Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-04-06

and TO himself and to most Of thu prominent

and to himself, and to most CT tina prominent
franciers of the country.
The House having spent the whole OF yes
terday's session in 6libustering on the direct
land tax bill, recessed at 5 p. m. until
quarter before twelve to-day when the NIL
clustering was resumed with an apparently
endless repetition of roll calls. When It VIII
cease nobody seems to know, but everybody
is aware of the fact that it is needlessly ana
foolishly delaying the transaction OF otner
important business, and making 1t posslole
for the republicans, if they shall choose TO
do 20. either to defeat the tariff bill or to go
DELAY the passage of the regular appropria-
ton bills that the appropriations oil the cur
rent fscal year will be expended before
those for the next shall be provided, TO the
great inconvenience of the public, ana for
which the democrats will be Justly held re-
| sponslble.
Mr.. Horace Ramey, of Alexandria, who
was recently appointed pressman at the
Government printing Office, has already re-
signed. as he was unqualified. Representa-
tive Wise, who had the disposal fthe place,
has turned it over to Senator Daniel, who
says he has man for it 10 Lynchburg. Sev-
eral Alexandrians who have been appointed
to places here recently have resigned, either
| because tu6y uluu Y ihO thOhi VI w. 49,
qualified to fill them.
The Senate to-day, after the morning
hour. at the instance of Mr.. Edmunds, took
up the bills on the private pension calendar.
The Senate District of Columbia Commit
tee to day agreed to report bill allowing
the B. & p. r. R. Co. to lease what used to
be the bed of the old canal, south OF the
Capitol.
Representative Wise, Of Richmond, has
obtained for Mr.. w. II. Mosely, recog'
nized democratic worker in Richmond, a
position in the customs house at that city.
And now the BOSS" in his letter just pub
ished, said prominent republican to day,
dismisaes John s.. Wise % of "inconse-
oueuce." Malone is as unrelenting as Nero
or as cruel as Henry the VIII. just see the
High Priests" Malone has excommuni'
Gated since lS79-Massey, Fulkerson, Came
rop, Riddleberger, Brady, John F. Lewis
and now Yost and John S. Wise are certain
ly to be added. Malone evidently believes
in the old "bood letting" treatment that
prevailed in medicine an hundred years
ago. He says the more his headers" kick
the stronger his followers get, all unmindful
of the fact that since the kicking began he
has never won victory and doubtless nev.
er will. The democracy in Virginia should
| do all in their power to keep "Mahoue' in
the lead He has been 10 tine language Of
the Methodist hymnal, their help in the
past and is their main life in the year that is
to come. A lie France, the democracy
should shout viva la Malone" Malone
says he gave Wise the first copy of his circu'
! lar. Does be mean to intimate by this state.
ment that Wise gave the circular away
Malone keeps up in this letter his fusilade
against Blaine? Does Sherman endorse
this If not, will he dissvow it?
A caucus of the. democratic members of the
House has been called, nominally for the purpose
of determining what course to pursue on the bill:
for the admission of new States, but really, it i:
understood, to devise some means by which the
existing dead lock in the House may be satisfac
toriy broken
In the Senate to-day Mr.. Daniel introduced 6
bill appropriating S75 900 additional for the en-
largement of the wharf at Fortress Monroe.