Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-01-04

Mississippi, North and South Carolina, Wy.
omina and Oregon-in violation OF the 14th
amendment to the constitution and in iny&-
slon of the dignity and rights Of the House,
the director of the census be asked TO furnish
To the House the number Of males over 81
years of age in each State and tho number
denied the right 10 vote. The Speaker Is TO
appoint a committee of FIVE to investigate and
report within twenty days and the House
committee on census is to frame bill for sp-
portiopment in accordance with the dictates
of the constitution.
Senator Hanna, who arrived from Ohio
with his family this morning, when inter.
viewed, said that no was perfectly satisfied
with the arrangement la the Senate by which
consideration of the ship subsidy bill had
been displaced by the army bill. He did not
expect that there would be any serious ILL
clustering against army legislation. Just as
soon "a ii should be disposed Of the consider.
alton of the chipping measure would DO re-
sumed.
Congressman Olmslead of Pennsylvania is
q corporation attorney. He has been = mem
Der of Congress for two terms, but has never
done anything to get his name in the papers
until yesterday, when he INTRODUCED his res
oluton to restrict southern representation,
and thereby consumed nearly two days of that
body's time. A strange thing about him Is
the fact that he married a beautiful and
highly accomplished and attractive young
lady from Lynchburg, Virginia, Miss How
ard, niece OF Mr.. @ III. Blsckford OF that
city, and though she takes little interest in
politics people here who know her say her
husband will probably not have as smooth a
time as he has been having heretofore, a.
Virginia girls are very apt to stsad mp for
their own kith and kin, no matter by whom
| they are attacked.
Stocks rallied again today and they as well
| ss wheat and corn are quoted strong, ana COT
| ton as steady.
Representative Lamb Of the Richmond dis
! trict, who has recently returned from home,
says the prevalent impression there is that
| the State Convention will change the present
! judiciary system, and also the system Of col
ecting taxes. and that many conservative
men favor restricting the appropriation for
negro schools TO the amount OF revenue coll
| lected from negroes.
The President has appointed q son Of AS
| sociate Justice Harlan OF the u. 8. supreme
| Court, Attorney General for Porto Rico, with.
out the recommendation OF any member Of
Congress from the State from which he halls
| But Just CO Harlan, though Soutbtrn born, 10
q most pronounced republican, and the Presi-
dent has become too much Of an iinperislis'
to require recommendations for his nominal
| tons.
The magistrate In the suit Of Miss Cole
against Captain Rodney, U. 8. NJ, for pay as
companion to his wife, has decided that the
plaintiff By keeping the defendant away from
his wife, had broken her contract and there
fore had lost her case.
There may be fight between the Senate
l and War Dena mi emf n a rasult of the r0fIsa
OF Secretary Root to make public the report
Of Auditor Lswshe, who Investigated the
Cuban postofice scandals. Senator Pettigrew
today drew the attention Of the Senate to the
refusal and offered q resolution on the sub
ject, declsring that the Senate expresses 1t:
condemnation OF the refusal. The resolution
will come up for consideration tomorrow.