Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-08-29
From Washington

Representative O'Ferrall, the Harrison.
burg district Virginia, has just returned
from That district. He gays II there ls any
democratic detection in Virginia it is GER
tainly not in his district, ss he never knew
the democrats there to be more united. more
satisfied, or in better condition, generally,
than they are at present. Regarding his
own re election, by an increased majority, he
saws he mas no doubt. He Gays the republicans
there are relying chiefly upon their plan to
deceive the labor vote by the cry that pro-
lection increases wages, but he really be.
lieyes the more the tariff is discussed and
the better it is understood the more votes
he will receive, as the people thereby learn
how they are plls2ed to increase the profits
of the protected monopolists.
Representative Belmont, chairman Of the
House Foreign Affairs Committee, will be
here tomorrow, when, it ia expected, the
subcommittee to whom the bill granting
the President all the authority he wants to
retsliate upon Canada. will be ready to re-
port to the whole committee. As stated in
this correspondence yesterday there is no
doubt that the report will bs favorable aud
will be adopted.
/ AS the last day of the last summer month
approaches the members Of both houses OF
! Congress seem to be growing more anxious
! to get away from here and go to their re-
| spectiye homes, and es it is expected that
all the regular appropriation bills Will be
passed by the end Of this, or certainly of
next week, the hope is expressed by many
OF them that whether the Senate Finance
| Committee report tariff bill By the last
mentioned date or rot. the adjournment Of
the session will not be delayed much beyond
| that time.
Representative Yost OF the Stsunton, Vr-
ginia, district says the real republican party
of his county have Endorsed him and elected
delegates to the district convention, who
will vote for his denomination, and that the
so called republican meeting there that con-
demned his opposition TO one man rule was
composed of about fifteen or twenty Malone
republicans who bolted fron the regular re.
publican meeting. He says all the counties
| in bis district, so far as he has heard of, ex-
cept one, have elected delegates to the con-
gressional convention who will vote for his
denomination, and that he has no doubt he
will be renominated.
The Senate ID day after the routine bust
ness resumed the consideration of Mr.. Stew
arts resolution respecting timber lands. In
the House after Mr.. Cheadle, republican Of
| Indiana, had objected 10 a resolution for
continuing last years appropriation for the
army for another mouth, in order that he
might have an opportunity to say that the
democratic majority of the House had re
fused TO fix day fer the consideration OF q
| bill 10 pension The gallant men who he'd
reserved the government, and to blame
| that ms jority for the delay in passing the
regular appropriation bills, having said
which be withdrew his OH scioD, the
consideration of the bill to print government
securities by hand instead of machinery was
resumed.
Mr.. Hopkins, the labor representative
| from the Lyncbbure district, who has an
nouuced himself as candidate for re-eleo-
ton. says that not only ia the labor vote ia
his city we'll organized, bnt that such is the
case in all the counties Of The district. He
says he is running not TO hurt either the
democratic or the republican congressional
candidate in that district, but to help him
self, and that fifteen or twenty days are all
that he wants for his campaign.
Representative Lee, OF the Alexandria
district, attended the County Court OF Or.
ange county, in his district, last Monday
He says State Senator Gordon, of that dis
trct, and himself addressed the voters there
on that day, and that as far as be could
learn the democrats would lose no votes
there next November, but, on the contrary,
are likely 20 gain some.
A movement is on foot in the House by which.
| If possible, to force the consideration of General
HOoker's resolution to remove the duty on cotton
bagging on Monday next so as to show that the
democrats in that body want to kill the cotton
baggng "trust.'
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