition box, this mOrniug, was Que by MI.
Springer from L. K ChanbIls vi Petersburg,
praying for the payment OF salary IS Coz !
pressman from the Fuurth district OF V!r.
GINA froul 1861 to 1869 which he was
prevented FROM draGlng ~ reason OF the
armed resistance Of misguided mer to the ts'
lsteuce OF the Uniou." and also for payment Of
ss airy As member Of the FJr.y fifth Congress.
H. says he made q ,Otest TOR che seat occupied
BY DR.. Jorgcnson, W5O h. says ought to rc K.
uluied FROM The association OF any set ot mcn
who have auy regard tor Iruth aud honor.
Tho Committee OF the Il yuss democratic
oaucu met this mornng aud agreed upon
plan by which they hope 70 exttIcatc thom
sslves from what some Of them imagine is a
greater difficulty than really exists. aud the
Chairman of the House caucus notified of that
ACTON, SO that he might Cal! meeting OF the
whole caucus, which meeting, it Is understood,
will be held Immediately after the Adjournment
OF the House to day or 10 night. Ut Gu SO
what the plan is no oDe can DOW Tell,
but the impression seems to DO that 1t provides
for the repeal OF the statutes authorizing the
prcscrco of troops at the polls, the Imposition
of the test oath, aud the supervision OF elrc
tious by federal officers eith"r 10 onc or SEPARATE
bills, which shall be passed az speedily Us PCS
sibic by both Houses, 10 prccrenc; to al! other
business, and that should the Piesldeut veto
these bills, tho repeating clauses will b, reas
tached to the apl rrprla;ion bills, which Con-
gross will pas, aud Immediately adjouru. The
back bone OF the demucracy SENS TO be stffco-
ing, and the plan above ut nloDcd, VIII, L. Is
now imagined, ba supported by sufficient
uumber 20 secure its I'D IpLlon.
Gen. Ewing says the arrsogcnonts TOR the
conpl.tiJu Ut tho purchase OF tho James River
and Karawha Canai by the Richmond and Al
legacy Railroad Company are 10 progress, with
rothing to Indicate that hey will ne obstIuoted.
l. is expected that the debt oWcd ny tho canal
Ho-s--3." 3" State, to Richmond, Lsn,h
dcrad 70 the railroad cosopany.
Mr.. A q. Bnol, the contributor to the Wash.
ingtou Capital and one of tbs rec ,nt candidates
for the position OF xecu'iv. clerk Of the SeGate,
has 5aer sppyo,cd clerk 10 the of1jcc of the
S cretary OF the Seuste.
rhe Chief Of rhe Blu eau of p inlus and Ea'
craving has. 10 c,ns q icocc of tho immoo3e
number Of femaly applicants for posilioos
the three hurarcd aud fly present
employers, som- Of whom havo oenn there
for N MY years ADD supply their places with
selections trcm the applicants, upon the prncl
pie OF rotation in otfica. 1t is oecdl IS to say
that while suuh determination af1rds
pleasure to tho outs. it urngs ssdress, aud
iodeed almost despair 70 sOIr If not to macy
Of the ms, who har. been enabled to keep
thens :lves from srarv,:iou, and PROBABLY from
worse fate by the 81 80 day they have been
reosivihg.
Mr. l. K Payne, of al x.ndria, VINO recent
Iy resigned the position OF u. s. Attorney for
the Territory OF Wyoming, called upon the
the President this morning, and had an
agreeable interview With him, during which
Mr.. Hayes gave him to understand that as his
late Office had not gu ,lled his expectations he
would give him another and batter ono.
A weekly newspaper, published 10 this city,
10 the Interests Of the greon5ack p,ry and
styled "rhe National Vitw," issued its first
uumber to DAY. Il is uuder the management
OF Lee Crandrl.