Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-06-05
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence of the Alexandria aaDette.l
WASHINGTON. June 5.

WASHINGTON. June 5.
The Postmaster General has issued
an order to postmasters throughout
the country which will prevent money
lending companies doing business with
railway postal clerks, letter carriers
and others who borrow of these COM
panies and give note on their paying
postmaster for such portion OF their
monthly salaries as they borrow. The
Postmaster General forbids postDasters
to recognize these notes given to the
money lending concerns by employees
and refuses to assist such companies In
collecting their accounts.
The Yost-Tucker contested election
case did not come up in the early hours
of the House to-day, and both the
chairman of the elections committee,
Mr.. Mccall, republican, of Massachu-
sets, who has charge of the majority
report, in favor of Mr.. Tucker, and
General Walker, republican, OF Vir-
GINA, who is in charge of the minority
report, in favor of Mr.. Yost, say they
do not think it will be called up to-day,
and General Walker says if it be not
taken up to-day, it will not be at this
session, which it is now supposed will
not last longer than Monday.
Elections committee No. 3 OF the
House agreed to-day to report bill
providing that hereafter all contested
election cases shall be tried by the o. S.
circuit court of the district in which the
contestee resides, that the name of the
party in whose favor the decision may
be shall be entered upon the roll of the
House by the clerk, the House itself, of
course, to be the final arbiter.
congressman Otey and Swanson have
returned from Staunton, delighted with
the proceedings of the democratic con-
vention of their State, and saying that
everything there went of as it should
have done. They both say that the
greatest applause of the convention
was won by Senator Martin when he
said the President had wrecked his
party. They also say that the few gold
men in the convention were satisfied
with the treatment they received and
will abide the action of the majority.
Mr.. Daniel Trigg, one of the gold lead
ers, said his people had nothing to com.
plain of, that they were accorded all
their rights, and that they were too
good democrats to kick.
Elections committee No. l has all.
thorized report that recount of the
ballots cast in the 10th Illinois district
at the last congressional election shows
that Mr.. Rinaker is entitled to the seat
now occupied by Mr.. Downing by q
plurality ofsix votes.
Congressman Thorp, of the Peters
burg, Virginia, district, has return,
ed, and was in his seat in the
House to-day. He says that at
the recent republican convention
of his district he had clear majority
before the convention met, which was
increased as soon as it assembled; that
the assertion of the Bradyites that he
raised the color question is absurd in
view of the fact that John Langston
and Mat. Lewis were among his oppo-
nents; that be is willing to leave the
question of the fairness of his nomina-
ton to Col. Lamb or any other South
ern gentleman, and that the opposi-
ton of the Bradyites will help, instead
of harming him, and that with fair
election he can beat both Gee and the
democratic nominee.