Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1900-01-01
FROM WARRINGTON.
Correspondence Of the Alexandria Gazette. ]

Washington. January l.
1t is said here that Senator Hams
says he is not swinish and that conse
quently he will not 20 to the next ns
tloual republican convention as dele
gate at large from his State but will al
low some other prominent Ohio repub.
ican to 90 10 his stead.
Among the democratic Senators
who it is reported will vote to ad
nit Senator Quay are Messrs. Rawlings
OF Utah and Kinney of Delaware, fol-
the reason that there are vacancies Ia
the Senate from both those States which
the dem ocratic GOVERNOR thereof will
appoint democrats to fill. It is also Re
ported here that both the Senators frC NJ
Virginia may be among the other demo
Gratis who will vote for Mr.. Quay.
A meeting of the representatives OF
the several German and Irish organizs
tions in this city was held last night at
which arrangements were made for
holding mass convention OF those Or
CARNATIONS al an early date, to make
public protest In the federal capital
against the war Great Britain is now
prosecuting against the people OF the
Transvaal who are only fighting for
home rule.
Tue Presidents action 10 making a
vacancy in brigsdiership the occasion
of promoting a dozen officers to that
rank and Immediately retiring them is
by no means popular among army men
here.
The fight between the Chandler and
the Gsllinger factions in the republican
party of New Hampshire, though now
in full progress, will, it is supposed
here, so cool by the time of the next
senatorial election in that State, that
the opposition of the latter to the re-
election of Senator Chandler will be
dissipated.
A member OF the Virginia legislature
who passed through here today on his
way to Richmond, said he thought the
bill to compel electric railroads to stop
at all their stations to take on or put oil
streets passengers, and also the one to
make all railroads 10 the State run Jim
Crow cars, would pass, and that the ne
cessity for the latter was daily incress
ing.
The case OF the U. s. government
against r. II. Phillips, superintendent
of the Washington aud Falls Church
electric road, indicted for interfering
with government telegraph lines, will
come up before the U. s. court for the
eastern district OF Virginia at Alexan-
dria On Friday next.
1t is said today that q strong effort
will be made to create new depart
ment, that of commerce and labor
AZ soon "a possible after the reassem-
b ing OF G gess.
The fact that Secretary Gage has
made the bank, seven hundred shares
of the stock OF which he owns, one OF
the repositories of the internal revenue
will, it is said, be made sub.
jet OF congressional investigation.
The friends of ex-senator Blackburn
are little perturbsd today about
rumor to the effect that Senator Lind
say, his gold standard opponent. has
gone back to Kentucky, authorized by
the President to command the republi.
cans in the legislature of that State to
unite with the anti-Geobsl members
and vote for him, rs their combined
forces would make majority in that
body.
Captain Coghlsu, made famous by speaking
and singing disrespeot;ully of the Emperor
Of Germany at public banquet, is the only
prominent U. s naval officer who hiss no,
been specially honored, and his friends resent |
what they seem to consider the Ell ght.
The Secretary of Agriculture has been in |
formed by the State entomologist OF Georgia |
that by his order thirty thousand fruit trees |
10 that State have been burned, go as to pre-.
vent the spread of the st. Jose scale.
The commission and feed store of Hoge & |
Bro, on Louisiana avenue, near the m,rktt |
va badly damaged by FIRE this afternoon.