Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-08-03
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence Of the Alexandria Gazette
WASHINGTON, August 8.


mittee on this basis: The House shall
vote down the Bingham motion ana
shall reconsider its action on the sundry
civil bill. The Senate s., 900, 900 world S
fair amendment shall be disagreed 10
and the bill sent back TO conference
With the House insisting that this item
shall be eliminated from the sundry CIV:
bill The Durborow worlds fair Dill
shall be taken up and on August 0Ih'
Saturday. shall be voted on. Inc
amount carried by the bill, however,
before a vote, shall be reduced IRON N
s. DOC. 900 to 81, 100000, and maze III
rect Gift. All the members OF the com
mittee except Mr.. Durborow voted loT
tho aurecment. Mr.. Durborow Noieu
agoinst it. The committee simply sub
mits the agreement to the caucus, ana
tho members are not bound to vote Ill
favor of the Durborow bill. They sim
NV agree. if the caucus adopts the pro.
position. not to filibusteragainst it, ana
each man reserves the right to vote Tor
or against the Durborow bill. Inc un,
Outstanding is that the vote on tins Dill
shall be final. and that the item Is not
TO 90 back into the sundry civil bill. 1t
is presumed that the Senate Will hold
nm the sundry civil bill in conference
until action is had on the Durborow
bill. Meanwhile. according to the terms
ofthe agreement, the appropriations are
TO be extended. At . o'clock the
caucus will meet TO raliy or reject
the suggestions of the commit
tee. which are simply put forward
to afford Il basis for caucus action.
Mr.. Kilgorc, of Texas, says if he can
accomplish it Congress will remain III
session until the snow falls before any
appropriation is made for the world $
fair. Mr.. Terry, of Ark, sums up the
situation in this wise: is il TO be grand
larceny or petty larceny"
The Senate to-day passed a resolu-
ton, reported from the printing com
mittee. authorizing that committee to
sit during the recess and, among other
things. to consider the selection OF 4
suitable site for new public printing
office.
The object Mr.. Pettigrew had in Of
fering his resolution in the Senate to-
dav in reference to the charges against
army officers during the last ten years.
was to show that the selection O. In
dian agents from the army would not
secure more honest agents than the
present mode of selecting them from
civil life.
A democrat from Prince William
county, Va, here this morning. said TIE
third party would cut no figure in his
county, and that the question OF The re-
movai Of the courthouse from Brents-
Vile to Manassas was the chief topic OF
interest in that county now. A grand
picnic, he said, was held ut Haymarket
today in the interest ofthe change, and
that a band of music was there 10 In
crease the enthusiasm. The vote on
the proposed change will be taken next
Saturday.
Messrs. Gordon and Shcpperd, chair
man and secretary Of the Virginia State
democratic committee, passed through
here to-day on their way to New York
to attend meeting ofthe national dem
ocratic committee TO be held there TO-
morrow. They say Mr.. Cleveland will
C lrry their State next November by a
satisfactory majority.
A well-known republican from Eau
ouier county, Va, here to-day, says he
hears talk of some third party men in
the upper part of that county, but he
doesn't think there are enough of them
to hurt any body. The republicans, he
saws, will wait until the fall before they
determine what they will do about run
ming a congressional candidate. He
saws he thinks the democratic vote will
be larger this year than it was at the
last regular election, but that if Post
master Agnew of Alexandria will put
up s. 900 he would stand q good chance
of election.
Mr.. Wolff, of Fredericksburg, Va,
was among the visitors here to-day. In
talking about the denomination of Mr..
Jones by the democratic convention in
his district yesterday, he said the trou-
bic would be about his election as both
the republicans and the third party
would probably have candidates in the
field. The nominaec Of the latter, he
said, in his opinion, would be either
Brown, Bland or Pearson.
The National Hotel of this city has
changed hands, old Mr.. Tenney's in
terest having been bought by Mr.. Cros-
by, one of the present proprietors, Mr..
Bear, the present bookkeeper, and Mr..
Burton, who was steward of the house
some years ago.
]. ]. Moore was to-day appointed
postmaster at Natural Bridge, Rock
bridge county, vice P. NJ. Burger, re-
moved.
Acting Secretary Solely has sent word to
Commander Evans, commanding the United
States fleet in the Northern Pacific Ocean, to
dispatch vessel to st. Mathews Island,
Behring Sea, for the relicfofthe three hunters
reported to have been abandoned there. The
instructions were telcginphed to Victoria, b.
c., and will be carried from there to the naval
fleet by the British dispatch boat which starts
North to-day.
Among the visitors at the Capitol to-day is
ex-U. S. Marshal and present State Senator
Scott OF Charlotte county, Virginia When
asked about the third party in his section OF
Virginia, he said he fears il is stronger than
most people suppose.
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