Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-03-29
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence Of tho Alexandria Gazette.]
WASHINGTON. March %.

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and means committee are considering
the ACCESSIBILITY of offering an amend
ment to the tariff bill, Immediately be-
fore the vote on the measure is taken
in the House, of putting the new law
into effect on April 18th. The commit
tee are moved to this course by the
enormous importations of foreign goods
which are rushed into this country in
order to secure the benefits of the eX.
listing rates of duty. The committee
have sought the advice of the United
States district attorneys at certain of
the larger commercial cities with view
to determining if such an amendment
as is proposed will have the effect Of
law notwithstanding the measure in
which it is to be incorporated is still
under consideration in Congress. The
weight of opinion among those consult
ed is, it is understood, favorable to the
legality of the proposition.
The President to day sent to the Sem
ate the following nominations: Char
lemagne Tower, of Pennsylvania, to be
envoy extraordinary and minister plen-
ipotentiary of the United States to
Austria Hungary Arson Burlingame
Johnson, of Colorado, to be consul of
the United States at Fuchan. China;
William S. Shallenberger, of Pennsyl-
vania, to be second assistant postmaster
general; Jas. D. Gill, of Massachusetts,
to be collector of internal revenue for
the third district of Massachusetts;
Thomas Ryan, of Kansas, to be first
assistant secretary of the interior; Hen
ry Clay Evans, of Tennessee, to be com.
missioner of pensions.
Consul General Lee has sent the State
Department the following telegram ::
"Havans, March 2S.-Mr. G. E. Crosby,
of New York, representative of the
Chicago Record, is reported killed while
watching with field glass combat be-
tween Spanish and insurgent forces,
near Arrayo Banco, close to boundary
Puerto Principe and Santa Clara. Came
10 island Both January. Said to have
been graduated at st. Cyr, France"
Secretary Sherman remains confined
to his house by an attack of lumbago,
but expects to be at the State Depart
meut to morrow. He is able to attend
to pressing business, and this morning
signed the appointment of Joseph P.
Smith, of Ohio, as Director of the Bu-
reau Of American Republics. Only
three men participated in the competi
tive examination for this position, and
all the names were certified to Secreta-
ry Sherman as eligible. Smith stood
second in rank.
Several Mississippi negroes got minor
places in the governments service last
week through the influence of Hill,
one of their State leaders. But so far
as heard of no Virginia negro has yet
had a slice of pie. Indeed the white
republicans of that State are so impor-
tunate that their poor negro allies,
though they supply the whole effective
strength of the party in that State.
have no chance to send up their plates.
Nothing has yet been done in respect
of the offices of the District of Colum-
bis. The republicans of the District are
provoked at the delay, and the demo-
Gratis are chuckling, and saying the
longer the appointments are delayed,
the more numerous will be the appli-
cants for them, and the more disap-
pointed republicans.
The application of Octavius Heleman,
of Allegany county. Virginia, for the
Office of collector OF internal revenue
for the upper district of Virginia was
filed to-day. 1t is endorsed by both
the republican congressman from his
State. Mr.. ]. r. Garrison, of the first
Virginia district, is an applicant for
the office of assistant comptroller of the
Treasury. The fact that Mr.. Scott, OF
West Virginia, who was with the COM
mittee who managed the republican
campaign in Virginia last fall, will be
commissioner of internal revenue is
supposed here to be favorable to Mr..
Agnew, of Alexandria, who is an APP
plicant for the place Messrs. Helemsn
and McCaull want.
General Walker, one of the two re-
publican congressman from Virginia,
spent last week at home, but was in
his seat in the House to-day. He and
his colleague, Mr.. Yost, both say that
so far as they know the President has
not yet intimated the direction in
which the Virginia patronage will fall.
He says the farming and mining inter-
ests in his district are both depressed.
Mr.. Tyler, he says, is the favorite of
the democrats of his district for Gov
ernor, and that the republicans have
not thought about their candidate yet
awhile. He also says that most of the
republicans IN his State seem to be op-
posed to constitutional State conven-
ton.
Mr.. Spalding introduced in the
House to-day joint resolution provid-
ng for the annexation of Hawaii to the
United States. An appropriation of
100000 is authorized to defray the ex.
penses of Emissions and negotiations to
agree upon the terms and conditions of
the admission and concessions"
Mr.. Morgan submitted the views Of
the minority of the committee on Pa
ci6c Railroads in the Senate to-day on
the bill to amend the act for the con-
struction of the Pacific Railroad report
ed by Mr.. Geer on the 18th inst.
The President will appoint Henry M
Pane and George A. Hill, professors OF
mathematics in the navy, thus filling
two of the most sought civilian life ap.
pontments for which vacancies now
exist.
Chief Justice Fuller announced to-day
that the Supreme Court would take
recess from April - to April 10, the
last week in lent