Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-05-24


President yesterday says that state is COED for
5000 majority for the nominee of the Philsdel-
phla convention, and that the recent state con-
vention was the largest and most enthusiastic
ever held in the ate.
LIEUT.. COMMANDER DENNIS W. MuLLAN,
[. 5. N, has been ordered to the receiving ship
Independence at the Mare Island navy yard,
and Lieut.. Commander Chss. ii. Craven has
heen detached from the receiving ship Inde-
pendence and granted four months leave.
ALL IN Bur ONE.-The Senate a few weeks
since was made complete by the swearing in of
Gen. Ransom, of North Carolina, and the
admission into the House yesterday of Mr. Sion
II. Rogers, a Representative-elect from North
Carolina, whose disabilities were removed by
the amnesty bill, leaves but one vacancy in the
repre- sentaton in the House, the only district in
the United States not represented being the 9Th
Massachusetts, district, no successor having yet
been chosen to Hon. George NJ. Brooks, who re
signed to accept the Office of judge OF the pro
bate court of Boston. There are now log demo
cratic members in a House OF 2k. A change of
~ members only would give them majority.
The House to be elected this fall, with the new
apportionment as increased by the supple
mentalb bill, will consist of 293 members.
The OPPOSITION to the appropriation o.
SO 600 600 In the sundry civil bill to build ten
new iron clads comes principally from the Penn
sylvania democrats, who profess to believe. and
so persuaded their democratic friends in the
Philadelphia and Brooklyn navy yards with
voters to carry New York and Pennsyiv snia for
Grant. The Pennsylvania democrats argued
that this bill would afford pretext for the en-
poyment OF a large force, and il is openly de-
clafed in democratic circles that this was the
secret of opposition TO the bill. There is no show
OF passing 1t unless suspension OF the rules can
be had; and the necessary two-thirds vote for
that purpose cannot probably be obtained. The
appropriation is recommended BY the commit
tees on appropriation and foreign affairs, as it is
m mi nm fha M 10 nF
the country see the necessity of enlarging our
navy, and the democratic opposition, although
it may defeat the bill in the House, will be con-
demned throughout the country.
DISTRICT DAv IN THE HoUsK.-This after
noon, at two O'Clock, having been assigned to
the District of Columbia committee in the
House, Mr.. Starkweather chairman of the COM
mittee, reported back the bill relating to the
supreme court of the District of Columbia pub
lished in The STAR of yesterday with an
amendment striking out the second section OF
the bill, which provided fol an increase in the
salaries Of the judges, which amendment was
agreed to, and the bill passed amended.
The next bill was that regulating the admis-
the deaf, dumb and blind, published in THR
STAR some time since. 1t provides that the
Secretary of the Interior may admit into the
collegiate department of that Institution a num-
Der Of students from each state, not exceeding
one-half the number OF its representatives in
Congress, applicants to be nominated to the
gIess. This bill occasioned some debate, Mr..
Niblack, OF Ind, advocating an amendment
that each state should pay Tor its pupils at the
institution, and il was not acted upon, being
replaced on the Speakers table for future &C.
ton.
He next reported the bill to increase the capi-
tai stock of the Washington gaslight company
published in full in The STAR of Yesterday.
and it was passed without amendment.
The bill allowing the Orange, Alexandria and
Manassas railroad company to convey pas
sengers and freight in the District of Columbia
(also published in The STAR OF Yesterday alter
noon,) was taken up. Mr.. Garisld opposed that
portion of the bill allowing the Orange, Alex
andria and Manassas road to connect with the
Baltimore and Ohio road so near the Capi-
toll He hoped TO see the day when the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad depot would
be removed further from the Capitol.
re wanted an amendment adopted fOrbidling
the road to come within three squares of the
Capitol grounds. Gen. Garfield offered an
amendment striking out B, g or streets south
and inserting ID or Z, and striking out LIST street
and Delaware avenue and inserting 81 3r ith
street east. MI Starkweather accented the Isl
amendment AZ to ID or l. streets south. bnt was
opposed TO the other inserting Sd or 4th street
Mr.. Garfield raised another point that the bill
gave to the railroad company public land for
merry occupied by the canal. The various
amendments above mentioned were being voted
upon when our report closed.