Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-06-14
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondents OF the Alexandria GaEstte.l
Washington, June IA.

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Washington, June IA.
Henry o. Havemeyer, of New York,
head of the American Sugar Refining
Company, appeared before the indus
trial commission this morning. He
said the mother of all trusts is the GUS
toms tariff law, and he contended that
not a single American industry needed
more than 10 per cent. ad valcrem pro-
lection; sugar did not get that. He
charged that for the benefit of the
sugar growers of Louisiana alone this
government levied tax on $1,000, 900
a wear upon the people of the United
States. Add to that the favors granted
on account of Hawaii and other prca
ducers of the staple and the sum was
increased to S24 100000. He suggest
ed that small internal revenue tax
ought to be levied on sugar. The gov
ernment would derive q heavy revenue
and put stop to benefits to few peo-
pie. He said the government through
its tariff laws plumbers the people.
There is no excuse" he said, "for CIV
ing one individual or firm 100 per cent.
and another less than 10 per cent. A
tariff for revenue with just enough pro-
lection to shut out foreign competition
calculated to ipjure home enterprises
is all that is needed favor a hori.
zontal tariff with protection Of 10 per
cent. The true combination of pelf is
the tariff law"
The following dispatch from General
Otis was received at the War Depart
ment this morning "Lswton's troops
under Wheaton and Overshine occu
pied country south of Bacoor. Have
secuted westward and some distance
southwark on line OF Zapote river and
Bacoor road. Enemy appears to have
retired on linus, abandoning bay coun-
try. The fighting yesterday was severe.
Our loss ten killed and 40 wounded;
majority at crossing Zapote river. En-
envy driven from heavy and we'll con-
structed entertainments to which they
held tenaciously. Their loss several
hundred, OF whom fifty were buried
this morning"
The Oregon regiment, which started
home from Manila this morning, when
it went to the Philippines consisted of
Il officers and l, l6l men. 1t returns
with one officer and 126 men less than
that number.
Virglnians who attended the recent
meetings of political committees in
Richmod, now here, say that from what
they saw and heard there, the antl-Mar-
tin movement has entirely subsidized
already, or. if not, will certainly soon
do so, and that as nobody likes TO be
put up solely for the purpose of being
knocked down, it is hardly probable
that Senator Martin will have any OPP
position, and that those opposed to him
will have nobody else to vote for. They
say people from all quarters of the
State were present and all were OF the
opinion that this is bad time, and Vir-
GINA bad State in which TO
| advocate change in ths Constitution Of
| the United States, unless it be, as one
| of them said, to repeal the whole of
| that instrument, which, under the pres.
ent administration, has practically be-
come dead letter.
Col. Miller in charge Of the Wash
ngton aqueduct, has commenced the
experiments authorized by the last
| Congress to determine feasible system
OF filtration for the general water sup
ply OF Washington; 5000 was appro-
| priated for the experiment.
The republican executive committee of
Virginia and Senators Daniel and Martin Of
! that State met here today to determine which
of the census districts in their State shall
have republican and which democratic su
pervisors. They had several conferences, hu
up to half-past two o'clock this evening had
reached no definite agreement.
Army and navy people here today concur
| in the general opinion that the American ar
my in LuzOn WAS only saved yesterday by
the American navy, rs was the case with Nc
Clellan's army on the James in 1862, and
| that had it not been for the navy, the whole
army would have been bagged and either
slaughtered or made prisoners. 1t is also said
that to prevent such disaster the President
should reinforce the army as soon IS possible
to the fullest extent Of his power, and for that
purpose should at once issue his call for the
$4,000 volunteers authorized by law, and
that if he shall not do so and any further
misfortune befsll the army, he should, and
will, be held responsible.
Among the young men who passed the re-
quired examinations and were admitted as
cadets at West Point yesterday, was Alexan-
der NJ. Milton of LoudOun county, Virginia,
an sppointee of Representative Rixey OF the
Eighth Virginia district.
Representatives Swanson, Rixey and Jones'
of Virginia, ell of whom had Just returned
from Richmond and were on their way home,
were here this morning. The former is in
good spirits at the result of the committee
meetings in Richmond, but the two latter,
those who saw them say, are not at all exub-
Grant, though they too say they were not
surprised Mt what had been done, and that
the fight for eecting Senator Martins sue.
cessor by tho direct vote of the people will
still 80 on.
THE VIRGINIA SENAToRsHIP.- The
senatorial reform league committee met