Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-01-20
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence Of the Alexandria Gazette
WASHINGTON, Jan. 90.

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argument In favor OF the ratification of
the treaty as sent to the Senate. Much
of the talk about the committee table
was of an interlocutory character and
several Senators, notably Messrs. Nor
gan and Davis, asked numerous ques'
tons of the secretary, intended to
gather from that official his idea of the
scope of the treaty. The questions pro-
pounded indicated quite plainly an an
tagonism to the text of the convention
and the intention of Senators to insist
upon its amendment before re-
porting the instrumental the Sen
ate. No action was taken and
it is intimated that action can
not possibly be had for some weeks
to come. Mr.. Olney stated that the
treaty did not include the arbitration
of the Monroe doctrine and was so
understood by this government and
Great Britain. The matters in dispute
that would come under the provisions
of the convention were such as might
grow out of treaty rights or under in
ternational law. Mr.. Olney was asked
what objection there could be to the
insertion of clause relative to the
Monroe doctrine, if both governments
understood the subject alike; but to this
question it is understood Mr.. Olney
gave no specific answer.
News has been received here that
Mrs. Harris, wife of the veteran Sena-
tor from Tennessee, died near Parie,
Tenn, last night. and will be inferred
at Memphis. Senator Harris, himself
an invalid, left Washington a few days
ago to be at the bedside of his dying
wife.
A private telegram received in the
Senate announces the reelection OF
Senator Pritchard by the Legislature OF
North Carolina.
Vice President Stevenson has ap.
pointed Senator Martin one of the
Senate's members of the joint select
committee to make Investigations OF
the charities and reformatory institu
tons of the District of Columbia.
As anticipated, MIR. Speaker Reed
has informed the friends of the bill for
the Memorial bridge at Arlington that
that bill will not be taken up at this
session of Congress.
1t is said at the Postoffice Depart
ment that Mr.. Sharp, whom Congress-
man Tyler recommended for postmast-
or at Norfolk, after Colonel Henry had
informed him that he could not accept
it, is Objectionable to Postmaster
General Wilson and to the President,
because he had been heard to speak dis
respectfully ofthe latter, and that, con-
sequently, he will not be appointed, so
that it is probable Colonel Henry will
get the place after all.
The House committee on public
buildings at their meeting this morning
heard arguments in favor of the differ
emit proposed sites for the proposed new
government printing Office, but reach
ed no conclusion. They did, however,
as the same committee of many pre-
vious Congresses have done, agreed to
ride to and make personal inspection
of the different lots.
President Cleveland to-day designat-
ed Charles w. Dabney, jr., as chair.
man of the Government Board of the
Tennessee Centennial Exposition. Mr..
Dabney is the Assistant Secretary OF
Agriculture, aud was chairman of the
Government Board at the Atlanta Elk,
position.
Consul General Lee, at Havana,
cabled the State Department to-day
that Henry Delgado died last night.
Delgado was New York newspaper
correspondent under treatment in a
Spanish hospital, upon whom an opera
tiou was performed few weeks ago in
an effort to save his life.
Solicitor General Holmes Conrad and
Congressman Tucker, of Virginia, were
guests at the Cabinet dinner given by
Secretary Carlisle last night.
Senator Daniel, who attended the ex
Confederate banquet in Alexandria last
night, in celebration of General Lees
birthday, says he spent very agree.
able evening, and felt all the time he
was there that the old Confederate spirit
was around and Iabout him, and that
be was surrounded by congenisl peo-
pie. If Virginians, he says, have lost
any of their old characteristics, they
have certainly retained their hospi.
tality.
None of the bills for public buildings
which have passed the Senate and
been reported favorably in the House
will be allowed by Mr.. Speaker Reed
to come before the latter body; for the
assigned reason that there is no money
available for that, sand little for any
other purpose. Indeed it is said that
such is the dread of another bond issue
that of all the river and harbor con-
tracts only two have been let.
The Yost-Tucker contested case
came up in the House to-day. Among
the Virginia republicans at the Capitol
trying to Influence their political
friends on the floor TO vote for Mr.
Yost against the report of the republi-
can election committee were Messrs
Agnew, Libby, Bowden, McCaull and
Judge Waddill, but they are by no
means sanguine of success, and it is the
impression even among republican
members that Mr.. Tucker will retain
his seat. Mr.. Yost has been elected as
his successor in the next House.
Congressman Morse has introduced
in the House of Representatives bill
to build bronze statue to Major Peter
Charles L. Enfant, the French engineer
who laid out the city Of Washington.
The statue to cost not exceeding fifty.
thousand dollars and to be erected on
government reservation under the di-
rection of commission of five, two to
be appointed by the speaker of the
House of Representatives two by the