Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-04-04


adj u:uci ever ). a:c1day Ill Monday.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
AS sooa as The House net this mcrri7K
Mr.. Singleton, Of Miss, stated that the
question to be considered IN the Army bill was
| whether the House had the courage and deter.
| mugtion to rercal the pernicioas laws, or Goud
!alcr and fail ia il duty to the country. IL:
admitisd that under the prcacnt Administration
no troops had been stationed at the polls, bit
no one could foree whether the c0uFs, O. Tie
| last Administration 10 that rcspsc. might lot
be followed 10 the next. lie thought that the
return Of certain gentlemen to public life
| meaning perhaps Senators Chandler God 10
gan BODIED no good to the Rapubio. In the
face oil the disgracciul law, which it was now
proposed to repeal, the boosted freedom Of Am
c.ic, WAS mockery aud lie.
Ia conclusion, MIR. Sinalcte1 siatcl, i1
reference to tho supervisors LAG. that party
icalty taught him 10 submit 10 party dictates.
lie, therefore, accepted tbs partial repeal OF
the supervisors law. with notice 10 nil ooGcor1.
cd tha. he accepted It cplg as The fist install
ment OF long delayed iustic, TO an oppressed
people, ard that he should 10 all time TO come
labor 10 season and GU: Of season to secure the
repeal OF every line. word and letter of that
lew.
the next speech wAs made ly Mr.. Weaver.
o! Iowa, Que of the grccn5a representatives. |
He deprecated tho keeping open OF sec.i0ral
animosities. Ho rid;culed the professions Iut
forward yesterday By Dir. Knott, OF n.y., as
to Providence guiding the democratic party as
of old-the chosen people through the desert
and suggested that the gentleman contouuded
the two things. and that il Was the army Of
Pharoah that tho democratic party was TO be
| I,,,t, 10 ap
cratic candidate fer the presidency would, in.
siaad Of reaching that goal, meet bis doom az
Moses had met his Gu Mount Ncbo. unl3s3
that party would give relief to tho Country 10
financial measures it would have forfeited lis
opportunities for victory in 1880. lie raised
q laugh by describing how The two political
partss in the House. tter Haeios bitter
partisan war during the week. met together
every Saturday and voted like brothers to carry
ovar the session till Tuesday 80 as 10 prevent
the party OF the centre" from introducing
measures Of GncIciGl relief. The old parties,
be said, werc roWerltsi to give relief. They
were psr,iea of blood and las David beiog 9 uian
Of blood was cot permitted tC build the temple
at Jerusalem they would not ha permitted
, to build the Temple Of American liberty. The
new party which was The only healthy and
growing party 10 the cCuairy wanted nc soldiers
at the pos, Wacted no test oath fer irrors and
was opposed to the concentration Of powers
in the hands of the appropriation committee.
His sDccch Vas q great success AID was coca.
sioually applaudcd CO both sides.
Mr.. Weaver was followed by three other
grccaback2rs, Mcs>rs. DaLa Maiyr, Of lid.
Jones, Of Texas and Wright. OF Penn. Mr.
Della Matyr expressed bis intention to vote
fer The bill as it stands. Mr. Jones opposed
| &c en-.
preparation bill. Mr. Wright Condemned The
reopcoipg of tie dead issues Of the war, and
predicted deicnt lin lSSO) for the pgrtY that
raised them. Duiing loEg course OF sctelca
10 the House he had peVer heard disputed the
right of the House to cDgralt On appropriation
bills other necessary measures Of legislation.
Nj. Harley, Of Conn, Observation-Disclosures
irg the purpose of the msjority which would
leave the Government to b. c2rliai on by the
voluntary scrvico OF It's ofGciais or hy voluntary
subscriptions such as flowed ioto tho Treasury
10 1850. 1t was threatened ty gentlemen CT
tia. majority that il the President should veto
the bill they would apply the thumb aGrca to
the minority 10 order 10 obtain = two third
majority and failing in that, that the appro
priati0us should fail. To that programme tic
minority would invariahlc vote may to Tie
end Of the chapter.
DlvoRoE.-Mr John T.. Bo|as, an ntiGcao
| of tho New York World, reports to the editor
CT tha: i,urna tha. having been instructed il
writing 10 test the practices CT advertising d
vo.cc lawyers 10 ttGt city, with L view 10 tEcI!
l exposure, he, baiag hn unmarried mat, made
, application to ono Munro Adams, advertising
in the Herald If that ely to provide legal
divorces within thirty day - cllda!5 avoid
cd"--"f1c contingent" Pretending 10 be a
poor man tired OF his sife, he found tic lawyer
ready to undertake his case for Z retaining
fec of ten dollars AID to complete il and hand
him tho decree Of divorce from his imaginary
; vile fer further fDal payment Of thirty DOL
lars. The reporter persuaded tho attorney to
tc!icvc That he was married, aud that his wife
lived 10 ST.. john, New Brunswick; that he
hsa teen married two years, WAS nIel Of his
vile AID wished to be free, having separated fr5m
her. The ground upon which the div0rc, wa1
claimed was 'inaomratitiiity Of temper" aud
tho attorney agreed, mis- clieGt pretending
tu1eemishrcss 10 arrange about the sworn com.
paint to be flee. The same o5l!ging legal sd
; wiser procured from tho spurious vile in New
Brunswick (perso1atcd BIZ enc Of The reporter Il
irends) an admission of scrGIco Cf papers up
90 fraudulent statement, and later. 10 tho
Sane deceptive manner, a waiver OF oil other
service ct papers. The fret interview with tins
Ia~yer took plaoa on JGuuIrT 10. aDG % March
T., two month later, the client received de-
cTco ct dvolca from the boCd5 OF matrincpy,
purpo.iog 70 have been granted By John J..
WalWorth, judge OF tho first judicial circuit OF
Wiaccn'in. Thua, so far ct least as attorney
aud client were Concerned, On unmarried man
vas enabled 10 20 through oil the motives CT 4
divorce suit and get decree. 1t no had been
married alJ had been thus unmarried, the re.
porter might and could have remarked upon
the strength Of the record and lr2ccedags. -
no one appeared 10 person 90 etho side; the
afidavi;s Wero lcrgeries; tho sunmonscs were
20. served, and the returns to them were
fraudulent. aud yct-tho proceedings wsre
complete from The very beginning OF the case
TO The duly authenticated record Of the dcarco.
These facts are very startling, the moro 50 that
il they can DC done in orc city they may be
dono in another, whenever attorneys as uI-
seiuru!ous as Adams is represented 10 be may