Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-02-18
when the Mt. vernon Avenue bill cams

When the Mt. Vernon Avenue bill cams
up In its turn at the last meet Dg OF the sen
ats commit tee on public buildings and
orounds the difference between the small
eum esked By Senator Daniels's Dill anu
the eetimate of the War Department vas
found to be go great that the further con-
sIderstion CT the bill was postponed Win
ont dstrIment until Mr.. Daniel could e4-
anime into the matter.
The following changes In the cisss
pot ,flte, of Viteiois were made to'caY !:
Pats Stare, Russsll county. J; Combs ap-
no,nted postmaster. vics @. Il. L,ckhaft,
resipned; Tslps, Prince George county, }
A. SpIers. vice J. B. Spiers, deceased.
The House committee on rules will prob
ably report ia favor OF giving the silver men
dsy within the next two weeks. The
nresent TX ,niion OF TIE antis is to move t.
nol bone the cons Grafton of nat report
until the next session. and they say that
with thu almost solid support OF the repub.
loans they can effect thelr Object.
l. has been practically asttled that the
resolution for returning to West Virginia
her share OF the direct land tax will be
adopted when 1t shall again come up 10 the
Senate. Bns 1t will be 30 amended as t.
provide that the government shall eetele lie
clain against Virginia upon the sane
! terms es those acoel tad by her other cred
itors. Ths suggestion to thst effect, strange
| as 1t may sesm, came from republic IN
| Senator, and one OF the rankest repnb!i'
| cans in the senfts.
General schofsld received telegram
| from the Comm suding General of the De-
partmept Of Arizona this morning, ssyire
that fight occurred at Fort Stanton, N
ID, yet tsrdsy. between MeEcalers aud
| Lspan Iodians. during which four man
we're killed and one wounded. He say 6
that affairs have quesed d1wn and Chi
no farther trouble il anticipated.
| Senators Brice. German and Barbonr su-
tborlzs tie statement tna they have notcon'
bIned aud know D, thing about any combine.
lion for the nomination of Senator Hill by
the national dem ooralio convention. They
each and all say the nsi'rity OF the dele
gates to that conveht en- will make the
nomination, and that 30 far az they, the Sen
ators referred to, are concerned, they KuoW
40 more end have no means OF knoTi'e
who will bs she nominee any more than any
BODY else. But whoever may be the pom!'
nee, they say, will receive their hearty sup
| port, and thai Of every other coed and true
| democrat Nc Bics says that upti rece"t'
IL he never though Hill possibility, hui
th { the great strengt h- Senator has d.
= loped In the Fursi se0tioD NJ New York
has cha, esd bis vlews on th.t subj Co.
.prssensativs Hasr OF Msssachusst'S
aa,sthst hough the endowment orders 10 e
NJ tn donit hsye dsa Ding- ike the Iof ef'-'
hey have 90 eIerneas ~ CHANCE shof ITEM
nd thai tbeysre aimo tsa V'0ion5 &c 10 eries
nd ,ba, the icers and their avrr'ta- sr'
ueu.lly heir chief bens fe'ariss. Bu' al tht
came no + mpt has been made by nor here
conc ressmpr to exclude from the msili
new papers containing endowmsnt sdVsr
tisemsnts.
The tariff men will call Up their bii mex
week. and as such bills are always 10 orde
except when day hes BEEN set fos some
thing else. they will have no difficulty IL
doing go, and Will rush them through al
soon ss possible
Senator Hill will not return until the %:
inst, the day after the democratic oonven
lion OF New York shall have elected solit
Elil delegation to the national democratic
convention
Every deegste from tia Ststes OF Georgia ar
North Caro- los to tho nstionsl Farmers Altar
convention to meet in st. L6uis reG5 Monday vii
be ooposl d to a THU party.