Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-01-11
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence of the Alexandria Gazette.]
WASHINGTON. Jan. II, 1894.

mand to step down and out, had its
sequel this morning in conference be-
tween the President and Secretary
Gresham. There were no new devel-
opments in the situation to. day IN the
executive branch of the government.
The advices received from Mr.. Willis
confirm the United Press dispatches
BY the Warrimoo and contain II e
answer of the provisional goverl-
ment to the demand, or request,
as Mr.. Dole is said to call it, made
by Mr.. Willis. The texts of this COM
munication and the other documents
received. will be withheld from the
press until their transmission to Con-
gress and will obtain publicity through
that means. Mr.. McCreary, who was
at the White House this morning, says
that all the information called for in the
Hit resolution, which was offered on
Saturday last, will be sent to Congress
at the earliest practicable moment
possibly tomorrow. The House foreign
affairs committee, of which Mr.. Nc
Creary is chairman, considered the Hit
authorized the chairman TO report
it. which will be done tomorrow
The resolution calls for all the in
formation received by the President
since December Is last or not transmit
ted Herewith, or now in his possession,
touching reported events in the Ha-
waiian islands any attempt to over
throw the republican government
thereof and erect monarchy in its
stead. and especially whether any rep.
resentative, officer, vessel or armed
forces of the United States took part
in such recent attempts to subvert a
friendly government, and. if so, by
whose orders they acted. Mr.. Blount,
was the first witness for to-day's
session Of the Senate Committee investi-
eating Hawaiian affairs. All the demo-
cratic members of the subcommittee
were present, but Mr.. Sherman, who
has been rather irregular in his attend
ance. was absent. There were two re-
publican Senators present, how
ever. for. in addition to Mr..
FRYE. there was Mr.. Dolph,
who is not member of the
subcommittee. Why he came was
subsequently, apparent, for few min
utes after II o'clock Mr.. Frye left the
committee room and went to the rooms
of the committee on commerce, which
was in session, and before which Mr..
FRYE has number Of important bills
pending. leaving Mr.. Dolph 10 repre-
sent him.
According to a communication laid
before the House there is deficiency
of 800. 600 in sight in the appropriation
for fees Of witnesses in United States
Courts for this fiscal year. The House
is asked to take immediate action on
the estimate for the reason that the
regular appropriation for the payment
Of witness fees is practically exhausted,
Representative Meredith has present
ed in the House the afiidavits and ac-
count of Edward ;. Davis against thr
United States for property taken dur
ing the late war. Mr. Meredith called
at the Treasury Department this morn
ing in the interest of a daughter OF
Judge Ashton Of King George county,
in his district. who having lost her place
in the Agricultural Department by rea-
son Of the reduction of the force there,
is an applicant for position in the
Treasury. He was informed that there
were no vacancies there and that for
ty-two people from his district already
held places there, but that if he could
find one fthem who could be removed,
his request would be granted. Mr..
Meredith is now examining the list for
the purpose referred to.
The following changes were made in
the fourth-class postoffices of Virginia
to-day Cynthia, Lee county, c. L..
Landingham appointed postmaster,
vice W. G. Herndon resigned; Keller,
Accomac county, E. d. Young, vice
Mrs. Rose T. Walter removed !;
Stokesland, Pittsylvania county, S. w.
Coleman, vice ]. II. Blackburn re-
moved.
The Senate committee on Commerce
this morning ordered all adverse re-
port on the nomination of j. Scott Har-
rison, brother of eX-President Harri-
son, nominated December II last to be
surveyor Of customs at Kansas City,
Missouri.
Congressman Houk of Tennessee, re-
publican, says that of all the important
federal positions in his district, to only
two of them have democrats been ap-
pointed by the present administration.
The grand jury here last night
brought in three indictments against
DOMAIN, the crank letter writer. The
counsel for the accused, Mr.. Cuvillier,
SAYS ne has no doubt of his discharge,
upon the ground that not a single one
of his letters was written within the
jurisdiction Of the court in which the
indictments were brought.
As Mr.. Brown of Indiana has taken
the place of Mr.. O'Ferrall as chairman
of the House committee on elections,
Mr.. A. ]. Stofer of Culpeper, Virginia,
who was appointed clerk of that COM
mittee by the latter, has had to give up
that place to an appointee of the former.
Ex-Congressmau Libbey of Virginia gave
his annual feast of Norfolk oysters to the cor
respond ,nts in the House press gallery TO-
day. Mr. Libbey is a republican, but by his
courteous and gentlemanly manners, when
member of the House. made himself as popu-
lar with democratic as with republican cores
pondents at the Capitol, and both keep him
in kindly remembrance, as he does them.
Secretary Carlisle is pressing the Senate IL
nance committee for what he deems urgent
relief. which he says can only be afforded by
al issue Of bonds. The republican members
of the committee are disposed to grant his re-
quest. but the democrats oppose bonds and ia
for silver cert hcatcs