Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-12-08
PROM WASHINGTON.

Especial Correspondence o. the Ateran0r,G Ga=etteJ
WASHING TON, D. O.. Dec S, 1886
TIE committee on rules Of the House,
composed of tbs Speaker and MeseTs. Can
non end Mckinley, have eGreed to sllow
the committee on public buildings one dag III
which to try &c pass some of the bills they
have reported, but only such bills rs the
rules committee may deem worthy CT pas
sage. Amorg the bills reported are those
for buildings at several places in Virginia,
but as that State gave sixty odd Thousand
democratic msiority last month, it i5 hardy
possible MIR. Reed will allow Any of them 10
pass, though Mr.. K!lgore says he vii! net
O. ject to the one for building ct Roanoke
II Farmer Edmunds will call him Buck.
As this was District day il the House,
that is the day devoted to the consideration
Of bills reported By the District of Columbia
committee, the frisnds of those bills swarm
ed in the House lobbies. Among them were
the friends OF the Washington and Airing
ton and the Georgetown and Arlington rail.
road bile, The latter TO run to Fslis Church,
the form,r to Mount Vernon, anu conse-
qusntly opposed TO each other.
The Christmas recess OF the 9. s. SupToms
Court this year will % from the 22ad inst,
to the 5.h proy'mo.
Tie Senate to-day ente.ed upon the sec
cnd week OF the discussion Of TIE Force bill,
but Mr.. Telier's ayowed opposition to the
bill in liz p-easnt shape, and the muttered
disspproval OF some of the other repub ieaD
Serators from the Norihges-, don't i0diaaie
that tao hill is in more favorable con6i-
ton nov tran the day che discussion Of il
commenced. Tho impression concerning 1t,
hoW ve-, ii that it wilt pass the Senate.
49, II ha To- y,z7in Ecu tn no
adopted If it be p seed By the House ii
will be BY quorum OF republican naembers,
20 secure which will be n easy matter. Mc
Hsrmer. OF Pennsylvania, who, by thu by,
il interested il the proposed railroad from
this city 10 Mt. Vernon tbsough Alexandria
says the bill wilt not 20 through the House
gain, and be is q knowing man.
Some of the m,st prominent republicans
in the country have bsen In consultation
here during TIE lost two CT thTes days about
their pafty's eHAiIs and its next national
ticket. They seen to think their next tick
&c will be Blaine and Aleer.
The House ways and means Committee
today voted to report the bill sGthorziue
lhe Secretary OF the Treasury, TO Tetu2G SO
much OF the tag collected or tobacco, which
shal be in the hands Of dealers aud manu-
faciu.er5 January l. J'he bill sill be re-
ported ,o-lay. The committee also voted
to report the resolution declaring That
nothing in the tariff ect should be oous',u q
20 impair the provisions of The Hawaiian
Ieaty.
There is no doubi Of the fact thet tho Secretary
OF no Treasury ard tho whole administration sre
seriously alarmed abou5 the financial coDdltl'n o.
the country and at their wits end to know
how to stavo { n the impending ps:,ic And they
have need TO be. for whom BIZ republican measures
p half dozen uon in New York control six
hundred million currency 50 ~ to bear tho STOCK
market, buy at dcpre ciatcd values aud then Iu'!
the market 81 sell at the increased valuation it
will take more thar the purchase of few million
bonds or a few million ouaces of silver to supply
the money the business Of tho country requires.