Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-08-28
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence of the Alexandria Gazette.

There seems to be great doubt con-
corning the reported resignation OF AS
sistant Secretary of State Quincy, and
it was said at the State Department
this morning that nothing had been
heard of it there officially. Secretary
Gresham, Private Secretary Thurber
and Assistant Secretary Hamlin dis
credited it. Should it prove true, the
Virginia applicants for undisposed OF
consulships, who have taken great
deal of trouble to impress Mr.. Quincy
with their superior qualifications for
such places, will have to do all their
work over gain with his successor.
The reason why the work of building
the B. & o. r. R. across the Potomac
west from Georgetown, has been sus-
pended, is not because such work has
been abandoned, but because of the
scarcity of money, and because the ma
terial for it is needed for repairs on 9th
er portions of the road. For a similar
reason the work of building the Penn
sylvania Railroad from the Long, to the
Aqueduct bridge, on the southern side
of the Potomac, is not being prosecuted
rapidly.
In the Senate to-day Mr.. Hunton
presented petition from certain citi'
zens of Roanoke, Virginia, for the un-
conditional repeal ofthe Sherman silver
act. He also introduced bills to pay
certain loyal citizens of Loudoun coun-
", Virginia, for damages sustained by
them during the war between the States;
also a bill for the relief Of the owners OF
Schilliuger's patents for the artificial
stone pavements on the Capitol grounds.
All the Virginia members of the
House except Messrs. Wise and Tucker
voted for free silver coinage at ratio
of IL grains of silver to ! of gold, to-
day, but it is said that all of them ex.
cept EIessrs. Jones and Epes will vote
for the unconditional repeal of the
Sherman act.
The vote in the House today on the
silver question was taken first on ratio
of Is to |, then II to /, then Is to |,
then 10 to !, then 20 to l; then upon
substituting the Bland-Allen limited
coinage act for the Sherman act, and
when all all these various proposition;
were defeated the vote was taken
Cd the passage of the Wilson bill with.
out amendment for the unconditional
repeal of the Sherman act, which re.
qIires the monthly purchase of 4,500,.
600 ounces of fine silver. Its expected
that the bill will pass by over one hun
dred majority. 1t is confidently be.
lieyed that it will pass the Senate also
A delegation of democrats from Nor
folk is expected here next week to
make another attempt to induce Secre-
tary Herbert to permit the removal Of
at least some of the republicans at the
Norfolk navy yard who took the places
of removed democrats four years ago.
They will also try to have Postmaster
Lindsay of Portsmouth, who was q
most active republican partisan in the
last campaign, removed, and his place
given to a good and efficient demo
crat.
Senator Hunton and Representative Mere
diih made the rounds of the departments
this morning in behalf of people from Nlr'
saia who want positions i'll the federal Ser
vice. but they got nothing. not even promises,
Rel r.sentative McCreary of I-entucky has
prepared joint resolution which lac Will
introduce ct the earliest opportunity, proyld-
ing for an investigation Of the monetary ques-