Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-07-07
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rsnscts, Correspondence Of the Alexs. GAZETTE
WASHING TON. d. c., July Z, 1855.
In talking about the numerous private
,an.ion hills the President has vetoed this
soso;on Northern republican congressman,
ga to the GAzETTE's correspondent
this morning, that no men really entitled to
. mansion has any fault to find with MIR.
cleveland for such vetoes, as it is we'll known
that the pension bureau is manned by re-
republicans who have previously examined
ali such claims and reported against them.
He said be knew of one instance in Wnlcn
a bill had passed both houses of Congress
to pension the widow of an ex preacher, VINO
had died two or three years ago OF delirlum
tremens, upon the ground that ne had con-
tracted the habit of drinking during the war.
In the House yesterday Mr.. Lee intro
duced a bill granting pension to John j.,
Thomas.
At last nights meeting of the Virginia
democratic association of this city Mr.. j. 4.
Fisher. Assistant Postmaster of the House,
rendered his resignation as secretary of the
association.
The nomination of Mr. Morton for Vice.
President has reminded Mr.. Perry Belmont,
chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Com.
mittee. that that committee was once called
anon to investigate the charge that MIR.
Morton, when U. S. Minister to France, had
used his official position as means OF In
ducing his government to interfere in the
Chili.Peruyian affair in order to secure the
nayment of certain Peruvian bonds in which
he or his friends were interested and that
that charge was not disproved. Such a
man Mr.. Belmont thinks would hardly be q
safe one for the Presidency should Mr.. Har-
rison be elected and die.
The House to-day, after granting an hour
to the bills reported by the Military COM
mittee. resumed the consideration of the
Mills bill, when Mr.. Kelly, republican OF
Pennsyi vania, read the riot act to Mr.. Can
non, republican of Illinois, for proposing
that the reduction of the tariff on sugar
should be compensated by bounty to the
producers.
It is understood that the tariff bill which
will be passed by the Senate as substitute
for the Mills bill will make q reduction OF
eighty million in the revenue, chiefly by the
reduction of the tariff on sugar and rice,
Southern products, the addition of few ar
tices not produced 10 this country to the
free list, the abolition of the internal reve-
nue. tax on tobacco, and on fruit liquor and
on whisky used in the arts. The Mills bill, 1t
is supposed today, will be passed by the
House before the close OF next week. 1t ls
not likely it will be detained in the Senate
more than ten days, if so long, as the Ser
stors are as anxious to get away from here
as anybody else.
Col. Robt Iueersoll is now here. He
says the manufacturers OF the North nave
reached the conclusion that the coming
campaign, 80 far es their interests are con
cerned, is to be for the quick or the dead,
and have determined that it shall be the
former, and therefore will put up all the
money that may be required to make dar-
risou's election sure, and lay the free trade
spirit for at least two decades. He says a
correct expression of the feeling in the North
cannot be obtained from the newspapers
hat are read here, and that the republican
success will reach the magnitude OF cy'
clone. Mt John Randolph Tucker, when
informed of what Col. Ingersoll said, as re.
ported above. replied that the Colonel
knew no more about politics than he did
about religion.
From the 10th Virginia district it is
learned to-day that Mr.. Harry Tucker, Mr..
Anderson and Mr.. Berry are those most
spoken of in respect of the democratic con
RreS9lOQ6l QOuludbtuu III UNIV uiotiASpj "HN
that Mr.. Hubart will contest for the repub-
licsn nomination with Mr.. Yost, the sitting
member. From the 9Th district it is learned
that all the republicans there are Mahone'
ties, and that they are as yet uncertain whom
to declare for as General Malone
has expressed no preference. Colonel
Sutherlin eeems to be the favorte for
the democratic nomination and, 1t is said
if nominated, will stand good chance OF
election, though the district is now repre-
sented by republican. Judge Atkins, who
| ia spoken of as the probable republican
candidate in the Richmond district, is said
by Richmond people here to be one the least
Objectionable members of his party in that
district, but by no means the strongest, and
one of the least to be feared.
Representative Bowen, from the 9th Virgins
| district, in short talk with the GAZETTEs cor
respondent this morning, said he had heard OF nc
| opposition to his owD renom nation by the re
| publicans of his district. There were, he said
| several democrats in the district whose names he
hsd hesrd mentioned in connection with the dem
ocratic nomination, among them ex Congressmer
Pridemore, Richmond and Trigg, all of whom. he
! said were popular in their party, and each OF
| whom would concentrate their party's vote. Mr.
Bowen said that from what he could learn the ap
pointment of MI Brady as the Virgil ia member
of the national republican committee was any
| thing else than satisfactory to the republicans
| his State.
A GREEN CORN DANCE.-At Okeechobee
Fla, the Indians are having the largest