Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-10-02

norty report, which convlcls him on every
charge, is a mere partisan document and
viii! not hurt him.
10 the f 3; session Ct the 40 h Congress
President Cleveland sent to the Senate 2696
nominations 10 the fret session OF the 5lst
Coneress Mr, Harrison cent $500 And MIR.
Harr,son is c,vi ssrVloe reformer too.
Congressman" Langetop, told his repub-
iican colleague. MIR. Taylor OF Ohio. yester.
day, thas be was going to his district this
week to look after his re- election. He Said
that while be cad been nominated by all the
prayer meetings N Ms district, and would
ce the republican candidate, he hid cot yet
been nominated by convention, and tina!
he was gong to Petersburg to see ABOUT
that Re said General Malone was opposed
to him, and that that was the only difficulty
about the holding of convention aud, his
nomination. Langeton lives here, and ao-
cor6ing to bis own speech delivered here
last week, has done go for many years.
10 the tariff bill, as signed the section al
lowing drawback on smoking and chew
ipg tobacco and snuff held By manufacturers
10 unbroken packages when the section goes
into effect, was eEroneously omitted.
The Department of State has received
dispatch from the U0ited States Legation at
Buenos AyIes announcing that the President
of the Argentine Republic has Issued de-
cree accepting the plan for an Inlerconti-
mental Railway Commission. and has sent
message to Congress asking for authority to
appoint engineers to attend the conference
10 Washington this month.
Enough matter is prepared for the publ
cation of TWO or three volumes OF the Naval
Record of The War of the Rebellion" but
since Capt Solely, who was in charge of that
Work, was made Assistant Secretary OF the
NavS, Lieut.. Wise has been in charge, and
az his appointment is only temporary, he
thinks it better that the order capitalization
be issued by permanent appointee.
Amorg the strangers in the city to-day IL
Mr.. S. 2. Bsyiy, jr, OF Fauquier county,
Va who, if tbs republican convention In bis
distrct had made e nomination, would prob
ably hnve been the congressional candidate.
He says be hears that Mr.. Hume will get
few democratic votes in bis couoty, but that
his experience is that by the time election
day comes party lines are pretty we'll drawn,
and that most all democrats vote the demo-
cratic ticket H. says that to win there MUST
be some plan of organization, and that he
does not know what MIR. Humes plan Is or
whether he bss any or not, or whether, If he
VIII OhN6 QUO, ~ villa 10 hofu"'iSHo VI WV
erwise.
The bill to improve the road to the So
ders' Cemetery at Aiexandria was approved
by the Pie dent and is law. The bill to
connect the "Chair," "AQueduct." and
"Lcne" bridges. in Alexandra county, Va.
pssssd the Senate. but was pigeoDhokd in
the military committee of the House, the re-
publican mem oers Of which also killed the
bill for Mt Vernon Avenus.
Senator Edmuuds and several other re
publican Senators agree that the Force bill
must and Will be passed. at the next session
OF the present Congress. Some of the demo
cratic Senators say they know an attempt
wi De made to force that bill through the
Senate atsthe next session, but that they will
be about at that time and may have some
thing 10 sey.
Mr.. Valentine, Sereeant-s Arms of the
Senate, hos removed Mr.. w. l. Lewis, who
for years past has been the chief clerk Of
that office, and appointed his son to that po-
aition. SO it seems that nepotism is prao-
ticed by the off cera of the Senate as well rs
by the men b RS of thas body.
Before tho Pr sident vetoed the bill to prohibit
pool selling al d book making in the District OF
Columbia, several porous engaged in those busi-
rcsses had boue lots erected buildings or rented
room, ST tho south end OF tho Long Bridge, and
taken ont licenses for the sale OF liquor there
There was d cded no III in lots there, AID marsh
land that raviously had no sa by the acre was in
demand by the so marc foot. But the veto stopped
all this and those who created the. boom have
gone back to Monte Carlo, near the upper end Of
7th street.
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