Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-04-09
,ra.o sarator Ingalls, and other leading re.

press. Senator Iugalls and other Leading re.
publican congres smen asked tue flssiuous
to appoint friends OF theirs to posi.ions III
that Territory. The President toio lnem
the slate of officers for tha6 1sff,'c,y Inv =.
been filed, and implied that ne nau n.ieu -; ~
with his personal friends: Wnen tpe 9i;.
came up in the Senate MIR. lngsiis nau ~
amended So ss to provide that the othcers OF
tho Tarrtorv should be appointed from Inc
c;tiz ans thereof. This amendment was also
sdonted bv the House. But as there "ele
6isaorefmspts about other sections OF tno
h;II r. was referred to com mlttee OF GU
f.rance and the members OF tnat comu l ~
zoo In order to make themselves soilo WIN
the President. agreed this morning TO sIfike
ont the amendment referred to, assigning as
ths reason for doing go that 1t was uncon'
stitntionsl to restrict the Presidents power
In the matter of making appointments.
The tariff pill will probably be reported
r. the House tomorrow as both the major
ty and minority reports on it are ready.
The democrats have determined to of15r no
substitute. When the bill shall come up TOR
action it is understood Mr.. Brewer, repupIi-
can of North Carolina, will offer an amend
ment TO repeal the whole tobacco tax, but
the Speaker, who is opposed to that repeal
will shut him oil.
The Waddil- Wise contested election case
will come up for action in the House 10,
morrow, Messrs. O'Ferrall and Ctlsp VIII
sneak for the ccntestee. They will also
try TO obtain extra time in order that Mr..
Wise may talk. If they shall succeed the
republicans are likely to hear something
that will stir them up quite lively.
The following changes in the an CLASS
postoff1ces of Virginia were made to Gay :
Cowardin, Bath county, Maggie a. Gwin
appointed postmaster vice q. Richardson
removed Speer's Ferry, Scott county, Lee
TODD vice G. W. Bait, removed; sun Rlse,
Bath county, R. A. Hickman vice l.. Il
Hickman, deceased. -.
II is reported at the Capitol to-day that
Mr. Randall's condition has changed rsplo-
10 for the worse since yesterday, when 1t
was bad enough, and that his life cannot
now BIZ prolonged many hours. The an
nouuceaent of his death is momentarly
expecsed. His family have been Informed
he his physicians that his span of life is
nearly ended, and they are prepared for the
worst
AS Petersburg has no commerce, the col.
lector of customs there draws no fees, and
consec uently no salary. The collector IL
MIR. r. J. Jarratt, who is also custodian OF
the customs house. Representative Vena'
BILE called at the Treasury Department to-
day, represented the case to Secretary WIN
dom. and asked thats salary bs paid MIR
,Jarratt for his dual Offices. The Secretary
promised Mr.. Venabie to look into the cass
and, if possible, to comply with hi5 request
Gen. Banks, chairman Of the sub-commi
tee of the House fisheries committee, tc
~ HON was referred the bill to prohibit fish
| ing ia the waters Of the District of Colum
hia. reported that bill fsvorably to he whole
committee this morning, with an amendment
providing for paying the owners of repariar
rights on The Virginia side of the river suct
sums as heir fishing shores OIdinarilyrentfor
Before the whole committee acts on this re-
port they will consult with the parties inter
ested and find out if such an amendment
will be satisfactory.
The case OF the civil service commissioner
against Verser, of the Cd Dominion Re-
publican League, of this city, was called 10
| the police court here to-day. but was post
poned until Saturday. In similar case
against Newton the facts were admitted Du'
argument postponed.
| bill providing for tie construction of eighi
| battle ships of 1900 TO 10000 tons each, two
armored coast defence vessels, three gunboats Of
| boats. was reported by Senator Hale to-day from
the naval affairs. committee as an anen dment tc
| the naval appropriation bill.
From talk to-day in the rooms of the iiary
| committee of tho House and the appropriations
committee of tie Senate, to which committees the
Mt. Vernon Avenue bill has been referred, it is
judgct that both those committees think the
D ans and estimates of :he engineer arc on an en-
tirely to large a scale, and that more moderate
appropriation than that asked for would stand a
much better chance of success.
The House military committee yesterday agreed
to report adversely upon Gen. Banks bill to aban-
don Fort Washington, below Aiexandria, and sell
the property, as the Secretary of War is opposed
to such proceeding
in response to resolution adopted some day
ago. the Secretary of War to day sent to the SEN
ate q large bundle containing all the papers III
tho possession of the War Department in refer
enCe 10 tho late Joseph II. Maddox, of Alexsn-
dris and theiclaim his heirs have against the
government.