Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-02-20
Letter from Richmond.
Special Correspondents of the Alexandria Gazette

Special Correspondence OF tne Ale1andrla daZatte.
RICHMOND, Va, Feb. 10, 1892
A special order ede.t.acked Senator Mush-
bach's al t,.gambling bill in the House again
to-day. 1t came up early in the day, anu
d slegnte Bsndheim declared that the tend
ency, If not The purpose Of the bill, was to
destroy the breeding Ct fine horses. He vas
% { Ing in his best licks when the special OF
der arrived and Gu. him off until tomorrow,
when he will conclude is speech. There
was big crowd In the House when this bill
was under consideration. including q num-
Der Of ministers OF the Gospel who have
manifested much interest In this measure,
some of them having prsaohed about 1t with.
In the last week. Mr.. Saunders, the chair.
man Of the committee for courts OF justice,
as fo.esha lowed 10 this correspondence, Ia
-ndeavorlng to Tipe out the amendment
proposed By the House committee and BE-
cure the passage OF the bill as 1t came from
The Senate
Gen. L. L. Lomsx, who came down from
Fauquier TO appear as witness before the
Biacksburg investigating committee, has re-
turned home. Tomorrow the evidence
taken Ia this investigation will be handed 10
by thu stenographer. Each side has en-
gsged counsel, bnt the indications are that
the matter will be quickly disposed Of whsn
the committee gels mold OF the testimony.
The oyster bill passed the Senate tc-1sy
sud passed 10 q shape Satisfactory to the
Tidewa.er Senators and delegates. The
suggestions msde By Governor Mckinney
were III adol ID, or 10 other words he Sem
ate sat down very hard upon His Excellsn.
o. Of al nd
made QUE Of the clearest, most seneible End
best speeches ever heard In lhs Senate upon
the oyster quss ion. he gave it as his opin-
Ion that tGe first gear t1e bill goes into op-
GRAFTON it Will realize shcrt S1C0 coo t, t1e
half million year, Other Tidewaler rep
resentalives concur In these view,, and
preditt that tho oysts: indu,try. under
the benign IL faence Of the bill wnich passed
| he Ssnete to-day will boom and blossom
like the rose
Delegate Hudgios, OF Caroline. filed the
Speakers chair for some time in tt g House
| to-day, aud m ,de splendid presiding OF.
| 6oer. "CaI t,in jack" as hls friends ell
call tiu, is enc OF the most popular mem.
bars of the legislature, and does NJ have
trouble ln securing the passage OF any legis.
| latlon his t-ics desires. Oas of the best
speeches N ada this season was delivered by
him the other day whsn the 5ebt question
| frat came up for considers ton.
The Eeta.e committee upon public instt-
tutioTs had under consideration this ait sr.
neon ne charges preferred against Supsrin.
teadeLt MssBes. The committee met In
seofs session in the Sonata CLOAK room, but
PIE ty soor moved up s;alrs In more pri.
vate place. Mr.. Massey was in the Senate
chamber chatsiug with Senator Peters
while the committee was considering bis
cars. He ssamsd much worrisd and evil
IDENTIFY wished hat bis trial, for euoh it ap-
D, ars t, be, was over. TIE comm ttss have
performed their duty, but the t1fe OF the
report will not be mads public u,t IT Is
submitted to the general committee.