Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-01-17
From Washington.
Especial Correspondence of tho Alcxs. GAZETTE
WASHINGTON, d. c., Jan. Il, 1889.


The Malone boom for cabinet position,
to everybody el,e except The boomers,
seem to be dying out. An eX republican
Virgioia member OF the House who, though
once ou spoken in his opposition to the
General, hns Of late been advocating union
of the two factions III his State, told the
GAZsTTE's correspondent this morning that
he now thinks the General has no possible
chance. Another ex republican member OF
the House from Virginia soon aiterward
told the correspondent that The Gen never
had anychance, and he was surprised 10 think
that anybody ever thought otherwise, and
still later preseutVirginia republican mem-
Der of the House told the correspondent
that though at first he thought there was
some chance, for Malone he was now salts
fed. from what he heard among his fellow
members, that he had been mistaken. Inc
North Carolinians who were inveieled into
an expression in favor of the General have,
with the exception of two, recanted, and
now say they want no Mahoneism in theirs.
la the House to-day Mr.. Stockdale, OF
Mississippi, made personal explanation in
reply 10 u newspaper article charging him
with opposing the passage Of Il bill over the
Presidents veto fer the reason thai the ben
partisan during Che lnte campaign. hut in IL
"a nothing that reiuted the charge re-
ferred to.
The few republicans who have been
removed from otlice during the present ad
minislration and during the democratic
control of the House are turning up, all
with the hope OF regaining their old places
bnt none with good chance for the reslizA
zion of his hopes. There arc so many APP
plicauta for every place that a man who has
had one turn is especially fortunate if no
has a second.
The Senate FiGance Committee to-day
heard arguments by certain carpet manufac-
lurers in opposition TO some of the recon
mendatioHs made TO the committee by the
wool growers association. The committee
has as vet tax Ell no definite action on the Iii
rect land tax bill. AS regards the recommen-
dation of the shocks shippers Of Alexandria
Tor a reduction in the duty on sugar packed
in hogsheads. the committed republicans ss
we'll as democrats, have agreed that 1t
cannot be adopted, the reason being that
lutte being cheaper than shocks. it has nat
uralIy taken the place OF the latter as
packing material, and that it would be use.
less to attempt to force packers to substi
tute q dear for n cheaper article. And so
goes another branch OF Alexandria, trade
Representative Lee Of the Alexandria
district was appointed this morning by the
Sneaker OF the House a member of tho
special committee TO investigate the subject
Of the selection of school sites in this city.
The Senate to-day, after little unimport-
ant routine business, resumed the consider
alton of the tariff bill, Mr.. Vest try ing to el-
feet q reduction in the duty on tin, now
more than ever prime necessity in conse-
uuence of the use of tin plate in canning.
He demonstrated that no tin was manufdc
tured in this country. The republicans,
however, insisted upon the retention of the
duty for the reason that in..the sweet by and
by the inventive genius of this country
would devise means for extracting tin
from the ores found here and for using it for
manufacturing purposes.
The report to the effect that Mr.. Piatt Of
New York, mad proposed to the Pacific rail-
roads TO secure them Secretary of the In
terror favorable to their interests for $500 900
while not generally credited here, is sup
posed to be sufficient TO eliminate Mr.. Platt
from all Cabinet possibilities.
The House TO day at an early hour re
sumed the consideration OF the omnibus bill
to admit the Territories as States into the
Uuion, which bill MIR. Adams, of Illinois,
said was an insult TO the intelligence of the
people OF the Territories.
The committee on Territories, this morn.
ing, heard Delegate Game conclude his ar
gument in favor of The admission of Utah as
a State into the Union. Mr. Game said tho
Territory possessed the requisite number OF
people, that they had agreed to prohibit
polygamy, that there we're now few polyga-
msts in the Territory, that it was untrue
that the peoples politics were governed by
the Mormon church, and that those of the
people who lived there who are opposed to
the admission al the state were those who
held federal offices, but knew they could
never h. Id any place By the votes of their
fellow citizens.
Daring the absence of Representative
Wise, who is in Richmond attending TO bis
contested election case he is paired with
Brown, of the DAnvllle dis
lrct.