Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-12-10

enc siundre1-c there are scVeral appii-
every cou for every other federal posi-
can.,lther in or out Of the State three
Jr more. and the number is daily in
creasing. !.
1t is thought that % or 80 members Of
the New York exchange will come here
next week and urge U. 5. Senators to
defeat the Hatch anti-option bill Ihe
expectation is that Senator Washburn
will call up the bill on Monday next.
1t is estimated that no less than 500 pc
titions against the Hatch bill have been
received from parties in the south.
Among the men who have affixed lheiE
SIGNATURES to these petitions are many
prominent planters. Much oisap POM
ment exists in some quarters Decnuso
the legislatures of South Carolina
Georgia. Louisiana and Iowa have in
strucied their representatives in Con-
DRESS TO vote for the Hatch bill.
senator VOORHEES, said to-day: The
democratic party can be depended
upon to do two things-remove the un-
lust burdens OF taxation from the ne
cessaries of life and provide the neces-
sary revenues for the Government"
The returns of price of cotton on the
plantation on the first day OF December,
according to the report of the statisu-
clan of the Department of Agriculture
issued to-day, indicate return to near
" normal farm values, under the slim
illus OF short crop, the result largely
ola reduced acreage.
Mr.. J. c. Clements sold to-day for
Isaac n. Thornburg l02 acres of land,
near and south of Falls Church, Fairfax
county, Va, to Nine. d. Taulelle OF
France, for g, 600.
While President-elect Cleveland was
at Hog Island.reccntly,a local politician
from the near mainland called upon
him. Mr.. Cleveland, it appears, is well
informed about the particulars OF the
late election. and asked his caller WHY
it was that Jones, the democratic con-
gresham from that distrct,Sot larger
vote than he did. The answer was THAT
there was no republican congressional
candidate in the field. The caller then.
in turn. asked Mr. Cleveland, whether
the republican Office holders would be
removed? That, said Mr. Cleveland,
is matter for future determination.
This. ii is supposed here, means 'nub-
bins to workers.
Little or nothing is expected OF the
present session Of Congress except lhe
passage of the regular appropriation
bills. and probably some of them VIII
be left over as u means OF making an
extra session of the next Congress ne
rcssary. ON aNotc III the House yes
t.rdav i! was hard to get Il Quorum,
AMI IL will be harder is the session
grows longer.
The Washington and Chesapeake
Beach Railway Company yesterday
concluded contracts for the construc-
ton OF its railway and the improy,e-
ment of its Beach property. Inc
Washington and Chesapeake Beach
Railway will connect by ferry across
the Bay with the Eastern Shore Line,
thereby bringing Eastern Maryland,
Southern Delaware and the Peninsula
of Virginia in direct railway communi-
cation with Washington.
Among the callers at the White
House this morning, were Nice-Prcsl-
dent Morton, Mr.. Cornelius Bliss and
Mr.. Horace Russell of New York, Mon
sinror Satoli and Rev. Father G'Gor-
man. Senators Dixon, Cullom, Davis,
SAWYER. Berry, Voorhees,. Hansborough
and Henderson. Ex-senator Blair Rep
resentatives Curtis, Cogswell and Ding
lev, Gen. Bcaie, Col. Rusk, of Georgia,
Gen. Grosvenor, of Ohio ami Gen. a.
V. KautZ.
The Senate committee on foreign re-
lations to-day began an inquiry into the
condition of the Nicaragua Canal Com
pany.and examined ex-senator Warner
Miller. president Of the company on
the subject. The committee, it is UNI
derstood, will report q bill stamping the
bonds Of Ii, company TO the amount OF
one hundred million dollars, with the
guarantee of the United States govern
ment. 4 committee representing the
Canal Company called ut the White
House this morning and paid their re-
spects to the President. There were
present Hon. G.. l.. Converse, of Ohio :
Hon. w. c. Maybury, of Michigan; Mr..
f. J. Odenthal. of Louisiana; Mr.. X.
/. Edwards. OF New York Mr.. Edward
f. Cragin. OF Illinois, and Hon. {. Nj.
shelley. Of Alabama. The President
EXPRESSED himself SIS decidedly i'll favor
of The canal.
REPRESENTATIVE Catchings, a member
of the House committee on rules, says
there may be :, project on foot for leav-
inc the preparation OF a tariff bill to a
commission or committee, to report at
the regular meeting of the next Con-
crcss. but ifso, he nor any OF the other
members of Congress with whom he
talks knows any thing of il. Nine
tcntlls Of such ,ncmbcrs, he SAYS, are III
favor of IN early extra session OF the
next Congress and of q reduction OF the
tariff rs soon rs possible.
The democrats and populists OF all the States
in which the republicans are attempting 10
steal L. s. Scholarships have been informed
from here by telegraph Ia resort to al the
constitutional means in their power to pre-,
vent the success ofnny snch attempts ana
that they will be amply sustained.
The Treasury Department to-day decided
that while the wives and children OF res q 'ntS
and citizens of the United State arriving III
this country rs stecragc passengers eau ialiu'
such privilege cannot be accorded TO the
fathers. mothers. brothers or sisters OF such
residents and citizens.
General Rose rams is said this afternoon to
he better. and npw there is a faint hope that
he may rally sufficiently i'll strength TO en-
able him to travel 10 q mocr congcn III ell
mate where he may possibly recuperate
FELLED WITH A SOUP LADLE.-A
drop of dish water which spattered on