Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-06-10
FROM WASHINGTON.

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terms.
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence of the Alexandria Gazette
WASHINGTON, June 10:
People from Fauquier county, VIZ
ginia, here to-day, say there Is 60
deal Of complaint there against ny
ernor Mckinney for appointing M;
shepherd disburser of the d!rccl iaiu
fax refund in that county. instead OF
the county collector, as is the case II
oil the other counties having reliable
and responsible collectors. Mr.. Shep-
herd was internal revenue collector un-
der the Cleveland administration. :.
General Wheeler, of the House mill
tary committee, told the CAVITIES
correspondent to-day, that while ne is
in favor OF the Sit. Vernon Avenue Dill;
he does not think his committee VIII
make 9 favorable report upon 1t at tins
session, though, ifhe have time, he VIII
prepare such a report and lay it before
the committee before the adjournmen!
of the House.
As many inquiries have been made
concerning that paragraph in the ac,
count Of the proceedings of the recent
state democratic convention of Mary
land which SAYS that eight delegates at
large were elected, though the state is
ONLY entitled 70 four, it may be Statcu
that while eight were elected, each Will
onlv have half vote.
The health OF Senator vance Is I'm
proving. He now receives visitors al
his home. TO Il gentleman who called
upon him Yesterday he said, physically
he was doing well. but that he wa
mach worried in his mind about the
way the democrats in the south were
acting, declaring fer fee silver, and III
the sane breath for ii man who Ii erect
ed President would veto a free silver
bill.
There was no session of the Senate
to-day. that BODY hayinG adiournec
Yesterday until Monday. Such might
lust rs well have been the case VIII
| The House, az most of the time OF THAT
body was consumed in attempts to OBJ
tain and retain a quorum. In conse-
qucnce of this the friends of the Dill toi
The relief of the heirs of the late Gen.
Siblcv. of Fredericksburg, Va, deemed
it best not to attempt to call up thai
bill to-day.
President Polk Of the Farmers AL
lance. who las been Ill here for tbs
last ten days, is worse today, with we'll
marked symptoms of notwithstanding
His physicians have almost abandoned
hone of his recovery. He death wouic
be q severe blow to the Alliance i'll tho
South. rs he is un~questionably a man o
ability and Of great influence with th'
southern wing OF the organization Q
which he is the chief.
Little or nothing was going on at TIT
Capitol to-day, the sole topic of inter
est there. apparently at least, being the
possible result Of the Minneapolis con
v%ention, concerning which the doubt:
and surmises were a. varied as thosi
who expressed them.
The Presidents callers this mornin:
included Vice President Morton, Secre
try Elkins, Postmaster General Wanna
maker, Senator Hawley, cx-Gov. Beave
of Pennsylvania and Representative
Grout, Harter, Stone, Waugh and ca
ruth.
The House interstate commerce com
mittee to-day adopted the report of it
subcommittee in favor of an invcstiga
ton of the Reading railroad deal.
The charges preferred by s. f. Leak
ofPhiladelphia against Postmaster Gen
eral Wanamaker for croollcdness in TIL
matter of pneumatic transportation
have been referred by the House post
office committee to a subcommittee TO
investigation.
When Intercepted to-day as to tn
truth of the New York Times repor
that he has withdrawn from the contes
for the Presidential nomination, which
was t~clegraphed by the Associatet
Press last night, Senator Hill simpl.
said Son the V of a national con
vention / do not propose PERSONAL.
either to admit or deny any sensational
canard which may be circulated by pc
litical enemies. | have nothing furthe.
to say" Mr.. John Birmingham, hi
private secretary, said, however
''There is 10 truth in the New YORK
Tones statement. 1t is made out o
the whole cloth. Nosuch letter has beer
written or contemplated. 1t is a speci
men mugwump lie, conceived and de.
signed to injure Senator Hill and to AID
the mugwump candidate. tits impossi-
bic for the Times TO tell the truth in ref
erence to anything relating TO Senator
Hill. The public for the next two
weeks should he prepared for all sorts
of canards emanating from the same
source. The Times is Mr.. Cleveland's
personal organ, and it is easy to see
where these false stories originate and
for whose benefit they are manufact-
urc1