Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-03-22
FROM WASHINGTON.
Especial Correspondence Of the ALEXANDRA Gazette
WASHINGTON, ID. c., March %, 1884.

WASHINGTON, ID. c., March %, 1884.
Mr.. Randall says that Pennsylvania is
now sending capital into the two Virginias
at the rate of million and half q month,
the most of which goes into mines and fac
tories.
A delegation of negroes, some OF whom
are from Maryland and Virginia, were at
the Capitol to-day, hunting for Senators
Blair and Logan, to ask them to withdraw
their support from the educational bill now
before the Senate, for the reason that under
its provisions the negroes ofthe South would
not get their fair share of it's benefits. The
poor creatures have been SO deceived by
their republican and liberal leaders that
thew really believe their white neighbors
would defraud them, and SO they oppose a
bill that was devised and is intended for
their own good
General Huntou made an argument be-
fore sub. committee OF the House District
of Columbia Committee this morning in
favor of bill for referring overdue claims
against the District of Columbia to the
Court of Claims.
The House Banking and Currency Com
mittee have practically agreed that the affairs
of the broken Pacific bank of Boston de-
mand an investigation, though Comptroller
an investigation.
Senator Brown, Of Georgia, when asked
this morning by the GAzETTE's correspon.
dent if the President of the Senate was
compelled to have the resolution of the Vir-
ginia Legislature asking General Malone to
resign his seat read in the Senate, as re-
quested by that Legislature, replied that
there was no rule on the subject, but that
to refuse to do so would be an act of dis
courtesy to a State of the Union of which
he did not think Mr. Edmunds would be
guilty. Besides, he said, there would be
nothing to be gained to him, the
Senate, General Malone, or anybody else
by refusing the request, as the action
OF the Legislature has been published
throughout the country, and that there
fore the refusal to have it read in the Sc
nate would only give the newspapers occa-
sion for harping upon it. The better course,
he though, would be to have it read at once
and thereby be done with it.
The report in the keifer-Boynton case
was presented to the House to-day. 1t
shows that the ex-Speaker turned out COM
petent man to give his nephew his place
and then denied that he had done so. 1t
also proves the ex-Speaker guilty of several
other downright falsehoods, but makes no
recommendation save that the ex-Speakers
pets shall not have an extra months salary.
The name of COL Babcock, {. S. A., has
been sent by the President to the Senate for
promotion. Babcock was in the whiskey
ring for whose frauds Mcdonald was made
the scape goat and sent to the penitentiary.
The latter is in the city now, selling his book,
which contains history Of that ring, and
will exert what influence he possesses to
have Babcock's nomination rejected. for the
reason that oftwo men equally guilty one
should not be branded as felon and the
other have honors and emoluments shower
ed upon him.
1t is understood that the conference com.
mittee to whom was referred the joint reso-
luton making further appropriation for
continuing the Danvile investigation has
come to practical agreement, so that it is
now probable the white people of Virginia