Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-03-05

% delegates to the farmers convention, all
nj Virginia for an increase in the coinage OF
silver. To Mr.. Porter, prominent VIZ
pipis republican politician during recon.
struction times 10 that State, those petitions
are attributed. Mr. Daniel also presented
a netition of the common council OF Freder-
icksburg, Va, for road to the US. cemetery,
near that town; also petition from citi-
zens of Norfolk and Portsmouth for change
in the statute on the subject, go as to reiieVe
vessels trading with those ports from the
requirement of carrying cannon with WHICH
to throw life lines.
TIE House committee on public buildings
and grounds at their meeting TO Gay agre.u
to report favorsbly the Senate Dliis ior pun
lie buildings at Roanoke and Newport News
amended, however, 40 rs TO renuce -tne o ap
nronrjation for each from 500, GOO TO Sfo,Ouo
CONGRESSMAN Edmunds was before he com
mittee and did his best 10 have the hoapose
bill reported without amendment, but tne
committee Is economical IN respect Oh ca
pendilures in Virginia
Representative Walker, of Massachusetts,
REPUBLICAN. appeared before the House COM
mittee on coinage this morning, and Whlie
djsayowing bi-metaism, declared himself 10
avor of Secretary Windows silver Dill,
which provides for the purchase OF all the
silver produced in this country, storing it IN
tina Treasury, and making it the security for
treasury notes. After Mr.. Walker bad con
| cluded. the committee considered the ms
two sections of the Window bill.
The House committee on rivers ana mar
bors has practically agreed to adopt ~ per
cent. of the engineers estimates as the rule
for the preparation of the river and haEoor
| BILL
AT meeting of the stockholders of the
Washington, Norfolk and Old Point Steam
boat Company, held here to. day, the follow
ING officers were elected President, w. r.
Clark Vice.P President, Levi Woodbury.
Treasurer and Secretary, Chas. ?. Duncan
son General Superintendent, Johu Gala
han: Traffic Manager. V. D. GroDer; Gen
eral Attorney, A. T. Britain Assistant
ATTORNEYS. Fl. W. Garrett and ". Il White
Beard Of Directors, W. E. Clark, G. G Dun
cansop, A. T. Brittian. Levi Woodbury., d
Libby. John Callahan, J. T. Odell, V. ID
Groner, c. B. Occult and John Boyd. q
committee was appointed to make prepsra
tons to build two frat class passenger
steamers without delay.
Several congressman from the cotton
States appeared before the House agricul
tural com mittee to-day and argued agains
the enti compound lard bill, taking thu
ground that that bill would initiate greatly
against the sale OF cotton ssed oil.
The report of the sub committee OF INT
House Ways and Means Committee 90 the
sugar, tobacco and mstaI schedules OF TIT
proposed revenue bill is not satisfactory K
the whole committee. Mr.. Mckinley, chair
man OF the latter. says he is in favor Of re
duction of So per cent. In the duty on raw
sugar, with no bounty, which will elect {
reduction of thirty two million dollars II
the revenue. and the removal of the inter
nal revenue taS on all raw tobacco, which
will effect reduction of eighteen million
He is not in favor of reducing the duty Oh
steel rails from S175 ton to SO or So.
During the debate in the House yesterday even
ing Mr.. Kelley of Kansas, said Mir. Breckenridge
of Arkansas, had been elected by bloody murder
Mr. Breckenridge very quietly asked him to name
one case. he did name enc. MIR. Breckenridge
replied that he thought that would be the one
but that it was a case in which lad, the son OF
republican, had killed smother republican in 8
personal quarrel in which politics had nothing to
do and that the lads father had written letter
| to that effect, aud stating that the attempt td
make political matter of it had hurt the repub'
| lican party. He then asked MIR. Kelley for an
| other case and said he would wait a year for an
answer, but Mr.. Kelley had nothing further to
| say.
The following is the ony change that was made
| in the 4th class postothces of Virginia to-day
| Catawba Roanoke county, j W. Cumb appointed
postmaster, vice N Barnett removed