Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-03-19
EEOM WAsHIEaTaa.
Especial Correspondence Of ito Ale7asdria Gesats.
ygAgsJEarcr. d, g., March 10. 1882.

EE0E WASAIE3TGH.
Especial Cosrospeadesx Of tho Alezasdr;a GGsetts.
WAss1EagoE. D. g.. March 10. 1882.
Psseidoot Polk, OF the Farmers Alliance,
bee gone to North Carolina TO etimuiese the
rhi.d Party movement theirs. Representa-
tlyas Cowies, OF that STATE, Gays the loI
price Ct cSst,D, tobacco and l!Vs ttick pre-
vaiiing he5 rendered. the condition OF the
people there anything e!ee than proper
Gus, and that naturally some OF them e'e
dissatisfied aud may De led eff 5y auoh wi!d
schemsa as those endorsad by Me- Polk, but
no dcesE't think enough OF them can he to
enGsuger the democratic party. which hss
oeen striving f3s yeas TO help the faFm5:f,
but has always been prevented either p9
re republican President or republican branoh
Congress. Hs Gays be thiDks II the House
sill psas the freq silver bill and ti!is Ea-
ducIng the tariff there would be no need to
fear the Alliance.
Representative Mills was In bis seat In the
House to-day, and ,whila there. was engaged
10 Cleaning out HE desk, probably With
view of removing his papers to desk Ia
the ohsmbar at tae other end OF the Capitol.
The GAzE1TE's correspondent was il.
formed week or ten daYs ego, the Cay al
Ter it occurred, OF the interview between
Senator Hi.i and Representative O'FesfeH
which was given to the press here yesier-
dey, but dssmsd it private sffiiF aud did
not aIlude 10 IL. Che Interview, as publish
sd Ia greatly exaggerated, though the Sena-
toE did say. in ia king TO friend about it.
that be had rarely met euch gentleman "a
Mr.. OFer,all. The interview took p,ace
10 the pensions committee room, tnso Ehleh
he Sensscr was Invited t. wait until Mr..
~ II b, nh NJ
Bass By ca bis We; 10 t1s room Of HE owp
committse. The Ssnst;7 having PEI sonal
knowledge that some votes were thrown
OFT ST Elmisa wanted 70 Inform Mr, O't5r.
rail- of Inst fso', aud a!sc to tell him ofsome
Nav Yc.k dstis!on5 Ees.iDg upon the con-
tested e;.icn case Of the damocra Coz
gresham from that district, whose seat Is
being contested by republican, and this
be did; but Mr.. O'Ferrail told him that lie,
O'Fsrrsll was judge In the case referred 10,
and that II he should decide npjus!ly the
blood would b, on bic hands. There
was nc excitement, at least go 1t appeared
to the several reliable witnesses, on the pa t
of either the Senator or Representative, ard
though each attempted to sustain his own
views, they did 60 quietly and without the
slightest 9,sib!e appearance oisnS thing iike
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taken In tho committee On the case. three
democrats, Mr.. O'Ferrall among them,
voted to seas toe republican. They forgot,
probably. how the republican members OF
tbs last electou5 committee had voted 10
turn Messrs Wide and Venable, two fairly
elected Virginia members, out oftheir seats.
Tne bill tc pap the heirs Of ihe late Gen.
Siblsy CT Fredericksburg, Va, the royalty
Lra HI 4, r,
the House yesterday evening, bus was OPP
posed 80 strernously by northern members
tina IL had to go over again uu.i the next
priysts bill day. During tle debate On II
Mr.. Bgnum, en Indiana democrat, to the
great surprise of mspy of his southern ool-
issgues, made thu broad assertion that DO
mater hog legal and jest claim might be,
as would opposs IL Ii she claimant had been
q Coniedsrsts soldiss. Mr.. Jones OF Vrel0-
10, the patron Of The bill, ceiled the stten
ton of the House TO this assertion, and COM
pared Mr., Byuum's sectional fesllpg5 vita
those OF the southern members, who willing
iy yota6 to tax their own poor constituents
to reise thu hundreds Of millions required to
give pensions to the Iasn Who had impcVer-
ishsd them.
]. 3. Gillian was to-day appointed post
master OF Guinea Mills, Cumberland county,
Vs., vice ". W. Putney, removed.
The House river aud hsrbor COMMITTEES
ceased it, bearings end comp!et.d It's bill
last night. Il carries over iweaty.one mil
lion dol irs.
Tia members Of the Virginia democratic
association of this city are moving for re-
yivsl and reorganization of that club 30 as
TO bs ready faE the foil campaign.
Commissioner Rauua. oi the pensions be.
seau, to-day, bsfose the committee investl-
gatiug his conduct. confessed that his
daughter, though clsEk in the census. was
commissioned ss clerk in the pensions buresu
early this month-befors her appointment
was made by the Interior Department; .hss
his aon, whsl CLERK in the penalons bureau,
had charged nosrisl fses f,s swearing In
other clerks; that he wss sbsent q long
time from bis Office. and that he bad re-
moved clerks for talking about the crock.
e6neps Ia the bureau that came under their
own eyes.
The publication Of the central aid national or.
gan Of the hind party will be commenced hero
about the frat of April. Its managing editor will,
1t Is understood, be Mr.. Dunning Of National Econ
omist.