Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-12-12
ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE AND VIRGINIA ADVERTISER.

he reelected republicans III the House are
in favor of an extra session al Congress,
Knowipc people about the Capitol are con-
vinced that no such session viii 30 held.
They say that the democrats, FOR various
reasons. are opposed to such II session, aud
that if one be called the republican MAORI.
ty will be so smail-bare one IL Is now said
the democrats can successfully OPP
poge mn organization and will do it. They
cav that several years ago when tiie demo-
Gratis had two majority in the Senate and
wanted TO orgaOiZa that body In their inter"
est before the commencement OF the regular
s%essiop, the republican minority successiuliy
resisted them, and that the larger demo-
cratic minority in the House wcu'd have
even less difficulty in preventing the organ
ization of that body if so disposed. they
also ssy that MFR. Harrison and his Cabinet
will not want to be overruo as soon as IN
stalled in tfice By republican Congressman
wanting ,!aces for their friends, and that
for that reason the President elect will not
be disposed to acceed TO q demand for an
extra session..
Representative Martin, of Texas, for
whose arrest q warrant was issued charging
him with an assault on q reporter OF the
Star. of this city, accompanied by his conn-
sci, Senator Reagan, appeared ut the Police
Court this morning before that warrant had
been served, hui was told to come again at
10 o'clock TO morrow. A member OF Coz
gress is not exempt from arrest while in at
tendance upon the sessions of that body if
charged with breach of the peace,
l seems 10 be the prevailing impression
amorg the republican members Of Congress
that Mr.. Reed will not be the Speaker OF
the next House. They concede Mr.. Reeds
fitness for the place, and many OF them
think his lcrg service entities bin 10 it, but
thcy say he is not popular and that The
place will 20 10 the West aud probably ia
Mr.. Mckinley. Some wears ago., when tire
temperance women Of Ohio used to assemble
in barrooms and hold prayer meetings
therein, Mr.. Mckinley was their staunoh
advocate.
TIE Senate to-day resumed the consider
alton CT the tariff bill, Mr.. Berry, democrat,
OF Arkansas, saying that the tax on cotton
: ties was unjust to the South and that the
whole bill was sectional in its character.
He was replied to in kind by Mr.. Hiscock,
/ republican,, Of New York.
| Representatives Brown and Bowen, Ma
hone republicans, have gone to Petersburg
, to attend Gen. Mshone's conference to be
/ held there tomorrow night. MIR. 1ost says
/ he was not invited to this conference.
The Indiana Congressmen here cannot
understand why the democratic u. 5. Dis
trict attorney at Indianapolis has suddenly
resigned, while having in his possession sli
the evidence against Col Dudley, of the ra-
tional republican committee, who is charged
with BIB ne voters in their State.
The chief fact developed BY the caucus Of
| The democratic members Of the House hold
lss. night WIS that there is now no recog
| niz i leader among those members. There
are numerous would be leaders among
them, but none to whom they ali lonk as q
leader. The whole time ofthe caucus wac
consumed in the consideration of the bill for
the admission OF new States, but no definite
conclusion was reached.
The reply Of Senator Iagalis to Mrs. Whit.
news deuial of the scandalous reports con
cernirg the Presidents family relations, was
not extempore. but was carefully prepared
snd given to several Northern and Western
newspapers. II is considered here that Mrs
Whitney not only unnecessarily but uuwise-
~ ccnnrc!cd herself with tho affair, ard
that il would have been infinitely better for
| all parties if the scandals had been allowed
to die cut wi,hous any more stirring Of the
emhers.
10 the House to-day the Senate smend-
ments 10 the bill raising the agricultural bu.
reau to the dignity of a department were
non.concurred in, and that bill referred to q
COMMITTEES Of conference, Mr.. Hatch stat
ing that his object was to have the signal
service transferred from the war to the ag-
r~iculiural department, and that he had hopes
of accomplishing that object in a conference
committee.
The House 20 day resumed the considera-
ton ofthe direcs land tax bill, with the I'M
Outstanding that a vote upon it should be
taken q 4 o'clock this afternoon.
The river and harbor bill was reported in the
House to-day. The appropriations fer Virginia
have previously been stated in the GAZETTE.