Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-03-24

of the committee had to reverse
exactly the reasoning by which those OF
nrauions committee admitted Spencer, re-
nnhlican Senator from Alabama. But re-
nnhlican congressional committees nave no
regard for the quality of consistency. La
the Alabama case, the Senate republican
elsctions committee decided to inVestigate
the elpc,ion of the members OF the leeis.s
tnre. in the Montana case they nave ueciu
ed that thew could not go behind the iegis-
lature. hofo-o tha
House elections committee, it may be stateo
nnon what has heretofore invariably proven
reliable authority, that Langston's goose mas
been cooked by Mahone's fire, and that Mr..
Venable will retain the seat; that the evil
denoe of Mr.. Buchauan's fair and legal cleo
,ion ia 40 conclusive that even the repuol-
can members of the committee cannot dis
mute 1t; but that as something must be done
in Virginia to show the power OF republican
ism. Mr.. Wise will be ousted, upon tae
ground that some negroes were In line 10
vote in one of the wards of Richmond at
shutdown, when the polls closed.
The following changes in the AIN CLASS
postoffices of Virginia were made to-day !:
Abraham, Floyd county, p. Hatcher ap'
pointed postmaster vice L. w. Hylton, re-
moved Center Mills, Montgomery county
R. P. Lowell vice Mrs. II. L. Sale, resigned !;
Templetou, Prince George county, It. Coon
lev vice " s. Leath, removed.
The northern leather manufacturers nave
raised such o row with the republican mem
bzrs of the House ways and means com nit
tee about the section of their proposed Iat.
iff bill that imposes duty on NOES, ths1
they have practically agreed to strike That
section out and let bides remain on the free
Iist But this will break their promise to
tina western cattle men, and lose the bill
some western votes. Altogether the lot OF
,he republican members of the committee Is
not q particularly happy one. 1t may be as
| we'll to remember, too, that, though the re-
nnblicans Of the last House made great
ado about the delay of Mr., Mills and his
committee in reporting their tariff bill, that
Hill was reported to the whole committee Oh
the first of March. 1t Is now near tho end
of March, but the Mckinley bill has not yet
been reported to the whole com mittee
Leading republican members OF the House
saw that Mr.. Lodges election bill, the bill
putting elections in the States under the
control of federal officials, will not and cannot
be passed, and that they will not support
it. But they also say that the McComas
| bill. making null and void the recent re-
distributing of the States of Ohio and Mary
land, will be passed, and that Con-
press will remain in session long
enough to pass bill 10 reapportion
representation under the census to be taken
this summer, and that under that bill the
| oext Congressional election will be held
By such reapportionmentt they say the South
will lose from ten to fifteen memte's.
! Bills appropriating $50, 900 for public build
ing It Norfolk, 500 600 for one at Roanoke, 81
600 for one st Newport News and $500 for
one at Petersburg have been reported ~ the
House committee on public buildings ana erouhus
and are now on the House calendar.
The House committee on coinage to-day agreed
to report the Window silver bill with some
amendments.