Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-10-29
From WASULNG7ON,
Special Correspondence Of the A!eca. Gazette
WASHINGTON, D. g., OCT, %, 1881.

WASHINGTON. D. e., Oct., %, 1881.
A caucus Of tic rcpu5l'c,o Senator'S VAS held
this mornug to Ilvisa, il possible, some plau by
which to relieve themselves Of the cmbs,r 50.
ing situation 10 which their own silIiness 10 al,
tenp;iog 10 cs,ry oui their barasiu with Ma
hc5e had placed them. Not a sufficient nou
Der 81 mcmteis wtro prcssn. to constitute
faoruul, tu! these who we're present Appointed
Committee TO Wal: upon the President sCd &c
q1as. bin 10 withdraw the Selham DoriuatiUn
or all4w i. to lie over till tbs regular SESSION.
Who the Committee Wcra has not yet trans
pire.!, bu; as flasels. Feny AID Jones were seen
soon after on their way 10 the Gray House"
It ls supposed they were. Geatrsl Nlshone c.
coupauitd Mr.. Ferry, Ia: ss i! il 20: get
koown that he attends lilo Republican caucus
meetings ne could hardly HAYS been ope Of tho
committee. Ii IS rtpTteI that fading the TT
pub'lcats dtsHri!rv MIN, ard that it would be
Impossible Tor h.iG ID make them stick sry
Logger he Glads tho best Ut bGd bargain aDu
went WI;a the c5m mlttG6e. for he IS iGiormcd
OF every mGro Ut the Republican cAucl5 and to
relieve the prtsdrn. Of any obligation to him
10 tho matter, expressed to him bis coocul-
rcCct IL tic scion OF tho CAUCUS
Tnn Senate remained 10 session u1lil three
G cock this morning. After midnight oOthing
OF any c0Gscqu:nO, was said or done, most OF
tho members being in Tho cloak rooms sleeping
or nl3kitg. At three clock, the abaeace Of a
quorum bGirg hrou2h: to the attention Of the
chairman this republicans Withdrew .htiv on
position 20 Go o. ,urnmcnt aud Inc fey lnelI.
bcrs who i,sd not el;nejy euuo 10 their hCm9t
Wcro allowed to d. 80. This was q sad blow
to General Mah0pe, but his opposition to 1t Was
polstiless.
In The San.tu [, lnY Mr. Hill. of Gecrsis,
offered r"s0!unop. protesting against appoint
meats 10 Office 10 The South boiug made for the
purpoHn OF ctf'oinr ro;ic, u!tc ous there.
The OF c Il thia aaa 10 havo The iisoussion
on tho rtmcva! Of r; publiGan traGi tho posi-
offs, ST l7ccubuIg 10 make p'ao3 Tor s ecpu-
dating dtmOCrat, c0uduott 10 Pablo. bG! the
republicans o. ,G!el, std tho rtH Luz, N hsd 10
lie ever.
The Senate Il lay passed resolution pa, =
ing ell thu psi dom EMPLOYEES Of tha Senate
Tor tho cG!ru m&nti OF oi!Obar. There was
some cpa0ai'ina 20 it On tie roiubi,sn side,
bnt il was wl!h!ra9c. ghrn sir. HSck said
that, gran;iGp / ,ssS wrong 10 pay the poor
hanctcia'ics d thu bill ios labor not poIfolm ID,
it wal TO; as had 81 pa7iog camaittGe clerks Sc
a day iAr tbs mout!I. many Of whom had not
put pou TO paper durieg the whnIa Of that time.
Tue mcu5r:a o. tho Womao's l'cmprraere
ConvcntIOo, new ~ SESSION here. called uuon
tho President tG- laY. Elra. Willard, their
chairman. Introduced thnm, and, ia tor ppct CT,
said, being nTero Ct lila n $ cm:oGsors1, and
that no was tho son at g preacher they did not
d1im l. necessary 10 u:E3 upJn him tho adJl =
lion OF !hn rules regarding Tho Use OF wines hni
liquors AZ the Whii, House established BY his
predecessor. Mrs. Ghspia said shn rerrcson :
cd South Carolina. eLd spoke Tor shat State
and tho whole Sou,i, when she expressed the
hepo that lie wau'l d, wE,,. IN o:u!d to ac-
vance :ho Temperance cause. La reply 20 Mrs.
Chanin. tha l'feS!crt assured her that he wss
tho Piuslli1Dt Of ihA whula c)uutre, cad not Ct
uny p!rtY or faction
Nuno tho Saaete Wont into executive session
to-day NJ qiorum was p:haent, 50 that a sipyla
otlao.on 10 aoy nomination. VIII DO aHiiaIont to
defeat. it
Thorg!; Senator E!sr ico2oty said tina: tho
success Of Nlehono and population 10 Fir
glnis Tia Ct more Importance than temper
aoc' ho is S great tamperanoa MAJ, anil some
OF tito ncmb rs ol the Womsn's National
Tempcia:ci Association, 10 sessio1 here. had
large ard handsome bouauat Of the choicest
4 member Ct tho Supreme Court Of the
loitcd Stsscs aaid to-day that the President
would %! ill ths vacancy GU tho Supreme
bonoh. cc,asioncd by he death Of judge CIii-
lord. ua!ll alter Inc commorc,meat Of thu
regular ss,oo of Congress.
Nsws here from the flfsh and Ninth Unu
eressl5nal Disric:s in Virginia is to the effect
that the rec:ut democratic speeches. Msdo
thtraIn haeo produced great snl favorable
changes. and that large damGctaiJ gaina U az
BE- Cxp>c.tu tEn!c.
|; would seem that Chairman Jawel's su?
port OF the Mahonoitcs 10 Firgris has TO-
cue Il Cha,rman Blrnum to hok STEER the
sntlM ahnncia4 il that State. la Wa on the
floor Of the Sonata /. lsy having short cjnsuI-
sa.ioas with the several denccr,ic Senators,
aud i: Is rumoreI that his visit will do tho anti
Mshonetts 10 harm.
Cslishsn. Tho iroa platter at tho Norfolk navy
yard. removed GoGsuso though q good and tru Q
Irish republican, ho would not support Mahono,
Is nor" To-day, &nd says h9 will be much mis-.
taken # every iri:hmsa IL Norfolk doosn' t
espCuso his cause and roseLt thu injury thu. has
boon done him. lie says that in the wEolo lst
Congressional district of Virginia there will be
large democratic gains. because tho republican
tnnre will rot support hahouo
The Snnats wen. into executive session ct an
| enriT hour to-day. and Immediately IesLm ID line
consideration of the S!sthanl nomination. a. 8
O'clock sIl tho indications point to an abandon.
Incnt Of Sts!ham bS tho republicans and t. q
speedy sine die adjournment.
Should Stalhsm's nomination bs Withdrawn
or DO allowed to liz over, tho President can ap.
point him, bu! no. until after the Slh of Novem
Dor, on whjch day, ty curious coincidence,
Wilson's term expires by law, and tho Virgins
election will DO hold; tu: his appointment will
only last uatii thirty days after the comma ncs
mont OF thoTcgn'sr session OF Senate mex. moath
This will 10! affect tho democrats, thsir obi ect
being merely 10 sho " to the people VI tho coun-
Try that .hey will not permit tao Son storisl bsr-
gain with Mshone to be accomplished q. thu OK.
penao of a wouldal Union soldier.
a vol informed Virginia republican now in
The city says that from Ill hu could SOC end hear
IN hlchmond and tho other cities in his Ststo
that I'm has recently visited no is induced to be.
lIevo the contest now in progross in Virginia is
worry similar IL Oh i in 1869, and TO the Vance
Campaign in Norlh Caroiins, in both Of which
tho white people, uader tho impression that their
every ln.eres! was e! stake. roso almost to man
and voted The conservative ticket. Ho thinks,
| thnrGtDrG tb al llariS1 IN al