Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-03-12
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It Is reported here on good republican all
thorily enst Genera! Mahone's selection lor
the delegates ST large sfoch the STATE OF VIZ
ginia TO tho nat;ouaI republican convention
are himself, Representative Bowen. ex-
Auditor Blown Allen aud soMe negro from
Eastern Virginia. WY be has left out Mr.
John Wise is a matter OF mucn speculation
among republicans here, tut s generally AT
tributed to the fact, previously mentioned
ia this correspondence, that Mr.. WlAe has
announced his determination ofopposing on
the floor of the State Convention any propo-
silion for instructing the delegates VINO may
bs elected to vote for Mr.. Sherman.
Ia the Ssnate to. day Mr.. Daniel presented
netitiop from certain ex Union soldiers in
favor of the passage of the per diem pension
hill. From the Committee on Claims ne re-
1orted fayorebly a. bill to refer the clam OF }.
a. Fairfax, of Virginia, for certain contract
work done in this city, to the Court OF
Claims At the conclusion of the morning
hour in the Senate Mr.. Colquitt, OF Georgia,
made long speech in favor OF low talih.
The House, after passing bill for public
building in Atlanta, proceeded with the call
of States tor the introduction OF bills, after
which the order of the day is the considers.
alton of District of Columbia bills.
A New York republican, in talking this
morning about the present stand the New
York Tribune has taken against General
Malone, said the Tribune was sustained in
that stand by all the Northern republicans
except those who were personally interested
ia the nomination of MIR. Sherman, and
that they thought the General was entirely
too seii- assuming, and that he ought to trim
his wings 70 as to fly lower. When told
that the Iri6une's opposition to the General
would have 10 effect upon the negroes,
who Compose tbs vast majority of the Vir-
pinia republicans, he replied he supposed 30,
but that it would have great effect upon the
Northern republicans, who were relied upon
by the General to supply most if not all bis
campaign funds.
Mr.. w. T. Robbins, a lawyer of Gloucester
county, Va, who has been appointed post
off3ce inspector, filed his bonds and was
sworn tnto office to-day His sureties are
senator Daniel and MIR. Joseph Bryan of
Ri. hainnd
REPRESENTATIVE Lie of the Alexandria
district went 10 Virginia last Saturday, and
Mas been detained there by the Indictment
wes'beT
Senator Ipgalls, as previously stated in
with which his late speech has been re
ceived by many Northern republicans, de.
cided to make supplementary speech, in
which to tone down his gross assault upon
the President of the country and his hyens
Ike attack upon the reputation Of the dead
Generals Mcclellan and Hancock, but hear
Ing that Senator Blackburn had thoroughly
examined bis record and was lying in wait
g. lat
last Thursday, but Informed his friends that
he would Select another opportunity for de
liveriog it. This morning, however, be told
shem he had RECONSTRUCTED bis determination
and would let the original speech staDd a.
ir was.
Dir. Raudall's ioog expected revenus Oil
Tsa introduced in the House to-day, having
bear printed at the public printing ofic,
though why, no body seems to know, as he
is not a member of the Ways and Means
Committee, as The bill, until introduced, YES
his Individual private paper, end es
be had no more right to have it
printed ct the government Office than
be or any other member has to
print private matter at public expense.
The bill. as anticipated. reduces the revenue
about sizty.f i've million dollars on inter-
nal gayenue, and twenty million on
ta,iij it removes the tax on tobacco
and liquors distiied from fruit, and
reduces the tax on whisky to fifty cents
gallon, makes weiss beer free, and repeats
the ts1 on the manufacturers of stills. Med.
icines arc tax d Is por cent, soaps 70 per
cent, eartbern Ware 20 par cent, china and
glass 80 and 40 per cent, copper 80 per cent,
iron ore rs cents tod, railway bars Sl4
ton, sugar from q to 8! cents pounds, mo
lasses from to s cents gallon, and
wool from to 10 cents q pound.
The bill is perfectly satisfactory to both the
wool and iron manufacturers, and to the re-
pubicars, but is too rank protection doc
ument for even some OF the so.called pro-
lection democrats. AS stated in this cores
pondence on Saturday. the bill will never
leave the room of the Ways and
Means Committee, to which it has
been referred. The democratic mem
bers of that committee either take no
interest il it or ignore it altogether.
Mr.. Kelley, the leading republican protec
zionist in the House, says the bill is real
revenue reform measure and that be will
give it his entire aud earnest support. With
such an endorsement it is readily seen that
it cannot receive the support Of any intel.
ligent low tariff man.
The directors of the Mount Vernon Avenue AS
socistion at their meeting last Saturday evening,
after long discussion as to the amount Of the
commission to be paid the agents appointed by
Virginia in previous years to collect her claim
against the government for the money she ad-
yauced it with which to erect the public buildings
in this city-which claim has EOw been transfer
red to the association-in case it be allowed, and
which had no definite conclusion, appointed
committee with Mr. Chandler chairman to pre-
pare a bill to be introduced in Congress- for the
payment of that claim. The bill now before Con-
gress provides for paying MsIyland's claim as
well as that OF Virginia, but the new bill will
contain no reference to Maryland's claim.
CoNvIcrED.-Theju jury in the case of Geo.
N. Balm, jr., late cashier of the Exchange
National Bank, Of Norfolk city, which
failed in 1854, on Saturday brought in a YER
dict of guilty against the accused on an IL
charging him with making q false