Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-10-19
HENRY sTRAUSSs 3o4 KING ST.
From Washington
Especial Correspondence of the Aloxs. GAZETTE !
WASHINGTON, D. c., Dot. 10, 1888.

WASHINGTON. D. c., Oct. 10. 1883.
II is reported here from the Petersburg,
Virginia, Congressional district. that if the
election were to take place tomorrow, We
nable, the democratic candidate. would be
elected, but that the Manons republicans
there hope by election day such inroads will
have been made into the l.angston party
that Arnold the Generals candidate, will
be elected From the same source OF intel
ligence, however, which is republican, 1t Is
understood that even should the hope refer
red to be disappointed, Venable will still sure.
ly be elected, as General Malone says Lang
ston must be defeated.
When the session OF the House COM
menoed TO day 90 members were present
who were about equally divided between
the two parties. When the Senate opened
only four members were present, of whom
only one was democrat. In the House,
after the journal had been read, Mr.. Farqu'
bar, republican of New York, as on yester-
day, called attention to the fact that the
Speaker should be satisfied OF the presence
of quorum before the journal was read,
and had decision of former Speaker to
that effect read by the clerk. The Speaker
said the point was well taken. thereby over
ruling the decision made by Mr.. Cox, who
presided yesterday, and that if it had been
made prior to the reading of the journal
would have been effective ; and that if the
genlleman's point OF no quorum were made
TO dav the journal could not be approved.
As the point was not made, the journal wac
approved. Mr.. O'Neill, Of Pennsylvania,
asked that bill to reaudit claim for
interest on money advanced by his State
during the war, and paid by patriotic citi-
zeus thereof, but Mr.. Turner objected upon
two grounds; first, that to pay such Claim
would be to destroy the reputation for pat
riutism acquired by the citizens referred
to, and secondly, because it would stimulate
similar claims from various parts OF the
country. Without transacting any business,
the House at one O'Clock ad burned until
eleven o'clock tomorrow, on which day, at
one o'clock, it Will adjourn sine die. In the
Senate the consideration Of the resolution OF
Mr.. Teller to inquire into the truth of the
report that the Secretary Of the Interior bad
bought wagons manufactured with prison
labor, was objected to. MIR. Cockrell had q
large number Of letters read 10 prove that
the republican idea of removing the tax on
whisky ufed in The arts was An arrant hum
bug, as oil such whisky could with little or
no trouble be made d.!ukahle. lie was re.
piled 10 by Mr. Allison.
REPRESENTATIVE Peters, OF Kansas, has re-
turned from lne . d. or Norfolk. congress
-ioua District IN Vagina, where he has
be u r,-kre rrprhii an spteches. He told
he GkZETTE's 3oi,esi ,nderi that he bad
80, ken ~ Sutlok sd AZ J 'u-aem, and
ths: The rel u!'iican- al both those places es
timat, i lh~W m, -riiy at the coming cleo
lion at seven thousand. sle said Mayor
Bark. Of Norfolk, Colonel Martin, the
repuh lean Presidential elector in the
district, Mr.. Dyer, aud other reliable
repull cans in the district, told him
lhe mrjaiity wouli be that large, and from
h en.h, sa n Of o.he! republicans there
Ard IL. -nnt uine f-e'ipe they all manifested,
ne dl. not 2"p5! hey had good grounds Tor
the. hr.ie! He said Williams, tie colcred
rel.Uh Can Candidate running there, would
no y Il ct the VOC. As he had no following,
not drawing mtre than twelve negroes to
bear him when he spoke n Jerusalem. at
b .sma time that tn, Peters, bad thou
sands 80 henr him. H also said that the
individual republicans meniioued above
put the republican majority 10 the State at
ten thous,nd.
TIE Virginia democratic association, OF
this city, 20 some Of liz members say, have
discovered more than athousand democratic
here who are entitled to suffrage III Virgin
ia at the coming election, and have made
arrangements for sending them home to
vote at that time.
A telegram has been received here an
nouncing the death, in New York State,
yesterday, of CO.. Charles c. Meservey, who,
IL will ba recoliected by the older Aiexan
dllaus, was in command of the Wisconsin
artillery regiment stationed ut Battery
Rodgers during the latter part of the war.
rNRUlTvrs VEGETABLE LozENGE is the tri-
L umph over Dyspepsia in any form, lndiges-