Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-02-19

that though charges have been preferred
against him by his personal enemy, Gen. Ma
,one, and information asked for by the Judi
,iary Committee of the Senate, in his case'
Mr.. Goode will not be allowed to appear before
The committee and defend himself, for the
reason that the President will not inform
the Senate OF the charges that were pre-
ferred against the republican once hoioels
who were removed, as was stated, lot CAUSE
and did not allow those officers an oppor'
tunity 10 appear and refute the charges.
In the Senate to-day MIR. Manderson IN
troduced a resolution directing the oecre-
tary Of War to investigate the klillDg VI
Capt. Crawford by Mexican troops, so as 70
Gee whether this country has cause TO oe-
mand from Mexico damages Tor Inc fanny
of the Captain, and an apology 10 TINS 9ov.
eminent. Mr.. Edmunds was gracious
enonoh 70 saw that the Senate was bound to
nres,ime that the administration would 90
all that the rights and honor OF THIS coun-
try demanded in the case.
This was private bill day in the House,
Init Mr.. Scott, of Pennsylvania, got IN
strong anti-slyer speech, by moving, an
amendment to an uDimportant private Dill.
II is rumored that Mr.. Wise Will resort to
the same means either this evening or to-
night in order to reply to MIR. Brady 8
speech on the Norfolk Navy Yard matter
last Friday night.
A bill was introduced by Mr.. Harris re-
lieying the Louise Home of all taxes.
II is possible the House District OF Co
lumbia Committee will report in favor OF a
cable railroad in this city, but not that IL
will do so on the bill for water gas COM
pany. .s ~.
civil service board which recently met here
to examine applicants for postal Inspector
shins we're several from Virginia, among
them Messrs. Hempstone, of Loudoun coun-
tv. Mason, of Alexandria, Vaughn, lizard
and others.
Messrs. Hiscock, Browne and Breckin-
ridge, of the House Ways and Means Com
mittee, were seen this morning and asked
what action the committee would probably
take on the request of the cooperage in
terest to reduce the tariff duty On sugar i'm
ported in hogsheads, so as to revive the now
depressed shook business of this country.
Messrs. Hiscock and Browne are republicans.
Mr.. Breckenridge is a democrat. The first
two said they were in favor of the PROPOSE.
ton, believed all the other republican mem.
bers of the committee were, and could see
no reason why anybody in this country
should oppose it, as the bags in which sugar
is now shipped were bought by the Cuba
exporters in England and Germany, and as
the reduction asked for would not affect the
price of sugar, aud would only tend to re-
duce the surplus revenue, already too large.
Mr.. Breckenridge was opposed TO it for the
remarkable reason that there is no use in
opposing the march Of progress and the ad-
vance OF science, and of attempting to make
the Cubans ship sugar in dear hogsheads
rather than in cheap bags" and that, too,
though he must have known, for he heard
what the shook men said the other day, that
the Cubans Disseminated in their export
duty against the hogsbeads, and that with
the reduction asked for granted, the price
of sugar shipped in hogsheads would be pre-
cisely the same as of that shipped IN bags.
Mr.. Morrison az stated in this correspondence
yesterday, is also opposed TO the PROPOSE
! ton and the fact he and MIR. Brecalnritge
are, locks very much as if all the democrats
on the committee, the majority, are also.
And OF such ID the democratic Ways and
Means Ccmmittee OF democratic United
States House OF Representatives An olu,sooei
and true Southern democrat at the Capitol
| to-day, in talking about modern democracy,
| remarked that if there were any other par
ty in the country to join but the republican
party. he did not believe there would be
any democratic party except tho men who
were in office.
1t is said that all the complaint about sine.
cures among the House employees is made
by men who occupied such places under
the last House hut who have been removed.
An effort will be made at this session OF
Congress 10 create bureau ofpublic health.
Should it succeed, the national board OF
health will be entirely abolished.
A delegation of fish merchants from Boston
were at the Capitol to-day to try to have COM
mission appointed to make some arrangement
with Canada about the fish trade, but they were
snubbcd so by Senator Frye, who doesn't want a
commission, that they retired in disgust.