Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-08-31
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondents Of the Alexandria Gazette.]
WASHINGTON, Aug. 81, 1894.

commissioner of mines, manufactures
and agriculture of that State. 1t had
been prov ed. he said, that leading sta
pies of the Northern States could be
grown iu the northern part OF Arkan-
sss with profit, while the southern sec
tion produced the staples OF the South.
Of the 33,5O0,000 acres of land IN tne
State. $500, 900 were under cultivation
and 10 100000 acres were fruit LANDS.
There were $500, 900 acres of coal lands
and 100000 acres of other mineral
lands. The schools were of the best,
and colored children we're given unu-
sual advantages. In fact, said Mr.. Vim
cinhaller, Arkansas was spending more
for educational purposes in proportion
to population than many northern and
western States, not excepting erudlte
Massachusetts,. When Mr.. Vancen-
haller concluded, W. Seymour White
of Fredericksburg, Virginia, chair.
man of the committee on plan and
scope, presented the report of the COM
mittee, pre:acing it by protest against
an impression that the convention was
intended to boom" the South. Such
was not the intention, said Mr.. White.
The report recommends the establish
ment in Washington of a permanent
bureau for the exhibition of all the re-
sources of the Southern States, to re.
ceive, catalogue and properly list all
properties with authentic information
concerning them. The expenses of the
bureau are to be paid bya pro rata contri-
button by such Southern States as take
part in its establishment. AS an ad-
iunct to the central bureau in Washing
ton, it is provided that there shall be a
bureau for each state in the South
to be composed of the commits
sioner of agriculture or labor or
| immigration of that State, and
such assistance as he may appoint.
A committee of one member from each
State and the District of Columbia is
provided for to perfect the details OF
the plan of organization. The govern,
ors of the various southern States and
the commissioners of the District OF
Columbia are requested to appoint as
delegates to the adjourned convention,
ten citizens from different sec
tons of their States and ten
from the District of Columbia.
The report Immediately developed crit
icism. Charles Catlett, of Virginia, in
timated that contributions from the
Southern States could not be depended
on. B. F. Clayton, of Florida, con-
tended that the report was not calcu-
lated to advance the purposes OF the
convention. He thought those present
we're able to do what they had been
called together to do. The committee
should have prepared aplan for perma-
nent organization, but they had sug-
pested action which would give polit-
ical complexion TO the subsequent con-
yention. He was opposed to mixing
politics and business. The govern
ors of the Southern States Were
not the proper persons to carry
out the ideas advanced. There were
some Southern governors whom ht
would not trust. Maj. Robert w
Hunter, of Virginia, defended the com
mittee. He declared that neither Mr.
CLAYTON nor Mr.. Catlett had suggested
a practical substitute. The COMMITTEES
had suggested the only practica
BILE plan. This convention, he said
was but an. i isaitiai movement: Tbs
, Se9tht i'd not care for Poles, Hungar-
ians and anarchists. A convention
that would attract the attention of the
world and that would bring good immi-
grants was needed. There had been
contest for Atlanta, he said, but
Washington was the place to hold the
convention. The report was adopted.
1t is reported at the Postoffice De-
partment to-day that the Postmaster
General was rude to Senator Gibson OF
Maryland yesterday, and that the SEN
ator resented the incivility Indignantly,
a ID in way that would have made a
man of more delicate nerves feel un-
comfortable for some time.
Judge Riley of Virginia has return
ed from Puerto Cabello, to the consul
ate at which port he was appointed BY
President Harrison, but has not return
ed to this city. A gentleman who saw
him in New York q day or two ago
says tho Judge told him he now hailed
from New York, and not from Virginia.
as it would never do for big man to
hail from little State. The gentle
man referred to says the Judge told
him he had forwarded his resignation
as consul as soon as Mr.. Cleveland was
inaugurated; also that during his con-
sulate the trade between Puerto Cabello
and the UnitedStates had increased from
six hundred thousand to six million
dollars, and that delegation of the
most prominent merchants of that port
had come to this country to request his
reinstatement.
The competitive drill of the Knights
ofPythias was finished to-day, and the
knights remaining here are leaving by
every train. They all concur in the
opinion that this has been the most sat
isfactory encampment the organization
has ever held.
Among the strangers here to-day is
MIR. Ellyson, chairman of the State
democratic committee of Virginia. He
is here On business connected with the
political campaign now opening IN his
State.
Mr.. II. B. Li.tlepage, of the bureau
of the ''War of the Rebellion Records, "
has just returned from Halifax, where
he went to examine some records in
the Office of the Colonial Secretary
there for information. He says he met
there John Taylor Wood, who was a
lieutenant on the Merrimac and COM
mander of the Tallahassee, which latter
made fifty-two prizes between Whining
ton and Halifax, ar,l r. F. Armstrong,
who was 1st Lieutenant of the Ala
| hama in her fioht nth thu Kearsarpe