Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-12-13

copal Church South for property taken
during the civil war.
To the House TO dav Mr.. Young OF
Virginia introduced bill for the pur
chase hy the vernment OF lot
q. posite the Gosport Navy Yard near
Norfolk. =,
The House military committee will
meet 10 morrow. the bill 10 set apart
y portion of tn- Arlington reservation
for ational agrlcul ural exl lment'i
station has been reierreI 10 TINS con-
mlttee. and Mr.. Hay OF Virginia, VINO
is member of that committee, says he
will do all he can to have 1t reported
favorably.
The legislative, executive and ju-
dicial bill as reported TO III house TO
dav carries total ofS2l ,562.
l. Is said to-day tnat no less than
fifty republican members OF the House
ars opposed TO the civil service law aud
rules, and that II The democrats rally to
/ their support hat hum bug will certainly
be repealed or so modified as TO chaoge
its whole character.
II has now leaked out at the State
Department that had the Emperor OF
| Germauy not been SO quick on the trig-
ger. President Mckinley would have
got ahead OF him and sent man of-war
10 Haitl's neighbor, San Domingo, 10
enforce the payment OF damages to q
citizen OF this country.
Captain Blake, Of the steamer Mac
alaster, is now competed with the Mt.
Vernon Electric Railway, superintend-
[! ing the transportation to Mt. Vernon.
! He has aiso transferred the Mt. Vernon
mail 10 that railroad.
Many republicans even concede that
| Ng. Hanna holds the Senate in the
aol!ow OF his band, ard while most
Of the members of ,nst body say that
ootning viii be done By it with the
| Hawaiian, Cuban, currency or any 9TH
r question OF genera, interest until
after the Christmas recess, some OF the
republican members 90 so far as to say
hat nothing Will be done by it until
.fter the Senatorial election in Ohio.
Money will tell, aud according to al!
accounts Mr.. Hanna raised and spent
eighteen million for the election CT the
present administration.
Several CoDgresemen have already
announce their inteut!on OF trying to
,ut stop TO the present system by
Yzi,h people in the service Of he gov.
ernmert draw pay for frequent aud
DO ged sex leave.
The legislative bill reported 10 day
oil :
of the government shall be required By
the head OF their department 10 give
not less than seven hours lsbor each
day except Sundays and days declared
public holidays by law or executive
order, excepting Only the thirty days
ancual leave, cases OF sick leave and
oy spscial order OF heads Of de-
partments stating the reason for
extenuaton or limit OF time il each
cas-: it also recommends al enactment
making it uplawful to detail employees
paid from the general appropriations
for the poatal aervice from any branch
of such service, whether located at the
seat of government or elsewhere, to any
OF the Offices or bureaus otthe postofflce
department at Washington.
Senator Martin has returned from g visit to
| lower Virginia, and was at his seat il, the
Senate ,o-dsy. he says Re understands little
or nothing viii be done in the Senate unit
2fter the Christmas recess, and that that may
dominance next Saturday.
There are now only two applicants for tbs
office of ccl ector OF the port of Alexandria
Mr.. Edward Hughes and Mr.. T. ]. Edelen
One @: the rem ,rkable items in the agri
cultural app,o pristion bill is a provision fol
$4,000 TOR an agricultural experiment sta
lion in Alaska.
Lobbyists 1T the Capitol sly they have
fond ont inst il any money is TO be gotten
out of the present Congress it must be fion
the bills reported favoTably to the House, az
Mr Reed is even more determined than he
wss asst year 10 prohibit all except necessary
appropriations, aud that additions made Il
appropriation bills by the Senate will find nc
f.Ver in hi. sight.