Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-09-22
FROM WASHINGTON.
Especial Correspondence Of the Alexandria Gaaete'
WASHING TON, d. g.. Sept. %, 1890.


Especial Correspondence of the Alexandria Gaaette
WAsHINer TON, d. g.. Sept. %, 1890.
Mr.. James Fisher, secretary OF the State
democratic committee OF Virginia, was here
Yesterday. He says the intelligence from
all the congressional districts In bic State is
of the most favorable character. La the
Richmond tiiatli t, he saye, the democrats are
receiving daily raini0rcemants from the
white republicans in that district, and that
Mr.. Wise will probably be re elected by
three or four Thousand msiority. DR.. ID. b.
Edmonston of the 9 district, who passed
b ough here last Saturday, says Mr.. Bowen
Ia the only republican, in that district VINO
had the slightest chance OF election, and
hat Buchanan, the democratic nominee.
will beat Mills, the republican candidate, by
large majority.
Congressman Caruth of Kentucky and
Gen. Lee went to Orange, Va, to-day,to adj
dress the democrats of that county.
TIE Cnspiein of the House. in his prayer
his morning, looking at the democratic sloe
of the ohamDer, prayed for the welfare OF
he absent members. There were certainly
4 good mapy of them, SO MIR. OFerrall OIL
Virgins Waa the only one present. liz was
,.portea before the House met that Mr.
Browne of Virginia had gone away, but
wneu he was wanted TO help 10 make
quorum TO turn out MIR. Venable Of his OWE
s etc and seat negro who was not elected
in his place, be appeared with the other TWO
republican members from Virginia-Messrs
Bowden and Waddill-who, unlike him,
were not elected by democratic votes. Mr.
O'Ferral having called attention to the trans.
parent fact that no quorum was present, and
ooA {irnl
make 166 out OF 153 Mr. Haugen, whose Scan
dinavan accent il still patent. demanded
call of The House. and that failing to develop
quorum the House adjourned. As re-.
port was in circulation ut the House that
the Speaker wac to issue warrants for the
arrest of the absentees and force quorum,
The Capitol was soon % bare OF democrats as
The marshes now are Of sora. Langston IL
perfectly disguised. His republican friends
will not stand by him they talk to him all
right, but they desert MIN at the critical mo-
ment. The large crowd of negroes who had
assembled In the gallery to see him sworn In
we're also highly affronted, and talked vi
siously among themselves, and looked 80 to
other people. If the democrats can keep
Lanpston out until the conference report on
the tariff bill shall be presented, he will be
out, at least for the session, and probably
| for ever. Mr.. Moore of New Hampshire,
before the House aoj burned, offered reso'
lutiop. which went TO the committee on
rulee. foing members who absent themselves
to break quorum $500.
The republican members of the tariff con
ference committee told the democratic mem
bers tc day they could get along In the mat
ter of settling the differences between the
House and Senate bills without them.
Il Ia understood they will prepare the
report on that bill and then call the
democrats In and let them prepare q
minority report If the letter think Ii
worth while to do 90. 1t Ia also said the
| republicans will present their report on the
bill tomorrow or next day, and that 1t will
| be substantially the bill as 1t passed the
Senate.
A large number of the leading merchants
of Chicago have wi hdrawn their names
from protest against the passage of the
bankrupt bill, aud ettioned the Senate to-
day to pass that bill.
Among the strangers at the pension bu-
resu this morning was Mr.. ]. K. Miller. OF
Alexandria. He brought there land ter
rapin he had found near the Theological
Seminary, In Fairfax county, Va, the under
she'll of which bore the following inscrip-
ton, cut with knife; 1868. Il. A. b., Go.
A, 81 Pa. V. G. The records of the bureau
being examined, 1t was found that q man
named 81 A. Harmsr did belong to the COM
pany referred to and that that company was
encamped on Seminary Hill for awhile dur
ing the war.
The bill which passed the Senate last Saturday
for public bniidiDg at Stsunton Virginia, sppro-
pirates $75, goo for the purchase Of the tiie and
the erection and completion OF the building with
fire proof vaults for the accommodation OF the
postofice and internal revenue office and for 9TH
o. government uses at Staunton
The following is the only change that was made
in the Attn class postofhces of Virginia to-day ::
New Glasgow De 1t Amherst county, J. j. Pesck,
IT., appointed postmaster. vice B. 8. Landrum, re-
signed.
In short talk with Ser ator Barbour this morn
ing on the effectiveness of General Lee as mem
Der OF the House, the Senator said he .ught the
General had done as much for his distr ct as most
any body else c,uld have done. He had got
through the House the bill for the relief OF the
Theological Seminary, bills for roads to national
cemeteries at Alexandria and Culpsper, bill for
rostofice building st LeesbuIg, and larger ap-
preparations Tor rivers and hsrbUrs than he, Bsr-
bour h I'd been able to do, though The House WAS
more liberal in the latter respect now than 1t was
when he was a member of that body.