Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-03-17

would be- to build buoy tender, of which
several new ones are wanted. provided with
an ice PROV, to be used in summer for the
neual purposes of such boats and in the WIN
ter as an ice boat.
A member of the House educational com.
mittee told the GAZETTE's correspondent
this morning, what he had known ana prine'
ed before. that the committee WIS consider
ing the Blair bill, but 80 slowly that IL
would hardly complete the work before inc
adjournment Of the session. The iacO -
that the members of the committee, OF poth
political parties, are opposed to me Diii.
The spring term of the u. >. cupren1e
Court will commence on MONDAY he&.. ~
IL expected that on that day it will renaer
decision that will either confirm or uestfoy
the Bell telephone monopoly;
The House committee on the liquor tfauc
met this morning and heard representatives
If the LIQUOR men of the District of Columbia
argue against the passage OF any OF the pro-
bibition bills now before Congress.
Representative Dezendort OF virginia,
who is now here on private business says the
recent eecret circular letter OF General IA
hone. in view of the concessions made him
bv fhe Blaine men at the last national 70.
publican convention, is more than remarka-
bic. He also says the republicans In 'lr
einia can only hope for success by means OF
winning democratic votes, but that the
nomination of Mr.. Sherman with his bloody
shirt record, and especially the active part
he took in the Danville massacre" affair."
would keep every democrat within the dem,
ocratic fold. He also says the people oi
Virginia are sick and tired of war remlnls
cences. and are now thinking more about
making both ends meet than OF lighting the
war over again in words, which wou'o al
most necessarily be the case were oheruiah
nominated. With Blaine as the candidate,
he save, he believes Virginia would 90 re-
| nublican by large majority. He says ne
believes that Mr.. Blaine was sincere IN MS
letter withdrawing from the contest, put
that nevertheless he does not know, nor mas
he heard of one original Blaine man who Ia
mt now as much in favor Of the "plumed
knight" as ever. ~
large number of the young society la
] dies of this city have used their influence
with such signal effect upon the members OF
the House committee to which was referred
the resolution prohibiting the Marine oand
/ from competing with the other bands OF TINS
J city, that that committee will, it Is SAID TO
I day, report the resolution adversely
Representative Yost, of Virginia, being
asked bv the GAzETTE's correspondent TINS
morning if he believed that MIR. John s.
| Wise was sincere in his recent letter oppos
Ii ing General Malone, replied that he DID,
and that though Mr.. Wise is q Sherman
man he was aware of the prevailing dissat'
isfaction among the party with its existing
management, and had struck popular vein
by writing letter recommending change
in that management. There are many 9th
er people here. however, who differ with
Mr.. Yost, and who believe the letter was
written after consultation with General Ma
hone. and that when the State republican
convention shall assemble, the Generals
'smalgn influence" and his methods" will
secure a majority of Sherman delegates and
the adoption of the unit rule.