Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-01-20
From Washington.
rspeciL Correspondence Of the Ale1a. GAZETTE.
WASHINGTON. D. c.. Jan. 90 1858.

WASHINGTON. u. u. Jan. ~. 1000.
The House Commerce Committee met TO-
day and considered Mr.. Auderson's resolu-
ton respecting the Reading Railroad strike.
No conclusion was reached. The CHIEF
question seemed to be that of Jurisdiction
and on that the republican as well as the
democratic members of the committee were
divided. The committee has before 1t piils
for light houses at Great Wicomlco III
Northum berand' county and at Tangler, ' o.,
and will, it is understood, report faVof"ois
upon both. LII, h,t,,e
Nothing can be done with the Dills pelore
the Library Committee OF Congress, as 1nat
Ia Joint committee of three members q
each body. and the Speaker OF the House. oy
an oversight, appointed I'VE members. on-
III he shall recover and etrike OFT two mem
hars the action OF the committee must be IN
aheyance. Senator Hoar is SO anxious to
have the bill for monument to the colored
soldiers passed that he has had it taken
from the Library Committee and placed on
the calendar.
The House Elections Committee has
concluded he hearing in the case OF Judge
Lowry, of Indiana, who is contestipg the
seat of a republican, who, he states, is un.
naturalized, but have not yet determined
upon their report. 1t Is probable that re-
port, when made, will declare the seat va
cant, and recommend new election.
| Among the applicants for the position IN
| the Postof6ce Department made vacant oy
the resignation of Judge Goolrick are MIR.
". W, Scott and Capt. Hudgins, of Virginia.
II is reported that Senator elect Barbour is
advocating the appointment of the former
and Senator Daniel that of the latter.
DIR. Green, president OF the Western Union
| Telegraph Company, was before the Senate
Poetofice Committee to day and argued
against the establishment Of government
telegraph. He said the telegraph service oil
this country is the best and cheapest IN
the world. cheaper than in England, because
there the address and signature are charg-
ed for az we'll as the body of the dispatch.
Representative Lee has introduced bill
for the improvement of Quantico Creek,
Virginia; also petitions from citizens Of
Pine View and Elk Run, Feuquier county,
Va, for increased compensation to 3rd ano
4,h class postmasters Mr.. O'Ferrall has
presented similar petitions from citizens Of
Rivanna, Albemarle county also resoiu'
ton of the Virginia Legislature faVorlng an
appropriation for permanent quarantine
at Cape Charles.
Mr.. Keely, of Pennsylvania, in the House
yesterday, made speech, in which he &C
cused Mr.. Springer, of Illinois. of claiming
a fee of $4,000 for "astutey inserting" in
the bill for the Philadelphia centennial 8
clause by which the money appropriated fol-
that purpose was made loan. In the
House to day Mr.. Springer asserted that
that statement was untrue, but that if he
had been the means of recovering that mon
ey he considered 1t one of the best actions
of his life. He was appauded by the demo
Gratis.
1t is understood that Senator Daniel has been
promised the consulate at Port Hope, Canada
made vacant by the death of K. NJ. Conway, OF
| Fredericksburg for one of his friends.
Representative Lee has been requested by citl
zens of Wrstmoreland county, Virginia, to advo'
cate an appropriation for the monument at the
birthplace of Washington, and for the approaches
thereto.
Associate Justice Lamar has not appeared upon
the Supreme Bench since the day he first took bis
sent theron The Court on the Doth proximo will
take recos. until the 10Th Of March.
Among the letters Senator Blair has had read in
the Senate in favor of his educational bill is ore
from Mrs Ora Langhorne, of Lynchburg Va.