Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-01-31

the democrats will be compelled 10 suDu.'
to brute force, and that the first OF the con.
tasted election cases will be called up ZOE
nonsiderstion, 1t will not be decioeu 10,
dav. however, and the democrats Will nolu
. cancus tonight TO determine what course
on IL thay shall pursue to morrow. inere
are seventeen repub contestants. Ine
rennblicans, with superlative eftrontery, say
thev will be satisfied after they have sealea
eight of them. e Gao.
retary Blaine. and wife of Col. Coppenee,,,
II g. A. is ia of pneumonia at her Iatnei o
residence in this city; so Ill thae sef''ue
donbts are entertained of her recovery.
THE counsel for the negro con,eS'nuV ~.
M. CIerke,s seat from the Mobile ols.r'o0
- AIehama is Mr. Lancaster. Mr.. Sam Ran.
- oiI,s son-in law. Mr. Lancaster, In his ar
oumant before the House Elections Com'
9,ittee this morning, denounced the SoGth
and its people In terms equallng those OF lo
calls Hoar and Spooper for bulldoNDg the
degrees and depriving them OF their poil1i'
The House Committee on Military Al
fairs has ordered favorable report on Dill
to authorizs the transfer Of of1cers over
sixty years of age from the limited 60 the
unlimited retired list OF the army, ana tne
filling of the vacancies on the limited list
thus created by the addition OF disabled GU
GERS now awaiting retirement.
The Commerce Committee OF the house
is considering q suggestion OF the minister
from Ecuador for an appropriation Win
which to send ship load of the prodocts OF
the United States to Guayaquil and lntro'
duce them In the markets OF hls country.
The committee signifed its disposition
toward efforts to repeal the Interstate com
merce law by ordering that all Dllls VIII
that end in view be reported back TO the
House with the recommendation that they
| lie on the table.
Another delegation of Virginia republic
cans called upon Superintendent Porter, OF
the census bureau, this morning. 10 the inter.
eat OF Mr.. George @. Round, an spphcsnt
| for oensus supervisor In the ALEXANDRA uls
trict. The delegation was headed by COL
| Wol,z. of Fredericksburg, who recommend
ed MIR. Round as at for the place ha we'll ss
the most deserving OF the applicants. II
was intimated to the delegation that the
| papers in the case bad already gone 10 tne
| White House, and as nothing Tes SAID tnat
| indicated Mr. Rounds selection, his irlenos
| fear that the name Of somebody else mar
| O6oQ sent up. Tx S6AhIoi iAoWN hDS ".A'
ten a letter to the President protesting
against the appointment OF Funkhouser
Mr.. Rounds most prominent rival. ana We
ior Yost ia also here, u 10 reported, to sus
tain Mr.. I.c~is's protest 1t is reported tha'
should Mr. Round fai! to get the place hii
friends will prepare statement for publlca'
| ton In the North to the eject that while
number of ex.Confederate Virginia repub'
icans have been appointed to office, he, q
Union soldier for four years, with a com
| mission signed by President Lincoln, hai
been turned down.
The following changes in the 4th class postof.
| fees of Virginia were made to-day Ceres Bland
county, F. N. Repsss appointed postmaster, vice
| a c. Gro.sclose, removed; Golden Spring, Buch'
suan county, W. Z. Smith, vice M. Graham, re-
moved; Cranberry, Bedford county, Susan W
Bocock vice j. II. Hunter, resigned Grafton
rszewell county, Kate C. Bourne vice &. 8: Por-
ter, resigned: Knobs. Campbell county, W.
| Smith, vice ]. J. Carter, deceased; Lawyers,
Campbell county. Mrl. o A. Fore, vice J. a. Fore
| deceased Nickelsyille, Scott county, Malinda A
| Hillman, vice o. 2. Bond, removed; Rediviva,
Rsppahannock county, A. Holland vice B. Willis
deceased stoval, Halifax county, L. II. Mason
| vice z. IT. Collins, resigned.