Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-11-23
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence of the Alexandria Gazette.
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Correspondence of the Alexandria Gazette ]
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Senator Kenna had another comfor-
table night, and is considerably i'm
proved this morning. His two phys
clans, Drs. Chiffon and Sewers, still re-
main in attendance, however.
The Treasury officials still insist that
the deficit i'll the Treasury must be
made up by increasing the internal rev.
enue tax on whisky, the object being to
enrich the distiliers, who, of course,
would add the proposed increase to the
price of their stock. :,
The democrats of this city are all
torn up over the Inauguration commit
tee which Mr.. J. J.. Norris, the member
of the national democratic committee
from the District of Columbia, has APP
pointed and sent on to the national
committee for confirmation. The IL :
preston is that the national committee
will not confirm Mr.. Norriss nomina-
tons. but will select a committee fro III
the citizens of the District that will be
satisfactory.
Associate Justice Field of the Z. 5.
Supreme Court is not in good health,
but il is not expected that he will re-
sign. so as to allow Mr.. Harrison to APP
point his successor. Hcis not enamored
of Mr.. Cleveland. but he is a democrat,
though appointed by Mr.. Lincoln. On
the 10Th of next March he will have
been on the Supreme Bench thirty years.
Great preparations are in progress
for the democratic demonstration TO be
made here next Friday night. 1t is
expected that it will exceed everything
of the kind ever seen here before. a
large attendance is expected from Al
exandria. The Alexandrians and other
Virginians who may take part, will be
in Major Biscoe's division and will as
semblc with the Virginia democratic
association of this city, in charge of
Capt. Il. ~ Harper, ut the Metropolis
tan Hotel in time To reach the Circle,
where the procession will form at seven
o'clock. Among those i'll line will be
two hundred horscmen from AleXan-
dria county
J.B. Richardson was to-day appoint
ed postmaster Mt Providence Forge.
New Kent county, Va, vice {. W.
Townsend, resigned.
4 Soudan cablcgram containing the
information that in the course of CORE
Spondence between the British and
Chinese governments the latter main
tanned that the treaty of 1850 between
China aud the United States had been
broken by the passage OF the Chinese
exclusion act was made the subject OF
inquiry ut the Department Of State to-
day. During the correspondence with
the Chinese government respecting the
rejection OF Minister Blair, the Chinese
government complained that by the
passage Of the exclusion act the United
States violated one of the treaty pro-
visions.
The Secretary Of the Treasury to-day
determined not 10 release the ship
Weimer now in quarantine at Cape
Charles, Virginia. until the full twenty
days are up, on The 30th instant. Her
1860 passens ers are admitted to be per-
fcctlv healthy, are suffering great hard
ships, and in their present condition
gre in danger Of an epidemic of scarlet
Fever.
All the Executive Departments closed
at noon to-day, and will reopen for
business Friday morning, tomorrow
being Thanksgiving Day.
Quite number of people went from
hereto Alexandria last night to witness
the democratic turnout in that city.
They say the Alexandria democrats are
more enthusiastic than those of other
cities, and that the display they made
would have done credit to amuch larger
city. Mr.. Clements, from Alexandria
county. says the horsemen from his
country, who will take part i'll the pro
ccssion here next Friday night, would
have gone to Alexandria last night if
they had been invited. Senator Hun
ton, who is here to-day, told friend
that he too, would have been there, il
he had been invited, and when the
friend told him that nobody supposed
he required an invitation to attend a
democratic celebration i'll Virginia, he
replied that he didn't go where he
wasn't invited.
1t seems TO be generally understood
mere tlldi Nol. 1iCN ipiiSIl' SCl ScAhl-"V-
arms of the national democratic conven-
tons OF 1881 and 1892, and eX-sergeant-
alarms of the U. S. Senate, will be re-
appointed to the latter place upon the
reorganization of that body.
Ii is reported that Gen. Rosecrans,
Register of the Treasury, in his annual
report, will recommend the repeal OF
the civil service law, upon the ground
that life tenure naturally tends to pro
duce poor work.