Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1883-02-14
FROM WASHINGTON

FROM WASHINGTON
Especial Correspondence of the Alexandria Gazette.
WASHINGTON, d. c., February II, 1885,
1t is stated by those who ought to know that
General Grant has two-fold object in his
visit to this city; one to secure the adoption
OF the Mexican treaty, in which he is ne
cunlariy interested, and the other to hurry
up the report of the House Military Com
mittee on the bill to restore his name to the
army rolls, about which there is an ominous
delay.
Among the large number OF lobbyists now
here are many who arc engaged in schemes
for monopolzing the land Of some of the
several Indian reservations, and the prob
ability is that some Of those schemes will
succeed.
The sundry civil bill, which is not vet re-
ported, will contain provision reducing
the salary of the clerk of the Supreme
Court to $4,000 it is now about S4O,O 900.
In the recent vote in the Senate on the
| proposition TO Increase the duty on glass
bottles, the effect of which would have been
TO restrict, II not stop the bottling business,
General Alahone voted aye, though an APP
peal had been made to him bv the pro-
prletor of the Alexandria brewery to vote
against it. Mr. Johnston was paired with
another friend Of the proposition, and thus
in effect voted against it.
The prevailing impression respecting the
next Secretary of the Senate is that Gener-
al Mahone's candidate, Mr.. Gorham. will
not be the man. A republican Senator
when asked this morning if he thought Mr.
Gorham would be elected, replied that he
had seen in the Washington Republican.
when Mr.. Gorham was its chief editor,
many illusions to the sneak element of the
republican party, and that when the time
came for the election ota secretary Mr.. Cor
ham would find that the sneak element
composed the majority of the party. The
Senator plainly indicated that ifa bolt was
necessary to defeat Mr.. Gorham such u
movement should not fail for want of a
leader.
The President received telegram this
morning, announcing the death of ex-Sena.
tor and Ex-Governor Morgan, of New York.
and appeared to be much affected by it.
The deceased was one OF his best friends
and was the man who brought him out of
obscurity. The President offered him the
position of Secretary of the Treasury, and
has often regretted that the offer was de-
clined and he thereby deprived of the wise
counsel of his late friend
Mr.. W. III. Brooks, of Alexandria, lately
connected with the Potomac Manufacturing
works OF that city, was granted patent to-
day for an apparatus for generating vapor
from liquid hydrocarbon. 1t is understood
that Mr.. Brooks will apply his patent TO
the manufacture Of copper at Alexandria
from the copper ores of Virginia.
A Firginian here to day says he read in
one OF the newspapers of his State an article
attrlbnting to General Malone the credit of
The provision in the Senate tariff bill re-
ducing the tobacco tax. Nothing could be
more absurd. Mr.. Beck introduced the
amendment, and it was adopted on the first
vote, though General Malone was not even
present when that vote was taken Mr..
Williams offered the amendment to reduce
the tax on cigars, and it was to him more
than to any other one member that the
amendments reducing the tobacco tax were
adopted. The only amendment General
Malone offered was one to trunspose the
tobacco section of the bill
The tarll was again up in both houses to-.
day. In the Senate, by majority of one.
books were taken from the free list, and
long debate took place on the duty
that should be put on them, the
motions becoming SO intricate that
Mr.. Ingalls, suggested the use of the polari
scope as the only means of Strengthening
the tangle. Mr.. Morrill, happening TO be
convcrsng with the President of the Senate
while Mr.. Conger was speaking, the latter
said that as he could not obtain the atten-
ton of the President he would address his
remarks to some member Of the Finance
Committee. 1t is understood that the friends
of the bill will endeavor to sit it out to-day.
ItNf Ii amor t<o, Ii
during last day or two was adopted, several
efforts to reduce the duty one by Mr..
Tucker Of Virginia, having been defeated.
A proposed amendment to increase the duty
on scrap iron from 6775 to was defeated.
Mr.. Cox tried TO get in his amendment for
free ships, but 1t was ruled out. He then
proposed duty of Is per cent on ships, but
that was defeated. During the debate he
said the shipping bill would probably be de-
feated, as he understood the Senate Commerce
Committee had added to it subsidy sec
ton, and refused to provide for free ships,
The lumber schedule was then taken up.
The republicans of the Senate held cau-
Gus this morning Oh the tariff bill II WAS
developed that the differences on the iron
clause were irreconcilable, Mcssrs. Sher-
man, Mitchell and Sewel protesting against
the proposed reductions. 1t was even sun-
gested that as the bill was sure to be reject.
ell by the House, it would be advisable TO
strike out all parts OF it relating TO tariff
and only adopt that portion relating to in
ternal revenue. The caucus adjourned
without coming TO any definite conclusion
but with the understanding that Joint con-
| ference of the republicans of both houses
should he held
| General Mahone's name is not among the list of
guests ut the Presidents reception last night. but
does appear in the list of those who were at Nc
reception of Col. Robert Ingersoll
MIR. Willoughby of the bar of this city has bean
employed by Capt. J. S. Wise to take denosition.
for him ut Alexandria in his contested eIrct;nn
case. ~
The publisher Of the Beaver Falls pa
Courier, Mr.. John F. Porter, some time 400
contracted severe cold. He SAYS: Il tried