Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-05-01
election bill affords greater opportunity
Tor democratic cheating than the bill 1t

election bill affords greater opportunity
Tor democratic cheating than the bill 1t
superseded.
fire occurred in the boiler-room Of a
steam laundry at the back of the Ran
dali Hotel on Pennsylvania avenue and
18th street near the Treasury early this
morning. Just next to the laundry the
new entrance to Albaugh's Grand
Opera House is being built, and this
and the side of the theatre were damag-
cd slightly. but the fire was got under
control with total loss of less than ten
thousand dollars. The fire might have
involved terrible loss OF life. Inc
hotel is a very old building, the reverse
of tire-proof, and was crowded, among
the guests being the Brooklyn baseball
team. part OF the Wang Opera Com,
many Nat Goodwin's manager and
several newspaper men who had &C.
companied Coxey's army to the city.
Two of these, Charles D. Seymour, of
the Chicago Herald, and Austin Beach,
of the Pittsburg Times, occupied room
Immediately over the laundry, and
they gave the alarm to the other guests.
Mr. Beach in particular was especially
conspicuous in his efforts to save life
aud property, and it is said to be largely
due to him that the hotel was not
DESTROYED with great loss of life.
Mr.. Coxey called upon Mr.. Speaker
Crisp at the latter's rooms last night
and asked permission for his army to
come in the Capitol grounds and be
addressed from the steps of that build
inc. He said his army, who were the
representatives of the people, desired
to present their petitions for work to
Congress in person, as those presented
bv congressman were of no avail; their
presence might or might not be coer-
Give, but it would certainly tend TO ex-
pedite the passage of bills for the peo-
ple's good, and that as the Capitol and
It's grounds belonged 10 the people they
had as much right there rs any body
else. The Speaker denied all his state
meuts saying the army must be self
elected representatives, that Congress,
the constitutionally elected representa-
live of the people, could not be coerced
or intimidated. and would more likely
consider layorably written than verbal
petitions, that the Capitol was no more
the property OF the army than the |.
:. Treasury and its contents, and
wound up by telling Mr.. CoXey he did
not know whether he had the authori-
ty to admit the army to the Capitol
grounds, but that if he had, he would
n I do so.
The Commonweal, during its march
this morning, was viewed by thousands
of people who crowded the side walks
and windows during its entire route.
The army is composed almost entirely
of young men, among whom are many
negroes. As it halted on 1st street.
near the Library, some of lis members
left its ranks and attempted to run
through the Capitol grounds, but the
mounted police pursued them, jumping
The stone fence hurdle fashion, and
seized and rushed them out Of the pre-
scribcd limits in short order. As the
whole open space there was crowded
with people. these cavalry charges pro
duced great excitement and alarm lest
some of the spectators might be run
down or trampled upon. The interest
in the affair was so great in the House
that hardly any OF the members re-
NAMED in the hall, most Of them being
on the porticoes watching the proceed
ings.
The President addressed the annual
meeting of the Association of Military
Surgeons to-day in the National Thea
ire. He said he took great interest in
the welfare OF the national guard, as
it is upon them the government must
RELY in times of danger.
The Washington contingent OF
Coxey's army, who marched out to
Brightwood to join it this morning,
vas composed Of about twenty negroes
and five or six detected looking white
men.
&c. L. Gudger of North Carolina
was appointed chief of division in the
office Of the commissioner of customs,
Treasury Department, to-day.
Ex-senator Henry w. Blair of New
Hampshire now member of the
House, has made new departure in
reform work by joining DR.. VIM. H.
Hammond, placing himself at the head
of an association for teaching the prin-
cipes of the cure for inebriety to the
physicians of the world. 1t is now
Hon. II. W. Blair, President of the
American Physicians Sanitarium As
ISOLATION.
The House did not adjourn to-day as
soon as it would have otherwise done
in respect OF the death of Senator
Stockbridge, lest the Coxeyites might
think their presence had caused the