Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-08-21
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence Of the Alexandria Gazette

WASHINGTON, D. c., Aug. 81.
When asked for statement as to the
reasons which impelled the Speaker to
depose him from the craftsmanship Of
the ways and means committee, Mr..
Springer said : Not to say that am
surprised at my deposition from the
Craftsmanship of the ways and means
committee and appointment as chair
man of the committee on banking and
currency is only feeble expression of
the truth. l have had no intimation
from the Speaker whatever as to his
failure to reappoint or to his intention
TO make me chairman of the other COM
mittee. go from the work TO which
have given the best study of my lie
to a committee to the business of which
have given but little attention hereto
fore. l know nothing of the motives of
the Speaker or OF the object that he
had in view. He has assured NE that
he desired to do that which he thought
was best for the country and the demo-
cratic party. ! hope he is not mistaken,
but opinions may differ. / do not care
to make further statement at this
time.
Mr.. Epes of Virginia is on the COM
mittee of coinage weights and measures,
and the immigration, Jones on rivers
and harbors, and pensions, Tyler on
naval affairs, Swanson on postothces,
and on expenditures in the Interior
Department, Edmunds on private land
claims, Meredith on District of Column
bia, and on reform in civil service,
Tucker on election of President and
Vice-President.
Orders have been issued by the Trea-
sury Department to all sub-treasurers
to pay out gold over the counters, the
same as other classes of money. The
effect of this is practically to place the
gold reserve among the available Urea
sury cash assets. As result, the gold
balance has been somewhat reduced,
being slightly below 500, 100000. The
net Treasury balance is Sill, $50, 600
Receipts continue light and expendi-
lures heavy, so that before the month
of August expires, the Treasury balance
and the gold balance will both be prob
ably lower than now.
Representative Meredith called at
the Agriculture and the Post-office De-
partments to-day in behalf of some ap-
plicants for offices from his district,
but met with the same old response
no vacancies and none expected.
A statement prepared by the mint
bureau, Treasury Department, shows
that the production of gold and silver
since 1892 up to 1892 aggregate1S10,73S,
$50 900, of which S5,633, 90S, 900 was
gold and S., 1O4, 961 900, silver. OF the
gold produced $3.50 ,6O5,00 has been
coined as money and the balance has
been used in the arts. Ofthe silver pro-
duced, 81, 042, 700, 900 has been coined as
money and the balance used in the arts.
OF the gold used in the arts, it is stated
unofIicially, that most of it is now in
graveyards, as the practice of dentistry
absorbs q large proportion of the gold
used in the arts.
The nominations of Mr.. Shepherd of
Warrenton, for collector of internal rev.
enue for the upper, and of Mr.. Ryan of
Richmond for the lower district of Vir-
ginia, were made out to-day.
In the Senate to-day Mr.. Hunton in
troduced bill for the relief of the re-
siduary legatees of Mark Davis ofPeters-
burg, Virginia. from whose agent i'll
New Orleans large sam in bonds,
stocks and money was taken by the
federal forces during the war between
the States.
Fke total number of fourth class post
masters appointed this day was ia, Of
whom 63 will fill tie places of remov-
ed republicans. The following was the
only change in Virginia: Cornwall,
Roekbridge county, ]. S. Decker ap-
pointed postmaster, vice ]. G. Dixon,
removed,
Their is hardly Yirginian in the city
who hasn't been jibed for the action of
the recent democratic convention of bis
State in resect of Mr. Cleveland's
imaginary baby.
When the House opened this morn