Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-02-08
I.nt and the Constitution.

them by precedent and the Cons'l1ueio,n:'
II is entirely different now, and the repooh.
cans aav three or four days will be sumclen9
for the democrats to say all they really naVe
m say against the ruler, and that at the e1-
njration of that time they will call the pre-
t;ons oues,ion and put the rules through OF
.he sane means they used in oustipg Mr.
Iaokson. the democratic member from Wess
VIRGINIA. The republican majority report
bas been furnished the press for dissemina-
t;on. Il il a strained, far fetched ana en-,
tireiy unsatisfactory excuse for prooaniy tne
greatest parliamentary outrage ever al
tempted. The minority report has also oee =,
seen. In it Messrs. Carlisle and RanoalI
earnestly protest against the adoption OF
the nroposed rules and say that any
"oractice which enables the Speaker or the
clerk to pass bills by counting members
prese mt and not voting Will inevitably re
suit in destroying the confidence OF tue peo-
ple in the integrity of legislation anu On
Gender controversies and allegations which
might be easily avoided by an adherence to
the mandate of the constitution as hereto
fore interpreted" -,
The House Judiciary Committee heard
arguments this morning against the lnterna'
tioual copyright bill.
People living along the Manassas orancn
of the Virginia Midland Railroad. who al
rived here this morning, say all the water
courses they crossed are unusually h'gn'
some of them up to the bridges Wnicn span
them. They also report that Major roster
and Col. Duncan, living near Marshall, are
seriously i'll. W.
gentleman from Moorefeld, West Vir-
einia, here to-day, says the people OF ali tnat
section of country are IN favor OF railfoau
| to connect them with tide water IN Virginia,
| bv junction with either the Manassas OF
| the Lsesburg branches of the Virginia MILO
land, and that should such road be quit
the freight on the coal iron and timber shae
would be shipped to market would OF ltsel
be sufficient to psy handsome interest on
the Investment. He says recent discoveries
| show that the country referred to a0onnoe
with the richest coal and iron mines
Representative CutcheoD, of Michigan,
republican, and chairman of the House
Military Committee, with MIR. G. G. Round
called at the White House this morning and
urged the President to appoint Mr.: Round
supervisor of census for the Alexandria dis
trict. Mr.. Harrison, however, did not seem
at all disposed to agree with them, and they
| left under the impression that the place
wou,d 20 either to Mr.. Funkhouser or tc
the Alexandria democrat alluded to In this
correspondence of yesterday. During the
talk the President took occasion to cay thai
last fall's election in Virginia was "gigan'
| tic swindle," II Is Understood that Mr.
| Round would have been appointed but fol
the urgent protest of Gen. Malone, who
said he would rather democrat should have
the place than Round, who ia pronounced
anti Mahoneite.
Col. Messy left here this evening for War
| rsntop. The Colonel has not been to the
! White House since MIR. Harrlso0's Inaugural
tion. Indeed he is not particular admirer
of Mr.. Harrison. nor does he hesitate to ex
press the unfavorabls opinion he entertains
of him. He says the Presidents creed is
Ben Harrison, John Calvin and infant dam
nation.
son of Mr.. l.. R. Stewart, prominent repub.
lican of the 1st Virginia district, has been ap-
pointed to place in the Agricultural Depar ,neni
| here.