Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-07-17
From Washington

rsnccIa, Correspondence OF tho Alexa. GAzSITk.J
WASHING TON. D. c., July II. 1883.
In the House to-day the resolution intro
duced by General Lee on Saturday last,
calling upon the Secretary of the Interior
for Information specting the action taken
bv his department With regard to pensions
under the Mexican pensions act asked lor
by officers of the army, navy and marine
corps whose names have been dropped from
the rolls. was reported favoraoly from the
military committee to which 1t bad been re
f.rred. II is said at the Capitol that the
Secretary will attempt to explain his action
in refusing Mexican pensions to ex-Confed
crates who resigned their positions IN the
e. S. service, upon the ground OF pressure
of business and want of time to consider
their cases, though that has been the stand
ing excuse for more than year.
Miss Mildred Lee, daughter of General
Robert E. Lee. and her friend, Miss Folk, OF
Tennessee, passed through here yesterday
on their way from Europe to Rayens"ortn'
the residence of Representative Lac, near
Alexandria, where they will remain Tor
some time.
Capt. John s. Tucker, the Washington
correspondent of the Richmond Dispatch
has, through the influence of MIR. Wise, the
| representative from his district, been ap-
pointed 10 &, 900 position 10 the lnterloT
| Department.
| In the House yesterday Mr.. Browne, of
| Virginia, offered resolution requesting the
Secretary of State to inform the house Of
Representatives what action has been taken
under the resolution of June IA. 1917, max
| ing an appropriation for monument 10
mark the birthplace Of George Washington
Ia the Senate to day when MIR. Hale
called up the bill to reinstate General FIRE.
mont in his rank of Major General, and put
him on the retired list, Mr.. Reagan showed
| that the retired list was 30 large now that
| millions of dollars were required to pay
4 those whose names are inscribed thereon.
| The House to day resumed the consldera
! ton of the Mills bill, the sections under de-
bate being those on tobacco and fruit ilquor,
all of which remain unchanged, though
some of the Virginia and North Carolina
members attempted to have them 30 amend
ed as to remove all the taxes from the arti
cles referred to. The gentlemen alluded to
received little or no support from their own
| side If the chaubsr and only that OF about
| two thirds of the republicans present. Mr..
Cowles, of North Carolina. raised commo-
| ton among the republicans by saying they
| were in favor of keeping q large surplus in
the Treasury for The purpose of paying pen
sions to undeservlng claimants, but be
forced them to profess that they did
not want to pension undeserving claimants,
and got the laugh on them when he said
they and he occupied the same ground.
Mr.. Johnson, however, the man whom Mr..
Voorhees, called dirty dog, and whose
speech on a Decoration Day at Alexandria
some years ago drove all the e1 Confeder-
ates out of the hall, walked down the main
aisle and cried out that all the claimants
are worthy Mr.. Mills ssys the debate on
the bill will be concluded to- morrow or next
dar and that the vote on it will be taken on
Saturday next. Mr.. Payson, one of the re-
publican leaders of the House, told the
| GAzETTES correspondent that his side had
agreed to the vote being taken on Saturday,
and that the bill would be passed by about
the same vote as that by which the attempt
to change the free wool schedule was de-
feated yesterday.
The receipts at the Treasury yesterday from Gus
toms and internal revenue, for one day only
reac he'd the enormous amount Of 81 ,713,22o.
The Seusto late yesterday evening Went INTO
executive session and for half hour considered
the nomination of Mr.. Fuller TO be Chief Justice
but adj urned without action. 1t is said to-day
that a. the next executive session the nomination
will be CO, firmed, as both the Illinois Senators
and probably some other republican Senators, VIII
vote for its conf nation.