Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-02-27

cratic colleagues to q paper favoring the
consideration of the substitute, but, failing
sigually, have abandoned the attempt.
MIR. Randall has determined 10 he initiated
into the order OF the G A. R-the organza'
ton that publicly insuited not only the
President of the country, but the President
elected by Mr.. Rendall's own party-in this
city, ou the night of tbs OF March. A
PENNSYLVANIA democrat when told OF this
to-day remarked that be had thought Tor
some time MIR. Randall was in his dotaGe,
and that now bis opinion was confirmed.
The friends OF the bill Tor the relief OF the
Theological Seminary, near ALEXANDRIA are
now striving TO have the object Oh that OH
provided for in the deficiency bill now pc
fore Congress. They cay The latter bill VIII
be amended in the Senate go as to accom-
nlish their object, and they were diligently
striving with the Virginia members OF the
House 10 dsv to have tn At amendment con
Cured in when tho bill ahali come back to
that body.
General Lees recovery is not Gs rapid as
his physicians at first supposed II would be.
apd his sickness still keeps him couGned to
his room.
Late yesterday evening Mr. RiGdeberger
renewed his motion of the day before for an
executive session of TIE Senate, and the
democratic members Of that body supported
it for tue reason that they wauted to have
the nomination of DIR. Stephenson as As
sociste Justice Of the District Court of this
city confirmed. As soon, however, as the
doors of the Senate were closed, the Vir
einja Senator knocked all the fat in the fire
| BIZ moving to confirm the nomination of
Mr.. Webb as Commissioner Of the District
of Columbia, for Mr.. Webb, being looked
upon as mugwump republican. is as OBJ
iectionabe to democrats as he is to republF'
cans, aud so the whole democratic object OF
the executive session was defeated and
nothing was done except the confirmation
of few military promotions.
In the next Senate, which will meet on
the 4sh proximo, Senator elect Barbour Of
Virginia will havs the seat now occupied by
Senator Keuna Of West Virginia, and Sena
tor Kenua, the one now occupied By Senator
Salisbury Of Delaware.
Representatives Bayley Browne and j. Il
Brown, republicans of Virginia. censure tbs
bloody shirt speech of Representative Ken
needy, republican OF Ohio, in the House yes
terday evening, as much as any OF their fe
Flow ex Confederate democratic colleague!
do Many of Mr. kennedy's Northern re
publican colleagues, however, heartily Up
prove all ne said. And vet the latter won
der why the South is solid.
Senators Sherman. Frye, Ingalls,, Aldrich
and Representatives Long, Henderson. and
Baker, and numerous other prominent re
publicans, called upon Mr.. Harrison to day
The President and his wife will call upor
Mr.. Harrison apd bis wife this evening, and
the call will be returned 10 morrow.
It is said to-day that Messrs. Baine ant
Windom are the only members Of the mex
Cabinet whose places are certain that whil'
NJ 7ssrs. Wauamaker aud Proctor will have
places, those places have not y ct been deter
mined and that the other four places may
possibly not be definitely flied before Sun
day night.