Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-01-19

s ors In Wsshirgtou, assuming that none
hapa left the civ since Saturday, which is
int 2 quorum Il addition Senator Fsrwell
10 exoeo;cS to rcaoa Washington TO day, and
it j. said thst Senetor Chandler will also be
v,rssent within short time. The fate of the
closure resolution and OF the cleo.
TORS bin i,se.f scoorGing to the managers OF
that tlli, ie involved in the ATTENDANCE Of
these Senators, wno may have to make goon
pcesibe detection, Of at laast two repubii
can Senators who have openly opposed
the bill in uost OF its phases.
Tie democrats al the Capitol to-day are
not so sareuins OF defeating The Force Di.
ss they have b5en. though some OF them still
SAY that more republican Senators are oD
posed to the gag rule than TO the bill reiet-
red to, some even ssying there are ten euch.
Oilers, however, aGd among them Col. l.
@, Washington, say they are afraid the gag
rule viii be edop'ed, and if 30, otcourse, the
oil be past ed. TIE Colonel ssys, too, the
sou,hsr people sesm to he obiivious to the
danger of ths oil, and that some OF their
newspapers have been reuiss 10 not warn
ing them OF that dsnger. and that they
should at once resort to every means In their
power 10 bring their Opposition to the bl! TO
the attention OF Congress.
At the examination Of the charge OF briD'
ary end corruntion against Gem missiooer
Rsum Of the Peasion Buresu to-day, cue
clerk In that bureau testified that she had
done work for Rsum's fraudulent refrigerator
Co. and Raum'a own son was forced to cd
nit that & messenger in that bureau was his
hoatler. MIR. Dcsley, assistant Secretary Of
the Indian D spsrt.n2rt, one OF the incorpo
gators CT tbs company, testified that be did
not now have end never did have my inter
est in the compeny. He ssid MIR. Rsum
once asked bil0 to allow the use OF bis name
10 orrarzisg comn an7, 10 order TO comply
with the law. aud, believing Com missioner
Rsum TO be g thoroughly reputable nan, he
had co hesitation IL attending meeting al
a ieyaudria, at which 8 company wHs O.
eanized.
The President has approved the act in re-
gerd 20 the corstruc ion Of the Baltimore
and POI RAILROAD 10 the District Of
Coluu,bis knoun as the Atkinson bill.
The business OF the House is blocked as well az
shat Of the Senate by the Force bill tho demo
Gratis of the latte. rcsorting 20 all available meth
DDS by which to prevent the passage OF that Dill
and those of the former consuming al the liine
they can everything else 40 as to reduce to the
utmost eytcut tho peiiod that can DO devoted tf
that hi il il shall como before them again I'M
| pubcans in the House. oven vi n Mr.. Keed
rs Speaker. can do nothing until they haYe
quorum, and the sb:entees have not yet been sen
for lest they may 60 away sgain; but when the
emergency occurs it is feared and expected they
will appear.
In the Senate to-day Mr. Bsrbocr, as ant cipat
oil In this correspondence lsst week, reported ia
vorshly from the Senate District Of Columbia COM
mittoe, the bill giving the Norfolk and Western
Hai road an entrance into this city.
Ex-AttorDey Gerora! Ayers of Virginia is II
| the city to day, expecting decision from The U
S Cirtut Court in the case Of the roceivership o
the Vir.iaia, Tennessee and Carolina stoel and
] iron cninnGiIT.