Evening star., 1901-03-27
Republicans Ready to Name Candi-
date for State Convention.
ACTION BY FHE JOINT COMMITTEES
Meeting of the City Council Held
Last Evening.
GENERAL AND PERSONAL
Evening Star Bureau.
No. 701 King ST.,
Bell Telephone No, JOG.

ALEXANDRIA. Va. March q. 1901.
The republican committees for AleNan-
dria city and county respectively met here
last night in Joint session to consider the
advisability of nominating a candidate for
delegate to the state constitutional con-
vention. That matter was not finally
passed upon. but was discussed informally
and Mr.. Joseph L. Crupper. chairman of
the city committee, stated after the meet
ing that his party had a candidate ready to
place in the field at the proper time.
Mr.. Crupper presided and Mr.. George A.
Nowland acted as secretary. Mr.. Marshall
L. King was called temporarily to the
chair and Mr.. Crupper presented a resolu-
tion, which was unanimously adopted, set
ting forth that Whereas neither of the
gentlemen announced as candidates for the
constitutional convention of Virginia, sub
ject to the decision of the democratic pri-
maries, has made any public declaration of
his views on the several questions now 80
much demanding the attention of all the
people; namely, disfranchisement, separa-
tion of the school funds raised by taxation,
revision of the assessment laws and eN-
pense of the judiciary: and whereas 1t Is
in our judgment, too much to ask the voters
of this electorate to confde their interest
to any man without a full and fair express
sion on all these questions, and especially
as to whether the work of the convention
should be referred to the people for hnal
approval or rejection. therefore it is the
sense of the republican committees for
Alexandria city and Alexandria county, in
joint meeting assembled that no republican
should participate in the democratic pri-
mary of March %. 1901"
At a recent meeting of the democratic
executive committee Of Fairfax county 1t
was decided to hold district meetings April
10 for the nomination of candidates for
trip n nominate delegates
to a county convention to select candi-
date for the state constitutional conven-
ton. Mr.. r. Walton Moore is the only
candidate announced up to the present.
Meeting of City Council.
Considerable business of local interest
was transacted at the regular semi
monthly meeting of the city council last
evening. A report from the finance COM
mittee was received, recommending 1.-The
following appropriations. which were unan-
imously voted: Fire department, 500;
plugs, $50; electric lights, s1.250: outdoor
poor, $500; cleaning streets. $500. The same
committee reported favorably on the petit
ton of ]. c. Gill. janitor of the market.
for 1888 per month for extra compensation
for services at the city hall. not inclnded
in the ordinary line of his duties. The re-
port was adopted.
A report was received from the commit
tee on public property, recommending the
stall for sick horses at the Columbia en-
CINE house and unanimously adopted The
tax law was reported and adopted without
alterations. The report of the jail inspec-
tors was received and referred to the com
mittees ON general laws and public prop
erty.
MIR. Trimyer asked what had become of
the report of the joint committee on public
property and finance in reference to the
proposed purchase by the city Of property
on Prince street for the erection of new
house for the Relief Hook and Ladder Fire
Company. Mr. Burke replied that he would
endeavor to get a meeting of the commit
tee mentioned for a consideration of the
matter before the next council meeting. A
resolution was offered by Mr.. Desmond di-
recting the corporation attorney to furnish
an opinion as to the application of the So
called lin crow law to the Washington,
Alexandria and Mount Vernon railroad.
Chairman Snowden expressed the opinion
that the electric cars were not Included
within the provisions of the act, and Mr..
Lawler objected to the resolution, on the
ground that the attorneys opinion would
cost SO, which, in that case, he thought.
would be a useless expenditure. The mat
ter was finally referred to the committee
on general laws.