Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-06-11
From Washington
Special Correspondence OF the Ale1s. GAZETTE
WASHINGTON. d. c., June 10, 1883.


The democratic caucus announced for to-
night was not called at the instance OF the
democratic members Of the Ways and Means
Com mittee, but at the demand OF q NUMBER
of democrats who are dissatisfied at the
slow progress made with the tariff Dill. Inc
object is to devise means for restricting the
five minute debate. Just how that 10 to De
done is not clear to most of the democrats,
but various plans are under consideration,
one of which contemplates an agreement
among the democrats to remain silent ana
take no part in the debate. letting the re
publicaps do all of the talking Probably
the suggestion will also be made to the eau
Gus that the gag law" adopted during
Keifers republican speakership, be again
applied, but this idea does not seem to meet
with general favor.
1t is reported to-day that new dali
~ morning newspaper is to be started mere
in the interest of Mr.. Cleveland and OF the
democratic party, and that MIR. Scott, OF
Pennsylvania, and other wealthy democrats
have agreed to supply the requisite money,
The Senate Committee on the Judiciary
to day further considered the nomination OF
Melville w. Fuller to be Chief Justice,
without result The meeting continued
nearly half an hour after the Senate had as.
sembled, and the case was then postponed
for two weeks.
There was very pretty and interesting,
not to say queer, Sunday school entertain.
ment given 10 the chapel OF the Deaf AND
Dumb Institute at Kendall Green yesterday
afternoon. IL wss called concert. The
pupils repeated verses of Scripture contain
ing the word Responsibility" and several OF
the larger ones-students in the college
made addresses at length. This, save a
prayer at the opening by minister, was
carried on exclusively by signs, spelling on
the fingers, etc, and seemed rather novel 10
large part of the audience, which came out
from the city, and especially so in the midst
of the terrific thunder storm, of which the
mutes were seemingly entirely unconscious.
In the House to-day MIR. Grosvenor, re-
publican of Ohio, made speech criticlsing
the democratic side of the House for refus
ing to appoint day for the consideration OF
the dependent pensions bill. MIR. Wood
burn, republican Of Nevada, then rose In re
ply to speech Mr.. Cox made three or four
weeks ago. He accused Mr.. Cox of holding
different ideas now from thosE he held on
the Irish question when he lived III Ohio, OF
atfording another instance of Mr.. Hy6o and
DR.. Jekyll, produced book written by MIR.
Cox-all the other copies of which he said
Mr.. Cox bad bought up and destroyeG--to
show the Inconsistency OF that gentleman,
referred TO the obscene remarks MIR. Butter
worth had oncs applied to Mr. Cox, said he
was better lawyer than Mr.. Cox, that the
family of Mr.. Cox had added final t to
their surname in order to make it aristo-
cratic, aud made, altogether, a low and weak
personal attack on that gentleman. Mr..
Cox produced another copy of the book re-
ferred to, and said he had jast sent for and
got it from the library, which refuted the
point MIR. Woodburn attempted to make by
that book. He said if Mr.. WOODBURY. would
look at the archives ofh.s country he would
see that Sullivan without any t was the
name of his grandfather, who had opened
the banks of Ohio Mr.. Mason, with jimmy?)
under orders of the government. He said
Mr.. WOODBURY. was suppressiO veTi, and
an iguoramus, ignorant and malicious, and
little of both.
The New York Tribune Of to day gives list of
the delegates to the Chicago convention. 1t in
clude5 the names of the Virginia delegates both
Malone and snti-Mahone Tho latter, however,
have no delegates from either the 1st, The Frede-
ricksburg, or the 4th. the Petersburg, districts.
In its editorial reference TO the same las a whole
it says: "Thcre will be no contests of Importance
in the convention, apart from the Virginia cases
growing out of tho struggle between the Malone
and auti-Mahone wings oil the party"
In the Senate after the morning bushes Mr..
GRAY took the floor in favor of tho Canadian fish
cries treaty.
Mr. Thurman is expected here on Thursday or
Friday at the head of delegation to invite the
President to attend the Ohio centennial at Column
bus.
The Senate committee on public buildings and
grounds met this morning, but only three mem
bers being present it adjourned not TO meet agaiu
for two weeks And So the ut. Vernon avenue
bill is again delayed.
Senator Daniel ard all the other democratic
Senators who went to st. Louis have returned and
were In their seats in the Senate today.
The opponents of the Mills bill among the dem
ocrats say that something will be heard from New
York befoI long that will effect such changes in
that bill as will make acceptable to MIR. Randall.