Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-03-01
letter from Richmond.
Especial Cor of the Alexandria GAZETTE


RICHMOND, Feb. 29.-Delegate Basker-
Vile, the dusky member from Mecklenburg,
! made rather amusing mistake this morn
| ing at the meeting of the House Committee
on Privileges and Elections. Baskerville s
| member Of that committee and this morn.
| ing he walked into the committee room
while the bill appointing election officers
| under the Anderson Mccormick bill. was
under consideration, and he submitted
| three names for the electoral board of Meek
| Ienburg They were the names of stalwart
| republicans and Baskerville was leboring
under the impression that he would be &C
corded the privilege of settling all matters
as far as his county was concerned. be did
not fnd out his mistake until member of
the committee whispered to him that the
committee had already found three other
names, and that the democratic party was
holding the reins of government at this
| time.
II does not look like the bill to prohibit
the operations of railroad ticket scalpers,
will pass this session. 1t was thought that
| the Senate would tske it up TO-. day but it
did not do 80.
This Legislature has been infested more
| with lobbyists, appropriately termed lob
| sters," than any session of recent years.
The bill to abolish compulsory pilotage,
brought them like an east wind brought the
| ocusts in days of "auld lang syne."
A suggestion has been made to build
high wall about the Senate chamber and
post conspicuously on the same, "Lobsters
Boiled Within"
| Delegate Flood is delegate of whom the
county ofAppomattox may we'll be proud.
| No great measure, which promises the
amelioration of any class of the human race
| fails to win his earnest and Jealous support.
| Bills in favor of establishing liens and boards
| iu favor of mechanics, and establishing
boards and granting appropriations in faVcr
of farmers generally command his support.
Besides eli this he divides with Delegate
| Wilkins, the handsome member from Acco
mac, the sovereignty over the tender heart
ed beauties of Richmond. There Is every
promise that one of these days he will sway
legislative halls of national character and
of grander proportions, than the one in
which be now shines.
The Agricultural bill was defeated by q
slim mn GRITTY in the Senate, but motion to
reconsider is pending. The bill appropria
tes annuells fifteen thousand dollars, which
appropriation is to be used in distributing
literature and information amongst farmers
and send 10 out speakers to discuss agricultu-
raj topics. There is to be board ap-
pointed by the Governor-one member from
each Congressional district. This bill is
pressed at the suggestion of the Farmers
Assembly and is supposed to be demanded
by the tillers of the soil. Senator Koiner
was Jealous in his advocacy of the bill and
Senator Heaton, with his usual vigor, OPP
posed it. 10 spirit Of fun, Senator Harri-
son, of Winchester, who goes hand in hand
with Senator Edmunds, of Halifax, upon all
topics effecting farmers moved to sppropri-
ate S25 900 to purchase fine farm to be set
aside for expert or hook farmers" to oper-
ate on.
Senator Houston says that if the Senate
should decide that he is rot entitled to q
seat in that body from the Montgomery dis
trict, aUd that if the seat is awarded to Mr.
Ellis, that he (Houston) will stand for Con-
gress next time. Mr. Houston and General
Malone have not been on very friendly
terms for some time, but he thinks that all
differences that have existed between him
self and the General will soon be healed.
The only chance that Mr.. Ellis will have to
get the contested seat in the Senate Ia In
twenty bal OTIS voted at Chiistiarsburg bear
ing the name of Houston" upon them.
There is some doubt in the minds of some
members of the committee as to the legality
of these votes. If they are rejected Ellis
will be seated, or else new election will be
ordered. b. Z. U.
| CyPOR1ING GOODS. GUNS, &c.-We arc now