Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-03-31

REPRESENTATIVE WILSON still lies In a
very critical condition. IL is not typhoid
fever from which he now suffers, but some
trouble which the doctors cannot reach,
causing successive hemorrhs ges, which nave
LETT him In very weak condition.
THE INSANE ASYLUM INVESTIGATION
The Committee on the Expenditures OF the
Interior Department, who are now Investi-
eating the management and affairs OF the L
=. insane aSy lum, were unable to resume
heir Investigation to-day, on account .4f
ether business requiring their attention, but
~ formed all The witnesses present that they
would be examined to morrow morning
The chairman of the committee, Mr.. Mutch-
Ter, OF IA has received "a NUMBER of lett arS
from re -idents of this city REQUESTING him To
make The Investigation thorough The other
y embtTs OF the committee are Andrew X
Boone tky.), VIM. E. Anderson tTll) LaurIn
=, "oodwOrth (Ohio), and JOhn q Tufts
tIowaD
POLICE COMMISSIONER SMITHS NorIS.
ALTON The Senate Committee on the Dis
tEict of Columbia held meeting this morn
ing 10 consider The nomination of VIM. Fl.
Shith 10 be q police commissioner of the
nistrlct OF Columbia, and To hear such par
Ties as might appear 10 favor or oppose his
Confirmation. MessrS j. FL. Brooks Henry
johnson, Alfred Jones, Jerome JohnSOr
Aaron Russell, Richard w. Tompkins and
ClheTs were present To urge the confirmation
OF smith while Messrs. Sidney Mcfarland
Q : B. Wall and others appeared to oppose
H. The committee gave those who desired
10 speak ten minutes each MeSSrs Hanrv
Johnson and John II. Brooks urged the con-
h:mation Of Smith, and stated In reply 10 The
charge that Smith is not representative
cnlCred man, that he had presided over more
teliberative bodies of q political Character i'm
The District, and notably over the coayen-
lion, composed in the main OF cOlOrei men
which sent delegates to the last national re-
publican nominating convention. than any
co!ored man in the District of Columbia
ihey also stated that Mr.. Smith was of ir-
repToachablc character. and among re spect-
able classes, both white and coOred, was
highly esteemed.
Mir. Mcfarland, in opposition 70 the con-
sufficient number of colored men on the
police force. Mr.. o. s. h. Wall spoke at some
length In opposition to the continuation on
me ground that Smith is not a reDreSant9-
tive cOlOred man and that his sympstbies
are largely with the whites. Asa iustfce Of
the peace, be had had an opportunity to
judge OF the feeling Of the colored people in
regard TO Smith, and that feeling was ed-
verse 10 him. He further said that the most
of me coiOred men would prefer taking
chicken TO anything more valuable, and
the refOre IL was necessary TO have more col
Or6d men on the police force He uOthinp
IN say against the moral character of smith,
out lie believed thar sew en-e ighths Ofhis pep
PIE were opposed 10 SIS Confirmation. He
tnTtber believed that the Board OF Police
Commissioners are Catholics; Rarret and
smith are Catholics, while Murtagh and
sweeney are Catholic symp8thiZers He
also said The board was democratic ss re-
CARDS politics. When Senator Robertson
asked If MuTtagh was a democrat Mr. Wall
replied, Eyes, believe he is" This Occa-
stored laugh, Senator X )bertSOn remark
Ing that he thought Murtagh was q radical
IepnDllcan. Mr.. Wall here remarked. - Wen,
that's the Senator's opinion" MesSrs John-
son and Brooks then briefly replied TO the
allegai tOSs OF Macfarland aud Wall, and
urged Smiths confirmation.