Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-07-05
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence of the Alexandria Gazette.

resolution directing the committee to
inquire and report to the House Wheth-
or under the act providing for the re-
sumption of specie payments the Secre-
tary of the Treasury has the right 10
use the proceeds of any moneys in the
treasury arising from the sale OF bonds;
whether any bonds were sold Tor re-
sumption purposes and the amounts
realized. 49,
The silverites in Congress are all tom
up to-day by reason of the doubt thal
if the bill for the free coinage OF silver
shall pass the House as it came from
the Senate the President may veto II
without committing himself upon the
merits ofthe silver question, but because
it would destroy the legal tender char
acter of the treasury notes issued un-
der the act of 1890. Among those who
take this view are Mr.. Bland, the tath' r
of the bill, and so good lawyer as MI.
Culberson of Texas. Others. however,
saw the bill would do nothing OF the
kind. as no bill can be retroactive. Inc
mere fact. however, of such doubt has
seriously injured the prospects OF the
passage of the bill, for if amended, it
will again be subject to delay III the
Senate. and should it pass unamended,
Mr.. Harrison may avail himself of the
doubt as the means of vetoing it with
out committing himself as to Its real
merits. Mr.. Bland, chairman OF the
coinage committee has called special
meeting of that committee for to-mor-
row, and he will Try TO force the fight
inc. The anti-silver democrats will not
wait to make the fight in committee,
but have already begun to obstruct the
bill by striving to have it referred to va
rious committees supposed to be hostile
TO the measure. They have not been
able as vet to get any assurances OF sup
port from the republicans and arc eX-
tremely anxious as to the outcome.
With the aid of the republicans in a re-
fusal to vote, quorum could probably
be broken and action upon the bill be
indefinitely postponed. But the repub-
licans. are maintaining an air of reserve
and are not giving any comfort to the
anti-silver democrats.
Neither democrats nor republicans
are in the least concerned about there
suit of the third party's convention.
They say that had Judge Gresham or
Senator Stewart, or Senator Kyle, OF
any man Of prominence and standing
been nominated for President, a few OF
the States might have cast their votes
for him, but that they cannot antcl-
pate anything Of that kind now.
Mr.. Weaver, they say, has belonged to
every party that would nominate him
for Office, and has turned his coat so Of
ten that he cannot be relied upon.
He certainly cannot expect much sup
port in the South, as when IN
Congress he introduced bill that
would have taxed the South hundreds
of millions of dollars for her share ofits
proposed increase Of pensions, and as,
bv the proceedings of the 51st Con
gress, it is proved that he called the
southern democrats traitors, rebels and
murderers, who tried to destroy the
Union in order to preserve slavery, and
said they could not BE trusted at any
time or in any place.
Intelligence was received at the
Treasury Department to-day to the Ell
| feet that the recent seizure of the Brit,
ish steamer Coquillon, in Alaska, had
no reference to the seal fisheries, but
was for violation of the Z. S. customs
regulations.
The President and Mrs. Harrison will
leave here in special train ofthe Penn
svlvania railroad tomorrow afternoon
at 3 o'clock for Loon Lake, in the Adj
rondacks.
E. w. Heflin was to-day appointed
postmaster at Bethel Academy, Eau
quier county, Va, vice f. D. Gasklns
resigned.
Senator Daniel has returned, and
for the first time since the Chicago con
vention met Senator Hill in the Senate
to-day. The two distinguished demo
Gratis had long and agreeable talk
and seemed to be in the best of spirits
A Virginian here to-day says Genera
Field of his State, the third party's can
didate for Vice President, never was 6
member of the State legislature, having
been defeated for seat in that body
when candidate, by Mr.. Eggbon. Ht
was, he says, Attorney General of his
State once, but not by nomination of q
c)nven!ion-in which he was defeated
but as a substitute candidate by the
State democratic committee for the reg
ularly nominated candidate, Mr.. Il. /.
Daniel, who died.
Congressman Wise of Virginia at
tended a Farmers Alliance picnic in
Chesterfield county, Virginia, yester-
day. He says that while few of the
democrats he met there are still little
sore over the action of the Chicago con-
vention, all of them will stand by the
nominees. as they cannot afford to do
any thing that might even indirectly
assist the election of Il man in favor OF
the Force bill.
1t is currently reported here that
even should the bill allowing the n. &
w. r.. r. to enter this city by bridge
at Georgetown become law, the road
will never be built, but the bill be used
as means to make the Virginia Midland
road reduce its charge for the use OF its
track from Front Royal.
A large party of Congressman, in
Guiding Mr.. Meredith, from the Alex
andria District, have gone to Paterson,
n. j.. to-day, as the special guests of the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company, to
take part in the anniversary ceremonies
in that town to-day.
Mr.. Frank Hume, while not third
party man, is q great silverite, and yes
terday, at his homo in Alexandria
! oo,,rt, frod , co1ute of tWenty-One