Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-02-20
From Washington.
special Correspondence OF the Alexis. Ga
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special Correspondence OF tho Alexis. tAzSTTEI
WASHINGTON, d. c., Feb 90, 1889.
Mr.. McMiiin, of the House Ways ard
Means Committee, told the GAZETTE'S cor.
respondent this morning that the action OF
the House in determining to consider the
remaining appropriation bills was In accord
ance with The wishes of that committee,
and that as soop as those bills shall be out
of the way, tbs committee will force the
f.hting on the two revenue bills it has re-
ported. fret the McG1iiln, and if that shall
not succeed hen h. breckenridge bill. Mr..
McMilin saiii that both those bills not ony
uroyide for Tie removal Of the tobacco tax,
but also for the renewal Of the retail license
tax on liQuor, the moOnshine tax, which,
though the m PSI Objectionable Of all the iG-
fesaa revenue taxes, and which can ,e re
imposed by tbs :: n as if they deem such ac-
ton proper. is not removed by the Randall
bill. Mr.. McMHin said he was afraid that
20 bill either for the reduction OF the tariil
or the internal revenue tax would De peaseG
at this session of Congress /; is said TO.
day that many republican, members OF the
House will assist the Randall men 10 down
the McMiiln aud Breckenridge bills and
take up The Randall BILL but only for the
purpose of keeping the two wings CT the
democratic party from Tapping together,
and with nointentioa OF remoVing the to-
bacco tax at this session.
The Mt Vernon Avenue bill YVES sent to
the President on the Is inst so thht he
has several more days during which TO de
die whether be will sign i veto il, or al
low it to become law without his sigma
lure.
In the Senate to day Mr.. Hoar tried to
have bis bloody shirt resolution, introduced
yesterday, considered, but Mr.. German
again objected Mir. Hoar then introduced
a modified resolution to the snme elect,
which, at Mr.. Gorman's objection, went
over. The Senate then resumed the c0nsid
GRAFTON CT the sundry ciyi! appropriation
bill
Col. Mosby was among tho visitors at the
Capitol this morning The Colonel says he
is not displeased with the next Cabinet, as
announced, for the reason that If 1t had
been deemed necessary that Southern
man shou have Il place in II, Mr.. HaTr!-
son would, in al probability, have been
compelled o give hat place either 10 some
nobody. such a. Key was in u former repub-
lican administrations, or to General Malone,
ueither of whom would have been as ser
yceable to the party as Northern man.
A telephone message from the Ebbitt
House where Representative Lee of the
Alexandria district has rooms, 10 the Capt.
toll this morning, was to The elect that the
General had passed a comparatively COM
Portable night had improved considerably,
and was supposed 10 be on fsir way to
speedy recovery.
The Senate has provided in the sundry
civil bill for an appropriation OF bait mil
lion dollars for light house on Diamoud
Shoal, the outer shoal Of Dangerous Hat
teras a bill for that purpose Will be brought
I'D at TO nights session of the House, and
Will be opposed by Mr.. Randall. The pre-
posed light house would be rs advantageous
TO the coast trade OF the Atlantic as the
famous Eddystoue ieht bouse is TO the com
MERGE of the English Channel.
A man, whose uame il not known to the
me- mber of the committee who mentioned
the fact to the GAZsTTE's correspondent to-
dag, was in the room OF the House Com.
merce Committee to-day with plans and es-
Inmates for tangent railroad from New
O cleans to Portland, Oregon. The commit
tee, however, did not meet to hear his argu-
ment in favor of bill for Hn appropriation
for his object.
As previously stated il The GAZETTE, M.
Mitchell, fthe Senate Committee on Claims,
was directed by that committee at its meet
ps last Saturday 10 report in favor Of pass
pg the bill for the relief of the heirs Of the
ate joseph H. Maddox, of Aexaudris, over
he Presidents veto Mr.. Mi;chell has com.
Deted his report tni has not yet presented
/. and will not do so today. It ls under
stood that siocs Saturday Mr. Mitchell hss
-eceiveci certain infotina i'm which has in
iuceG him 10 withhold his report.
Representative Hoipar this not watch dog
If the Treasury, unlike st of his colleagues,
leems consistency q oardnal virtue lie is chair.
nan Of a committee which hiss thirteen members,
nd yet, though the first session Of the Pyo eat
Congress lasted ten months. the expenses of Lis.