Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-05-10
From Washington.

OF all tho members of the House, probably
the maddest one to- day ls Mr.. Sowden, oEe
of the democratic protectionists from rem
sylyania. After great deal of trouble MIR:
Sowden had succeeded i'll having bill
passed appropriating 100000 for pubic
building at Allentown, in his district, when,
to his utter surprise, what should come to
the House yesterday but message from the
President, vetoing it. But that was not al;
for the President, in his message, took occa-
sion to say tina. such bills frequently serve
more to demonstrate the activity and pert.
nacity of congressman than any necessity OF
the government.
Senator Riddeberger has returned from
visit to his home and was in his seat IN the
Senate to day. He told the GAZETTE cor
respondent that at the late Malone meeting
in his county not single true republican
was present, that the telegrapbic reports oil
that meeting were all prepared in the MA
hone interest, and that even Elf: walker,
the Malone county superintendent, nau
told him that he, Walker, in tho meeting,
had said that if he. Walker, was elected
delegate to Petersburg, he would cast the
ten votes of the county for him. kidoieDer
ger, as delegate at large TO Chicago. Inc
Senator says Malone is politically dead In
his section Of the State.
Mr.. Holman. of Indiana, the great objec-
tor, has just been nominated for reelection
by the democrats of his district, for the SIX
teenth time, in three of which he was de-
feated.
In the Senate to Gay the vote by which
the bill to forfeit unearned railroad grant
lands, passed yesterday, was Reconstructed,
and the dt b ste on that bill renewed IL Is
expected that the adverse report on MIR.
Riddlebsrcer's resolution to debate the Ca
madam fisheries treaty in open eession will
come IN for consideration later in the day.
Mr.. Riddleberger is on hand, and though
hoarse. and with no twenty thousand Cor.
nish men to back him. evidently means to
see that his resolution is fairly treated. or TO
know tho reason why. The House at an
early hour resu med the consideration OF the
tariff bill, Mr.. Turner, OF Georgia, making
strong speech in favor of that bill.
Gen. Lee, when asked this morning il he
knew who tho delegates to the st. Louis
convention from his district would be, re
piled that he did not, but that ne did know
that he was not and never had been
candidate. When asked if he had
heard that ex-State Senator Meredith
was spoken of as q candidate for
the seat he holds, he replied that no had
seen newspaper notice to that effect, but
that Mr.. Meredith had told him he would
not be. The General said he would be
candidate for denomination.
When asked this morning about recent
press telegram from Petersburg, Va, to the
effect that the republican candidates for
Congress in Virginia would be selected at
the State republican convention to be held
In that city on the 18th inst, and had al
ready been determined upon, Mr.. Browne,
of the 1st Virginia district, replied that he
didn't believe O word of it, and didn't think
any body desired such thing. Mr.. Bowen,
from the OH district, said he thought there
must be some mistake about it. Mr.. Brown,
of the 9Th district, said he could hardly
think 1t true, but that Gen. Malone, when
here short time ago, in talking on the SUB
iect, said if the delegates to tho Petersburg
convention were all right, from the date OF
that convention until next fall was long
time to let them go loose.
Representative Browne, of the Accomack
district, in Virginia, was officially informed
this morning that at his request mail
route would be established in Northampton
county, Va, on the route between Bayview
and Brighton via Capeville and Chesapeake,
on the 18th inst.
The speech of Mr. Wise, of Virginia, in
favor of the Mills bill, in the House yester-
day evening, is we'll spoken of by all who
heard it. Mr.. Wise's voice was in bad con-
dition, so bad that he was compelled TO
stop before he had concluded his remarks,
receiving permission to have the remainder
printed. So far as he went, he satisfied the
most pronounced tariff reformers in the
House.
The fate of the Mills bill is as much of a
puzzle now "a it was before the democratic
caucus of the House was held last night.
At that caucus numerous amendments to
the bill were proposed and as many more
will be handed in to-day Some OF the
friends Of the bill seem to think every thing
is moving along smoothly. but others, on the
contrary, think that the caucus showed that
the party is at sea and that many o! its
members were casting an anchor to wind
ward bv proposing such amendments as
would affect their own individual districts.
When it was proposed in the caucus to make
Its action binding, Mr.. Randall said that
question was not under consideration, but
that when it would be he should make it
his business to be there or thereabouts. No
body seems to think the bill will be passed
in its present shape. Many of its friends
think it will be passed without any
really important changes, and that
several Northern republicans, besides the
Western ones, will support it. But critical
observers don't place much reliance on these
hopes, when they see that MIR. Randall is in
the best OF spirits.
Dr. Francis Lambert has been appointed post
master at Arcola, Loudoun county, Va, vice ?. F.
Van Strickler, resigned. Mr.. A. w. Bowie, 3 true
blue democrat of Clark's Gap, in the ssme county,
is an applicant for the postmastership st that
place. and has been ever since the commencement
Of the present administration.
The democratic Congressional convention in the
Ohio district now represented by Wr. Wilkins, af
ter a nearly all night session, defeated that gen.
tlemsa for denomination towards daylight this
Mr. Wilkins, though kicker at first,
had become strsng supporter of the administers
ton.
Four gill-netters caught plying their vocation
in the Potomac between here and Alexandria un-
der cover of the night, were pounced upon early |
this morning by the police, arrested and brought
here, under the law prohibiting gill net fishing
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