Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-06-25
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence Of the Alexandria Gazette.


rCorrespondence Of the Alexandria Gazette.]
WASHINGTON, June %.
The Senate committee on privileges
and elections to day considered areport
prepared by Senator Hoar in the case
of Hon. II. w. Corbett, recommending
that Mr.. Corbett be seated as Senator
from Oregon. The committee declined
to act upon the report beyond ordering
that it be printed. The result of this
proceeding will be to postpone further
consideration of Mr.. Corbett's claims
until the next session. The committee
decided to make the investigation OF
the feasibility of applying the initiative
aud referendum system to legislation OF
the United States.
g. Smithers has made application
for appointment as collector of customs
at Cape Charles City, Va.
The annual newspaper excursion OF
the Pennsylvania road left Washington
for Cape May at $50 this morning. The
pa-ty, consisting of about seventy live
CO; r. spondents, was IN the care of Pas
senger Agent Studds. Stops will be
made at Baltimore and Philadelphia,
where local newspaper men will join
the party, and Cape May will be reach
ed in time for dinner. The outing will
last four days.
Between fifty and sixty special ex-
amlners of the pension bureau have
been dropped from the rolls, to take
effect on July l. A large number OF
promotions and reductions in the cleri-
cal force of the bureau were announced
to-day.
The following appointments Fourth.
class postmasters We're made to-day IN
Virginia: Ashburn, j. S. Ely; haywood,
A. Nj. Moore; Bells Valley, J. +. Via;
Greenwood Dept, j. E. Barber; Hoover,
D. G. Hoover; Purceilvile, Calvin
Forbes; Sansotn, Robert Bourne; Union
Hall, NJ. S. Powell.
A large number OF pension clsims are
Effected ny decision OF Assistant Soc
reiary IF The Iat.ridr " ebSitr Da"is
to the effect hat . 81 4 yssei,ice 10 the
| Mexican var. MEATS ,h,t it sponlc
count from the Il $ "t Ell e,men'
! whether / e regin-nt WIS &c IL .ly Il
30 vice on the y a. 20 o. al The s-eue
fighting.
Senator Blackburn il one # tbs
many politicians bfre ~h ;sre corf sen
t at the State Of OILS vii 20 druo
cratic next fall. He ssys be wss 49,
| sured that it would, before, but nov
that the Hanna faction of the repubil
cans have turned Senator Foraker's
head man down, he is convinced of it.
~ Mr.. Foraker, like Caesar Borgia
| likes his vengeance cold.
It is conceded by all tho Virginians
here to-day that if there had been auy
doubt of the nomination of Mr.. Tyler
fur Governor of their State. it was re-
moved yesterday. The impression that
Mr.. Tyler would receive The nomina
,on has prevailed here from the first
and the only wonder expressed
about the result of yesterdays pri
maries is that he did not get a majority
Of the delegates even in Richmond
Mr. Ellyson's own city.
| Noue of the Virginia items of the
deficiency bill stricken out before thai
b,l passed the Senate will be provided
for at the present session Of Congress
Senator Daniel, who went to Lexing
ton to deliver an address there, re
turned to Washington this afternoon.
Senators Shoup of Idaho and Garter
o. Montana, it is reported, have lef
the republican party and will hereafter
act with the silyerites, and that Sepa
tor Hansbrough of North Dakota i:
d sposed to do likewise.
The President to-day sent the fol
lowing nominations to the Senate Ir
wing B. Dudley, of California, to bs
minister to Peru; to be consuls, Franl
C. Denison, of Vermont, at Woodstock
| New Brunswick, and Frank Dilling
ram, of California, ~ Auckland, New
Y alsnd.
yirginians engaged in The tobacco bust
ness may he interested in the fact that re
publican member of the committee that pre-
pared thu tariff bill is authority for the state
meut that the internal revenue tax on to
bacco will remain as it is--six cents pound
| 1t Is understood that the value of foreigl
made clothing brought home by American:
| wHo have been abroad will be restricted &c
500. 1t is also sad that when the bill
shall be ref FRED to conference committee
tho sugar schedule will be restored to what it
WAS as adopted by the House.
1t is said at the State Department to-day
that the official report of the Ruiz com.
mission is by no means conclusive of the re-
sponsibility of Spain for any damage occa.
stoned by the death of DR.. Euiz, an alleged
naturalize citizen Of this country, in Span.
ish prison in which he WAS confined as a
Cuban insurgent.
Mr. McCaull the defeated republican can.
didate for Congress in the Alexandria district
last fail, called at the White House yester.
day evening and urged the President to Sc
change he civil service rules. at least in thu
internal revenue service, as to enable some of
the republican workers in Virginia to draw
government salaries. He was informed to
the effect that patience is a virtue esp -cally
in warm weather, and that lucky is the man
who gets what he waits for.
STATE DELEGATES.