Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-05-17
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence OF the Alexandria Gazette.
WARRINGTON, May II.

D. +. Slaughter; Five Forks, Il. >.
Harris; Hixburg, e. w. Gillian; Mat
toax, W. A. Brown; Max Meadows, r.
s. Crockett, jr.; Moormans River, a. ii.
Wood; Onley, q. D. Phillips; Kockiish
Depot, w. II. Thurmond.
The President to day sent the follow
ing nominations to the Senate Frank
A. Vanderbilt, Of Illinois, TO be assistant
secretary of tho treasury, and Brig.
Gen. Xenae X. Bliss to be major
general.
The trials of Measrs. Havemeyer and
Searles, president and treasurer re-
spectively Of the American Sugar Re-
filming Company, for refusing TO answer
questions Of the Senate sugar trust in
vestigating committee, have been post
poned until Tuesday, the 18th instant.
Tho democrats Of the House have
formed "a plan which may force the
House to u vote on tho question OF re-
cognizing tho belligerency 0fthe Cubans.
II Mr.. Hitt's bill for an appropriation
OF $4,000 for relief of American citizens
Ia called up again, Mr.. Bailey will OF.
for Senator Morgon's resolution for
recognition of delinquency. If, az IL
reported, the committee on rules re-
ports Il special rulo for the considera-
tion OF tho bill which will prevent
amendments, IA was done with the tar
in bin, no will present IA minority re-
port from the committee on rules
which will permit amendment
ments TO tho bill and will
Insist on vote on tho minori-
ty report. Tho republican load
ora gay that tho P%rosidont's message
prcsents IL business question which
they do not wish to complicato with
tho question OF recognition.
A number OF silver republican mem
bera Of tho Senate and House met ut
Senator Pottigrow's house last night
and decided TO support II proposition
providing for an export bounty on ag-
ricultural products. They take the po-
sitIon that by this system only can the
farmer secure benefit to compensate
him for import duties on other articles
and will support "a proposition for an
amendment to tho tariff bill providing
for tho bOunties. Senator Cannon will
oiler the aInendment in tho Senate at
noarly day.
Tho Postmaster General to-day sent
To tho Senate d statement in regard to
the compensation paid to tho Southern
rnilrond company for tho transportation
Of mails since 1894. 1t shows that since
January last tho compensation on the
division between Washington and
Lynchburg per milo has boon rs follows:
$69S for transportation; $2l5 for postal
cars and $l25 for special facilities. The
postmaster general says that the weigh
Ing of mails on this line Inst year was
conducted with more than usual care
and that all officers and employees OF
tho railway mail service who had any
thing to do with IL were instructed fully
~ to their duties and required to make
reports Of any unusual amount OF mail
matter received by them.
The Dearborn and Lash cOmbina-
ton of the republican committee Of
Alexandria called on Con. Walker at the
Capitol today in roforonco to tho local
politics of their city. The letter Col.
Lamb wrote these gentlemen in regard
10 tho status of their so.called now
committee, was to tho object that if they
had presented their sido OF tho matter
properly, no thought they were on
titled to recognition, but it was II mat
ter of dispute which would havo to sct-
tod by tho State executive committee,
aud no advised Thorn to 500 MIR. Agnow
and General Walker, who were also
members of tho executive committee.
To-day Mr.. Dearborn with several
others called ut tho Capitol to SEQ Gen.
Walker and presented their grievance.
Gonoral Walker told them it was n
matter for tho State executive COM
mittoe to settle; that he was only one
member with Mr.. Agnow, Col. Brady
and Judge Waddill AZ the others, md
Col. Lamb AZ chairman. Now, said he,
"if you will got the committee together,
| can assure you, so far MS nm con-
corned, | will DO ready to do justice to
all concerned. Prominent republicans
here from Virginia say that MIR. Crup-
per is the duly recognized AMI legal
chairman of tho committee, and will be
40 considered until removed by the
State executive committee. Gen.
Walker and other prominent members
of the party speak in tho highest forms
Of Mr.. Cruppor as % leader and worker
for his party, and regret that such n
state of feeling has boon worked up
against him.
Col. Browning, of Pocahontas, is in
tho city. He says his visit has no po-
litical significance.
Mr.. Ball, Of Alexandria, is an appli-
cant for IA place in the mail bag repair
division of the Postoflice Department.,
and is backed by Capt. McCaull.
General Walker says he favors Alex
andria as tho place for the State repub.
lican convention, and thinks it would
be "a most excellent selection.
The President has taken the beauti-
tul farm OF ex-senator Henderson of
Missouri, near Ballstou, between here
and Falls Church, for his summer resi-
dence.
Colonel Cooke. populist candidate
for Governor of Virginia four years ago,
is now here. He says he is out of poll
lies now, but that if the republicans
would nominate such ~ man as General
Walker for Governor, he would vote
for him, and believes the majority Of the
third party" would do likewise.
In the Senate to-day Senator Daniel
introduced n bill to pay &. s. Ayre, the
amount ofmoney and bonds taken from
him by Union soldiers during the ~
Edward 4. Chapman the New York
broker and recslcitrance sugar trust
witness began his jsil imprisonment
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