Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-02-23
In the Senate yesterday evening Mr

In the Senate yesterday evening Mr.
Faulkner, from the District of Columbia
&C mmi,tee, reported favorGb!y the bill for
the preliminary steps for bridge from the
Arsenal to Giesboro. Mr.. Mitchell, from
the committee on claims, reported the bill
for the relief of Laura E Maddox, widow of
the late Joseph II. Maddox, Of Alexandria,
with the recommendation that 1t be passed
over the Presidents veto. L. was placed
on the calendar.
Representative Wilson, of the House
WAYS aud Means Committee, told the Ga
zETTE's correspondent tc day that he sup
posed Mr.. Randall would renew his fight for
his tobacco bill "a soon "a the deficiency Oil
shall be completed he said that his com
mittee we're acting for the good iihe Wnoie
country aud the whole party, and for no
section of either, as the party is national
party Mr.. Mills told the correspondent
that the committee was aching IN accord
ance with the platform OF tbs democratic
party that his bill sag not a. pr0nouncediy
for a revenue tariff a. il would have been
except for the spirit o. compromise that &C
tuated those who prepared it; that the cora
mittee AID the friends thereof we're not in
favor Of letting taei enocsais OF any state
saw. give us what wa want End let the rest
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fight the Randall substitute and we're strong
enough to prevent its passage Il Is report
ed that Mr. Raadall is wiling to make his
substitute more acceptable TO democrats by
SO amending it as 20 provide for an Increase
of the free list.
The Northern republicans al tie Capitol
today are in any thing else thar good
humor. They say the assault on Chandler
10 the Capitol yesterday by Blackburn, the
rebel; the waving OF the Confederate flag il
Baltimore last night by Rosser, the rebel,
and the cry"we wanta white mans govern
ment" in New York last night by Fltz Lee,
the rebel. show that the Con!ederscy is in
the saddle, and that that il more than flesh
and blood can stand"
10 the Senate today, after the morning
hour, Mr.. Hoar insisted upon the copsidera
ton of his Southern outrage resolution. On
1t MIR. DAME! Of Virginia made an able and
effective speech, in defense OF the South
orn people. He commenced bis speech
! by saying that Mr.. Harrison bad been
! elected by States rights, and not by o
majority Of the votes Of his country
men. Mr.. HOar remarking, soto goce
; that to determine why that mas 40 was the
|. object of the resolution, Mr.. Daniel told him
|. bis remark would have baen more felicitou'
! if he he'd made it when member of tho
electoral commission and with reference to
the election OF Mr.. Hayes.
Many OF the best democrats in Congress
express Themselves to Gay as disguised with
those democratic members ofthe House wbc
yesterday voted against the resolution con-
tanning the democratic doctrine that the SEN
ate exceeded it's constitutional limits In pre-
pariug the tariff dill it recently sent to the
House.
The House to-day met al 10 O'clock. After
passing the census bill, which now goes to
the President, it resumed the consideration
of the deficiency bill until . o'clock, when
eulogjes on tie late & Representative Bnrnse'
Of Missouri, we're delivered.
Representative OFcrral says the reported in
| tcryicw between himself Representative
Game published III a Hetershurg paper is posi-
| lively amusing. lie says that viii he WAS WI +
| Ing Mr. Gaines cane over TO his seat and asked
him if he had aid that if this Congress failed to
remove the tobacco tax, that tax would not be
removed by the next one that he replied That
while he had not said so publicly thst was his
be ief rs tho republicans had failed to remove II
when they hst: control of Congress, and would
not even pass ;hc Henderson hi which only
modified the internal revenue laws. lie saws The
| ides of Mr. Gaines being able to corner any
body is lud;cfous and that the paper n which tie
reported intorycw is published is so much or
| posed to him thst it even rapublishes articles
against him taken from republican ne%sp tpcfs.