Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-02-10
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Senate.
Secretary Rusk of the Agricultural De-
psrtmept will attend the grangers meetlng
to be held 10 Alexandria tomorrow. Ihe
Secretary IL the gentleman who when asked
RECENTLY If the report was true that be was
irving to get possession of some OF the land
at Arlington now occupied by negro squat-
ters and use 1t for an agricultural station
responded In the negative. ard asked In re-
ply if the democrats of Alexandria county
desired him to do 80 in order to secure ma
ority of the voters?
General Mshone spent several hours 81
the Postoffice Department one day last week
looking over and endorsing, either his approx
al or Opposition, upon the applications on HE
thers for misunderstanding, In Virginia. Ii 10
believed at the Department that Mr.. Agnew,
who has not General Mahones approval,
will be appointed postmaster at Alexandria
at the expiration of Msjor Herbert's term.
The U. 8 Supreme Court will not meet
again until March Sd, when, 1t is expected,
it will render it's decision In the Virginia
coupon cases.
MIR. Edmunds's retirement from the foreign
affairs committee of the Senate In couse.
quence ofthe shabby treatment he received
in the Samoan treaty matter, has put the
look out for squalls from his quarter.
The House committee on Indian a1f4trs
to-day took up the resolution for the re-
moval of the Apache Indiane. now prisoners
at Marion Barracks, Ala, to Fort Sell reser-
walton in the Indian Territory. There are
now $50 OF the prisoners, 81 of whom are
women and children.
The investigation of the Foraker Halstead
forgery was continued his morning. among
the witnesses examined being Senator'S
Stockbridge and Mcpherson, both of whom
denounced the forgery, Mr.. Mcpherson say
ing that his first impulse was to have
Foraker, Hastead and the whole gang of
conspirators arrested within twenty -four
hours. It was stated by other witnesses
that when Hastesd was informed OF the
forgery, he said be would not print the re-
| publican names that were forged, but only
the forged name of Gov. Campbell.
When the House met to Gay no sgree-
ment had been reached by the two sides as
| to thu time that will be consumed 10 the dc
| bate on the proposed new rules, by which
| the proceedings of that body will be placed
| 10 the hands OF the republican Speaker. 1t
ia understood the republicans will not allow
| the democrats more than three days 10
which to express their opposition to the con.
templated outrage. at the expiration oil
which time, without consuming any them
selves, they will call the previous question
| and force the rules through by the same ef-
fective process they adopted In the election
case. The democrats will resist to the nj
most, but the Speaker will ignore their pres
| ence except when he counts them, when not
| voting, 10 order 20 make quorum.
The following are the only changes that
| were made In the Virginia 4th class post.
Offices to day: Holston Bridge, Scott county,
| I. n. Barter appointed postmaster vice T.
Henderson, resigned Mathews O. H.,
Mathews county, a. c. Wolfe, vice ". F
Pugh, resigned.
| Among the papers introduced in the Senate
| to day was printed one, showing that many
others OF the same sort had been prepared)
from man at Eberton. Ca, to the effect
that he was the only white man who voted
| the republican ticket there at the last cleo
| ton, and that that fact having been stated
at the close Of the polls, he was set upon by
| the democrats and seriously injured, and
that though some Of hls assailants were ar
| rested and tried, the court was prejudiced
and acquitted them. Mr.. Chandler offers
one or more papers Of this sort nearly every
| day of the session.
Congressman Lester OF Virginia, preached ia
Baltimore yesterday.
1t is said Mt the Senate to-day that Mr.. Blair
has talked his education bill to DEATH and that
several republican Senators who voted for that
bill in previous congresses will vote against it now
The Senate committee on territories will make
favorable report on the bill to admit Idaho as q
State.