Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-07-23
Tbeeffort of Capt. Ham. shepperd, COL


lector of internal revenue for the Alexandria
district, to have the headquarters OF that
district moved from Staunton to Warrenton,
has been temporarily suspended.
Col. VIM. Kilgore, democratic orator,
formerly of Alexandria, but now of Rock
Vile. Md, who is in the city to-day, says
that the democracy of Montgomery county,
in his State, are so dissatisfied with the CleVe-
land administration that they intend to
show their feelings by leaving their fences
down at the next election go that the re-
publicans can win, and that Mr.. McComas,
or any body else the republicans may NOM
mate for Congress in that district, can Dc
elected.
In the Senate to-day Mr.. Blair rose to
personal explanation in reference to pup
| iication to the effect that he had sued SOL
dier's poor widow for 5000 for getting her
| pension. He said he belonged to the hrm
| that brought the suit, but that when ne
heard of it he advised that proceedings De
stopped. He attributed the publication to
Messrs. Camden and Kenna, the Senators
from West Virginia. Both these gentlemen
denied responsibility for the publication,
but tho latter said he did think it strange
| that such an especial friend of the soldier,
and such an emphatic opponent of the Pres
| ident's vetoes of pension bills, should have
been, either directly or indirectly, connected
with an attempt to e1tort fee from soldiers
| poor widow for getting her the pension to
which she was fairly and legally entitled.
In reply to the report that Mr.. Tuck or
did nothing to help Mr.. Goode in his trou.
BILE, the former gentleman says he did all it
| was possible for him or any other man ex-
cept the President to do, and that he was
40 unfortunate with Senators to have re-
consideration of Mr.. Goodies rejection that
he feared he was boring them. He says MIR.
Goode knows and is satisfied with what he
has done for him. With regard to the e.
| forts his friends are making to have him
| nominated for the place, be says he only
knows what people tell him, and that he
really has not yet definitely determined
whether he wants the place or not
Senator Riddleberger has been quite i'll
for the past day or two. He will leave to.
morrow for his home at Woodstock. He
will be taken to the Senate to-day in car.
rage to vote against the resolution for in
vestigating the charge of fraud in the Payne
election case.
In the Senate to-day, after the morning
hour, the consideration Of the Payne case
was resumed, Mr.. Call leading off in long
and uninteresting speech in favor of the
majority report. Ee was followed by Mr..
Hawley, who, thong q native of the South
is one of the most ultra republican partl-
sans in the Senate, in favor of an investiga'
ton of the charges against Mr. Payne. MIR
Evarts then took the floor and made an
able speech in favor of the majority report
and against an investigation, taking the
broad ground that the Senate is national
BODY and can not afford to make its action
| ofo IF
party or of faction of any party
The most interested spectator in the gallery
was the venerable wife of Senator Payne
who sat in the front row Of seats and listen
ed attentyely to every word that was ut
tered The House spent all the carly part
of the day in squabble over the order o.
business, finally, about o'clock, going into
committee of the whole with the object Of
reaching the oleomargarine bill, 80 as te
have it referred to conference committee
Among those in the Senate gallery to day
was Fred. Douglas. He was sitting in the
Senator'S private gallery laughing and talk
ing with white woman, but not his wife
He is an old man, but looks hale and vigor
Gus, and more sensual than ever. He still
continues to draw about thousand dollar:
month for doing nothing rs recorder O.
deeds for the District OF Columbia, and that
too though many worthy and competent
democrat of the District, who gave his time
and money to the election of democratic
President, is 40 applicant for the place.
Mr.. Edmunds, thinking it necessary tc
placate the luminosity of the Maize republi
cans engendered against him by his opposi
ton to Mr.. Blaine. introduced a resolution
10 the Senate to-day calling for all the infor
nation in the hands Of the Government il
respect of the recent seizures of American
fishing vessels in Canadian waters.