Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-05-20
FROM WARRINGTON.
Especial Correspondence of the Alexa GAzETrE.l
WASHINGTON, D. c., May 20, 1886.

WASHINGTON, ~. VI, May ~, 1000.
The House comperce committee at their
Meeting to-day determined to strike out OF
he Senate interstate bill all after the enact
ne clause, and insert instead thereof the
Reagan bill. The chief provisions OF the
latter bill are that there shall be no unrea-
sonable charges, no discrimination, no re-
bates and drawbacks, no pooling, no nigher
charges for q short than long maui, tnat
State az we'll as National courts SHALL nave
and that the bill shall operate
against the nearest agent. ;.
The House District of Columbia commit.
toe this morning agreed to report school
Hill practically removing the public schools
of this CITY, except their finances, from the
control of the District Commissioners, and
Giving that control to the board OF trustees,
who Shall nominate the school superintend-
ents to the commissioners for confirmation.
The committee also agreed to report 4 con-
solidated bill for the three proposed cable
railroads in the city, the provisions OF which
are agreeable to each of those roads.
The House foreign affairs committee to
whom was referred the bill to punish cable
cutting at the landing places, referred that
bill to subcommittee, consisting OF MIR.
Daniel of Virginia, who takes the ground
that though the landing places of telegraph
ic cables be on State territory. and, there
fore, within the jurisdiction of those States,
the national Government can have concur
rent Jurisdiction, and that the bill is there
fore constitutional In this opinion the ma
iority of the committee agree.
An Ohio member OF Congress-, in talking
about the absurd injustice Of the late Con-
gressional gerrymandering bill passed by
the illegal legislature Of his State, says that
by it one district has one hundred and fifty
miles of water front, and that the difference
in the number of population of some of the
districts amounts to as much as fifty thou
sand.
In the Senate to-day, after the routine
business, the consideration CT the bill to
allow the 3. & o. R.R. 10 bridge the Kill Won
Kull on its way to New York was resumed,
Mr.. Mcpherson, of New Jersey, who is OPP
posed to it, speaking against time, so as to
consume the morning hour and make the
bill go over. Such tactics have succeeded
in delaying the passage of the bill for the
last three days, and will, it 10 understood,
be persisted in.
The position of the majority and minority
reports of the House Commerce Committee
on the drummers' bill has become reversed
report was first made the majority of the
committee was in favor of free drumming,
but that was occasioned by the absence of
some members of the committee. The mi
nority report, an able and convincing docu-
ment, prepared by Mr.. O'Ferrell, ofVirginia,
Is in favor of the right Of States to tax drum.
mers from other States, and has been signed
by majority of the committee. This will
be of no little service to Virginia, because
should the tax on drumme:s be removed
she would have to make up the deficiency
by taxing her own people.
The report of Consul Phelan in the case
Of the fishing vessel Adams, recently seized
by the Canadian authorities for buying bait
in Canadian waters contrary to the terms OF
the old Canadian treaty, which, of course, De.
came operative again when the late treaty
was abrogated, has been received at the State
department, and was considered at the Cabl.
net meeting to-day. 1t Is very short and
differs in no respect from the newspaper re-
ports of the seizure previously published
It is understood that at least four republi-
can Senators-Messrs. Evarts, Van Wyck,
Mitchell of Oregon, and Riddleberger-will
vote for the confirmation of Mr.. Goode to be
Solicitor General, though strong republican
pressure is being brought to bear upon all
of them except Mr.. Riddleberger, for whom
his republican colleagues now have no use,
and who apparently has none for them, to
induce them to vote with the other republi-
can Senators against his confirmation.
The following is the official report of the
closing proceedings of yesterdays session OF
the Senate:
Mr.. Riddleberger-I now move that the
Senate proceed to the consideration of exc
cutive business.
Mr.. Conger-Pending that motion, move
that the Senate adjourn.
Mr.. Riddleberger-Ias ask fminei mot o mo-
ton that has priority? 1t may not, of course,
when make it. understand that perfect
ly we'll, especially when the Senator from
Michigan proposes to make any other mo-
ton.
The President pro mpore-Pending a
motion to proceed to the consideration of
executive business, a motion to adjourn is
always in order.
Mr.. Riddleberger-I then withdraw my
motion, but should like, if the Senator
from Michigan would allow me, to have
permission to state just now that my object
in making the motion is that the Senate
shall understand that do it at time when
nobody can object to it except some one
who wants to go to dinner.
The President pro tempore-1t is moved
that the Senate adjourn.
The motion was agreed to, and the Senate
adjourned
The debate on the Senates amendment to the
postotico appropriation bill providing subsidy
of 100000 for American vessels carrying mails
was resumed in the House the first thing to-day.
vote on it may possibly be reached to-day That
it will be defeated there is no doubt.
A good deal of anxiety is felt in naval circles
here about the U. S. steamer Nipsic, now consid-
erably overdue.
DEATH OF GENERAL FANCLEvE.-Gen
VIM. NJ. Vancleve died ia Macon, Mo-.
on Saturday last of congestion of the brain.