Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-12-14
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SON, punishable by death, to employ
a white man; also treason to advocate
the allotment of lands. 1.-THE Choctaw
n ,tion was divided, they would get
$40 acres per capita. Recently Imet q
NV York man who had married a
Choctaw girl, and now has five child
ren. he was opposed to the allotment
of land When l asked him why, ne
replied that if lands were allotted he
would receive but $1,000 acres, while
at present he controlled about 30 miles
of valuable coal land. He wanted pro-
lection on this. This is the way it
goes. The Indian Territory, Mr..
FLYNN said, was as thickly settled as
any of the far western States. Good
farms abound, and there were many
towns of from FIVE to six thousand in
habitants. Railroads in the territory
charge 5 cents per mile, while the
same roads outside charge but three
cents per mile. Mr.. Flynn has intro
duced a bill making allotments com.
pulsory and giving to each lawful In.
habitant of the territory l6O acres OF
land. Itrequires the government to pur-
chase the surplus lands, and makes all
indians citizens of the United States
1t was said at the Capitol to-day that
Mr.. Reed had instructed the chaplain
who prayed that this Congress would
/ gu ct to resent insults," to pray that
the recording angel would blot out all
of Ambassador Bayard's record since
he left the Senate. It was also said
that Mr.. Bayard's idea of truth such
that he could not adopt that of Walton,
tae famous English diplomatist, which
il that an ambassador is sent abroad to
lie for his country.
The news of the death of Hon. Ed
ward Mcpherson, SO well-known here
as a member of Congress. clerk of the
House of Representatives, caused gen
eral expression of regret.
q. L. Lampson, ex-Lieutenant Gov
ernor of Ohio and for term Speaker
of the Ohio House of Representatives,
and member of the State Senate and
President pro tenn. of that body. was
to-day appointed reading clerk of the
House. The position pays $500 per
annum.s
The official call for the meeting of the
national republican convention on the
10Th of June at St. Louis was issued
this evening. Each State is entitled to
four delegates at large, to be elected by
State conventions, and each congress
ional district to two, to be elected as
Congressman are nominated. The Dis
trict of Columbia will also have two
delegates, to be elected by convention,
the members of which are to be chosen
by primaries.
General Curtis, a republican congress
man from New York, says he thinks
there will be three election committees
OF the House. In respect of this mat
ter, it is said that some of the older and
wiser republican members of the House
are not in favor of making the expul-
sion of democratic members and tn
seating of their republican contestants,
the most urgent business of the session,
and that by attempting to do so, in order
to gain Southern support in his Presi-
Dental aspirations, Mr.. Reed will be
disappointed, as the preference of the
Southern republicans is decidedly in
favor of Mckinley.
The Virginia democratic association
of this city will celebrate the anniyer-
sary of General Lees birthday on the
10Th proximo.
It is reported that democrats as well
as republicans will assail Secretary
Morton in the House for his refusal to
spend the money appropriated for the
purchase and distribution OF seed.
Postmaster CarIin of Alexandra was
here to-day and says his application for
| repairs and improvements to the post
Office building in his city has been
granted.
Colonel Cab Maddux, the political
prophet of Virginia, is here to-day. He
says Hays of Madison, Bibb of Louisa,
Grimsley of Culpeper, Meredith
of Prince William, Moore of Fair
fax, Mushbach of Alexandria, Ma
son of King George, and McCabe
| and Ryan of Loudoun, will be candi-
dates for the democratic congressional
nomination in the Alexandra district,
that Moore will go into the convention
with more votes than any of his COM
petitors, and that if he shall not be
nominated early in the action, Mr..
Meredith may be, upon the ground that
be will not be candidate in '97.
Hundreds of republicans, many from
the South, came here when Congress
commenced for the purpose of getting
places at the Capitol. Few have had
their fond hopes realized, and the
others have gone home by no means
pleased with either their representa-
tives or their party.
No uneasiness is felt by the officials
of the light house board or others as to
the Presidents safety, though no def
mite news of his whereabouts had been
received up to II a. m. From the very
nature of their duties the captains of
the light house tenders are familiar
with every nook and cove along the
coast and would know where to take
effective shelter. The Violet, it is said,
is undoubtedly in some safe anchorage,
though as the storm has Frustrated the
the wires in many directions no precise
news as to her whereabouts is obtain
able. There is no reason to believe
that in case the President should not be
able to reach Washington on or before
Monday next by reason of the stress of
weather and the low stage of water in
the Albemarle and Chesapeake canals
both the Venezuelan correspondence
and Secretary Carlisle's report may be
sent to Congress on that day. 1t is
said that the President may return to
Washington tomorrow, probably in
the evening. To do this it will ha'