Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-03-27
From WASHINGTON.

rspecisl Correspondence OF the Ale1s. GAZETTE
WASHINGTON, Mar. IA careful canvass
of the House completed by an intel
ligent member of Congress to-day SHOWS
that in SQUARE vote on the Mills ana ian
dali revenue bills the following States Wouia
supn,v the latter with all the democrats IL
can get: California l, Louisiana z, NE"
jersey 2. New York 8, Ohio 2, fennsyiVani,a
2-total IL The full vote would De ss ioi,
lows. For the Mills bill, 156 democrats, -
independents, and republicans-totai 100
For The Randall bill, AS republicans, IN IN
denendents, and y democrats-total io2'
l majority for the Mills bill. But "niie tue
low tariff democrats say the ABOVE Is 100 low
an estimate of their strength, Mr.. hanuaii
said this morning that he has not lost any
snnport. and that he is assured that 70 DEM
ocrats will oppose the Mills bill on account
of it's wool schedule.
The river and harbor bill has been COM
pIeted and will be given TO the newspapers
tonight. The total appropriation is ABOUT
twenty millions, Of which Norfolk haroor
and Nansemond river, Virginia, get ABOUT
one hundred and sixty thousand, ana james
river little more. Small sums are aPpro'
priated for few Of the creeks on the folo-
mac river. Al
Gen. Lee, the representative from the Al
exandria district, has been lndIsposec ior
several days, and ia still conhned 10 nus
hotel by indsposition. Representative
O'Ferrall, OF the Rockingham district, mas
been kept up for the last six nights by .ne
illness OF two of his children, VINO are nov 9ow'
however, improving. Representative M.i's'
of the House Ways end Means CommiV'ee'
is reported better this morning.
~
dav was ex.Congressman Trigg, from the
abingdon district in Virginia. MIR. IriCg
being asked by the GAzETTE's correspond
spt # the reports of great increase In the
strength 81 the feeling in favor OF tection
in his district wers correct, replied that they
we're entirely incorrect, and that with the
exception of q few men interested in pro-
tected articles, and who did not reoog-
nize the difference in the location of the
Pittshurg region and Southwestern Virginia,
he did not know any democrats in his dis
trict who favor protective tariff. The
democrats Of his district, he said, are IKE
the national democrats, revenue tariff men,
ana democrat running on such platform
next fall eau carry the district easily.
Mr.. Trieg is here in the interests of the =.
s. courts for the western district OF var
PlQlH, LDC iOi tuO oePPo'S ~
now tied up in the Treasury, By decision
of Comptroller Durham, OF the Treasury DE-
partment.
A delegation compoled of Mr. Fox, OF the
National Republican. OF this city, Mayor
Downham, Treasurer Harlow, ex-Poalhlas,
ter Windsor, of Alexandria, and Gen. Hun.
ton, of Warrenton, were at the Capitol to-
day to urge the House committee on claims
to favorable action on the bill to pay the
claim which the State OF Virginia has re-
Gently turned over to the Mt Vernon Ave
aue Association. The committee, however,
were engaged on another matter, and cou Id
not hear them, though they had waited
there two hours. A partisl arrangement
was made for subcommittee to hear them
on Thursday next Should General Lee be
vel! enough he will accompany the delega
ton next Thursday, and assist them to the
extent OF his power.
The International Council of women
resumed its session this morning at Al.
baugh's Opera House. Mrs. Harriette Z.
Sbattuck, President OF the National Won-
ans Suffrage Association for Macs, presid-
ing. large and interested audience was
present. The frat paper of the day was read
by Iaabel c. Barrows, on "the work OF Uni
tartan Women"