Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-12-17


ard the President allowed him to tslk. only
falling him at the cloes that the nomination
had been agreed on and would CO SAINT TO
the Senate ia oourse CT the dag. The Pres
Ident must have been most courteous s2d
prsciors on the occasiop, eimost Daga;nS toe
0snerei's pardon FOR tie bloS About 10 Dc
a.,nck him, siUCe il !e knoWn 'has SITTER
Ieayipc tre White Hcusa hs Gspersl was
In excsllon. spifite, visiting Judge Paul 81
the Ieier's ,ooms in the National Hotei,
and cheeriully oonyarsipg With man3 friends
whom te casually ne. His f!s5 iaforma-
ton, singular 10 say, Was srtouecGa shc
came o him f:c,n al excite newspaper
correE poodeot, rusGirg through iha streets,
VINO shouted TO lin test SsyrIcnr Of North
Caroiioa, Tas the iuik7 tnan. Z { douo5'
ing lis c55r+o ness, Ike GeDe:4! |s' uuch
disappon,sd atd tuzz 20, No. IA e,g cha
| g-ineli aoG pain, at TIE ns~s. wa bad
Nor Carolina rspub iosiisin 4 .ae 10 ds.
serve thie erf at distincio. ? Tnat 3 a:e TOO
had recently had en Jap .rtaus jlGgesh!p
given to il 90 tue :cdera: Lard court, emo
Seymour rad only s coal reputation. Not
loud tut daep wee Maboces emc:iscs.
and finally ehen ia @sa n!0tmad
that il ,yaa Can GcG Of Wet VJeiuis who
| had Grewn the pslzs, he expressed soma re-
| lief. Judge Pau sccepted iha resuS Sith
entire ccmpcsaie, oalY eGa, k!9s t;;ss tad
hs f.ierds knawn OF Gof'e =sire for ;he sp-
| pcntueDt they wou d p10bshp haYa made
ro orpositicn. "a to Col. Bid. Il Is tc-
Iieved, cu good authority, that be szvasa!
DAYS ago VIE iofcrmed, tbrdugn Is cosa ian-
tial channel, that the mantle wGuli 20 upon
the shoulders OF G f. Re, therefore, YVES
locker on rather than en- excited participant
in the closing eceues CT this memorable
struggle. Els candidate, Lewis, boweysr,
| with bis powerful Enforcement by leading
| republicans and democrats, end almost tbs
| entire bench and bar OF hie State, must lave
made lodge nent Ia the Presidents mind
that vii! remain Enemory ofGo mean value
should an opportunity DO given during the
term of this administration to fill vacancy
10 any of the higher courts of the country
The House committees will be ennounced
sf.er which the Congressional recess Will
commence. s2esker C.iso is click enough
to-day to require the attendance Of physt
clan. Bet for bis sickness tho committees
might have baea enoounce3 ct sn e2riisc
day.
Senator Barbour Gays that from wbat he
heard while 10 Richmond reneDtiy. he thinks
| @ moderate railroad bill will BIZ passed By
the Legislature this winter, enc that will be
acceptable to the railroads. and which both
the railroads and the public will look upor
as fer arbier 10 disputed cEses.
D. Jol!f was to-day sppoiutea poatrcsa-
tie: at Olway, Nelson county, Va vice J. A.
Clark, resigned.
| A Virginia Congressman whose supply OF
| the famous government Horse Book" hsG
become exhausted, being informed yesterday
that he could get c2py at second hand
book store, went there and WAS offered as
macy az be deaired q. $50 hundred. They
had been cold to ths dsaIer By members CT
| Congress ct toe rate of S25 hundred This
Ia q fair sample OF the Wsy the governments
money goes.
S. B. Thomson CT the Alexandria coGares-
siooal district was to-day appointed super
intenceDt Of tie Hou:e folding rcom, but
only to act uut!l tho 1st proE;m1, When e.
| NJ. Crulkshank Of Alabama will relieye hin
permanently.
Nov that Congressman Cnlberson has
| declined the place of interstate commerce
commissioners, Il ia expected 1t will be given
| to e6Corgre5rinsn Clements of Georgia.
| The Presideat sent to the Senate to-day
tbe nomination CT Dir. Stephen B. Elkins Q!
West Virginia to he Secretary Of War, vice
! Proctor, resigned, TO go to the q. s. Senate.
! 1t Is needless to ssy this nomination afford
ed the democrats 20 Cause for sorrow. With
the republicans, however, 1t was juet the re-
| verse, and more than one G! the most prom
| inent among them at the Capitol didn't hes
| tate to say that Mr. Earrisoa had just ss
veil have appointed Dudley, OF Davenport,
or any OF Ekino'd other pals, and to express
their surprise that with plenty OF men with
| iai. regulations from among whom 10
make selection he should have gone out of
hi5 way to choose one ofsuch upsavory fame
as Mr., Ekins. But Ia this, az In other
| things, Mr.. Herrison has acted upon the
| idea that after him the deluge.
| Congressman Tucker Of Virginia saya tho clerk
| of the House has promised him that his man,
Pembroke Pottit of Palmyra, Fluvanna county,
Virginia, shsll be ono o. four applicants for the
place OF rea Jag clerk, whose qualification shall
bs tested before the House Immediately af;er the
| recess.
boys" and thank them fox the handsome COM
| plmopt they paid him By re-elec.ng him to
| the Senate without opposition
| II is rumored TODAY thst thore will soon DO
rise in the price Of coffee sugar, as the PTesi-
dent thrsstens to issue proclamation REIN posing
the duties on these articles imported from tho
Gun tries which have refused to adopt Mr.. Elaines
! reciprocity tre8te7
| The West Virginia democrats here are delight
ed ct tho nomination of Mr.. Gof OF their state for
| ASSOCIATE justice OF tn9 now " o. court OF appeals
for the Virginia circuit. They say Mr. Golf is the
most Influential repub lean in their State, but his
| appointment efectually prevents him from exert
| ing any political influence.
Ofthe Senate committees as announced to-dsy
| Mr.. Barbour is member OF the commi5 tees on
the District of Columbia, Education and Labor,
Interstate Commerce, Potomac Flats, and to
tab ish the University OF the United States. Mr..
| Daniel 10 member OF tho committees on Immigra.
tion. Indian Affairs, Public Buildings and Grounds,
Revision of the Laws and the Qaadro Centennial.
When Governor Hill Of New York shall take his
ssst he will DO a member Of the committees on
Interstate Commerce, Territories, Immi sration,
Relations with Canada, and Expenditures ia the
Pablo Departments.
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