Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-03-03
Letter from scic,,n,ous.

Correspondence Of the Alexandria Gazltle.1
RICHMOND. Va. March Now tia! the
Senate has voted dowa tho proposition f., Oh
extension CT The session little business will bs
done during The week. All tho signs Indicate
that the Governor will call an x;ra 81 siioa and
80 the mcmbtrs arc taking an opportuoi.y TO
blow until oexI Monday. |; is thought that
the Governor will issue the call Monday mora
ing. Quite numbar tf Startling rcmcrs arc
10 oi!c 1lation about tho Sickness, OF III, CIV
eruor. some Ct tho Reports alleging that he he's
pneumonia. While he has for several d,ys
been detained from his ofiaa ty indisposircn
he hos not been seriously i'll.
Yesterday when tbs time for tho el2oion Of
the Judge OF Pflnos William cou1ty srr.vsd
both MIR. Nicol in tho House and Senator
Smith 10 the Senate spoke briefly against tho
revolutionary measure of cleoting judge to
place where no vicADcy existed sGd Insisted
that the General Assembly vas goiog through
90 election which would bo declared .u'l and
void By the Supreme Court.
Mai. David A. Carter, whose name will bo
familiar to all ex-members of tho Legislature
isqulte i'll in this city. lie has bocn Tor m sny
years the journal clerk of the lIcuse Of Dele
gates and WAS for long timo connected With
the clerical oorps Of The House Of Represents
tivea. lie is ono Of the best par iAmentari.ns
10 Virginia. Major Carter broke down from
the effects of the bad ventilation Of tho House.
This is matter that has caused loss of health
to many legislators. bu. none seem disposed to
take hold of the subj ct. The Senate room is.
10 even q worse condition. l. would be diff: =
cult to hnd NV, more mlseraby ventilated halls
10 America than these two aud no.bios short
OF their enlargement and ab o'uo remodrllisg
will accomplish the desired OH. cot. Senators and
Delegates havs in more than one instance gore
homo to die from the etf>c.s tf this vicious
ventilation, cut their Successors ave no. varied
iy their fate.
The Indications Gre that the local option law
will not be gotten through The Sepste the
week and therefor, it will fall through. All
bills that d, not pass this session will Of ursc
have to como up 10 the lxrs SESSION So ney
bills. lsrgs number OF measures will DO
killed eff in this wsy.
Tho Senate is called by some Ct The HOUSE
members the Rsiroad committee" 10 view
OF the fact that all the railroad measures seem
to oriQioate 10 that body. and they have The
precedence there also. House business often
has to lie on the table for weeks because of
these railway measures now, none of which
can pass unless saDc Toned by tho Boss. Tho
asoe 10 N1auUue kUuCu IL 10 DlS l0tereSt to Keen
10 with the big railroads cf the State, Al
though after the campaign there was threat
made In bis organ that the heads of the DIFF
ferent railroad presidents would have to come
on, Ills noticed that none have dropped; on tho
contrary the Boss throtled 9 private railroad
enterprise ac.ualIy after it had passed both
HOUSES AID simply because he found it inte,-
tered With the Richmond and Danvills rosd,
corporation against which soou after the oar-
palgn be swore vengeance because its presi
Gent Gent was member of the State Democratic
Committee. But DO heads have dropped into
the basket. The iron rail tluuts the keen edge |
OF the oguilotine-olade which can sever the
head of white haired ustic,. The Boss who |
bosses all else is held powerIess by the will of
the great corporation against which in the (!
hour OF eXultation be childishly vowed dosth |
aod disaster. These are things to be rsmem-
D ,red when the time to write history srtivss-l
1 bat time IL not distant aDd they will not be |
forgotten. ETRoNGROW