Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-10-23
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence Of the Alexandria Gazette
WASHINGTON. D. c., Oct. %.

Correspondence Of the Alexandria Gazette
WASHINGTON. D. c., Oct. %.
The current talk at the Capitol to-
day is to the effect that the silver COM
promise bubble has burst and left the
repeal bill in worse condition than at
first. that upon Mr.. Lamont's return
from New York the President, who it
had been said would not oppose slight
delay in the operation of the repeal bill,
announced that he would have imme-
date repeal or nothing, that Secretary
Carlisle, who had also led the demo
cratic Senators to believe that ne was
in favor of the proposed compromise,
dissipated that belief, and that as con-
sequence of all this some of the Senators
who might have agreed to the compro.
mise will not do so, and some who had
signed the agreement say they were ln-
duced to do 50 by false pretenses, and are
talking about withdrawing their names.
1t is also said that some of the Senators,
realizing the ridiculous and disgracetuIl
position in which the Senate has placed
itself, are consid .ring the advisabi'ity o!
agreeing upon some bill, and throwing
the responsibility of approving or Veto
ing it upon the President, without con-
sulting with him and Mr.. Carlisle any
more on the subject. In the meantime
Senator Hill, as stated in this correspon-
dent 9 lastSaturday, will press his cloture
rule and hopes to succeed in having it
adopted, so that majority OF the Senate
can transact the business of that body.
The democratic conference committee
went into secret session this morning
with orders that no one was to be ad-
mitted, but after half hour other Sen
ators came and went, and it appearo d
as if they were being consulted upon
the new situation that confronted those
in charge of the bill. The pledge ad-
dressed to Mr.. VOORHEES, and signed by
the democrats lacks eight signatures TO
make it complete, not counting that OF
the chairman of the finance committee
himself. Those who have not so pledg-
ed themselves are Senators Hill, lrby,
Mills, Villas, Gallery, Mitchell, Wis
and Mcpherson.
At Prease, Bedford county, Va, 7.
J. Burnett was appointed postmaster
to-day, vice J. H. Kirby resigned.
Representative Marshall was to have
gone to Warrenton to-day to speak, but
saws his wound hurt him too much, and
that as lie heard General Hooker of
Mississippi would 60, he thought he
would rest awhile. Congressman Jones
has as yet been unable to get any body
to 90 with him 10 speak at the West
moreland county fair tomorrow, but
hopes to do so before the boat starts
this evening.
Bv inquiries at the rooms Of the
House and Senate committees on pub.
lie buildings and grounds this morning
it was learned that the owners of all the
lots, except one, that have been offered
for sites of the proposed new govern
ment printing office, had, as requested,
sent in statements of the lowest price
they would take for their respective
lots. The exception was in the case OF
the Malone Windsor lot, from the
owners ofwhich they had heard nothing.
Representative Swanson of the Dan
vile, Virginia, district has just return
ed from visit to that district, and, it
is understood, reports that prospects of
democrat success there are by no means
as promising as he would like them to
be. Indeed similar reports reach here
from all parts of his State, and the feel
ing among Virginia democrats here is
that they are especially fortunate in
the fact that there is no regularly
organized force in the field against them
this fall, and that if it were otherwise
they would be in bad fix.
The State Department received in
telligence to-day to the effect that the
government of Costa Rica has imposed
an export duty of cent and a half q
pound on coffee.
Capt. Magnus Anderson of the Viking
ship was presented to the President to-
day.