Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-10-24
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence of the Alexandria Gazette
WASHINGTON. D. c., Oct. q.

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Correspondence Of the Alexandria Gazette.
WASHINGTON. D. c., Oct. "a.
Talk about the silver bill at the Cap
itol is variagated, but the predominant
ing color is to the effect that democrat
ic. republican and silverite Senators
alike. are ashamed of themselves for
having placed what has been termed
the most dignified legislative body in
the country in such Il ridiculous and
disgraceful light as that in which the
Senate now appears, and that as 1t
seems impossible for any compromise
to be agreed upon, they will pass the
unconditional repeal bill before the
close of the present week, and then ad-
journ and go home. Such is the opin-
ion of most of the leading men on both
sides of the Senate chamber, and such
is the fear Of some of the most ultra
silver Senators. Even Mr.. Dubois
SAYS unconditional repeal is better
than any of the compromise
that have yet been proposed.
The prevailing impression is that
the unconditional repeal bill viii
he passed before the close of the cur
rent week. Nearly all the northern
Senators are in favor of it, and the fact
that Mr.. Cleveland has more than three
years in which TO distribute patronage
will probably be sufficient 10 induce
enough democrats to vote for 1t to Sc
cure its passage. Senators VOORHEES,,
Harris. Aldrich and Dubois, represent
ing the two fac ions in each party, this
evening authorized the statement that
hey believe the fight is ended, and
hat the vote will be taken on uncon-
ditional repeal at the earliest possible
moment This is understood to mean
as soon as the silver republican Sen
ators have concluded their speeches.
matter of a few hours or perhaps day
or two.
A delegation of federation of labor
officials, headed by S. J. Gompers,
president, had an interview with AS
sistant Secretary Curtis this morning,
with view to extending the eight hour
law TO the material used in public
buildings. Under the construction OF
the eight hour law by the Attorney
General, the work on the actual con-
struction of public buildings must be
confined to eight hours day. The
labor people want inserted in the con-
tract that no material shall be used IN
less it also is supplied by men who
work under the eight hour law, III
quarrics, planning mills, etc.
At Mantapike, King and Queen coun:
ty, Va, l.. F. Harper was appointed
postmaster to. day, vice T. S. Sheppard,
resigned and at Spottsylyania, Spott-
sylvania county, Va, T. Il. Harris, vice
Mrs. Mary J. Harriss, dead.
The Virginia democratic association
OF this city have made arrangements
with the Richmond and Danville Rail
road by which Firginians here who
may want to 60 home to vote next
Tuesday week can buy round trip
tickets at four cents a mile, the regular
price being six cents. They don't ex-
pect, however, that many will avail
themselves of the reduction. The as
ISOLATION will be addressed next Friday
night by Representative Livingston Of
Georgia, farmers alliance democrat.
Secretary Carlisle has directed that
all persons designated for appointment
as assistant inspectors of bulls and boil
ers in the treasury service must first
submit to a non competitive examina-
ton to establish their fitness.
The repeal Of the tax Of ten per cent.
on clearing house certificates and the
repeal of the statute prohibiting ma
tional banks from lending money on
real estate were the subjects consider
ed by the House banking and currency
committed to-day, but no conclusion
was reached.
According to the report of the COM
lnissary general, issued to-day, the cost
offeeding each soldier in the army last
wear was S961. The grub must have
been pretty good.
The railroad pooling bill now before
Congress is not Objectionable, it is said,
to the railroad interests.
Several Eirginians are already spoken
of as possible successors of Judge Bond
of the Virginia circuit ofthe s. Court,
who died in Baltimore to-day.
A well-known democrat from the
Eighth Virginia district, an ex-member
of the legislature of his State, here to-
day, slys that apparently fate has con-
spired against lis party in his State this
year, as almost everything that has oc-
Cured, politically, has injured it, and
that unless a marked change shall take
place very soon in the feeling ofthe
average democrat Virginia voter the re-
suit of the coming election in his State