Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-05-15
THE EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.

GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS To-DAY.-InternaI
revenue. s52I, ,2S4,64: customs, 1888, ,52s97.
SUBSCRIPTIONS to the tour per cent. loan to-
day sl2S,950.
BOTH PARTIES READY-The democrats say
that the investigation proposed by the Potter
resolution can be finished in ten or twelve
days after the committee provided for by it gets
started. All the evidence is ready to be pre-
Sented, they, say, the case having been com
pletely worked up before the resolution was
offered. The republicans say they can finish
the investigation proposed by the Hale
amendment IN about fifteen days: They have
also completely worked up their case, and
have the evidence ready.
THE ADJOURNMENT QUESTION POSTPONED.
Mr.. Wood, of New York, in accordance with
the action OF yesterdays democratic caucus.
today offered a motion in the House to post
p0ne the consideration of the Senate adjourn
ment resolution to May 29th and it was agreed
to by strict party vote of yeas l30, nays JOG.
LOOKING AFTER THE EAPPRoPR1ATIoNs-T
subcommittee of the Senate committee on
appropriations, 10 which was referred the
legislative. executive, and judicial apprOpria-
tlOn bill, lad the same under consideration
to-day. Secretary EyartS was present during
Il portion Of the meeting, urging upon the sub
committee the necessity for increased clerical
force in the State Department. Private Sec
retary Rogers and Colonel Crook, of the Ex-
ecutiVe Mansion, also informed the sub-cOm-
mlttee OF some changes which the President
desires to have made in the White House cer-
Ical force.
AN ATTEMPT WAS MADE to secure meeting
of the Senate committee on privileges and
elections to-day, but quorum was not pre-
ent. A meeting of the committee will be held
next Tuesday to hear arguments on the legal
points of the contested election case of Butler
vs.. COrbn, of South Carolina.
THE CASE OF MAJOR RUNKLE.-The Senate
committee on judiciary has decided that the
President acted without warrant of law in re-
storing Major B. P. Runkle to his rank in the
army. report to that effect will be made to
the Senate in a few days. Major Runke was
reinstated i'm the army by the President, be-
cause MI. Hayes believed that the confirma-
ton OF The findings of the court-martjal was
not regularly made by President Grant. The
committee holds that verbal confirmation of
the findings OF court martial, by the President
through the Secretary of War; is as binding
as written order Of approval.
The SYNDICATE have subscribed for ten mil
lions OF the four and a half per cent. bonds for
August and september under the contract of
April llth
PETITIONS BY THE TROUsAND-Snce the
beginning of the present session of Congress
the number OF petitions presented in the
House OF Representatives has footed up the
large aggregate OF SOO3. OF these 2,305 were
on the subject of the tariff 800 were in favor of
extending the suffrage to women, 501 were on
subjects pertaining to commerce, aud 1S7
we've in favor Ofregulating and restricting the
lvuOr traffic.
HON0Rs TO THE MEMORY OF PROFESSOR
HENRY.-Yesterday and last evening resolu-
tiOns in respect to the memory of the late
Professor Joseph Henry were adopted by the
trustees OF the COrcOran Gallery of Art the
telegraph operators, the alumni of the college
Of Nov I ,,T 7 =.
ern states, and the Philosophical Society. The
committee appointed at the meeting called by
the Secretary of the Treasury of chiefs Gf the
several bureaus OF the Treasury department.
t0aTalt resolutions in memory of the deceased
reported series at the meeting this morning
which was adopted.
MAJOR PHILIP r. FENDALI. U. S. marine
corps, has been placed on the retired list at
his own request. Major Fendalrs friends will
be pleased to hear that he is conyalescing
from his recent serious illness.
TIE ARMY APPROPRIATION BlLL.-The
amount recommended in the army bill re-
ported to the House from the appropriations
committee, for the year ending June &c. 1879
is $Z6.9G,6il, OF which s., ,S97, 600 is recon-
mended for pay and allowances of officers who
may retire under its provisions. The amount
recommended Is 81 679,S2 less than in last
years bill, and $Il59,561 less than the esti-
mates The bill provides for 20, 900 enlisted men
infantry to fifteen, and these are to be effected
by transfers and consultations Women are
prohibited from accompanying the troops as
laundresses. In the engineer, ordinance, med.
lcal, quartermasterS, subsistence, signal artil-
lery, justice, adjutant generals and inspector
general s departments there are to be no more
appointments or promotions except to fill
vacancies.
CONTRADICTING THE PREAMBLE-JameS E.
Anderson telegraphed from Philadelphia yes
terday to Hon. ClarksOn N. Potter that 1.-The
statement in the preamble to the resolution
providing for an inquiry into the election of
louisiana, presented in the House by you YES
terday, that James f. Anderson, the Superyi-
sor OF registration of East Feliciana, falsely
protested that the election in the precincts in
that parish had not been fair and free is in
point OF fact, not true. 1 am the person who
made the returns of the election for Presi-
dental electors in 1876 from East Feliciana.
Those returns and all papers connected there
with made and executed by me are true, and
strictly in accordance with the facts in the
case. This am abundantly able to show be-
fore any impartial tribuna empowered to com
pei the attendance of witnesses and the pro
duction of papers,
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