Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-09-17
order will be to secure the signature of the
presiding officer of the Senate, and the bill
will then go to the President for his ar

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presiding officer of the Senate, and the bill
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can congressional campaign committee to-
day. that by authority of that committee
such representations will be made to the
managers of the republican congressional
convention of the stu Virginia district, to be
held at Manassas tomorrow, that those
managers, though they are all opposed to
making q nomin alton, and though most OF
the delegates are also, will deem it the part
| { { prudence and discretion to allow one to
he made. Should such be the case, there ia
some curiosity to know what MIR. Hume
will do.
The House judiciary committee to-day
considered the resolutions censuring Rep
resentative Kennedy of Ohio, for his speech
against the Senate and Senator Quay. and to
expupge the speech from the Congressional
Record Mr.. Kennedy was present and
made statement IN defence OF his action
ard en- argument to prove tnat the speech
as published in the Record was within the
requirements OF parliamentary law. IDe
committee decided by large msJorlty 10
report resolution directing the govern
ment printer to omit the speech from the
permanent copy Of the Record Inc report
will be made to the Houss tnis afternoon.
Geo. B. Fleming was the first witness to-
dey before the committee investigating the
charges against Pension Commissioner
Raum. When he WAS called to the stand.
both sides disc!aimed having subpoeDaed
him and there was little hitch about his
examination, but finally Mr.. Cooper con-
sented to examine him at the request OF the
committee. Mr.. Cooper asked II Butter
Fitch had not told him that Bradley TAI
ner had given the names of six or seven
pension office employees who held retrigera.
tor stock. Witness replied that Fitch bad
said 30, and he (witness) had told 1t to MIR.
: Coeper, as well as what Fitch had told
him about a deal with the Chinese legation.
Witness alec heard Fitch tell Mr.. Cooper
that his cheek turned pale when he read
Tanner's testimony. The witness said si1
, or seven good men besides Fitch had cup
piled him with information about the be
frig srstor Co. Four of them we're pension
office employees. The commissioner sought
to get their names, but Mr. Cooper
and Mr.. Lewis protested against the
question, the former saying that the evident
, purpose was to get even" With the employees
Mr. Cooper said that the men had said that
Bradley Tanner was stakeholder and that
, was now proved. He had been an EN-
ployee in the office himself and knew the
] men to be reliable. MI. Raum said he wanted
? to prove that the witness was rascal
I Mr.. Cooper-Ifyou go into that. 1 want to
show that it Ia true of you. Men who live
' in glass houses should not throw stones
Q The Commissioned think your house is as
i. CLASSY as any body's Mr.. Cooper-Wel',
defy you. As the Commissioner pressed the
question, Mr. Cooper exclaimed If 1 cans
snow more rottenness 10 his (Raum's) record
than 10 that OF any man In Washington,
\ will withdraw. The Investigation was then
3 closed
The Senate committee on fisheries. which has
been conducting an investigation into the charges
, Commission hiss concluded its work, but will not
mako r. port this session. The charges against
Col Mcdonald were to the effect that he prohted
from the purchases for the commission, and that
he discharged competent employees to make
| places for relatives 1t is understood that the
committee will report that the charges have not
| been sustained
Among the strangers in the city to-day are
Messrs. William Payne and 81. c. Perkins, OF King
George aud Alec NJ. G5een and ]. &. Payne, OF
Stafford counties Virginia, delegates from their
respective counties the republican COMPRESSION
al convention to be held in Mausssss tomorrow
All OF them express themselves as being opposed
: to any nomination by the convention.
| strong effort was made by certain republican
members of tho House to day to induce MIR. speak
or Ri cd to allow the Langston- Venab'e case to be
POSTPONED so as to allow moro important measures
to be considered but it was unsuccessful, Mr.
Reed laying the csss reforrtd to was as good as
any other to consume time till tho conference re-
port on the tariff bill shall BIO presented, which, 1t
is understood will not DO later than Monday.
Congressman Csruth of Kentucky, ex-Statc
Senator Meredith of Prince William, and General
Lee will address the people of Orange county,
Virginia, az the court house of that county next
Monday.