Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-07-08
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence of the Alexandria Gazette.
WASHINGTON, July s.

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verge of lively fight with the demo-
Gratis and anti-Harrison republicans III
the Senate; this time over the nomina-
ton for postmaster at Charleston, 5. e.,
of DR.. Crum, colored, who was at Min
neapolis as Harrison delegate. Sena-
tor Butler and Representative Brawley.,
ofSouth Ca.o..nI, are opposing Crum's
confirmation on business grounds. Inc
political milk in the cocoanut is found
in the charge openly made against
Crum that he was promised the post
office appointment in advance OF the
Minneapolis convention in return tor
his promise to vote for Harrison. 1t Is
said that the republican Senators have
agreed to vote to reject the nomination,
and, if the motion is successful, an at
tempt will be made to remove the IN
junction of secrecy from the case SO
that the country can be posted as to the
details of what is regarded as corrupt
political trade. All the Senators who
are interested in the question OF the
right of Senators to dictate to the Pre-,
s;dent. or at least be consulted by him
in regard to federal appointments in
their State, will, it is thought, sup
port it.
The House committee on interstate
and foreign commerce to-day ordered a
favorable report on the House bill
making it unlawful for common car
rier, either by land or water, to insert
in any bill of lading or shipping docu-
ment, any clause or agreement whereby
the carrier shall be relieved from la
bility for loss or damage arising from
negligence, or failure in proper loading
of any merchandise or property COM
mitted to its charge, nor shall it be law
full to limit its liability to less than q
full indemnity to the claimant for any
loss or damage incurred. The bill
further provides that it shall not be
lawful to insert in the bill of lading OF
any vessel plying between the United
States and foreign countries any agree
ment whereby the obligations of the
owner of the vessel to properly equip
the ship, shall in any wise be lessened.
The bill relieves the owners OF vessels,
however, of all responsibility for dam
age or loss to merchandise resulting
from error ofjudgment in navigation or
management of the vessel if 1T is shown
the vessel was in all respects seaworthy
and properly manned and equipped in
starting ON her voyage.
The Senate appropriations commit
tee is making rapid strides in disposlng
Of the regular annual appropriation
bills and to-day completed and report
ed to the Senate the Notifications bill /;
leaving only the general deficiency bill
vet to be reported. The bill as it comes
from the committee is greater by S534,-
400 than as it passed the House, the to-
tai amount being brought up to 81
46,776.
The sundIy civil bill as passed by the
Senate yesterday contains an approPrl-
alton of 100000 for new mint build
ing at Philadelphia.
Representative Bourke Cochran yes
terday paid to Representative Tracey
S917 lost on bets made the day after
the New York State convention that
Mr.. Cleveland would not be nominated.
The day after the convention MI
Tracey met Mr.. Cochran in the lobby
of the House and Immediately began to
vehemently protest against the injus-
tice of what he called the trumped up
enthusiasm for Senator Hill. The ar
gument became quite heated, and IN re-
ply to an assertion on the part of Gen
eral Tracey that Cleveland would be
nominated in Chicago on the first ballot
Mr.. Cochran said 'I'll bet you S417 to
$50 that Cleveland is not nominated on
the first ballot" 'Pll take that" SAID
Tracey holly, "and, what is more, I'll
bet YOU $500 even that Cleveland is the
nominee at Chicago" "Well, I'll take
that" said Cochran. and then they sep
Grated. The subject was not mentioned
again till yesterday when the bets were
paid.
The Senate silver bill was taken up
for consideration by the House coinage
committee to-day The hour of eleven
O'Clock, the time of meeting of the
House. arrived before any action on
the bill had been taken and the com
mittee adjourned until this evening at
$50 o'clock. There are 10 voting mem
beers of the committee, but only II were
present to-day, the absentees being
Messrs. McKeighan, of Nebraska, and
Kilgore, of Texas Mr.. McKeighan is
on his way to Washington, and, it is
expected, will arrive later in the day.
Mr.. Kilgore is in the city. Six OF those
present were free silver men and the
remaining five anti-free silver men
the free silver men, although in a
majority on the committee, lacking one
of quorum by themselves. When 4
vote was taken on q motion to lay the
bill on the table-a motion calculated
to bring out the strength of the re-
spective sides-the anti-free silver men
declined to vote, and thus thwarted
any attempt to reach a final vote on
the bill at the meeting.