Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-12-02
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence of the Alexandria aaze1

met at ope O'Clock this afternoon. Mr..
Hay, of Virginia. vas elected chair
MN of the caucus over MIR. McHae,
of Arkansas. The vote stood n
to 81. The first ballot for leader re
suited as follows: Richardson AZ, De
Almond 3S, Bankhead 81, Sulzer %.
Mr.. Benton, of Missouri, nominated
Mr.. De Almond; seconded by Mr. Rix-
ev. of Virginia. Mr. Bankhead was
nominated by Mr.. Ball, of Texas; sec
GUIDED by Mr.. Clayton, OF Alabama.
M. Richardson was nominated by Mr..
Carms ck, OF Tennessee; seconded by MIR.
L Wings on, of Georgia. Mr.. Sulzer
vas nominated by Mr.. Cummings, Of
New York; seconded oy Mr.. Daily, of
New Jersey.
A, o'clock the caucus was still 10
sessiou and leader had not been
chosen. The fourth ballot stood De
Almond, AZ; Richardson, Al; Bankhead,
80; Suzer. %.
At the enG of the fifth ballot the
name of Mr.. Bankhesd was withdrawn
aud the contest is now between Messrs.
Richardson aud De Almond.
Richardson was nominated on the
sixth ballot.
The following dispatch from Manila
was received tGis morning:
"Lieut. CJl. Breretor, captain of the
Twent,-tourth Infanlry, committed
suicide NJ San,o Tomas, near San Fer
nando, Uoiop Province, Luzon, at six
O'CLOCK this morLiug. Ois,"
Lieut.. Col. JohD J. Brereton was
naive of New Jersey and was appoint
ed 10 the regular army as 2od lieuten-
ant from West Point IN 1877.
The republicans of the House will
hold q caucus III thu hall of the House
this evening to dominate officers. Their
slate is: Speaker, Henderson, Of Iowa;
Clerk, Mcdowell, OF Pennsy lpsnis; Ser
eean;-a, Arms, Casson, Of Wisconsin,
sod Postmaster, McElroy, OF OHIO.
ne following changes in the fourth
class postoffices of Virginia We're made
today: Cnatham Hill, Smyth county,
George C.mpo-ll appointed postmaster
vice Oscar L. me-, resigned; Davis,
Rock bridge county, L. Il. Malone, vice
Beverly B. Daniel, resigned; Flumen,
Rockbridge county, Elizabeth F. Lacy,
vice James h. Buchanan, resigned;
Keeling, Plttsyivania county, Triplett
3, Stone, vice Charles F. Taylor, re-
moved.
Secretary Roots report, no = publish
ed, states that neither the Porto Ricans
uer the Cubans are fit for self govern
ment, but, all the same, the Spanish
war was prosecuted, nomjoally at, least
10 give them that very sort of govern
ment.
All the Virginia members of the
House are now here Senator Martin
is also here, and Senator Daniel is ex=
pected on Monday.
The present administration is 30 en-
smored of things British, now, that it is
going to try to adopt the British system
ofgovernment securities and will there
fore attempt 10 refund it's outstanding
bonds into consols, of course, making
it advantageous for the bondholders to
make the exchange. Some OF the re-
publican congressman now here express
the opinion that the attempt will sue
coed,
1t has been determined at confer
ence OF republican members of the
House that Representative Roberts, OF
Utah, must not be sworn in when his
uame shall be called in the House next
Monday. Their method will be for one
Of them, when Mr.. Roberts's name is
called, 10 object, for the Speaker to rec.
ognize the objection, and then refer the
case to a committee. But if this be
done, some of the democratic members
threaten to object to every name that
shall be subsequently called. A large
number of petitions from the truly
virtuous," in many OF the States, against
Mr.. Roberts's admission have been re-
ceiyed here, and wagon load of them
conspicuopsly marked, was paraded
through tbs public streets here this
morning, and, most remarkable of all,
even in that part of the city known as
the division" Crankism is now GER
tainly the order of the day.
A exaudris county people here today
say the suit in relation to the road from
the Aqueduc5 bridge to Fort Myer will
be tried on the second Tuesday ia Jan.
uary, and that though the people of the
county are loyal to it, most of them
want the suit TO 60 against 1t. as they
desire to know whether the govern
msnt, which confscated the Arlington
estate, has the right to con6scate, also,
the land of other people to make road
10 that place.
II may be that when seat shall be
asked for General Wheeler in the House
next Monday, the question will be
asked, whether or not he has right to
such seat.
Air. George L. Browning, one of the three
special employees of the House, for several
sessions of Congress, on the democratic eide,
has resigned and is now practising law in
Madison and Culpeper counties, Virginia.
Mr.. Browning discharged his duties so eff
GENTLY aud satisfactorily that he became a
favorite with every democratic representative
aud thoy ali regret that he will be with them
10 more-thst is in his late capacity.
Assistant Secretary of the Interior, Webster
Cavs, will leave heie undsy night for Cape
town, south Africa to secure rest and recnp-
Grafton from threatened nervous break
down, following sn active participation Ii
tho Ohio campaign
The Senate finance committee met this
morning in secret session to consider the cur
rency bill.
The State Department has changed it's
mind and concluded to accede TO the request
of Consul Mscrum at Pretoria and permit him
to return to the United States.
Middleton smith, charged with forging the
initials of j. NJ. johnson, vice president of
the Riggs National Bank, was today arraign-
ed before Judge Scott He wsived exsmina-
ion and Mas released ON $4,000 bonus for