Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-01-17
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence of the Alexandria Gazettc.l
WASHINGTON, January II.

its adoption ably, but MS oDJectlons
amounted to nothing, the democratic
members vieing with their republican
colleagues in advocacy of its passage.
When it shall be reported to the Sen
ATE. Mr.. Daniel will make speech in
favor of its adoption.
All the members of the Virginia Con-
gressional delegation have received
circular letter from Richmond asking
item if they favor the nomination OF
Governor O'Ferrall for the Vice Presi
dency. Few or none of them have re-
sponded
Of the members of the national dem
ocratic committee that met here yes
3erday no less than eight are in favor
of the denomination of Mr.. Cleveland,
amor g them the members from Maine,
Oregon, Kansas, Washington and New
Jersey. This shows that the third term
boom has by no meal susided.
Notwithstanding Secretary Morton's
oft repeated public notices that the
Agricultural Department has ceased to
supply Congressmen with seed for dis
tribution in their district, some at least
of those from Virginia are in almost
daily receipt of requests for such seed.
The House judiciary committee to-
day reported favorably bill to reduce
the cases in which the penalty of death
may be inflicted. Instead of death the
measure provides for Imprisonment at
hard labor for life. The billincorporaticg
the supreme council of the thirty-third
degree Scottish Rite Masonry for the
southern jurisdiction, was also favor
ably acted upon.
A Virginia Congressman, talking to-
day on the subject of the crusade the
legislature of his State, at the instance
of the Governor, is making on the race
racks in Alexandria county, said his
Information from Richmond was to the
fleet that since the members Of that
body had been better informed upon the
subject and appreciated the injury to
the stock interests of their State that
would necessarily result from the sue
cess of that crusade, their ardor in its
behalf had been somewhat abated. For
himself, he said, he was in favor of ali
the old Virginia habits and customs,
and that before Northern isms were
permitted to interfere with them the
people of the S ate had kinder feelings
toward each other, and there was in.
finitely less back biting and slanderlpg
than now exist.
General Ransom, q. S. Minister to
Mexico, will leave here tonight for his
post of duty. The General is the North
Carolina member of the national demo
cratic committee and came here to at.
tend the meeting of that committee
Yesterday. 1t is said by some that the
selection of Chicago for the national
democratic convention was due to that
Senator, who was opposed TO mis- party's
tagging after the,republicans, who had
previously selected St. Louis. The
Cleveland democrats are pleased that
New York was not selected, as the au-
dience there would have been opposed
to their favorite.
In the House to-day Mr.. Meredith
introduced bill for the relief of w. E
Jndson, executor of Lewis Mckenzie.
1t is reported at the Capitol to-day
among the Virginia congressman that
few of the members OF the elections
committee having the Virginia cases to
dispose of think the election law un-
der which they were elected is either
contrary to the Virginia or to the ma
tional Constitution, and the two strong
est contestants from that State don't
urge any such plea, and we'll they
don't, for if such plea were sustained,
the only republican member from Vir-
ginia would lose his seat, as he was
elected under that law.
According to the best information
here the dispatch from Rome to the
London Chronicle stating that the Pope,
through Cardinal Satolli, has made a
semi official offer to President Cleveland
to act as arbitrator between Great
Britain and the United States, has no
foundation in fact.
It is rumored at the State Depart
ment that change will be made with
in day or two in the legation at Seoul,
Korea, by the resignation of Mr.. John
NJ. B. Sill. The salary of the place is
$500.
The President sent to the House to
day special message regarding land
grant railroads in which he says that
he desires to invite attention to the
necessity for prompt legislation in order
to remove the limitation of the time
within which suits may be brought by
the government to annul unlawful or
unauthorized grants of public lands.
WASHINGTON REAL EsrATE.-A dis
patch from Annapolis, Md, says A
powerful Washington lobby is at work
in this city for the purpose of influence
ing, ifpossible, the election of United
States Senator. This lobby represents
the rich corporations and wealthy CAPT.
tallsts who own that portion of the Dis
trict lying outside of the city of Wash
ington. These people are all largely
interested in the matter of street extern
sions and improvements throughout the
suburbs and would derive all the bene-
fit resulting therefrom. Not only do
they own a major proportion of the
various subdivisions, but have hereto
fore been able to, control municipal
legislation. It is the desire of these
capitalists to have their suburban prop
erty substantially improved at q mini
mum expense to themselves. For this
reason a bond bill to supply funds for
street and sewer extensions originating
in the House is preferred to ore origi-
Al