Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-04-02
FROM WASHINGTON.
TCorrespondence of the Alexandria Gazette.
WASHINGTON, April 2.

Correspondence OF the AleXanorla Gazette-l
WASHINGTON, April 2.
Speaker Reed this morning received
an excursion party of sixty-eight from
New England. Some of the number
were citizens of Maine and the re-
mainder were principally from Massa-
chusetts and Connecticut. The speaker
received them standing in his commit
tee room. The visitors retired as
speedily as they were presented, and
the whole affair lasted only a few
minutes. The same excursionists were
received by Senator Frye, OF Maine, in
the Senate wing of the Capitol, later in
he day.
Justice Brewer presided to day over
the first formal meeting of the Vene.
zuelan commission that has been held
for the past two weeks, having returned
from San Antonio, Tex, last night. AL
the members were in attendance and
after an Investigation Of the British blue
book they entered into discussion OF
its arguments and evidence. To-dsy's
session was really the only one SO far
held by the commission, which is now
possessed OF all the main features OF the
contention between Great Britain and
Venezuela.
The following changes in the fourth
class postoffices of Virginia were made
to-day: Amaryllis, Louisa county, J.
W. McGehee appointed postmaster,
vice A. r. Harlow, resigned; Flatridge,
Grayson county, ]. F. Russell, vice II.
NJ. jenkins, resigned; Moseley. Buck
inghani county, John Stauffer, vice b.
c. Morris, resigned; Turner, Brunswick
county, d. R. Stokes, vice L. l.. Bar
row resigned; Wan, Gloucester county,
James Dabney, vice j. II. Waddell, re-
signed.
The House committee on territories
to which the bill for the admission OF
the Territory of Arizona has been re-
turned as amended by the Senate, is
deadlocked, for the reason that politics
has been logged iuto the question, and
the republican majority ofthat commit
tee doesn't know whether the Terri
tory, if admitted, will be, republican or
democratic State.
In the House to-day Mr.. Swanson
made another unsuccessful attempt to
call up the bill to refund to A. l.. Bur-
we'll, of his district, tobacco tax to the
amount of 81 ,429 improperly exacted OF
him.
The House District committee to-
day reported favorably bill appro-
priating $1,000 for the plan of bridge
fha foot
of Massachusetts avenue in this city.
The iron bridge on the Mt. Vernon
Railroad, over the Columbian turnpike,
where it joins the Washington and
Alexandria turnpike, has been com.
pleted, and cross ties are being laid on
the causeway across Four-mile run.
New England people at the Capitol
to-day say it is highly probable that the
republicans of Vermont and some OF
the other States of that section may
follow the example of those of New
Hampshire, and show warm heart for
Mckinley.
Among the rumors current at the
Capitol to-day is one to the effect that
Secretary Carlisle will soon announce
himself as candidate for the nomiDa-
ton of the Chicago convention, and also
that Vice President Stevenson, who has
been deferred from doing so by the
candidacy of MIR. Morrison, of his own
State, will announce himself, on free
silver platform.
When the Cuban resolutions shall
come up in the House, Mr.. Elicit, ofthe
Richmond, Virginia, district, will OPP
pose their adoption, in his maiden
speech, on the very good ground that
this country has as much as it can well
do to attend to its own business.
The Senate committee on appropria-
tions reported the Indian bill this after.
noon. The chief contention in the
committee has been over the Indian
school appropriation. The House went
on the theory that there should
be no appropriations for sectarian
schools and yet appropriated $685. 900
for the Lincoln school and $4,000 for
the school at Hampton, Va, both OF
which, it was claimed, are sectarian.
Both of these appropriations the Senate
committee has struck out.