Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1900-02-03

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unfriendliness and unfairness and In
sisted that his enforcement OF the rules
were according to the law that pre-
scribes bis duties. The rules COM
planned OF, he said, were not OF his
making, but existed before he assumed
the administration of the pension office.
| Chairman Sullowsy made inquiries
concerning the System of iDquisltion"
by special examinations. Mr.. Evans
50 that the system was bad, but he
could not hell it.
The Sanste committee on Pacific L.
lands and Porto Rico this morning com
pleted work on the bill for the govern
ment of Porto Rico and it will be re.
ported Monday. Mr.. Pettigrew an
nounced he would oppose the measure
on the floor. Mr. Cockrell declared be
Was opposed to 25 per cent duty on pro-
ducts between the United States and
the Island. He thought there should
be free trade. He insisted that the
Constitution should be extended over
Porto Rico. The amendment OF Mr..
Platt of Connecticut imposing so per-
cent duty on products was ignored by
the committee. 1t is understood he
will attempt in the Senate to secure an
amendment imposing so per cent duty
but none of the republican members OF
the committee are now disposed to
make any compromise. The bill will
| not he considered in the Senate until
the financial bill is out of the way.
l.. l. Wright, the first witness ia the
| Clark bribery investigation this morn
ing, testified that the friends OF Marcus
Daily gave him $3.50 to make an atfidav
it against Senator Clark which he and
the DAILY adherents both knew to be
falsa; that Fred Whitesde promised
him 81 900 to testify against Welcome
10 the dlsbarment proceedings before
the Montana Supreme Court but went
hack on his agreement. He also testi
| e ID that be received from MIR Tuohy, q
friend of Daily, 5000 just before he start
| ed for Washington 10 testify in the pres
ent proceedings and that he had re-
ceived from Mr.. Tuohy 800 since com
| ing to w 4shngton. When asked why he
| made false affidavit, the witness said:
| Il did it ior what there was in it," Ben
| Hill testified that be had been connect
ed with Marcus Daily and Congressman
| Campbell during the past eight months
| 10 working up the Case against Senator
| Clark. He admitted that he had
| made false affidavit against Senator
| Clark bur did so because he was to re-
ceive $3.50 from the Dalyites for it and
that Congressman Campbell and Fred
! Whiteside both knew the statements
made 10 the affidavit were absolutely
false. According to the witness he
! played the part OF agent working up
testimony against Mr.. Clark and against
Mr.. Welcome in the disbarment pro.
ceedings He told how he arranged
| with various persons TO secure their tes-
| rmony for considerations ranging from
$500 to 900 "Audy Campbell" ad-
ded the witness referring to Congress
msn C ,mpbell "has little the best OF
me here under the guse OF Congress
man, but he isjust as dirty as am"
! Mr. E G. Dunn, who some months
ago was elected city surveyor OF Alex.
audris. was recently appointed, under
the q. 5. civil serve CO law, assistant
engineer at the Norfolk navy yard, but
| has declined to accept that position.
A large and enthusiastic pro Beer
meeting was held here last night, at
which prominent speakers took the
most pronounced ground in favor OF
home rule in South africa.
Mr.. Frank Hume of the Virginia legisla-
| ture, who is here toiay, ssys the pro-Boer
| feeing prevails not only in that body but in
| Richmond About the proposed new railroad
| between Richmond and this city he says the
| members Of The legislature are somewhat
mystified by tho conflicting statements of ths
numerous lobbyists in favor of or opposed to
| that road nor can he tell whether the pro
20 ,ed 70 I'd is to run through Alexandria, or TO
connect with the Pennsylvania Railroad at
| Qusntico as the present road does.
Now that the imp fession seems to be that
Governor GCebel of Kentucky will recover,
| the Kentucky members OF Congress say there
need be 10 fear that the assassins will escape
They say that the identity OF every man who
WAS in the state House when the Governor
was shot has been ascertained and that de-
| tectves, unknown to them as such, will ac-
company each one OF them in all his WANDER
| ings ard sooner or later di scover the actual
criminals and those who melted them 10 the
| comm ssion of the crime, and that all the
money that may b. required for that purpose
has already been raised.
The national democratic committee will
meet here on the 22nd instant and the ma
tional committee of the democratic clubs as.
social on, on the following day, the 23rd.
The democratic congressional campaign COM
mittee will meet here on Tuesday or Wednes-
day next.
The contested election case of Wise vs.,
Young, from the Norfolk, Va, district, will
probably be- called up in the House week
after next. The frauds complained of were
committed in Norfolk, but even if the whole
vote of that city were thrown out, Mr. Young
would still be elected by large majority.
When the case hall be brought before the
House Mr.. HsV, of Virginia, viii make a
soeecb in which he will contrast the profess
ions of the republican members of theHouse,
OF amity and conciliaton towards the people
of the South, with their practice OF doing al
they can to irritate and prov oke them by ex-
pei iDg their fairly and legally elected repre-
sentatves.
PEG pie from Alexandris county, Virginis,
here today, say popular vote will be taken
at oil the precincts in that county on the 18th
Instant on the question of bonding the coun-
ty for the Improvement of its roads, and that
on Friday next one OF the lecturers of the In
terror Department will deliver an address
there in favor of roqd improvement, and H.
llstrate his remarks by diagrams.
Foreign News.
Rome, Feb. 3.-Cardinal Svampa has
been recalled from Bologna and it is
supposed he will be appointed Vicar OF