Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-05-18
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence of the Alexandria Gazette.
WASHINGTON. May is.

WASHINGTON. May is.
Congressman Jones and O'Fcrrall of
Virginia, Cleveland men, have gone to
Richmond to attend the State demo-
cratic convention. Congressman Mere
dith. Hill man, is talking about going
down this evening. .
The report that Postmaster General
Wanamakcr will resign is not credited
here. A prominent republican Con-
goessman from Philadelphia told the
GAZErTE's correspondent to-day he
supposed the report was founded upon
the fact that Mr.. Wanamakcr would re-
tire at the expiration Of the term Tor
which he was appointed, the Attn OF
March. He said Mr.. Wanamaker
would leave the Cabinet then, whether
Mr.. Harrison shall be reelected or not,
as his large private business would not
allow him to hold public office any long
cr He intimated that this determine
ton on the part of Mr.. Wanamakcr, by
depriying him of any self-intercst in
next falls election, would initiate coz
siderably against the success of the re-
publican ticket, rs it was through him
that most of the money for the last ma
tional campaign was raised.
The House ways and means commit
tee to-day listened to delegation of
American artists in favor ola bill to
repeal all tariff duties on works of art.
The bill to prohibit fishing in the
District waters was not acted on to-day
by the blouse fisheries committee, for
the reason that no quorum was present
at the meeting of that committee.
The Senate commerce committee to-
day determined to make a horizontal
cut of % per cent. in the river and har-
Dor bill they had previously agreed to
report.
To show the estimation in which Mr..
Blaine holds the man who is President
bv reason of his withdrawal from the
contest four years ago, as well as his
opinion Of that mans reelection, it Is
common talk at the Capitol to-day that
being asked by = close personal friend
the other day if he thought Mr.. Harri-
son would be his own successor, he re-
piled: "Pshaw, he doesn't even know
how TO shake hands, Z"
Governor Mckinney left here yester-
day evening for Richmond, and eX-Gov.
Lee. who returned from New York this
morning, left for the same city after a
stay of an hour or two here.
In The House to-day Mr.. Meredith in
PRODUCED bills to pay the claim of Jas.
X. Skinner of Fauquier county, Virgin
ia. amounting to 81 ,563; of l.. a. Lynn,
for Sl.O25: of Jas. w. Wilkins, for
Sl.1S5 of Martin Matthews, for 1892,
and of the heirs of Chapman Capin, for
1925. all of Prince William county, Eir-
ginia, and all for quartermastcr's stores
taken by federal soldiers during the
war. and that of Martin .MadduX Of Gull
pepper c. H., same State, amounting to
1872 for services of clerk in the land Of
flee in Arizona.
ia. Collins testified before the cen
sus investigating committee to-day that
negro politician named w. s. Thorn
as of Washington, had a 81, 900 place i'll
the census Office, but went to Ohio, all
the same, during the last Senatorial
contest in that State. Chairman Filth
ian said the conduct of Mr. Taylor, a
republican member of the committee,
throughout the investigation had salts
fed him that his purpose was more to
throttle the investigation than to learn
about the management Of the census Of
flee. Mr. Taylor, starting to interrupt.
Mr.. Fithian added that if Mr.. Taylor
did not like what he CIR. F'ithian) said
he could make the best of it.
sIr. Taylor protested that the chair had no
right to make any such statement. 1t was
unfair lie had not attempted to suppress
ANYTHING; but it was his place to see that no
i, justice was done, and he did not propose
to be browbcatcn by the chairman.
The House District committee agreed to-
day to ride over tomorrow and inspect the
proposed routes for the entrance of both Che
Norfolk and Western and the B. g. o. Il. f..
into this city from the west The Maryland
authorities object to both upon the ground
that they will iniurc the Chesapeake and Ohio
canal, of which their State is the chief owrcE.