Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-12-22
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence of the Alexandria Gazette ]
WASHINGTON. Dec. %, 1898.

FRUM W hSHlNU1 UN.
Correspondence of the Alexandria Gazette ]
WASHINGTON. Dec. %, 1898.
During the sixteen days of the ante
holiday session Of the House bills were
passed by it for the admission of Utah
and Arizona to the Union as States;
to regulate the employment OF engl-
neers and other officers on steam YES
sells, aud urgent deficiency and Chinese
exclusion appropriation bills. The
New Mexico statehood bill was dis
cussed and general debate on it nearly
closed. and the conference report on
the n ew York and New Jersey bridge
was agreed to. After the holiday re-
cess the bill revising the tariff will be
the first measure taken up in the House,
but will give way for few days in Or
der TO allow the committee on foreign
affairs to have their resolution regard
ing Hawaiian affairs discussed and dis
posed of, when debate will be renewed.
The managers hope to have the bill
passed and sent to the Senate by the
middle of February at the latest.
A prominent democratic member OF
the committee is authority for the
statement that the committee has prac-
tically decided to adopt the recon-
mendation of Secretary Carlisle that an
additional tax of ten cents a gallon be
put upon whisky.
The terms of four hundred and seven
ty eight republican Presidential post
masters expired this week, but the in
cumbents are still in office, and, judging
from the Pittsburg case, will remain so.
In that case the postmaster's term eX.
PRED last July, at which time he asked
to be relieved, but, rank republican
though he be, he is retained.
From knowing members of the Nir-
ginia legislature, here to-day, it is learn
ed that the new court Of appeals of
that State will be composed of Messrs:
Cardwell, Keith, Riley, Morrison and
Horsely. They say that the slate first
prepared after the senatorial election
did not contain the name of Judge
Keith, but that his election is now GER
tain.
Congressman Marshall of Virginia
made the round of the government de:
partments this morning in behalf OF
some of the many of his Office seeking
constituents, but, as usual, got nothing.
He says he was told there were no va.
cancies. He believes Virginia would
get nothing if there were, but says if she
had given thirty thousand republican
majority, a. Massachusetts did, places
would be made for her.
Mr.. Pitcher, the delegate in the Vir-
ginia legislature from Fauquier county,
when here yesterday, said that his in
ntion is to prepare statement lnreier-
cnce to his action at the late U. 5. Sen
atorial election in his State, but chat he
will not publish it until after the legis-
lature shall have elected the States
appellate and circuit judges.
State Senator Mushbach of Virginia,
in respect of a paragraph in this CORE
spondence of Yesterdays date, in which
it was stated that neither he nor Dele
gates Gibson and Willard were here on
that day. and that General Hunton was
not then formally notified OF his
election as u. :. Senator, says that
neither he nor they were bound to APP
pear sooner than December 18th, the
dav fixed al General Hunton's request.
Senator Hunton will be officially noti-
fled of his election next Thursday at
his rooms in the Metropolitan Hotel.
The great haste with which the mem
bers of the House OF Representatives
left the city for their homes to spend
the Christmas holidays was apparent
this morning. The chamber of the
lower house was almost completely de-
serted save by q few members, who,
through force of habit, wendell their
way to the Capitol and was seen at
their desks engaged in correspondence.
There was casual visitor here and
there, and with the exception of the
few necessary employees in the cham
Der it was void Of the slightest ANNA
ton. 1t was decided at the secret
meeting held by the democrats of the
ways and means committee yesterday
afternoon that the next meeting should
be postponed until the night Of jan
uarv 1st.
Mr.. 3. Hampton Hoge, the recalled
consul to Annoy, China, will, it is re-
ported, institute suits for damage
against those who he says have greatly
maligned him. 1t is also said that he
does not desire to start for Annoy again.
People at the express offices here say the
business they are doing this, isn't half as much
as that of last Christmas.
1t is rumorcd at the ways and means COM
mittee room that Congressman Meredith and
Jones of Virginia, and possibly other Con-
gressmen from the South will oppose the re-
ducton of the tariff tax on sumac provided
for by the Wilson BILL
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