Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-04-28

The Senate committee on conheiIo "nu
made an argument In opposition to the pas
sage of the pending j 'int resolution sutnof'
IyInp the landing of The Ftenon caDie on Iae
shores of Virginia snd s. o. The plth OF
the secre tars's orr cotton was that the Frenon
Gable Co.. cooperating WITH the bfaz.'ian
government, bad an absolute monoooly OF
the cable privileges between the aiteo
States and Brazil, snd thet IL the resolution
was passed, the negotiations WDlcn nave
been 10 progress for two gears looking to
the procurement OF concession to an Amer
!oen cable company to B!azu would come 70
naught.
Congressman Lester OF the DsnvilIe, Viz.
olnia. district. saws neither his health, nor
his calling az q preacher OF the Primitive
Bsptist Church, will permit him TO hold bic
seat In Congress after his present term. VI
those spoken OF as his successor, he says the
most prominent are Swanson OF Chatham,
Woodipg OF DanVile, Hairston OF Mar
tinsyilie, Saunders OF Rocky Mount
and Bowlen of Hi!sville. The feel
ing, be ssyp, In hls district on the President
ial nomination Is pretty equally divided De-
tween Cleveland and Hill, sill, however, de-
string the strongest men.
Ex-senator Norwood OF Georgia, who was
at the CAPITOL to-day, says thai no man WILL
pet the vote CT his State 81 Chicago who 10
opposed to free silver, and that Cleveland
cannot be elected or even nominated. To-
fiuentiel democrats from North Carolina
also at the Capitol to-day, gay they will
have trouble In carrying their State even
with the most popular democrat that could
he selected, owing to the third party there,
Int that with Mr.. Cleveland they would
have DO chance at ALL
The President tc day sent to the Senate
tine nomination OF T. Jefferson Coolidge, of
Massachustt ts. to be envoy extraordinary
and minieter plenipotantlary OF the Uaiied
S.stss to France.
The House committee on public buildings
and grounds to-day authorized a favorable
report on bill approprfating $500 .OCO ior
cite for customs house at Baltimore.
The subcommittee Of the Senate District
OF Columbia committee. to which 1t was re-
ieYYed, com posed OF Msssrs. Mcmillan. Bar
Der and Faulkner, have sgreed TO report fay
orab!y to the whole committee the bill
for q railroad from the War Dspars.
mens to Arlington, via ferry 81 the foot OF
&c street.
Ia the House to-day Mr.. Meredith intro
dueed bill to give George G. Tanner of
Lsesburg, Ve., ex.U. 8. Consul at Vsrvlers
aud Ledge, 5000 for rent OF rooms paid by
him.
Ia the Senate to-day Mr.. Barbour intr6.
duced bill to give pension to Oelestie Z.
Hertt. widow of Samuel T. Hartt. q naval
contractor also one to appropriate Sl,oOO
to mark the birthplace of James Madison,
4.h President OF the o aited States. he also
presented memorial signed by i. b, 6rs-
ham, stated clerk OF Winchester Pfesbytery,
against the opening OF the Chicago fair on
Sundays also ope signed by E 8. Taft,
president OF the Board OF Trade of New.
ports News, against the bill to abolish com
pulsory pllotage.
The Joint congressional committee on
printing, who have the selection OF tho SIZE
for the proposed new government printing
Office, are now Engaged In inspecting the
several lots that have been offered them.
Among these lots are two belonging to zen.
| Malone, and the heirs OF the late u. A.
| Windsor OF Alexandria, The selection Will
! be made. Mr.. Richardson, chairman OF the
House committee, told the GAZETTE's cor
respondent this morning, Within the next
| week OF ten days.
President wins. of the Q. 8. and Bts2i ian
! Steamship Company. explained to the
| Senate commerce COMMITTEES TO Gay why his
company had taken some OF their chips On
| the line between Newport's News and R'o
against the protest OF that port and K!ch'
| mond. This hearing was on Senator VESTS
| bill, which authorizes the Postmaster Gene
rel to refuse subsidies to apy lines that DIS
| eliminate against any ct the u. y ports.
MIR. Wins stated thai pope OF his s;eamsrs
were subsidized, and that &c didn't want
any subsidy, and furthermore the company
had been giving the government subsidy
/ for the past ten years. All OF the tempest
that had ewept over Missouri, Virginia, and
the southern port, he esid, against the 81.
| Iered discrimination OF his line, had been
oaueed BY bic refusal to carry few hundred
bags OF coffee to Viewpoints News for the
Richmond people He gave figures t, show
that the number OF bags of coffee transported
TO Richmond by his line had divided from
5 600 bags to about .000 aud asserted that 1t
did not pay for bis steamers to cell OF New
oor,'s News to land such q email cargo.
The Cleveland men at the Capitol to day
ara Ia low spiritp. The declaration OF so
many States for the fsvorite sops OF those
ssstas takes ust 30 many votes away from
tie ex.President, and they oonceds that IN
less be cen 90 N with the sweep OF thu first
| boom, be will be retired and his forces be
sea, tsred and be entirely beg ond his control,
and ali alelt TO jamp 10 the strongest
tide. With Maryland for Gormap, Penn
sylvans fee Patt:cn. Indiana for Gray.
Illinois for Palmer, Wisconsin for Villas, and
New Jersey for Albeit. the CIeBeland forces
are go reduced that the friends OF that gen.
tleman begin to realIzs the fact that he is
not the most available man for the noEina-
ton, and also to suspect that the epparent
leaning toward him OF the gentlemen re
fsrred to Is not real, and that its true object
10 to draw strength away from the man who
will receive thu aeveDts-two votes from New
York.
To morrow morning il the time the Military
Committee Of the Houss haze agreed to hear what
the friends of the Mt Vernon Avenue bill. have to
say in favor of the passage of that bill.
Mr.. J. g. B. Thomrson, superintendent OF tae
Virginia Midland Railroad, who is here with
his handsome private car, entertained Senator
Hill. Represe NATIVE Rockwell and Mr. Youmans
chief clerk OF the Treasury Department during
the Cleveland administI alton. in that car lssU
night, when for the first time. Senator Hill en-
nlo rIod oh