Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-11-10
FROM WASHINGTON.
of the Alexandria Gazette.

CCorregpOndance OF the hle1AhoAA 1SNos'o'I
WASHINGTON. D. c., Nov. 10.
The cotton returns of the Depart
ment of Agricultural for the month OF
November do not indicate high rate
of Weld, but point rather to diminish,
ed harvest as compared with that OF
1899 which was less than any in the
last decade.
A yell-known and prominent demo
GRAFT from the eth congressional district
of Vir.inia, here TO day, says the special
election that must now be held in that
district will cost the State 5000, and
the democratic voters il the district
SIS, 900, putting their time at the lowest
value. as there are eighteen thousand
of them, nearly all of whom, if they 60
10 the polls, will lose day by doing so;
and ali, he says, 10 order that MIR.
O'Ferrall may draw two months salary
as congressman and mileage for another
term.
The criticisms passed on the morals
of the Army by the United Christian
Commission have received an answer
from Brigadier General ]. c. Breckin.
ridge Inspector. G eneral of the United
States Army, who, in his annual report
made public to-day, says, with refer
ence to the allegation OF lack OF re-
ligious instruction, that if the whole
body of Army chsplains agree with our
regimental officers, this can doubtless
be corrected.
The meeting of the executive COM
mittee of the national brotherhood Of
steamboat pilots, which met here yes
terdav, was called for the purpose of
considering the case of the recent re-
moval of Capt. Sam Davis from the
command of the steamer Washington Of
the Norfolk line. They adjourned yes
terday evening and will announce their
decision at an early date.
1t is rumored to-day that MIR. Bene-
dict, though an e1., will be appointed
public printer at an early date. The
term of the republican incumbent, Mr..
Palmer, expired long ago.
People who have returned from the
northern States in which elections were
held last Tuesday, say that in addition
to the all-prevailing apathy among the
democrats, another powerful factor in
causing the republican victories was the
late attempt to purge the pension rolls
of frauds, and that its abandonment did
not help the democratic cause.
Representative Hall of Missouri made
an argument before subcommittee
of the House ways and means COM
mittee to-day in favor of providing for
an income tax in the new tariff bill
that committee is preparing.
A member of the Virginia Legisla-
ture here to-day says he thinks General
Hunton will probably be elected for the
remaining year of the late Senator Bar
bour's term without opposition. that is:
if he be not candidate for the full
term. For the full term, he says, Q
thinks Mr.. Martin now has the lead.
SUI erv:sing Special Agent Tingle, in
his report to the Secretary of the Trea-
sury, speaks at length of smuggling OPP
erations between British Columbia and
Canada and the United States, all to
the detriment of the U. S. Treasury,
but to the benefit of many individual
citizens Of this country, who thereby
get cheap clothes, furs, &c.
The tariff is the chief subject of talk
at the Capitol to-day. Some weak
kneed democrats have been scared by
the results OF the late elections, and
now say the reduction in the tariff
should be small Wise ones, however.
say the party has been hurt as much as
it can be, and that while low tariff
bill could not harm it any more, ii
might help it, by restoring confidence
among the party's voters.
The answer of Pension Commissioner
Lochren to the petition of Judge Chas.
d. Long, of the Michigan Supreme
Court in the Supreme Court of the Dis
trict of Columbia, for writ Of manda-
mus to compel the restoration of his
name to the pension rolls, was filed
this morning. The Commissioners states
that Judge Longs pension of s72
month is claimed on the ground
of an injury resulting in total and per-
manent helplessness, but that he, the
commissioner, is informed that the Pc
titioner has been since January l, 1888,
justice of the Supreme Court of the
State of Michigan, earning q large sal
airy from that State, and not prevented
by his physical injury from performing
large amount of judicial work with
great ability and successor