Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-04-12
From Washington.
Special Correspondence OF the Alexa. dAzkTTEI
WASHINGTON, D. c., April u, 1855

Tsuecial Correspondence Of the Alexs. GAZETTE
WASHINGTON. D. c., April II, 1888
In the Senate Yesterday Senator'S Vest;
Cockrell, Reagan and Kenna, who nad Vo.su
to nav the widow of General SHIELDS tne
ann of ten thousand dollars for the Generals
swords, opposed paying Miss LOWS, Inc nei.
NJ General Washington, twenty thousand
dollars for the sword the Father OF his Coun-
try wore at his public receptions Wnep
Presidept. and when be- resigned MIS- com
mission at Annapolis.
The House at seven o'clock last hieh. re-
cessed until q quarter before t"eiVe .ouaS'
at which hour Mr.. Cox moved 10 aoJourn.
The ayes and noes were called ano u Tue
eurnrise of every body. as all the democrats
nressnt except one, Mr.. Sowden, OF Penn
svlyanja. voted aye, the motion was de.
fsated by two yotee. The announcement OF
the result was received with vocferous and
prolonged applause on the republican side;
but the motion being Immediately renewed,
and some of the absent democratic members
having in the meantime returned, IL Was
carried, this time with the applause OF Dotn
sides, and 30 the session of Wednesday, the
4th inst, was finally brought to close d.
one O'Clock on Thursday 18th, and the aeiesV
of the direct land tax bill thereby elected.
Ofthe Virginia delegation, all the democrats
voted for adjournment and all Inc rePuoii-
cans against it, One of the latter In taking
to the GAZETTE's correspondent about the
resnlt said it secured q republican vic
t,ry in his State next fall, as all the repub'l.
can stumpers there would have to do to effect
| that purpose would be to tell their audiences
that republican Senate had passed Dill
that would have returned the money many
oftbem had paid as direct land tax, Dut Inc
democrats in the House had not only defeated
| il bnt made the exaction of that tax from
| those who had not paid it possible. Hesaid the
talk about passing the bill next December
was all bosb, as while Mr.. Cleveland though
opuosed to it, might have approved 1t now, IN
view of the coming election he would surely
| veto it next winter, whether elected or de-
feated. He said besides, that the demo
cratic filibusters had given the republicans
some lessons in parliamentary tactics when
| thew could, if they would, profit by in the
determined effort they intend to make to
defeat the tariff bill, which will come up In
the House next week.
Professor and Mrs. Cabell, OF Norwood In
stitute, will entertain the alumni OF The Uni
versity of Virginia resident in this city to-
morrow night, when Mr.. Daniel B. Lucas,
of West Virginia. will deliver lecture upon
/ Daniel O'C0nnell.
Ex-senator Lewis, of Virginia. who is still here,
SAYS he will not BIO in the least surprised II Cen
Malone shall assume and maintain the control oil
the coming republican convention in his state.
| He SAWS the opponents of Malone in his own par
ty in Virginia are as deficient in courage as the
democratic opponents of Cleveland are. He also
says he received letter from Mr. John Wise OPP
posing Malone, but at the same time saying that
Malone had the brains of the party, and was tho
best man to be at its head; to which letter he,
Lewis had replied that if the loss of three or four
campaigns in succession proved the brains of
party manager, General Malone was the most
brilliant one Virginia had yet produced.
Among the petitions recently presented in the
House were the following by Virginia members
MIR. Bowden, petition of j. l.. Jones, ad'ninlstra-
tor of Isaac Jones, of Elizabeth City county, Va.
for reference OF his claim to the Court OF Claims
Mr.. Gaines, petition of j. c. Schoolheld, +. Har-
grave and II other citizens OF Petersburg, Va, In
reference to cotton seed oil also petition of Davis
& Co. and 50 other citizens of Petersburg, Va,
against the passage of the Butterworth and Dawes
lard bill also letter in the Richmond Wing re-
lating to the Mills tariff bill Mr.. Lee, petition
of L. 3. Buckner, heir of Louisa ID. Turner of
Fauquier county, Va, for reference of her claim
to the Court of Claims also petition of 101 cit
liens of the Sth Congressional district for sys
tenn of government telegraph. Mr.. OFerrall, a
similar petition of 30 citizens of Page county, Va
| In the House to-day Mr.. Bowden presented pa
pers in the case of the Claim of s. P. Bayly; Mr..
Browne presented petition of B. F. Sharp and
others of Ivanhoe Furnace, Wythe county, Va ,
for the more effective protection OF agriculture
Mr.. Gaines presented petition of Thos. s. Smith,
administrator of Thomas and Samuel T. Smith, of
Prince George county, Va, and of George j..
Clarke, Of Amelia county, Va for the reference
of their claim to the Court of Claims Mr. Yost
presented petition of John l.. Whiting & Co.,
against reduction of the duty on brushes.
Representative Gaines, republican, from the Pc
tersburg district, in Virginia, Who has recently
returned from a visit to his Home, says all the
candidates for the republican Congressional NOM
ination in that district are not only professed
Mohone men, but are vieing with each other in
! their expressions of admiration for the General
aud of Willingness to recognize and acknowledge
his leadership.