Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-02-28

to-day, will call up the Senate bill to put |
Gen, Grant on the retired list OF the army. |
If he fail TODAY be will make the effort on (
Monday.
The republicans in the House are opposed
TO the report Of the Elections committee
oustipg one of their members, and are de-
having work as much as possible so as TO
nrevent the Elections Committee from call
ing up that case.
The House Foreign Affairs Committee to-
day determined to report resolution tnat
the participation of this Government IN tne
Congo Conference was unfortunate IN 80 iar
as it was departure from the policy when
forbids this G government from participating
in any political combination or movement
outside of the American continent. A NIL
noritv resolution will be reported by MIR.
Belmont explicitly recording the dissent OF
Congress from the act of the President ID
accepting the invitation OF Germany 70 par
| ticipste in the conference.
II is thought that though the House has
eliminated the Pacific mail subsidy from
the postofice bill, the conference committee
| will allow it to slip through them.
The city is rapidly filling up with straug-
ers the advanced guard of the Inauguration
| tbronp. The street decorations are also IN
creasing, and by Wednesday all the build
ings on Pennsylvania Avenue will be GOV
cred with gay colored buntings and cotton.
Special trains have already begun to arrive.
Mr. Villas has cancelled his engagement
Of quarters at the EbbiLt House, and will,
it is understood, temporarily reside with his
friend Mr.. Letter, of Chicago, who occupies
Mr.. Blaine's house.
A delegation Of Alexandrians, among
whom were Messrs. J. w. Burke, T. Is. Hooe,
Herbert BRYANT, r. NJ. Lawson, +. d. Lam
bert and others were at the Capitol this
morning, and waited upon Congressman
Barbour to urge him to press the claims of
Major w. W. Herbert, of Alexandria, for
the postmastership Of that city.
II is understood that large numbers OF
negroes have bought and are buying lickeEs
10 the inauguration ball, most of them so
far being from Virginia and Maryland,
though some live in more remote States.
Though Mr.. Riddleberger was not IN
vited TO and did not attend the recent coun'
Gil of the Mahonetes in this city. and says
that Malone is running the party by his one
man power, he informed friend here day
or two ago that be was not a kicker, and
did not wish to be considered one. Mr.. Rid
dleberger is visa enough to know that
neither he nor any other man in the Ma
hone party can possibly be any thing with
out Malone.
II is understood here that Mr. Blaine is
already a! work planning aud arranging for
securing the republican Presidential noml-
| nation for 1888
In the House to-day Mr.. Thomas, repub-
| lican OF Illinois, retracted his remarks con-
corning Col. Casey, made the other day dur
| ing the consideration of the resolution to
give the Colonel the thanks of Congress for
completing the Washington monument.
A mail route has been established be-
tween Fredericksburg and Norfolk via the
Rappahannock river. Knowing that it
would have been established under the
next administration, General Malone had
| it done under the present one. Notwlth-
standing the near approach of the end of
Hatton's administration of the Postoffice
| Department, he continues TO run it, and
will until the day he is suppanted by demo-
GRAFT that ia the Virg mia part of it, in the
interest Of his boon companion and political
confederate, General Malone. He holds
Mr. Lewis Mckenzie, of Alexandria, in su-
preme contempt, and the latter hates him
as he does holy water; bat for all this, be-
cause Mr. Mckenzie has seen the General,
when he went to the department the other
| day with a Mahoneite applicant for the
postmastersbip at Thornhill, Orange county.
| the application was granted, though the
people served by the office wanted it to re-
main where it was and the incumbent post
| master to be retained. Mr.. Hatton has
| also, it is understood, recently appointed
postmaster al Upperville against the wishes
of the people of that place.
| 1t is said here that General Malone has
designated as his candidates Mr.. Duff Green,
of Stafford, for the Virginia State Senate
for the Fredericksburg district, and Mr..
Thomas Popham for the Rappahannock
Senatorial district.
Mrs. Clara NJ. Ware, Of Fredericksburg,
clerk in the Office of the Signal Service
bureau, has, through the efforts of Congress
man Cabell, been raised to 81 900 clerk
ship.
Already applicants for the elective posi-
tons under the next House are appearing,
and ii is understood that both Mr.. Winter
smith aud Mr.. Leedom, the doorkeeper
and sergeant.at arms, will have strong OPP
position, strong enough probably to defeat
them.
There is still some talk of an extra ses-
sion, and some 20 so far as to say that MIR.
Randall, chairman of the Appropriations
| Committee, wants one, but the general i'm
preston among the members is that all the
! business will be completed by noon on the
4th proximo.