Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-02-27
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WASHINGTON. d. c.. Feb. 81. 1871

It YVES expected that, having been the U. .
district attorney for the western district u
his State a term of years, and aiter"atu
honored by his party with a nomination on
the Malone ticket, the President would
have rendered him some desirable place;
INIT this was not done, and Lurty appears
now 10 have turned his back on all expecta'
tons of this character and resolved to take
new start in his professional career way
from the place of his nativity. he adds
more 10 the number of the disappointed VIZ.
oinians in this city. Gen. Malone declined
10 endorse his application for ONCE.
In the Senate to-day the bill to pay the
heirs of the late Senator Johnston OF Vlr-
GINA 81 997, dus him for the frat portion OF
his Senatorial term, was reported from the
com Cd claims, to which 1t had been
referred, and referred to the COMMITTEES on
elections. Among the petitions introduced
was one for an appropriation for a chip TO
navigate the ethereal blue above the earth.
Senator Call says the ado made about the
change in the phraseology of his speech. is
an attempt on the part OF those making Tito
raise dust to obscure the true point at issue,
the confirmation of the q. s. Judge, District
attorney and marshal of Florida, whose &C.
tions demand their rs cotton, and who would
be rejected if certain republican Senators
vote on them as they have done on others
guilty of similar o~fsnses In other parts of
the country.
a gentleman who had a conversation with
Mr..Henry G.. Davis last night on the sub.
iect of the proposed transformation OF the
@. & o. canal into q railroad, says he sup.
posed from what Mr.. Davis said that II the
change referred to be made, the railroad
-..il ~ a-tooJol 70 a 1aropHrfo nithQr hU
a connection with the Loudoun and Hamp.
shire road via. the Point OF Rocks or else BY
crossing the river nearer Georgetown, as the
lack of docksge and coal yard property
at the latter place, and the obstruction to
navigation caused by bridges, render 1t unit
for an extensive coal shipping port.
Representative Anderson of Kansas, be-
fore theHouse committee on Pacific railroads
to-day, urged the passage of the bill to In.
stitute foreclosure proceedings against the
Uuion Pacific. He attributed the present
high rates OF freight on the road to the
Vaccinations of Jay Gould, who, ne said,
was the brightest man this country had ever
produced.
The new Washington'a and Norfolk Steam.
boat Company will meet here next Wednes.
day and organize. Mr.. Clarke, the presi-
dent of the new bank here, will be elected
president, and q Washington man will also
be elected treasurer. Enough stock has
already be subscribed to authorize a contract
for the building oil flour 6rst-olass steamboats,.
The House committee on patents agreed
to-day that the present space in the Interior
Department building allotted to the Patent
Office is not large enough, and that either
the whole of the department be turned over
to the patent bureau and a new Ioterior
Department be built, or else that a new
building he erected for the sole use OF the
Patent Office.
MIR. Pendleton, the democratic represent
alive from the Wheeling district In West
Virginia, will be ousted to.day, and Mr..
Atkinson, his republican contestant be seat
ed. There is some talk of the democrats
refusing to vote 80 that Mr.. Speaker Reed
will be compelled to count a quorum in
order to effect the proposed outrage, but 1t
is hardly probable they will do any thing of
the kind. Mr.. Pendleton's compliment to
Mr.. Reed at Vice President Morton's recep.
ton has not made him q fsvorite with his
democratic colleagues, and they are not
likely to select his case as the test OF the
constitution slity Of counting q quorum when
Reed says he hopes they will refuse to vote,
q > III lIot biSoO hO WIZ InhO OCI6up IL "
ing a quorum.
Rumors to the effect that there had been
a sudden change for the worse in Mr.. Ran
dall's condition we're rife at the Capitol this
morning, but they were without foundation.
Nobody, however, expects that Mr.. Ran
dali will ever leave his room or even his bed
as a live map.
The House committee on banking and
currency to-day discussed the bills intro
duced by Mr.. Venable, of Virginia, permit
ting national banks to hold as part of their
reserve fund national bank notice, and 10
loan to individuals ten per cent. of their ac'
tuslly earned surplus as we'll as of their
capital stock. The bills were referred to
the Secretary OF the Treasury for an opinion
as to their merits.
Attorney General Miller has addressed a letter
to the House Judiciary Committee in regard to
irregular practices in IT, s. circuit courts In the
South. The committee will ask the House for a
committee of investigation.
The talk about the worlds fair has entirely
subsidized, the subject being rarely mentioned here
now. The prevailing idea concerning the fair
now is that Chicago will be selected, but that if
held there that city will have to pay for it, as
Congress will do little or nothing toward defray-
ing its expenses. 1t is thought that Congress will
provide for a celebration Of the four.6undredth
anniversary of tho discovery Of the country in
this city.
The bill for the relief of Mr.. Lewis Mckenzie,
Of Alexandria, has been fayorably reported to the
House. 1t gives Mr.. Mckenzie 81 1898, which he
claims he spent in two contested election cases,
one to defend his seat in the House against the
assault o! the late Charles Whittlesey, and one in
which he, Mckenzie, assaulted the seat held by
Elliott H.. Braxton.
The Senate to.day unanimously confirmed the
nomination of ex-Gov. Warmo.h to be collector
of the port of New Orleans.
The investigation of the civil service commits
sion WAS continued to-day, but nothing was elici.
ted to di prove the charges against the commits
sion. The whole concern is q fraud, and the
sooner abolished the better.
WANTS.
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