Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-10-17
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence of the Alexandra Gazette.
WASHINGTON. D. c., Oct. IL.

WASHINGTON ~. ", Wv. II.
The oSenate situation" was discuss
cd in an informal way at the meeting
of fhe finance committee of the Senate
his morning. but nothing came OF the
TX: and when, an hour later, the CON-
.ttee adjourned, each Senator was IS
f,mIy entrenched in his position as
when he went to the committee room.
senator VOORHEES, denied that the COL
dirioos had changed. and expressed his
belief that repeal was sure to com;
while Mr.. Harris and, it Is said, Nh;
Allison. also declared their belief thi s
compromise was the Only solution to
the problem. Mr.. Allison said he had
STAYED here long enough, and notified
his colleagues that he would leave III
dav or two for his home in lowf,
Mr. Sherman said his party would VOC
for unconditional repeal, bat would
lake no part in any compromise.
After order ng reports made on
Mr.. PETERS resolution u notl-
fy the Senate how certain New YORK
banks were conducting their business,
and Mr.. Stewards resolution of inquiry
as to the probability of a deficiency in
the revenues for the current year, the
committee adjourned. Mr.. Voorhees,
took occasion TO put into words what
has been believed TO be the attitude OF
the President for some days past. He
said-and made no concealment OF the
fact-that he spoke by authority
there could be no compromise IN which
either himself or the administration
could be considered as factor.
Senator Gibson of Maryland was tax
en- suddenly i'll this morning inthe Sen
ate. For several days Mr.. Gibson was
confined TO his room and only returned
to the Senate when the test OF physical
endurance was inaugurated. This morn
ing he was sitting at his desk when he
became suddenly faint. Touching his
colleague, Mr.. German, he rose, al
motioned him to follow, and slowly
walked TO the cloak room. Inside, Mr.:
Gibson said he was fainting and asked
for stimulaDt. This strengthened
him. and he was able TO walk slowly ON
the arm OF Mr. German TO the adjoiu-
ipg room OF the committee on appTopri-
alions, where he sat down on one
of the large sofas, being unable
II assume a reclining posture. Mr..
G bson's family physician, who soon
arrived, said that the Senator's
condition was not serious. Senators
Voorhees, and German had plead with
him not to stay at the Capitol, assuT-
ing him they would protect his pair
and if need be. make a public state
ment. But Mr.. Gibson worried over
the statements in some Of the New
York papers, accusing him OF forsakins
the cause of repeal, and remained IN
the chamber and the results Of to-day
followed.
The rumor is revived at the Capitol
today that an effort will be made by
which Senator Hill may temporarily
occupy the seat OF the presiding officer
of the Senate, and that if it shall sue
coed. the deadlock in that body vii.
soon be broken, as he will not hesitate
to apply cloture at once and force a
vote. l. is said that if he should do so,
and business should revive, nothing
could keep him out of the Presidency
in SO.
Mr.. Jordon, assistant treasurer at
New York, was at the Treasury De-
partment to-day in conference with
Secretary Carlisle and Assistant Treas
urer Meiine. The continued deple-
ton Of the gold reserve, which has run
down to $S4, 100000, was discussed,
aud Ineasurers will be taken to build it
up. Ii is noted as rather significant that
a. no gold is being exported, the
Treasury should have lost within the
present month Sl0,000,000 in gold, and
rat eastern banks should have iD'
c -aased their gold holdings by almost
identical amount.
The debate on the approval of the
journal, started in the Senate to-day, Is
s provocative oftalk as the silver bill
/ itself, and at three o'clock nobody knew
when it would terminate. The ques-
ton involved was whether Senator
present in his seat could not be count
ed to make quorum. Messrs. Dolph,
Washburn and Hill contended that be
could be, Mr.. Morgan that he could
not, and the latter in his speech said
that Mr.. King. former distinguished
Senator ION his State, on similar
question, had once said that q majority
would have to walk over his dead booy
before it should tyrannize a minority,
and that while he, Morgan, would not
go that far now, he heartily endorsed
the sentiment.
Representative Swanson of Virginia,
in an interview on the subject with
chairman Wilson of the House ways and
means committee this morning, was in-
formed that no proposition for the in
crease of the tobacco tax had ever been
made to that committee, let alone con-
sidered by it, and that if such pro-
posal should be made, the opponents OF
it would be allowed ample time to pre-
S; nt their objections.
]. Hampton Hoge, of Virginia WAS
appointed consul at Annoy on May 10Th
last, and when the incubent of the of,
flee, DR.. Edward Bedloe, of Philadel-
phia, received notice that MIR. Hoge
would succeed him, he waited a reason
able time and then returned TO the
United States. The vice consul also
came home, leaving Tsin Chin Chung,
the duly appointed interpreter of the
consulate, in charge of the consulate.
For some reason Mr.. Hoge allowed the
thirty days given him to depart for his
DO, to slip by without showing any
desire to sail for Annoy. Then he ap,
piled for and received an extension OF
his time, and the last heard from him
at the State Department was that he