Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-12-31
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granted for the sale of wine and beer
in the restaurant of the new Congress
sional Library building. The protest
ants assert that its effect will be to es-
tablish saloons in government build,
ines generally if not stopped and Will
urge Congress to pass the pending
Gallinger-Ellis bill to prohibit the sale
of all Intoxicating liquors in all govern
ment buildings throughout the United
States.
The Attorney General has received
a letter from the attorney at Mobile, in
which he states that there has been
produced evidence tending to show
that late last August or ear early IN
September the suspected flibuster 3.
N. Smith successfully landed in Cuba a
cargo of munitions Of war for the use
of the insurgents. Two of the sailors
on this expedition have testified to this
effect, and it is probable the United
States authorities at Mobile will enter
at once a formal libel against the
Smith and place her officers on trial.
In the course of the removal of the
books and papers Of the Congressional
Library to the new building an unex-
pected find has been made in the shape
of q large box of papers written by
Thomas Jefferson. These were found
stored away in a little room next the
entrance of the library, which has been
under lock and key for many years.
They are entirely public papers, note
among them stating that all private pa
pers found with the lot had been re-
turned to the writers or the contribu-
tors. 1t is believed that these particu.
lar rapers came to the Congressional
Library through John Randolph. The
papers have been transferred to the
State Department where they will be
examined and filed away with other
State papers by Librarian Allen.
The opinion among democrats here
on the subject of the civil service law is
that nine tentbs of their party in Con
gress will oppose any amendment Of
tt law, though nearly all would favoI
its entire repeal. They say that Harri-
son 80 twisted the law as to retain q large
number of republicans in office, and
Cleveland, so as to retain many mug
wumps, aud it would be folly for them
to vote for any amendment by which
another republican President would be
enabled to remove the few democrats
now in Office and appoint republicans to
their places.
The bill for the bridge across the Pc
tomac at Arlington having been report
ed bsck favorably by the district COM
missioners to the House District com
mittee, has beep,referred by the latter
to the Secretary Of War. who, it is said,
is in favor of it, as his two predecessors
il Office were. We're the treasury in
better condition than it is, there would
be no doubt about the building of the
bridge referred tc, but even the friends
of the bill say they fear the deficit will
too large to allow the requisite ap-
propria ion to be made.
The employees in the government
departments here were granted holiday
from noon to-day until nine o'clock
next Monday. They think their posi-.
lions are private snaps. as, in addition
to thirty days furloughs, they have
holidays thrown in every month or two.
Ex,Congressman Gaines, republican,
of Virginia, who has bsen here for sew
eral months, says he was informed
a long time ago through authori-
iacive sources that if the two
Virginia republicans in Congress
would agree to stick together,
the Brady-Allen executive committee
would not have their own way in the
matter of the district attorneys and
msrshals of his State, and that events
have proved that his authority was
correct. AS, however, a new Attorney
General will soon be appointed, Mr..
Gaines doesn't know whether the COM
mittee referred to will have its own
way or not hereafter. But he does
know that the President has been thor
oughly informed in respect of that
committee.
The monthly statement of the Treas
ury Department has been 30 prepared
as to show great increase in the res
ceipts over the expenditures for Decems
Der; but the device is seen through at
glance, and those most familiar
with such matters are confident that
the deficit for January will exceed that
of last month.
IL is reported that when Judge Paul
of the u s. Court for the western dis
trict of Virginia was here a day OR two
ago, he spoke good word for Mr..
Brown Allen, who Is recommended by
all the members of the republican ex-
ecutive committee of his State, except
General Walker, for marshal of that
district.
Major O. f. Hine, Colonel kives and
Colonel Browning are the only we'll
known Virginia republicans now here.
None of them expects any more to
come, or that anything will be done
in the way of dispensing thelfederal pa
tronage in their State until after the re-
assem- bling of Congress, next Wednes-
day. 10 respect of the Leesburg post.
Office, Major Hine says the Loudoun
county republican committee is COM
posed of seven members, including the
chairman, and that he hears each of
three applicants for theoffics has secured
the recommendation of two memb or
of that committee, that the chairman
has endorsed two of the applicants, and
that one of the applicants, who is
member Of the committee, and who is
one of those who has received the re-
commendation of two other of its men,
bers, has endorsed his own application,
giving him plurality of the
committee. Who will be appointed
will not be known until the arrival of