Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-02-10

are confidently expected. In this con-
nection it may be stated that 1t IS gen
erally believed that it was the fear MIR.
Harrison had that Judge Gresham
would be nominated for the Lamar sue
censorship, if left to Mr.. Cleveland, that
induced him to nominate a democrat
for that position whom he thought
would be confirmed without any delay.
The consensus of opinion on the Gresh-
am affair among democrats is that all
the five million of good and true men
of their party who voted for Mr.. Cleve-
land last November, one could have
been found qualified to fill the place
Mr.. Foster fills under the present adj
ministration, and that if not, the re-
quired man could have been found
somewhere else than among the popu-
lists, forit will be remembered that when
Mr.. Devlin rendered the Judge the pop
uist nomination for the Presidency last
summer, he said he agreed with all the
propositions of that party except that
f)rg government pawnshops--which even
they b, We now abandoned. They also
look upon the tender of the chief place
m the G lbinet to man who until re-
Gently was one of the most prominent
republicans in the country, as plan
indication that partisanism will be Ia
booed by the incoming administration.
The mugwumps in Congress are dc
lighted with the selection, and, as one
of them said to-day, support it enthu-
siastically." Wise democrats look upon
the selection with anxious solicitude,
and say their party'S opposition to the
democratic platform, and their Presl-
dents selection Of Judge Gresham as
the premier of his administration, bode
the party no good.
There were no developments in the
Hawaiian situation at this end ofthe line
to-day. No further information was
received by either the Department of
State or the Navy Department or the
Hawaiian commissioners from SanFran-
cisco and none is expected until the ar
rival of the mails brought by the Aus
tralia from Honolulu. 1t is regarded
rs probable, however, that along the
line from San Francisco to Washing
ton Mr.. Cook, one of the advisory coun-
sci of the provisional government or
Mr.. Newman, who comes to represent
the lately deposed Queen, may have
something to say that will throw addi-
tional light upon the situation of affairs
in the islands. Mr.. Thurston had an
interview this morning with Secretary
of State Foster, and in the course of the
afternoon the entire body of commits
sioners will meet the Secretary in con-
ference at the State Department.
With regard to the story published
this morning, to the effect that Liliuo-
kalani is willing to abdicate and with
draw all claims upon the payment Of
indemnity by the United States, it is
said at the State Department that
while this government, in the event of
its assuming to annex the islands, will
doubtless provide for her and the
young princess by annuity or other
wise, there will be no provision made
for indemnfying her for any of the
crown property of which she may be
dispossessed by annexation. The
Queen has had an allowance from the
Hawaiian parliament of $40, 900 or $780,
600 a year; besides which she has de-
rived an income of at least as much
more from the crown estates. What
| ever provision is made for her as COM
pensation for the loss Of her station and
revenues it will doubtless be on much
more modest basis.
The Norfolk and Western Railroad
people say the amendments to that bill
added by the Senate District committee
are by no means acceptable, and that
they will try to have them stricken out
when the bill shall come up in the Sen
ate, but that they will accept them
rather than have the bill fail The bill
is not acceptable to several influential
Senators, either with or without the
amendments referred to.
The House committee on postotlices
decided this morning not to consider
the request of the Atlantic Coast Line
for share in the subsidy for special
mail facilities from New York to south
ern points, and now that the COM
mittee's appropriation bill has been re-
ported to the House, the Coast Line
people will have to take the matter to
that body. The Postmaster General is
opposed to this appropriation, which
carries $4,000, and it is thought if it
is any way agitate1 in the House some
of the retrenchers will strike it out of
the bill and the roads which are to be
benefited by it will be left out.
Secretary Foster of the Treasury sent
to the house to-day the names and To-
cation of banks that have addressed
him in favor of the repeal Of the Sher-
man silver purchase law. Among them
is the First National and other banks
of Richmond, Va.
As the Washington, Alexandria and
Mount Vernon Railroad bill provides
for the construction of bridge over
navigable stream, the Senate Dis
trict Of Columbia committee to-day
asked to be discharged from its consid-
Grafton, and at their request it was re-
ferred to the committee on commerce.
There is now no hope ofits passage at
this session. Sad, but true.
The House is considering the pen
sion bill to-day. 1t provides for an APP
preparation of $166, 100000. Mr.. O'Neil
of Boston whose efforts to reduce that
enormous sum in committee were de-
feated by the votes of southern mem
bers, says he will try to have them
adopted by the House, but they will
probably be defeated there, too, and by
the votes of the same sort of people.
Representative Meredith, who has
been absent for the last three days, has
returned, and is in az much request
by his constituents as ever. He has
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