Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-12-15
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence of the Alexandria Gazette ]
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Mexico bills will pass before the close
Of to.day's session. He does not be-
lieye the republicans will resort to ill
clustering against the bills, except by
raising the point of no quorum: There
is little disposition manifested by mem
bers on either side of the House, the
chairman says, to speak on the mea. :
ures. He believes that the debate
upon them will be limited to few
hours.
The House committee on appropria-
lions to-day agreed on the urgent de-
ficiencies in the appropriations for the
fl seal year 1894, and carries an appro-
priation Of 81 ,65l 1896. The estimate
submitted for the deficiency in the
nension Office was 100000 for
the expenses of special examin-
ers. Commissioner Lochren, in aC-
dressing the committee on the subject,
said that the Office had in the hands OF
the special examination division for ex-
animation between seventeen and
eighteen thousand cases. He spoke OF
the frauds brought to light in Norfolk,
Va. New Mexico, and parts of Iowa.
Examinations in these sections had
been extensive. The number of cases,
he said, was increasing. The appro'
priation asked for was to ascertain
where an application was fraudulent or
is supposed to be. 1t is expected that
the consideration of this item will be
the signal for heated debate touching
the condition of the pension office. The
republicans will, it is believed, criticise
the work of the medical division in its
rejection of applicants for pensions.
Chairman Sayres will call the bill up
tomorrow or Monday, if the Arizona
and New Mexico bills, which are con-
tinuing special orders, are disposed of
Second Comptroller Mansur of the
Treasury has begun the consideration
of the case of Gen. Daniel Z. Sickles
member of Congress from New York,
General Sickles draws two salaries
one as member of Congress from the
10th district of New York, and one a;
Major General on the retired list Of the
United States Army. PaymasterGenera
Smith of the War Department, tc
whom the matter was first referred
declined to disallow Gen. Sickles' pay
as Major General and with a simple
statement of the facts in the case sem
the case to Secretary Lamont. He re
ferred the case TO Attorney General OF
new. In an official opinion, in which
no decision was reached, the case was
returned to the Secretary of War
The pay of member of Congress i:
81, 900 year, aud that of Major Gen
eral on the retired list s., 625 year fol
life. 1t is asserted that if Gen. Sickle:
is compelled to make choice, he vii
resign his seat in Congress.
Mrs Henrietta Beatty Melville, wifi
of Commodore George w. Melville
Chief Engineer United States Navy
died in this city yesterday.
A friend of General Fitz Lee, here
to-day, talking about the report tina
the President will tender him, unasked
q lucrative office, said that while sucl
an offer would be acceptable to the
General and very gratifying to his MI
merous friends in and out of Virginia
he did not believe it would be made, a
he did not think that Mr.. Cleveland
was overly friendly with the General
He said that on trip Mr.. CLEVELAND
and the General with their respectiv,
companions once made to Cub;
on the same ship, they had little O
nothing to do with each other, and tina
the greater applause the latter received
in the Inauguration procession was no
agreeable to the former.
Opposition to the new tariff bill i
cropping out among the democrati
congressman not only from the North
but from the South also. Mr.. Wise o
Virginia is opposed to it because it put
iron, coal and lumber on the free list
Mr.. Marshall from the same State, a
previously mentioned in this CORE
spondence, will also oppose the remova
of the tax on coal.
Yirginians here are laughing at tn
proposition now before the Legislature
of their State to give Governor-elec
0'Ferrall q staff of ten colonies, t.
march with him in his inaugural pro
cession, while the most distinguished
Governors the State ever had were in
augurated without so much as the pres
ence Of one.
Young Mr.. Goolrick of Fredericks
burs, son of the Judge, has lost hi
place at the Capitol.
The republican silver Senators vii
not help the democrats to pass the new
tariff bill.
People from Richmond, here to-day
saw that notwithstanding the late tall
about leaving Judge Keith off the new
Court of Appeals of Virginia, the Judg,
will be member of that court they
also say that Mr.. Nicol of Prince Viii
liam county. now a member Of the Leg
islature, will be Judge Keith's success
sor as circuit Judge. They also say that
as the sessions of the Legislature are
biennial, the question Of Speaker of the
House of Delegates in case Speaker
Cardwell be elected to the Court of APP
peals will not come before it, as the
members of the new court will not GO
into office until January, 1895.
The Tirginians are keen set for the
consulate that Mr.. Hoge of that State
recently held, but as Assistant Secreta-
~ Uhl has gone away and wont be
back for ten days, ane then wont do
any work until after the holidays, they
will have to hold their horses.
The folio of the State Department
has been thoroughly searched for Sec
rotary Blaine's reply to Minister Stew
ems inquiry as to what this government
would do in case the then proposed at
tempt to depose the legitimate govern
ment of Hawaii should succeed, but it
cannot be found, and is supposed to
have been distracted by some body
standing in with the pirates.