Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-02-20

such a boat should be provided. The
Georgetown delegation asked that in any
hill that might be passed the word George.
town be inserted, as Georgetown is now
known as West Washington, end that un'
less the old name ofthat town be specially
mentioned they were doubtful If the boat
would run above the Washington whaFves
Representative Lee, of the Alexandra as
trict, who accompanied the Alexandra oe''
egation, hoped the committee would not on
" report the bill favorably, but do SO as soon
as possible, so as 10 avoid the danger OF
presa Of business towards the latter end OF
the session. The committee VIII nave
another hearing at II o'clock next THURSDAY
morning.
The fisheries treaty has been received by
the Senate but will not be opened until the
bcdv goes into secret session.
Nearly all the members of the national
democratic committee or their proxies are
now in the city, though their formal meeting
will moi take place until Wednesday. The
members who hold federal positions will be
present either personally o. by proxy. AS
the State committee of New York failed to
fill the vacancy occasioned by the death OF
Mr.. Thompson, that State will not be
represented in the meeting. ma
ioritv of the members of the COM
mittee are in favor of thu denomination
of PRECEDENT Cleveland, and for that reason
will oppose holding the national convention
in New York, where the clackers would be
against him, and will favor holding it be-
fore the republican convention, SO mat
| IL he be renominated it will show that they
are not afraid of any candidate the repuoli
| cans may nominate.
Professor Laugston, ex Superintendent OF
the Virginia colored normal school at Peters
burg. was at the Capitol to-day. He told
the GAzETTEs correspondent that he was
ALREADY a republican candidate for Congress-
in the Petersburg district of Virginia, the
district now represented by Mr.. Gaines, also
q republican that he intended to remain
candidate, and thst, what was more, he
would be nominated and elected. lie said
his friends were organized in every ward In
Petersburg, and would he in every county
10 the district. He said he was not special
| ~ opposing any other one man or candidate,
| Int was irving 10 have himself elected, and
thought he would succeed He sad he bad
not read General Mahone's recent secret cir
culsr, but was for Sherman as the nominee
of the next national republican convention.
Ia the House to day Mr.. Browne, OF Viz
cinia. on the recommendation Of the light
house board introduced bill for first class
light house on Hog Island. Mir. Browne
also introduced bill for increasing The pay
of the men in the lie saving service.
Representative Yost, Of Virginia, re-
publican. says he has received numerous
letters from republicans IN his State VINO
! have heretofore believed that General Ma.
homo was Tor the party and not for himself,
| In which they say the publication of his re-
cent private circular has undecided them,
thai they now SEQ that whereas he, Yost,
was right in his opposition to boss rule, they
were wrong, and that hereafter they Will
know the better now to act.
The u Supreme Court after rendering
few unimpor ant decisions to-day ad-
iourned till Monday The 10Th proximo. In
view OF the fact that 8 petition has been
sent, but not yet received, for o rehearng
| ia the Moxwell-Preller case, the execution
the sentence of death in that case will be
put off for the present,
The House Committee on Public Lands practi-
| cally agreed to-day to repeal the timber culture
and pre-. emption laws, and to so amend the home
stead laws IS to prevent the acquisition of public
| lands by any but actual settlers.
A delegation of the City Council of Fredericks-
| burg composed of Mes5rs. Rowe, Hunter aud Cole,
arrived here this morning and went to the White
House to invite the President to stop in their city
and partske of its hospitality either on his way to
or from Florida
| The House Judiciary Committee today agreed
to report favorably bill to reopen the court of
claims for one year to claimants for compensation
for captured and abandoned property. The fund
held for such claims in the Treasury amounts to
six million dollars