Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-12-15
The national republican committee
has decided to hold the next republican

The national republican committee
has decided to hold the next republican
convention on Tuesday, June IS.
Ex-senator Qn,y arrived here today
but be did not visit the Capitol. His
friends concede the opposition to bin Is
very strong. Most of his opponents
claim with confidence that he will not
be- seated. Arguments will be made on
both sides before the Senate privileges
and elections committee tomorrow.
In thu Senate today M. Elkins Of West
Virginia introduced bill providing for q
monument at Mount Pleasant, in his State,
bu; which was in Virginia until that State
was robbed OF the territory out CT which
West Virginia was made.
That the President believes. and he has
gooi cause to DO SO, that he is monarch OF all
he surveys and that his right there ID none
TO dispute was made plsin yesterday, when
he announced his intention of appointing
Mrs. Potter Palmer not only commissioner
of the Paris Worlds Fair but head OF that
entire commission.
Re.lizing at last the absurd inconsistency
of the opposition OF his party in Congress to
setting alongside polyeamist though he ap-
points polygamists to Office, the President 1t
is announced today, will have the characters
OF the appontees referred to investigated, and
il they be found to be immoral, will Ie-
woke their commissions.
Nothing was sent to the Senate today by
the President except number of Treasury
r .cess appointments and one new nomination,
that of Edwin V. Morgan, Of New YORK. to
be secretary OF the U. S. legation at Seoul,
Korea.
At the looms OF the national republican
committee today all the convention city
boomers were on hand, and ali seemed to be
equally confident that their respective cities
woula be selected.
Delegate Hume Of Alexandra will not re-
tam to Richmond until Sunday.
The State Department this afternoon re.
ceived cablegram from Consul Macrnm at
Pretoria stating that the Beer government
had rescinded its former action and would
hereafter permit the american consul at Pre-
toria II look alter the interest of wounded
and captured British soldiers held by the
Beers.
Until Congressman Lamb reminded him OF
il today, the President had forgotten that he
sd promised to receive Governor Tyler this
evening and sllJw him to make his request
h4t one OF The new naval vessels be pamed
Virginia. In Ieg ri t, the, it may be stated
| that there is nothing new in this request and
hat Senators Daniel and Martin have made
| and il grated IL for several years.
| The future government Of the Philippines
and the treatment of the nstives Was dis.
| cussed by the Cabinet today. A letter from
Filipino was read in which ho suggests
| that the mqrauder5 be shot whenever caught
ana it received some favorable comment Its
about the best way TO stop the robbers" said
one Cabinet officer
| A dispatch received here from General Otis
at Manila today states that his troops are
still pursuing the natives. There We been
sey er,l minor fights and that seversl Amerl-
cans were wounded and number of Fill
pinos killed The American troops are IN
| need of shoes and are marching Though 8
| very rough country.
1t seems that everything done or to be
| done By this administration is fraudulent. a
great deal of money HIS been and is being
expended in preparing ard publishing tn
ecord of the "debel Nsyy." but as some o.
the clerks engaged upon that work are ex
Co0f .derst.s, and therefore insist that the
record be correct, it ia rsroried that they
will be transferred 10 other work, SO that thai
record can be made to show that the fedora
navy was the only o1e that achieved any
glory in the war between the States
The proposition to give independence acc
temporary protection to the Fiipinos upor
their promise to pay this government th(
twenty million it gave for them is meet n!
with the approval Of great many democrats
Mr.. Lewis Nixon OF New York, formerly o
Virginia, is one of the many New Yorker
who want the democratic national conven
ton to be held in this city, and is working
with no little effec: TO securet hat object.