Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-03-17

nunched out of any coin. Suppose,
Mir. O;ey says, that | have a green
hack note aud l lose two. fifths of it. I
will take it to the treasurer and he will
rede em it, and yet if l have silver dol
lar and happen to lose l 100Oth of it
by hole being bored in it to put it on
a string around baby's neck, that dol
lar is discredited by the government
and is refused admittance. This bill
will correct this evil which should be
corrected, and will stop the shaving OF
these coins which happen to get into
the hands of laborers who are unaware
of the loss they are entaillng on
themselves when they receive them for
their davis labor. If "a" he says, has
500 in gold and 3D." 100 silver dol
lors and a fire occurs and both ale
burnt. but not destroyed, and yet can
b. recognized as U. S. coin, the treasury
Mill take the gold without loss to "a"
bit "B" will have to lose 40 to 90 per
cent. This bill will correct this injustice.
Associate Justice Harlan, of the U: ,.
Supreme Court, who is one of the lac,
ultv of Columbian University, delivered
one of his regular lectures before the
students of the law school there last
uieht. Upon mounting the rostrum he
found the following written question
living on his desk: "What is the effect
Of a concurrent resolution passed by
both Houses of Congress; aud whether
If is required that it shall receive the
SIGNATURE of the President before be.
coming operative?" The justice read
the question and then declined to an
swer it. rcmarking that it was too near
" connected with certain political
questions now being agitated.
The House committee on merchant
marine to-day, by vote of seven to tt,
five, ordered favorably reported the bill
to abolish coastwise pilotage.
The House judiciary committee to-
day ordered an adverse report on the
bill to change to the fourth of March
succeeding the election the time
for the converting of Congress.
The HIT bill permitting foreigners
who have suffered injury to life and
property to bring suit against the United
States was referred back to the Score.
tary of State for further exposition OF
his views upon the subject. There
was some discussion of the res
olution to place the name of the Deity
in the constitution, but no action was
taken. The committee is believed TO
be generally opposed to it.
Mr.. Speaker Ryan Of the Virginia
House of Delegates was in the city to-
day, and in reply to tie question If be
was in the race for Congress, said that
he was. He further stated that he bad
been urged by his friends in Loudoun
to 60 actively to work some time ago,
but declined to do so for the reason that
they had sent him to the Legislature,
and he felt that it was his first duty 10
give his entire attention to that business,
for which he had been elected.
The race horse people here to-day
say the test case of the effectiveness
of the anti-racipg laws of Virginia will
be made at the St. Asaph track to NOR.
row. and will be witnessed by many OF
the betting men of this city. The anti
pooling law, they say, is unconstiiu-
tional in the fact that the object OF ev-
ery bill must be mentioned in both its
title and its body, and that the provis
ions of the Maupin bill will not be in
fringed if the bookmakers' report be
sent to private party in Mary land, and
not to any race track.
Yesterday was suspension day in the
House, day on which the memorial
bridge bill across the Potomac at Ar
lington could have been taken up and
passed had Mr.. Speaker Reed been
willing, but, though he was begged 10
give it chance, he refused, upon the
ground that he could not let down the
bars.
White republican politicians who
were present at the recent meeting OF
,he negro bishops of the Methodist
Church in Baltimore, say that all OF
the latter except two, and they from the
West, are in favor Of Mr.. Speaker Reed
for President.
The House committee on the election
of President and Vice President will
hold meeting on Saturday next, when
il is expected the Tucker bill,providing
for the election OF US. Senators by the
direct vote of the people, will be favor
ably reported.
The House District OF Columbia COM
mittee to-day heard arguments in favor
of granting charter to the Home Tel
ephone Company in this city.
1t is said at the office of the Marine
Hospital Service that the present pros
rect for healthy summer in this coun-
tIy this year is favorable, though there
is some yellow fever already in Cuba
and there may be recrudence OF chol.
era in China and Japan.
The Senate committee on finance to-
day ordered favorable report Oh the
bill adding pears, pineapples, oranges,
berries and prunes to the list OF fruits
from which brandy may be distilled
under the exemptions heretofore in
vogue. This measure has already
passed the House.
The House committee on immigra-
ton and naturalization to-day ordered
lavorably reported bill providing an
educational test for immigrants by add
ing to the classes of aliens excluded
from the United States call male per-
sops between 16 to 60 years of age who
cannot both read and write the English
language or some other language"
Sir Julian Pauncefote received several
copies of the parliamentary blue book
on the Venezuelan boundary dispute in
his mail this morning, and one of his
first acts was to promptly send a mes