Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-01-12

Representative Hopkins, of the Lynch.
burg district, is preparing bill for postal
TELEGRAPH, which he will introduce as soon
ga completed. Mr.. Hopkins says he is as
good democrat as any of his democratic
colleaSues. He says that from what he has
heard he is induced to believe that notWltn,
standing the recent endorsement of General
Malone BY the republican Congressman
from Virginia, the republicans of his stare
will never more submit to the Generafs olo'
tatioD. ,hot
Intelligence has been received mere tna ~
the engineering party that recently ieiO
this country to survey route LOT 1ne pro-
nosed Nicaraguan inter.o ocean canal, nave
arrived at Greytown and are already at
Work One of the sections is in charge of
Mr. Gales Holcombe, formerly of Alexandria.
The managers on the democratic side OF
tbe Senate are not the wisest of men, at
least their management OF the Lamar case
doesn't show that they are. At first there
we're FIVE republican Senators who would
have voted for Mr.. Lamar's confirmation
that number ia now reduced to two, Stewart
and Riddleberger, and the longer action is
delayed, the greater the danger. Mr. Pugh
has the conduct of the case on the. demo-
cratic side. It Ia said his management
caused the defeat of Mr.. Goodies, contirma-
ton. With the two republicans referred to-
Mr.. Lamar's confirmation could have been
effected yesterday, but to the surprise Of
those two Senators, Mr.. Butler, of South
| Carolina, moved an adjournment before the
case was reached. :,
In the Senate to day Mr.. Chandler spoke
in favor of his resolution calling for an In
vestigation by the Judiciary Committee O.
the Senate of the reports concerning the al
legged suppression of the colored vote at the
recent election in Jackson, Mississippi He
commenced by reading dispatch from
| Jackson with no signature, and then sent to
the clerks desk and had read letters from
| the same place, also without signatures
Upon this unsubstantial basis ne delivered
one of his characteristic South hating ma
| raugues.
Mr.. Wharton Barker was here last night
He says the Chinese charters recently grant.
ed him and his company are bona hde ano
permanent He also says that Count Nit
kiewitz has disposed of his interest in the
| charters referred to, and has nothing 10 oo
with them now.
The House Judiciary Committee to day
| agreed to report adversely bill limiting the
| time for the presentation and payment Of
claims against the Government.
The House Committee on Mining will on
Saturday consider the famous McGarrahan
claim, which has been before the courts and
Congress for full twenty years. The bill is
to refer the claim to the Court OF Claims.
1t is probable it will be reported favorably
az the three old members Of the committee
made such report to the last Congress, and
they are very likely to control the remain
ing members.
In the Senate to day, to the surprise OF
every one, Mr.. Blackburn introduced bill
prohibiting pool selling, horse racing and
gambling within the limits of the District Of
Columbia. Should this bill pass, race
course and pool rooms in Alexandria would
prove real bonauZas.
It is said to-day that some of the authors
of the affdavits presented in the Thoebe-
Carlisle contested election case will be
brought to taw for perjury, and that the
contestants case is so evidently fraudulent
that his bill Of expenses will not be paid.
There is a good deal of talk at the Capitol
to-day about the claim Mrs. E. F. Moore,
formerly proprietor of the belmont" and
more recently of the "Richelieu" house. in
this city, has just made to being the
wife of MIR. O'Neill the labor Congress
man from St. Louis, which Claim, Mr.
O'Neill denies with many protestatons.
General Lee, of the Alexandria district, escort
ed Rev. Mr.. Sharp, of AleIandris and Miss House,
daughter Of the late Chas. 81. House of that city
to some of tho departments this morning, seeking
position for the latter; but as there are no va.
canoies as office holders rarely die or resign, and
as those retained by republican influence can not
be removed, their object was unsuccessful
The House to-day took up the bill increasing
the circulation of national banks to the amount
of the par value of their bonds in the Treasury
The greenbackers and ultra silver mon opposed it
by filibustering
The President to-day sent TO the Senate the
nomination of Edward s. Bragg of Wisconsin, to
be U. s. Minister to Mexico.