Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-02-08
Letter from Richmond.
Special Corrcspondey GO of the Alexandria Gazette
RICE MoSD, Va, Feb g. 1892

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Special Corresponds of the Alexandria Gazette.
RICE aoSD, Va, Feb. 6. 1892
II one euppc,es t,ere are no anti. Cleve.
land men ia the General Assembly he is
va't'y mistaken. Ia group OF ak lee!sla.
tors who stoJd on the floor Of the House OF
Delegates yesterday jus! before the assent.
ling Ct theHouse fo1r declared sntiCevelspd
saniimente. These four ware Delegat,
Bsndhein, of A'ezandris; Delegate Tonsy, of
Cnester6sid Delegst, Jones. OF Klrg and
Queen and DsIegate shepperaon. of Char.
lotte. Ifthe truth was known Bill, OF New
York. Is the favorite. A Cleveland organ
has interviewed number Of Legislators and
is nov engaged In Interviewing others. l
asked the represents We of that paper II
Hi! had any frieDds in the Legislature, and
tae reply wes Eyes, iodaed, the two last
men interviewed were Hill men end they
we're Sens Or Barnes, OF Southampton, and
Sentt,r Mcdonald, of Lynchburg.
Governor Mckinney has had prepared for
Hon. John w Daniel e copy OF bis commits
sion as Unlssd stltes senator. Il Ia gotten
up in the hIehett style Of penmansbip with
beautiful birds snd ar,ht O ec.olla RAINING
through it. Il will be placed In frame and
SCI to Senator Daniel, who will, no doubt,
pr'z, 1t highly.
Rev. O. E. Nlool, ex-member OF the
House from Prince William, was at the Cap
itol yest rday. Mr.. Nioo was one OF the
most brillai vonpg men In the House OF
Delegates Ct 1879-'S0. He used to OCCUPY
| ,be seat Tat Is now occupied By Delegate
Bendhelm, of Alexandra, and when saw
| him standing at thas same desk yesterday 1t
recalled to mind some Of the good speeches
Mr.. Nool made In the days OF reatj 1as.
ment.
The commit ee for courts OF justice OF t: 9
Senate will ,ke up early next week toe hill
sent to them amending the section OF the
code relating to the sale OF intoxlcf ting
! liquors near places for religious worship.
| TIE bill was reported from the committee
on general lave, AID when It came up on !ts
passage Senator Blackstone. who Ia chair
| man IF the jCdcisry comm Ice. saw Office
tione In The bill 9hioh he regarded SO very
serious one was 1at it prevented the sale
| OF liquor within two miles Of auy meeting
held for moral purposes. The principal OBJ
fiact of the bill Ia to stop the esle OF Eq7or
Yithia two miles OF ''oou. tfy arbor NEST
iiogs,n ss they are generally called. Lou
doun citizens are asking for the passage OF
II
such lay.
Tnera wss ane Their big meeting OF the
Houae commit zee on couniiee, CIT e5 and
Htowne, In t1e ball OF the House of Deegatos
I've. .roay evening, and there we're some tiE1
lRiohmo1ders on hand, some otjscling ard
others urgIng q favorable report upon he bill
to annex Lee district to Richmond, Col.
John a Coke Mayor Charles 8. S;rinRfe'-
low, Deleget, B. B. MnDford and Mr.
Charles Y. Meredith are come of the big
lawyers Interested j, this matter. Soma o!
R!chmond's wealtbieet men eppsared before
the committee, and for while tan, fifteen
twenty and thirty thousand dollar resi-
denoss we're talked about with fusnoy. In
this connection Colonel Coke called st en-
.ian to some OF 10 taxes that rich men pay
to 20 c;t7, and estimated tls gas bill alone
OF Mayor John P. Branch, who he's one Of
tho har dscmeit residences on fashionable
franklin street. to be forty dollars month
These figures seemed 20 tick @ soms OF the
country members on the committee who use
kerosene oil and talloW candles at cost OF
only ten cents q week.
II the military bad been suddenly called out IN
Richmond Thnradsy afterneol and tho doors OF
the Senate were locked and the people in the sen,
ate chamber kept there, the militsry boys would
have found themselves slmcs; without captain
co OF el trigsdier general lieuteI ant or oven ssr
g,aot. All thtso officers wcro in the Ser ate
CHI mbar that afternoon In attendance upon Inc
meeting of the Joint committee On mil!tl. Wfo
hsd under consideration the proposed military
BILL which, it is said is aimed principally at Ad
utsnt General Mcdonald. There are one or two
who would like to wear General RcD maids 9TH
cisI shoes, but General Mcdonald Is not ready t.
pull III I'm eff yet awhils. During the considers
ton of the bill by the committee there were soma
little fl ghts OF PERSONAL y which oii ctsaisAte
the calling olt of tho military, but Chairman
Stubs very nicely called 1t down.