Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-05-11
From Washington.
FrOm W NSIAIHttOH.
Especial Correspondence Of the Alexs. GAZETTE.
WASHING TON, D. c., May IL, 1885

ItASHlNGIONs ~ ", Indy IL 1OOo.
There are two reports concerning the &C
tion of the Senate in executive session yes
terday upon the proposition TO debate the
Canadian fisheries treaty in open session !:
one to the effect tbatt the adverse report on
Mr.. Riddleberger's resolution was adopted
and that Mr.. Hoar's proposition to have the
debate reported by the official stenograph,,
ers for future publicity, is deemed
that Mr.. Riddleberger's resolution
was adopted, but that motion TO re-
consider was made, aud two o'clock Mon
day set as the time for the discussion of that
motion. Mr.. Riddleterger's close personal
friends assert that the latter report is the
correct one.
The only petition presented in the House
Yesterday by Virginia member was one by
Mr.. Hopkins from certain citizens OF Prince
George county, in his State, in favor of pure
food.
A DECISION in The interstate Hatfield
Mccoy case, between West Virginia and
Kentucky. will, it is understood, be render
ed 10 the U. S. Supreme Court on Monday
next.
AT the meeting Of the Senate District of
Columbia Com mittee o-day the proposition
to allow the B. & o. r. r., 10 establish
depot on 9Th street, Immediately opposite
the B. & p. depot, was considered, but deti
mite action thereon postponed until to.
| morrow.
The published refusal of 1st Assistant
Postmaster General Stevenson to allow his
name to be used as a candidate Tor the gu
bernatorial nomination in Illinois, has sore.
ly disturbed the democratic Presidential
ticket makers in that State, inasmuch as it
- fNlon
among those who are spoken of for Vice
President, and thereby seriously interferes
with the nomination of Mr.. Black for that
position, the more especially as the former
is by long odds the most popular man, not
only among the democrats OF Illinois, but
those of all the other States, because he is
opposed to the civil service reform humhug,
aud turned out most all the Sd and 4th class
postmasters for no other cause than the fact
of their being republicans.
Up to last night seventy eight speeches
had been made on the Mills tariff bill,
twelve yesterday. Mr.. Scott, a PennsYlva-
MIA manufacturer, led oil in speech IN ia
vor of that bill this morning. He took
strong low tariff grounds, and expressed his
opinion of men who, protesting to be demo-
Gratis, advocated republican principles. 1t
is understood that among the other speech
es still to be made in favor of the bill will
be one by Mr.. Fitch. New York repub-
can. The speech of Mr.. Wilkinson, of Lou.
isiana yesterday, in favor of the bill, is
said by some of the democrats 10
have dampened the hopes OF the pro-
tectionists. inasuuch as they had ex
pected some support from that quarter by
reason Of the sugar section of the bill where
as now they know that the Louisiana dele
CATION will be against them solidly. MIR.
Mills told the GAZETTEs correspondent this
morning that the result of the debate 30 far
had been entirely satisfactory to the friends
of the bill and that they were gaining
strength every day. On the contrary, the
republicans still insist that the bill never
can pass with free wool, and in that belief
they are joined by several democrats. But
without that, it may as we'll not pass at all.
Mr.. Barbour's most intimate friends here
say he has pretty well made up his mind to
decline g reelection to the chairmae-
ship of the democratic committee of his
State. This is only what Mr. Barbour
ntimated to the GAZETTE's correspondent
several months ago, and published at the
time in this correspondence.
From the 5th Virginia district it is learn
ed here to day that Messrs. Powell and !
Hartwell, of Franklin county, Cornett. of
Grayson. and Judge Blackwell, of Danville,
are spoken of as candidates for the republi.
can Congressional nomination in that dis
trict, against Mr.. Brown, the present repub.
lcan member, who is q candidate for renom-
ination, but that Mr.. Hartwel has put him.
self out of the race by taking ground against
Gen. Malone.
Representative Lee, of the Alexandria
district, being asked day if he had heard
of any body spoken of as likely to oppose
him for denomination since Messrs. Mere
dith aud Foster have denied the reports
that they would, replied that he had not,
and that SO far rs he was at present advised
the only opposition he would have would be
hat of Mr. Elan the republican nominee.
Judge Strother, of Giles couuty, Virginia,
his To