Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-06-18

iorocste ON the bill referred to. Should

reciDrOCste on the bill relerIeu W. Cuou:u
it become q Law. Mr.. Mills THINKS its cblef ef
feet would be great increase In the deatn
rate of federal election officers 10 the south.
It Is rumored that when the silver bill
shall come up in the House the point OF or
Ger will Re made by those opposed tic III
that inagmuch it contains an sppropria.
ton II must ne considered In committee Of
r. whole. Mr. Reed, 1t is well known ,is OF
nosed to tho bill and IL he entertain that
point. the way his party stood by him to
man t.-day in HE opposition to the immeGt-
ale consideration OF the lbill, looks very
much "a if they will stand by him in that
also. If So the passage Of the bill may be
In definitely delayed.
The river and harbor bill was reported in
the Senate clay. By it the only changes
of any interest to Virginians made in the
House bill are the following: 1t increases
the appropriation for Washington harbor
from S240, 900 to $500, 0c0 that for York river
from $40 600 TO $50, 600, and that for Nomini
from 81, SEQ to $4,000. Some of the appro-
priatons Tor the other Virginia rivers and
creeks would have been stricken out by the
republican members of the Senate commerce
committee had not Senator Barbour quietly
observed that most of them we're made at
the instance of the republican congressman
| from Virginia aud for rivers in their own
districts, and that while he would like very
much for them to be retained, it would not
| hurt his party for them to be marked out.
At tc-day's execu I've session OF the Senate
the nomination of ] B, Eaves for collector
of internal revenue in North Carolina was
rejected. Those of DR.. R. W. Brown OF
Virginia to be assistant surgeon In the Ms
rine Hosp ital service, and DR.. J. NJ. White
| ipio to ha
the Navy, wers confirmed.
The party who went from here to IT,
spect the monument at Yorktown return
ed this morniug. One of them was Col
onel Dick Wintersmth. He says they
were treated most Hospitality by the
residents OF the peighborhood, and
that their trip was most enjoyable one.
He saws what struck him as strange about
the monument WAS that it seemed to bear
the name of every other man at all CON
spicuous at Yorktown. except that OF La
faye t..
Senate, Qnsy was again sat upon In the
Senate to-day. MIR. Canaday, the sergeant
'-arms of the Senate, owes his expulsion 10
M. Qiny. To get even, he removed one OF
Mr. Qlay's appointees yesterday. Mr.
lQnag to-day introduced resolution, and
asked for iis Immediate consideration, pre-
venting Canaday from removing any officer
of the Senate. His motion was opposed by
Senators CullOm, Edmunds and Hale, anc
had TO 60 over.
The tariff bill was reported to the Senate
to DIZZY, but will not be called up for consiC-
GRAFTON before Monday week. TIE tax OIL
tobac has been rsised 10 S cents pound
If that provision be retained, Represents
tive Waddil. of Virginia, says he will OF
pose tho bill.
The consideration OF the Lang stor -VeDs
BILE cit election case by the House ha:
been postponed until Thursday next. IL il
still rumnred that several republican mem
hers of the House will either refrain from
voting or vote against LaDgston. These rn'
mors originate from the way the members
talk to their democratic acquaintaDces, but
the prevailing impression on the subject is
that when the time to vote shall come aud
Mr.. Speak ar r ed shall crack his whip,eve-
nv repuo lean member will jump into his
traces and vote at his party's call.
sui - Committee of the House District oil
| Columbia G mmilteeheard arguments to-day
| In favor OF allowing the Washington and ar
lington r ,irnad Company to build bridge
across the 7 tomac river above the Aquc-
duct Bridge, AID expret sad themselves as
favorable to tha project.
| Among tho p titions presented in the Senate
| to-day was one from the faculty of Howard UNI
vcrHty against pool selling IN the District OF 20
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