Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-06-20

les committee, says that If the House Dis.
trict of Columbia committee, to whom the
Senate bill to prohibit fishing in the waters
of the District of Columbia was improperly
referred, shall tio nothing with that bill By
Monday next, he will on that day ask that
it be referred to the proper committee
own-apd that when so referred he will re-
port it favorably and ask for its passage at
tie fret available opportunity.
II is generally conceded that the federal
election bill will pass the House. but that
the democratic Senators will inform their
republican Co! elgues that II it be their IN
tention to force i5 through the Senate also,
they will be long time about 1t, as they,
lhs democrats, will debate every motion,
resolution, amendment and bill that may
come ZIP before that bill be reached. and by
that means will stave eli its passage until
after the fail election.
Representative McAdoo, of New Jersey,
to d the GAzETTE's correspondent to day be
had not deemed i5 necessary to deny the re-
port, possibly started by some of his oppc-
nents In his own district, that his intention
was to movs to Virginia and run for Cor
gress ia that State, because to have done SO
would have given them too much coDse-
quence. Then, too, he said, he was coz
WINGED that No body who knew him be.
leved VOID of it. He said he didn't an
tlcipate much trouble either in being reuomi-
mated or re- :lected in the district ne now
has the boaor to represent.
Quite large delegation Of Loudoun cour-
ty democrats were here this morning on
| their way to Alexandria, to urge the demo-
cratic committee of the S!h congressional
district of Virginia, which meets there to-
day TO fix time aud place for the democrat
| ic convention of that district, to aeiect Lees
| burg "a The place. Ia talking about the
choice Of the democrats OF their county for
the nomination, Mr.. Ryan, who represents
| the county in the legislature, Nh. b D.
| Claegett aud Mr. Vim. w. Athey all agreed
that at present, ct least, the indications were
decidedly 10 favor OF Gen. Lse.
rhe post flee appropriation bill reported
in the Senate t,-1av appropriates $72 46l,
G99-an ioceeasa of $473 600 over the amount
appropriated by the bill as 1t passed the
| House.
The prevailing impression about the silver bill
| az the Capitol to-day is that it will finally DO re-
ferred to conference committee, and when pa 5
| I'd, provide Tor Tho purchase Of four and hal
million OUNCES Of silver month"; to be paid for IL
tifcates that will be legal tender and redeem
able i'll coin.
Mr. Callahan, Superintendent Of the Washing
ton, Norfolk and Old Point Steamboat Company
was here to day. He reports that the two boats
contracted for by his company at Wilmington
Delaware arc under rapid progress of construc
ton and that twenty Thousand dollars work ha
slre ldy been done upon them and boon paid for
Senator ingalls, was Gu the floor of the Hcus'
yestcr lay .vcning using his utmost ezertion
with the Kansas delegation to make them stand
by the improper ruling of Mr. Speaker Reed or
Tho silver bill His presence and evident purpos
! ware olseryel and criticised pretty generally.
The House c ,mmerce committee this morning
agreed to report iavorably upon the bill which ha
already passed tho Senate for q lighthouse a
Pages Beck, York river, Virgini4
The ot; telegraph bill is dead. The House
committee on lostotti es to-day postponed it
further consideration indefinitely.
The foil, wing Is tho only change that was made
to day 10 the 4th class postoficcs of Virginia
CharIemort, Bedford county, A. Reynolds sp
pointed postma TER, vice ]. w. Posgue, deceased