Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-11-28
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence of the Alexandria Gazette.
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his many constituents who are applying
for them, to comply with their wishes,
he continues to visit the departments IN
their behalf, but only to meet with the
inevitable reply, that Virginia already
has more than her quota of offices and
his district more than any of the others.
The President has appointed VIM. A.
Poucher district attorney for the north
ern district of New York.
Attorney General Olney, has render
ed an opinion that certain notes issued
BY corporations during the recent cur
rency famine" are not taxable ten per
cent. under the bank circulation law.
Secretary Hoke Smith, who for the
last ten days has been confined to his
home by reason of the illness of his son
with scarlet fever, was at his desk in
the Interior Department to-day.
Next Saturday the West Pointers
and the ''Middies" will play game of
football at Annapolis, and army and
naval circles are considerably agitated
over the contest. A special train will
take large number of prominent OH.
Gals and officers of the military and
naval services from here to Annapolis.
When the cadet elevens at both acade-
mics began practicing for the contest
they were seriously perturbed be-
cause the regulations prevented them
from wearing their hair in the approx.
ed foot ball method, and no amount of
importantly could persuade the pow
ers that be to change the rules. 1t has
been reported to the Navy Department
that one of the best men of the Annap-
oils team has been badly injured in the
head, so badly injured, in fact, that he
will be unable to play on Saturday,
and it is said that the wound would
have been very slight if he had been
protected by chrysanthemum locks.
1t is now too late to suspend the opera
ton of the regulation with reference to
this weeks game, in order to permit
the PLAYERS to acquire sufficient hirsute
protection, but an effort is being made
to induce Secretaries Herbert and
Lamont to 60 to Annapolis Saturday,
in the hope that they will see the ne
cessity for allowing cadets on the
elevens the privilege which belong to
'rushers" and "half-backs" in other
educational institutions.
Superintendent Stump of the Immi-
grafton Bureau has rendered an opinion
which has decided bearing on the per-
sonal liberty of immigrants. Some
months ago two young girls named
Selma and Johanna Nicholson came to
New York as immigrants and were adj
mitted to land. Subsequently, it
is alleged, the girls went wrong,
and Commissioner Senner, at New
York, sentenced them to deporta-
ton, on the ground that they were
likely to become a public charge. An
appeal was taken to the Treasury De-
partment and the girls, who are now
under arrest, were to day ordered re-
leased. The opinion sets forth that il
is not within the province of the Gov
eminent TO regulate the morals of peo-
Pile; but only to see that no immoral
immigrants are permitted to land.
The democratic members Of the COM
mittee on ways and means are not in
session to-day. A meeting will be held
tomorrow, at which the internal rev.
enue bill will be considered. 1t is not
expected, however, that anything will
be ready for report TO the full commit
tee, which will meet on Friday. Mr..
McAIillin, member Of the sub-commit-
tee on the internal revenue schedule,
says, reports to the contrary notwith-
standing, the incomes of individuals
will be taxed.
A well-known aud prominentVirginia
republican politician here to-daysays ne
hears State Senator Mushbach of Alex
andria is for General Lee for U. 5. Sen
ator from his State, and that Delegate
Bcndheim is for Mr.. Martin. From
what he learns from other parts of the
State, he says, he is induced to believe
that Mr.. Martin is in the lead, and was
so before the recent State election. He
also says it seems to be generally I'M
derstood that Senator Hunton will be
allowed to fill out the late Senator
Barbours term.
Not only has the new assistant Sec
rotary of State been as yet unable to
see the President, but it is reported that
a prominent U. S. Senator has called at
the White House nearly a dozen times
with the same result.
Congressman Livingston of Georgia
says the new tariff bill will not 90
through the House without at least
some objection, as all the South gets by
it is free cotton ties, and all that theWest
gets is free Irvine, while all the cuts are
in favor of New England. He also
hears that the New Workers who have
recently made investments in the Nova
Scotia coal mines were aware that coal
would be put on the free list before do
ing SO.
The prevailing impression on the
subject here to-day, is that the new
tariff bill, with little or no substantial
change, will not only go through
the House, but the Senate also, as the
republican Senators will not filibuster
against it. Old democrats. however,
say the protectionists' profits are too
much in danger to permit them to al
low their congressional agents to give
up until the last hope has expired. 1t
is reported that all the Virginia con-
gressmen will vote for the bill except
Mr.. Marshall, who will oppose it be-
cause it puts coal on the free list.
The proceedings of the court of in
quiry, which will meet here tomorrow
to investigate Lieut.. Davenport's con-
duct while acting as navigator OF the
u. S. S. Nipsic: during the great Sa-
moan hurricane in 1889, promise to be
interesting. No formal charges have
been made against Lieut.. Davenport.
and in his request for court of in
quiry he does not mention the charac
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