Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-11-30

4 DropostiOn to send committee 10 NoF-
-rnor Hill of New York and report to him /
The true condition of affairs aud beg MIN
TO announce himself candidate for the
nomination, but that when they
met while they all agreed that they were
right. they also agreed that the party had
apparently accepted Mr.. Cleveland as lib
nominee and that there would be no use IN
opposing him.
money collected under the direct land tax
law of 1861, is as follows 1t has passed the
Senate. In the House resolution was re
ferred to the committee on rules hSlng
Thursday next as the day on which The Dill
shall be called up and vote be taken upon
it on the following Tuesday. The commit
tee ON rules agreed to report this resolution
fsvorably, but when Mr.. Randall rose in the
House 10 present it, MIR. Reed, OF
Maine, objected, so the session al
iourned before any report was msde.
1t is now the intention of The friends OF
the bill to try and have that report
presented aud adopted before Thursday, so
that the resolution will be effective without
amendment. The resolution referred TO was
the result of democratic caucus action, end
should il be adopted, as it probably will be
if brought before the House, the bill viii be
passed, as q majority OF both parties were III
favor of it last session. Should it pass, The
President, in CONSCIENCE OF the democratic
support it has received would ilout his own
party were he to veto 1t.
The friends OF the bill TO settle accounts
with Virginia for the money advanced by
the latter 10 the war of 1872 hope TO have
that bill acted upon early in the coming
session. 1t was upon his advance that the
the State of Virginia borrowed the Indian
trust money, and settlement would net
Virginia about ,hirty-foIr thousand dollars.
The account between Virginia md the ma.
tional government would then be square,
and if the bill TO return to Virginia the
amount she advanced for the erection OF
the public buildings in this city, should
be passed, there would be no Offsets.
Representative Oates of Alabama who
lead the flibrs;ers in their successful
attack on the direct land tax bill at the
last 81 ssion arrived here yesterday. de
slys the best, easiest and most salts
f.ctory way to settle the Southern GUS.
ton would be to 6isfranchise the ne
groes. That the Scutl would lose many
congressman and many electoral votes would
be the result but that peace, order, pros
perity and happiness to both races
would be secured, and the solid South
be broken; for then the white peo
pie of that section could afford to
divide politically as those of the ether
sec ms OF The country do. Now, he says all.
o.itical questions are of minor importance
there to the vital one of maintaining white
supremacy. He says no matter what Mr..
Harrison's Southern policy may he, as long
as 81 the negroes in the South march to
the polls and vote one way, their reputable
white neigbbors, who have any interest in
their homes, for self preservation he
stroi gest Of al! Influences be equally
solid.
That hope springs eternal in the human
breast ls proved by the fcs mat from GER
tain Intelligence received nj the Capitol to-
day some Of the democratic officers OF the
House say the political complexion CT that
body in the next Congress is still undecided
They say that l62 republicans have been
elected and 16l democrats that they ex
pecj TO have Mr.. Teulbee'5 old Kentucky
district, which will make tie as Two
memb ers, each with a certificate, will
come from 4 Tennessee district, neither
of whom of course can be admitted until the
House shall be organized. They also base
strong hopes on Providence, and say that &C
CorQlng TO insurance STATISTICS uNo NJ iehSt
of the 325 members will die before Decem
Der, 1889, when the next Congress- will meet,
and that as democrats are generally harder
than republicans the advantage i on their
side Every body but the few referred so,
even those most interested in having it oth-
erw So, say tie next House will organize
with l59 democrats anu lG5 republicans, and
that the latter will uDseat enough OF the
former TO give them majority OF at least
fifteen. Chairman Qaay has already in
structed nearly all the defeated republican
congressional candidates in the South TO
serve their successful democratic opponents
with notice Of contest.
Representative Mills, the sponsor Of the
Mills bill. has arrived. He says that bill
made democratic votes wherever it wss dis
cussed and explained, that it received the
support OF moi1rity of the voters OF The
country-a large.maiOrity of the white voters
and that he sees no reason why II line OF
it should he changed.
Senator Daniel was here yesterday, but LETT for
his home in Lynchburg last evening, and VIII rot
return until Monday week.