Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-09-19
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence of the Alexandra Gazette.
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Correspondence of the Aexandria dazet1e.l
WASHINGTON. D. c., Sept. 10.
sixty.fve fourth-class postmasters
were appointed to-day, of whom 81 will
take the places of removed republicans.
The changes in Virginia were as fol-
lows Boutwell,, Hanover county, VIM.
F. Clarke, appointed postmaster, vice
Alice G. Denton, resigned; Mouth of
Wilson, Grayson county, T. M. Cox,
vice Alfred E. Parsons, removed.
Secretary Carlisle has appointed
lanes A. NOVEL;. of Minnesota, chief
OF division in the Second Auditors
Office. vice Thomas Rathbone, removed.
Mr., Rathbone had been in the service
80 years.
Representative Fitch, chairman of
the House committee on the election OF
President and yice-Pre5ident, to which
the bill to repeal the federal election
law was referred, returned this morning
and relieved Mr.. Tucker of the charge
of that bill; but, as anticipated in this
correspondence yesterday, when the
republican filibustering against that bill
WAS commenced the democrats were
found to be five short of a quorum.
They hope, however, to be able to get
a quorum before the close of the day,
and that the bill may be at least report
ed to the House.
In the House to-day to day Mr.. Flynn,
the delegate from Oklahoma, denounced
the action ofthe present administration
in the m liter of the recent opening OF
the lands in the Cherokee strip to set
tiers, as positively disgraceful.
In the Senate to-day Mr.. Voorhees,
explained why it has been that he has
not been able to get vote on the Sill
yer bill. The rules Of the Senate, he
said, would not allow him to proceed
faster than he has done. For the criti-
cisms of the New York bankers he
had the utmost contempt; the Saviour
didn't have high opinion Of men OF
that class, and he, VOORHEES, had less.
He also said that while he had high
regard for conscientious and consistent
journals, he scorned those affected with
miasmatic mendacity.
Representative Meredith to-day had
a postofIice established at Marganna,
near the Marganua gold mines in Gull
pepper county, Va, not far from Rich
ardsville.
The bill allowing the Alexandria and
Mt. Vernon Railroad Company to
build bridge across the Potomac river
at Arlington has been referred to the
District commissioners. As they made
favorable report upon it before, there
is no reason to suppose that they will
not do the same now.
Representative of the trade unions
of New York appeared before the House
ways and means committee to-day, ap-
pealing for relief from the tariff tax on
the farm products Of Canada. Repre-
sentatives Of the beet sugar manufact-
urers also were before the committee
and argued for the continuance of the
bounty on that article.
The President sent to the Senate to-
day the following nominations: Will
liam B. Hornblower Of New York to be
associate Justice of the Supreme Court
of the United States, vice Samuel
Blatchford, deceased; James j. Van
Allen of Rhode Island to be Ambassador
extraordinary and plenipotentiary to
Italy. -,
The republican Congressman will
hold a caucus tonight to determine
upon the action they shall take upon
the silver and the federal election bills.
The fact that the New York Tribune Of
to-day advises them to let the demo
Gratis fight the former bill out among
themselves is looked upon by the dem
ocratic friends of that bill with anxiety,
as they fear some of their republican
allies may be induced by it to desert
h I'm in this their hour of extremity.
The situation at Brunswick, Ga, is serious,
and the experts at the marine hospital SER
vice who have Investigated the condition OF
that city agree that the pest has come to stay
until frost stamps it out.
Senator Hill in reference to the nomination
for associate Justice of the U. S. Supreme Court
said the democrats Of New York would be
disappoil ID. THE democrats of New York, y
said the Senator, preferred the nomination
of Judge Rufus w. Peckham Of the present
Court of Appeal" No one will say, however,
that so far as the qualifications of Mr.. Horn
blower are concerned that it is not strong
| appointment.