Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-12-05
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Alexsudris, Fairfax and Prince Will
liam counties, damages to property by
U. s. soldiers at and near Camp Alger
dung the wsr with Spain; bill to
tra rs :er 500 acres of abandoned land of
the Arlington estate 10 the Secretary OF
Agriculture for experimental and sgri
cnlura, purposes; bill for Memorial
brid .e across sha Potomac; bill to pay
to the Mt. Vernon Avenue Association,
as assignee of the State of Virginia, the
amount advanced by that State to the
general government. The memorial
bridge bill! appropriates 81 5OO,0
The President in his message to Con-
gress today speaks as follows of the pro-
posed bridge across the Potomac O. Ar
lingtou: Congress at its last session
appropriated five thousand dollars "to
eUaole the chief OF engineers of the
army TO continue the examination OF
the subject ard 10 make or secure de-
signs. calculations and estimates for
memorial bridge from the most COVE
nient point of the Naval Observatory
grounds, or adjacent thereto, across the
Potomac river 10 the most convenient
point of the Arlington estate proper
s." In accordance with the provisions
of this act the Chief OF engineers has Sc
lected four eminent bridge engineers TO
submit competitive designs for bridge
combining the elements of strength
and durability and such architectural
embellishments and ornamentalion as
will fifty apply to the dedication, "A
memorial TO American patriotism"
The designs are now being prepared,
and as soon as completed will be sub
mitted to the Congress ny the Secretary
of War. The proposed bridge would
be convenience to all the people from
every part of the country who visit the
rational cemetery, an ornament 10 the
capital of the nation, ard forever stand
~ e monument to American patriotism.
do not DOUBT that Congress will
give to the enterprise still further
proof of its favor aud approval.
From the way mem bers of both the
Senate and the House, and democrats
as we'll as republicans spoke on the
subject today, after the reading OF the
message, the confident belief is enter
tained that the building of the long
contemplated bridge will at last be pro-
yided for at this session of Congress,
and the opinion is also expressed that
when it shall be finished, it won't be
long before the construction of that
other old proposed Improvement, the
Mount Vernon avenue, will be under
way.
In the House today Mr.. Young intro.
iuced bill for public building at
Portsmouth to cost $4,000.
Since the arrival of the U. S. Senators
here it has been ascertained that TWEEN
ty-si1 of them, none, however, from
the South, own no less than one hun
dred million dollars. No wonder the
Senate is called rich mans club.
1t is generally believed here that now
that Senator Hayward, of Nebraska,
republican, is dead, the Governor OF
that State will appoint ex-senator AL
len 10 fill the vacancy.
So much complaint has heen made OF
the abnormal use of the pardoning
power by the President, that today Mr..
smith, OF Michigan, introduced bill in
he House for the creation of a Nation
al Pardon Board of four.
All the Virginia members of the
House nave requested the Speaker to
put MIR. Jones, of their State, on the
appropriations committee, and Mr..
Epes ON the committee of rivers and
narbors.
Senator Martin and Representatives
Epes, swanson and Hay, of Virginia,
were not in their seats at the Capitol
today, having gone to Richmond, where
the legislature of their Slate meets to.
morrow. Mr. Frank Hume, the mem.
Der of that legislature from Alexandria,
and some of the other members of that
body, left here yesterday and this mora
ing for the same city. Mr.. Hume will
BE- back on Saturday, for day or two.
Mr.. Roberts, to an acquaintance at
the Capitol today, said Il am not eur
prsed at anything" when asked
whether Tayler's charge of inelig,bllily
had not taken bin upawares. II nave
nv certificate of naturalization. l shall
meet that and every other charge they
bring against me-" His seat is on the
democratic side Immediately to the
right of the Speakers desk, but all the
strangers in the galleries viewed him
today with critics eye. Indeed he
attraction more attention than the more
prominent members of the House.
There is u strong sentiment
among he democratic members in
favor of extending the condemn.
aiiou from Roberts, the dem
3cratic Congressman, to polygamous
republican office holders in Utah. Mr..
Lenlz, Of Onio, prepared resolution
providing that there should be an in-
yestigatiou of two postmasters ap.
pointed by PRESIDENT Mckinley. 1t
MAS declared that they were notori-
Gus polygamists at the time of their
two years ago and that
.hey are now under indictment for po-
|! gamy.
The Comptroller of the Currency
this morning issued call for the condi-
ticn of the national banks at the close
OF business Saturday, December 2.
The rush of bills in the House of
Representatives yesterday was the
greatest in the memory of House
the totul being S61 bills, public
and private, aud thirty resolutions.
The holiday shopping here has begun
in earnest and the stores are daily
crowded with purchasers. The Wash
ington merchants fully appreciate the
value of advertising, and many people
here now buy the daily papers solely to
read the advertisements, that they may