Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-05-06

o,r other resolution on the subject that
raov he thrust upon the House by Alr.
0,Seill. should the committee fail to report
mon it at an early date, as he threatens to
do The committee think it will be gross
breach of international courtesy for one OF
the branches of the Congress OF this country
to be interfering with the affairs of England,
but fear that the spirit of demagoglsm Is SO
potential in the House that O resolution
even more offensive than the one referred
to will be adopted by that body, If that
one be not reported upon favorably Dy the
committee.
Gen. Malone has been indisposed for
day or two past, but he was walking anout
in front OF the Capitol at noon to-day. with
additional frills in his culi5 and pieat: III MS
trousers because he had dangling ftoH MS
helt the scalp of Mr.. Button, whose nom
;nation for postmaster at Lynchburg he had
caused to be rejected by the Senate ct the
evecntive session of that body yesterday
evening. Mr.. Button had severely crit.
icised the General in his newspaper, the
Ivnchburc I'irginidn, and the courtesy
of the republican Senate could not allow
such All indignity to be put upon any re-
publican Senator, even Gen. Malone, with
impunity. IF the General supposes that he
can deter other Virginia editors from tack
ing him up to the ceiling when he deserves
10 be so treated, as is almost always the
case, by defeating the confirmation Of the
nomination of the few among them who
have been appointed to office, he is either
generously mistaken or they have sadly
degenerated.
In the House yesterday Mr.. Barbour,
through the petition box, introduced the
petitions of w. II. BARLEY, administrator o.
Oliver BARLEY; and of j. Beckham, of Or
ange county; of James 5. Lowery, K. a
Lowery and John Lowery, of Stafford Coun'
ty: of ]. w. Fletcher and Mrs. VIM. Fran
c;s widow of VIM. Francis of Fauqniel
county; Of J. r. Horbaker, of Prince VIII
liam county; of Mrs. Martha A. Boxley, ex
ecutrix OF Silas Boxley, of Louisa county
and of w. n. Eough, of Loudoun county
Virginia, that their war claims he referred
TO the Court of Claims.
The strikers here don't talk of their strike
by any means as tlippantly as they did or
| Monday last. On the contrary. many o
them, especially those with families, speal
of it, as all reasonable men do, seriously
and as a difficulty of which they would like
to be relieved. The bosses seem to be more
determined than ever to resist the demands
of the strikers, and many of the latter ap
pear to. day for the first time to fear tina
unless they come to the employers term
the lockout will be prolonged.
The House Judiciary Committee at it
meeting to. day agreed to report adversely
upon the bill allowing citizens of all thu
States the same privileges and immunitie
enoyed by those of any one State Gs regard
fishing in the waters of that State. Thu
bill would have granted Philadelphia fish
ermen all the privileges of fishing in tn,
waters Of Virginia that are enjoyed by thu
citizens of the latter State. The commtte,
agreed to report upon it adversely because
they think that each State, under the Con.
stitution, has the sole control of its fishing
laws.
The House District of Columbia Commit
tee at their meeting to day agreed to repor
favorably the Riddleberger bill for FREE
bridge across the Potomac, amended b.
striking out the provision for draw in thu
aqueduct bridge, and providing for the con
demnation of the aqueduct bridge for FREE
bridge purposes if the Government can no
obtain good title to it in any other way
The committee also reported in favor o
granting charter to q company to run (
traction or cable street car railroad in thi
city. -, -.
| AS Careful ISduluS VI VIC piiI PiOFidihe
for special bonded storehouses, recently re-
ported favorably b. the House Ways anc
Means Committee, as previously stated ir
this correspondence, reveals the fact that by
it the bonded term of liquor is postponed
indefinitely and that the tax on all the evap
grated liquor is lost, that bill will be strenu
ously opposed when it shall come up in the
House.
The republicans in the Senate have decid
ed that the order of business in that body
after the disposal of the interstate com
MERGE bill now before it, shall be as follows
The Blair bill to pension every disabled
ex- Union soldier whether his disability was
incurred during or since the war, the ma
tional bankruptcy bill, the resolution for
open sessions during the consideration OF
nominations, the bill to further restrict the
immigration of Chinese, and the bill to ex-
tend the time in which the Pacific railroads
can pay their debts to the Government.