Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-05-15
FROM WASHINGTON.

FROM WASdlNG1oN.
GSpecal Correspondence OF the Alexa 1AzETTEI
WASHINGTON. D. c., May Is, 1886.
Tn the House yesterday, through the petit.
ton box. box in which the members put
the petitions they are requested to present,
the following petitions were introduced
By MIR. O'Ferrall, the petition OF joseph
Cleft, of Bridgewater; of LUCINDA J..
Thompson, daughter and heir of Lucinaa
Robbins, and of John Brewer, OF Aanlsoh
caunty Of Solomon Berry, OF cross Neys'
of Emanuel NJ. Hoover, of D. 3. Wamp'eI'
son of Samuel H. Wampler; OF JACOB a,
Huntberry, administrator, ana OF G9 nI
Yates, of Rockingham county; OF Samuel hol-
Ter, of Shenandoah county OF oa" IT p peS'
ger, of Harrisonyille OF Ihomas W NUS
sell. of Clarke county; OF Harrison faqoer,
If TOMS Brook of John Sours, OF rage
1910 of John A. Walter, son and heir OF
Harriet J. Walter, of Rappahannock coun.
tr of sarah Ambrose, of Capon Roads; OF
John r. Hattel, of Mount Olive, and OF w.
4 Abbott, of Broadway, Va, asking that
their war claims be referred to the Court OF
Cloims-referred to Committee on Claims.
Rv Mr.. Barbour, similar petition OF Elias
Fdmonds, executor of Elias Edmonds, &C.
ceased. of Fauquier county. By MT. wise.
similar petition of Lotion D. Allen, OF
Henrico county.
There was no session of the Senate to-day,
that body having adjourned over yesterday
until Monday. The House passed bill
allowing the Kansas and Arkansas valley
Railroad the right of way through the In
dian Territory, and then took up the Dill 10
establish a sub-treasury at LoElsVllie, upon
which Mr.. Hiscock, republican, OF New
York, made speech, opposing II upon the
ground of the incident expenses, and OF the
Increased patronage it would give the Gov
eminent, and INVITING the leaders on the
democratic side with their dereliction in the
matter of retrenchment and reform.
The receipts of the Treasury are greatly
| in excess of the expenditures, greatly in ex-
cess even of estimates, and large reauc.
ton of the public debt is expected OF the
current month.
The custom in the Senate is that motion
to reconsider the rejection OF nomination
is suspended at least for week or two, ana
sometimes for months; but, as anticipated III
this correspondence, that custon was
broken in the Button case, because Mr. But.
ton has, in General Malone, personal
enemy whose vindictiveness would permit
no such clemency. At Thursdays execu-
tive session of the Senate, Mr.. Vest, at the
request Of Senator-elect Daniel, moved 10
| reconsider the rejection of the nomination
of Mr.. Button to be postmaster at Lyhch-
| burg 1t was supposed, under the custom
| referred to, That the rejection would NC
| held up for several wseks, but al yesterday s
| executive session Mr.. Malone demanded
| immediate action upon it, stating that the
| rejection had been held up month already
and that there must be no longer delay.
| Some of the democratic Senators may nave
| wished to delay action yet longer,
but when Mr.. Riddleberger rose ana
| in his usual style defended Mr.. Button the
| latter's case was settled without more ado.
Extracts from Mr.. Buttons paper, the
Lynchburg Iirginian. were read in which
MIR, Conger was spoken of as the "clown OF
the Senate MIR. Logan as "Back Jack
spouting his dirty datribes" and Mr.Sherman
| as "a first class fraud" all of which created
laughter, but when the vote was taken every
member except four, Messrs. Riddleberger,
Colouitt, Whitthorne and Jones, of Ark, vo-
ted against the reconsideration, not even
Mr.. Vest, who made the motion to recon-
slider the rejection, supporting it by his vote.
Senator Palmer, of Michigan, after the
passage Of bill appropriating $4,000 for
public building In his State, yesterday,
came out in the lobby delighted with his
luck, and saying to friend there had been
but one vote against it. Whose Was that?''
asked the friend "Riddleberger's, " replied
the Senator. "Why was that?" again asked
the friend, Free Bridge?" NO. said the
Senator, spiritual relations"
Negotiations are in progress between the
State Department and the Canadian au-
thorities in reference to the recent seizure
of an American fishing vessel in Canadian
port, the terms OF which of course cannot
now be made public, nor can any definite
settlement he reached until all the partlcu-
lars of the seizure have heen received. The
British Minister Mr.. West, IS doing all he
can to effect satisfactory arrangement.