Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-12-04
LEGISLATIVE.

line Senate held short session yesterday.
Mr.. Fairfax, of Loudaun, introduced resolC-
tion expressing the SORROW OF the body at the
death Of Senator Heaton, OF that county. Il
was passed by and made special ordary'or
Wednesday at 1 O'Clock p. m.
The House was MT 10 session.
After the Senate 6joucned conference
of membsra was held AID tbs standing CON-
mittee5 appointed were confirmed.
Interests centres in the composition Of the
committees on finance and roads. These
two will be called upon to consider the two
most imp ortant suit cots of the ssssoD, the
debt and that Of railroad commission. OF
the fourteen members OF the new roads COM
mittee nine are cd Senators, 9snd tins sma.
iority are believed to oppose radical COM
mission bill. The sane com nitteo II tie
House. 1t Ia believed, will &c equally coaser.
vative.
Tne three important S .E9:a COMMIT; oae
ere composed ss follows:
Reads: Mes.fa. Barne6, Lsg> II. or,
Blackstone, E,aols, Wick hBm, Pe.sse, flsn-
er, Jordan, Roberto, Esr,ieon, Bsfsy, MGah.
bach and Parrish.
Finance: Messrs. Berry, LyyeDsta!n,
Barnes, Arthur. Gordon. Wiokham. Daar,
Jordan. Jones, Fairfex. Walton AID Tyler.
PublieI Institutiors Messrs. Loveustein,
Stubs, EchoIs, Damn, Roberts. Turner,
Pleasants, Mcdonald OF Lynchturg. Scott.
Southall. Watson, Tyler snd Greco.
Capt. Mushbach. CT Alexandra. vas p
pointed on the committees On roeds, courts
OF jaetice and to examine Second Aoditort's
cf3oe.
The only important Senate cha rnanship, gro
IL ~ n
Heaton, on roads Mr.. Little takes the p!,c, CT
Mr.. Bsrnes, on fsh and game, and Mr. Harrison
is to preside over towns. dtits ard counties, in
place of Mr. smoot Mr.. Berry remsins at tho
head Of finance; Mr.. Blackstone courts OF Justice,
Mr.. Jones, elections and privileges, and Mr.
LoVensteip, schoole, &c.
At the meeting Isss night CT lie dame
cratic caucus the report of tha special ccm-
Tuesday night the question of ths exciu. lon
OF members who we're elected over regular
party nominees made their report. This In
ff-cs requires that ali such nsnsora must
make a personal application for admission
to the caucus and each case to he passs0 uo.
on its own merits. This report was edoyt-
ed. The excluded members are Tglor Bland.
of Middlesex and Matthews; J. Thomas
Goode. of Neck enbur9; Andrew Pee-y, of
Floyd; V. M. Sowdep. O; Tez,woll, ard
Young, CT Brunswick. The last rsmcd Is g
republican and claims that he was elected
80 On independent. Parsons. of Grec1y:!!e
and Sussex, applied for admission as there
was no regular nominee Ia that distgios be
was admitted.
A resolution providing that tie caucus 90
into the election 10 fill the place CT sS.ste
commissioner OF railroads WAS adop.ad bY g
vote of 70 to 35. Gen. James O. Hill, the
present commissioner, wss renorli0esed by
exclamation. It Is believed this eecures for
General Hill one Of the pisces On the reW
commission in event that ths Legislature
creates 1t. The caucus e!so nominated,
without opposition, Auditor OF Public Ac-
counts Morton Marye, Second Auditor T.
G.. Rufin and Secretary ofthe Common
wealth b. W. Tourney. The Offices ofsu-
psrintendent OF the pen:teu,iary and regis.
ter OF the land Office, wnsra he incumbents
have opposition. and all oth.r pisces where
there are coDteste, were passed by. The
caucus nominated nearly ell OF the couaty
judges, including G. Fl. Ashton far King
George aud Stafford, r. 81. Tebba for Lou
doun aDd W. E L'pscomb for Prince Will
liam. The rect of the nominations fo. State
officers and county judges. including tee
judge OF Alexandria and FaIrfsS cnuntes,
will be taken up at the next session OF osu.
Gus, which Is to take place next Thursday
evening. Mr.. J. O. Lamb vas nominated
for the Richmond Ohepoer2 Court judgsbip.
The caucus NEE again next Tburadsy
night.