Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-01-22
From Washington.
Especial Correspondence OF tho Alczs. GAzETTE]
WASHINGTON D. c.. Jan. %, 1889.

Especial Correspondence OF the Alcxs. GAzETTEl
WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan. %, 1889
Col. O'Ferral has secured the appoint
ment of DR.. J. j. Best, of Brucetown, Fred
erick county, Va. as physician in the In
dian service at Fort Berthold agency, OAK,
at salary OF 81 200 per annum.
In the Senate to-day, TO illustrate the alb
surdity of the tariff bill, Mr.. Vest presented
petition from St. Louis dentist pray
ing that bounty of one dollar be paid dent
lists for every tooth they plug, in order to
o. note an American industry and lower
dentists bills by stimulating competition.
An effort Was made in the House TO day
to take up the contested election case of
Smalls, colored, against Elliott, OF South
Carolina, but it failed, and toe river and
harboi bill was taken up IN its stead. Mr.
O'FerraiI is booked for speech in favor of
Z lott when the case referred TO shall come
up.
The Senate to day resumed the considera
ton of the tariff bill, on which the vote will
be taken at five o'clock this evening. IL is
confidently expected that il will be passed
by strict party vote, all the democrats
voting against and all the republicans for i;
a 80 that when 1t goes to the House 1t viii
b. ut ones referred TO the Committee on
Ways aud Means, and that if that commit
tee shall net DO something with 1t, Mr.
Randall vii! try to have the Appropriations
Committee report the Cowles BILL part OF
the internal revenue part OF the Mills bill,
and try to haveit passed.
Just before the Senate adjourned, after
eleven o'clock last night, Mr.. Riddleberger
tried to have the bill approprlating $4,000
for survey Of Mt. Vernon Aveuns passed,
bot Mr. Cockrel OF acted on the ground OF
the absence Of quorun. ibis morniag,
however, when there was full Senate Mr..
Rddleberger repeated his effort, and the bill
went through without objection. 1t now
goes TO the House.
Rel resentative- e!ec Buchanan of the Q h
Virginia district, has served copies Of MS
answer TO preventative Bowen's notice OF
contest "A Mr.. Bowen is not here, Repre-
sentative O'Ferrall had the answer left at his
rooms Another copy was left at Mr.. Bow
ems home in Virginia.
A private letter received here from Mr..
Carr, the labor member of the West Vir-
GINA Senate who has Just been elected pres
ident of that body, says that he is for Cam
den first, last, and all the time for u. 5.
Senator. Tnis is considered here as mean
ing that unless the democrats of the West
Virginia legislature unite upon Mr.. Camden
they will have great difficulty in electing
democratic Senator.
The House District OF Columbia Commit
tee to-day agreed to report favorably bill
to extend the electric railway as far into the
city as the Treasury Department; also IA
vorably upon the bill for Rock Creek Park.
Some OF the friends of Mt. Vernon Avenue
hope to effect an arrangement by which
that avenue msy lead to this park.
Representative Lawler, of Chicago, though
democrat, is so ensmoIed of federal pow
er that he wants national spelling law,
and yesterday introduced bill in the
House providing for dropping the fiaal ne,
me, g, and te from such words as epiogue,
programme, hypocrite, and coquette, and
for substituting for pm in such words as
phantom.
IL is understood that the conference
committee on the Nicaragua canal bill have
agreed upon report that will be satislac
tory to the friends of that bill.
The House Committee on Territories to-day
heard Mr.. Wilson of this city, argue in favor OF
the admission of the Territory of Utah as St&te
ritory possessed sill the qualifications for State
hood snd that it would be no more absurd to ex-
clude it because some of its people are murdereIs
than TO do so because some of them arc polygam
lists or any sort of criminals.
Among the latest guests OF the Hotel Norman
die, where Mfr. Blaine IS stopping is the famous
Rev DR. Burchard. He and the inan no defeated
for the presidency frequently pass each other bat
to see them do so would never suggest to the wit
ness the idea that they lad ever seen each other
before.