Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-05-18
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence of the Alexandria Gazette
WASHINGTON, Nav Is, 1894.


The Portuguese minister, Senior Souze
Roza, will leave for Lisbon next week
on six months leave of absence, but 1t
is understood that he will not return AS
he has received private information
that he will be made minister to France,
which is the highest diplomatic post OF
Portugal.
Senator Daniel of Virginia, is so pro,
yoked at the delay in the passage OF
the tariff bill, that he is in favor OF the
adoption of cloture rule, if that be the
onlv means by which the passage OF
the bill referred to may be expedited,
Among the visitors here to-day is Mr..
Flood who though cousin of Repre-
sentative Tucker, is running against
him for the democratic congressional
nomination in his district.
Senator Harris, after the passage OF
the resolution changing the meeting
hour of the Senate to 10 a. M, to-day,
said he thought more rapid progress
would be made with the tariff bill, and
that to speed its passage he thought
that after while later adjournment
hour would have to be adopted.
Congressman Meredith to-day APP
pointed VIM. NJ. Jordan, of Prince VIII
liam county, cadet, and c. j. RiXey, OF
Culpeper, alternate.at West Point. Mr..
Meredith also had a postoilice estab-
lished at Waterloo, Culpeper county,
with H. C. Wayman as postmaster.
Representative Erdman, of Pennsyl-
vania, to-day, in talking about a new
bill now before the House civil service
committee, said II believe in the prin-
ciple of civil service reform but its ben
eGts are unevenly distributed. At the
present time the political disproportion
among the clerks in the executive de-
partments is very great. Most OF the
employees were republicans when the
law went into effect in 1888. As 1t
stands to-day, the ratio is about nine
republicans to one democrat. The pur-
pose of this bill is to equalize this dis
proportion There is only one way to
do it, and that is to dismiss certain
number of republicans and fill their
places with democrats. When this
shall have been done and an equality
between the two parties established,
let the dismissals stop except for
cause"
The postoflice at Orange will become
presidential one on the first Of
July. The present postmaster. Mr.
Graham, will-@ retained.
The Senate District committee has
amended the Washington and Great
Falls electric railroad bill, by changing
the site of the depot to the north end OF
the Aqueduct Bridge, where there will
be union depot. The same committee
will, it is minated, amend the Mt.
Vernon railroad bill by providing that
the route of the road be above the re
claimed flats and, by striking out the
14th street branch. The committee has,
however, reported favorably the bill
appropriating $4,000 for grading i
street, along which the Mt. Vernon
road will run.
1t is probable that Mr.. Gray, chair
man of the Senatorial committee APP
pointed to investigate charges of bride
ry and corruption in connection with
the tariff bill, will call that committee
together tomorrow and organize it, SO
that the investigation may be COM
menced next week. While most PEG.
pie here think it will amount to moth
ing, there are some who believe the de-
velopments will be even worse than the
charges.