Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-12-16

products as we Will OF theirs, anu illus, noe
only good feeling but profitable inter-
course between the United States, and the
States of Central and South America, Will
be promoted. The people also, OF our own
thus brought closer together, VIII
find in this exposition of competitive INDUS
tries, motives for Strengthening the bondso OF
brotherhood. Railroads, telegraph lines'
and submarine cables, have drawn
much nearer the nations OF the eartn,
and an assembly like this of the rep
resentatives of different nations IS pro-
motive of good will and place, while
# advances the material welfare of
all The United States extend to those
from foreign countries who visit US on this
occasion. cordial welcome And now at
the Executive Mansion, in Washington, In
the preseuce of the assembled representa-.
tives of the friendly nations of the world, OF
the President of the Senate, of the Speaker
of the House of Representatives., OF the Chlef
Justice andAssociate Justices of the Supreme
Court, of committee from each House OF
Congress and of the members of my Cabinet
7 again aud in their name congratulate the
promoters Of the Exposition upon The aus
picious inauguration of an enterprise which
promises such far reaching results. With
NV best wishes for the fulfillmeut of all its
great purposes, l now declare that the
Worlds Industrial and Cotton Centennial
Exposition is open."
The newspaper correspondents here, Wild
of course an occasional exception, are gen
tlemen, conduct themselves as such, and
enfor &c gentlemanly treatment from those
with whom they cone i'll contact. One OF
them was compelled yesterday 10 call q
promnept member OF the House from New
York in the presence of witnesses, an habit
| usl falsiher. The member referred to must
have bad suspicion that he had not been
called wrongfuly, as be did not reply to the
remark.
The Finance Committee of the Senate
had the bill to suspend the coinage of silver
dollars under consideration this morning,
| but arrived at no conclusion, as there were
as many different opinions as there were
members Of the committee.
Congressman John Wise made his second
appearance at the Capitol this session this
morning. He is only paying flying visit,
however, and still has his mail forwarded
to him at Richmond. His contested cleo
lion case ,as stated yesterday has been set for
the S:h proximo, but whether or not it will
have TO be postponed on account of his alb
sence he only knows. Mr.. Jordan, of Gin
cinnati, one of the ablest lawyers in the
| House, has Mr.. Massey's case in hand, and
if there be any law or precedent that will
exclude Mr. Wise, he will certainly find it,
and it will be produced when the case shall
come up for decision.
When Collector Brady, of Petersburg, was
in the city recently, he said that while Gen.
Malone did not intend to be candidate
for Governor of Virginia, he would be in q
certain contingency. Elk Gov. Lewis, who was
here last week, said that Malone could not
get the republican nomination. The repub-
| leans here say that if Malone shall run as
the reputation candidate, as reported, the
national republican party will cut him. But
why they should after what they have al
| ready done for him is hard to tell. Mr..
Kiddleberger has now joined the repuhli
can forces against Malone but, his friends
say, has no intention, or, at least, has given
them no intimaiion to that effect, of coming
over to the democrats.
The Springer committee was again en-.
gagged TO day in the investigation of the
crookedness in the Office of Mr.. Lawrence,
Comptroller Of the Currency. The witness
IS this morning were those of Mr.. Lawrence,
and testified to the unreliabiity of Barker,
The man who revealed the crookednes-,
whom one Of them characterized as the
mastodonic liar of the West.
1t was stated in the GAZETTE the other
day that Mr.. kidder Meade, formerly of
Virginia, was spoken Of prominently for
the Governorship of Arizona under the next
administration. Mr.. Curry, the Congress
ional delegate from that Territory, says
that Mr.. Meade is we'll and favorably known
throughout the Territory. He says that
Judge Peele, formerly of Illinois. a much
older man than Mr.. Meade, aspires to the
same place.
Secretary McCulloch o.day accepted the
resignation of J. K. Davies, tea inspector at
the port of New York. Davies, like most of
the other responsible employees of this
administration, has been running his Office
in his own rather than the interests of the
people In order to make himself solid
with the appointing powers he has been
supplying them with his i'll gotten tea for
some time past. Some of this tea went even
as high as The White House.
A working model of the Eads' ship rail
way is about to be set in operation in the
room Of the Senate Committee on Naval
Affairs. The track from end to end, in
Guiding the submerged termini, is about
thirty five feet. Real water in boiler Plate
reservoirs will be used to illustrate the
mode of operation. The track has five rails.
The carriage is an elaborate affair, with
large number of adjustable supports OPP
Grated by nuts and screws, and so arranged
that they may be fitted to the bottom of
any vessel which may be foated upon it,
In the road itself it is proposed to use by
draulic power in place of the nuts and
screws. The model carriage is six aud
a half feet in length, made of iron and
steel, and a model ship seven feet in length
will be provided to illustrate the method Of
fixing vessel upon the carriage and trans
porting it over the road. A turntable, also
floating in water, will be set midway be.
tween the termini.
The New York Senators are trying to
have the pension Of Mrs. Cushman, former
~ OF Alexandria, widow Of the late Captain
Cushman, U. 8. N, increased from $50 to
$50 month, but the Pensions Committee
oppose it for the reason that the precedent
has heen to increase the pension of the wild
ow of no officer under the rank of admiral. |