Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-08-07

A petition signed BY 125 members of the
House Tor recess from Monday next until
Thursday and then tromThnfsday untilMen-
day, will be presented In the House to day.
It was gotten up bg the Massachusetts mem
bare aud the other members of the q. a. b.
In the House who want to attend the u. a.
&. meeting in Boston next week. Hall OF
its signatures however, are those of demo-
craft. who not only banker after holiday,
bat a,e dispos I'd to do every thing that will
promote delay. Mr.. Speaker Reed is OPP
posed to it for two reasons; it will prooue
the session which his rule was intended TO
shorten, and If the members once get away
| 1t will be hard TO recall enough OF them 10
make quorum under two weeks
The following changes In the An class
postofIices Of Virginia were made to-day A:
Csntralis, Chesterfield county, Edward u
FetteroIf appointed postmaster vice NJ. T.
Duvall removed Riversville, Amherst
county, Richard A. Darlington vice I. Id.
Howertou, resigned.
The will of the late Capt. Smith Lee, 10.
volvng the disposition of about fifteen or
twenty thousand dollars worth of property
in DnIuth, will be contested ut Stafford y.
n next week before Judge Keith, of the
Alexandria circuit, as Judge Barton, OF
the Fredericksburg circuit, declined to act.
Chairman Rowell of the House elections
committee told the GAZETTE's correspond
ent this mo-. ming that Is soon as the bill nov
| before the House, the deficiency Dill, coulo
| be disposed of he would call up the Lang
ston- Venable csse and that be thought ell
the me mbers en- his side. including the three
Virginiaps. would vote TO seat Langston
He told Mr. Lyon, Langston's counsel, that
tue case would be called up tomorrow. Mr.
Speaker Reed ia known to be in favor q
giving L4Deston the seat. The fact, how
ever, that Congressman O'Ferrall, who has
the minority report 10 charge, has gone
home to attend his convention. looks as i
be had been assured that the case will not
come I'D this week, a5 otherwise he would
not have gone away. The Virginia Mt
honeites bore sAys that no matter when 1t
may cone up. enough republicans Will De
absent to defeat LangstoD.
In the Senate to-day Mr.. Hoar presented
a petition OF certain persons In Maseachu
setts for the passage Of the Force bill.
The letter OF Judge Sener, of Virginia, ar
original republican,, in opposition 10 the
Force bill has heen read pretty generally ny
the members of Congress, and Ia commended
by all the democrats, and By all those re
publicans VINO know anything at all about
the Sou b, and are bold enough to express
their true convictions.
The North Carolina story to the ELECT
, hat the democrats in six or eight counties
, in thst State had declared against Senator
Vance, the man who having had one of biz
eyebals extirpeled, said he would thereaf
ter have az eye single to the interest of'hii
State, has no foundation according TO vel
informed people here from that State. They
sag that only 20 of the 90 counties Of thu
State have 20 far held county convention:
and that every one Of them has declared fol
Vance, end that every democratic congres
sionaI that hos been held there has done Il
same.
The impression seems to he strepg thening tina
the tariff bill will pass without the Blaine reel
procity feature hut that resolution will be adopt
cd authorizing the President to open negotiation
with foreign sugar producing countrlts lookipt
toward reciprocity with those countries.
The government receipts to day from lnterns
revenue and customs alone, and for one day only
amounted to the immense sum of S2,114, oO4
But taxes must be heavy in order to pay pensions
for war that ended moro than quarter OF {
| century sgo.
The anti-lottery members of the House are a.
| much disploased with Mr. Speaker Reed as those
who have public building bills in charge, and fol-
the Same rtason. Mr.. Reed will not fl any day FOL
them 10 call up their bill, and they are afraiG
it will not DO passed at this session, and If not
| not at ell.