The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-01-14
WASHINGTON.
The Woman Suffraxists.


WASHINGTON, Jan. 12-The Senate Com
mittee on Elections met in the Senate reception
room this morning, and heard further argu-
ments of the woman suffragists.
Senators, Wadleigh, Mitchell, Hoar McMil-
Ian, Salisbury and Cameron .tWis) were pres
emit. Mrs. Olympia Brown, Mrs. Blake and
Mrs. Spencer spoke.
Senator Hoar moved that the committee
meet Tuesday to consider in connection with
the arguments presented, the proposed 10th
amendment, offered in the Senate by Mr.
Sargent which was referred to that commit
tee. This was agreed to, and the committee
adjourned.
Reforming the INDIAN Bureau.
On the recommendation of Secretary Schurz
an executive order will shortly be issued, dis
continuing the central SUPPLEMENTARY of In
dian affairs, in regard to the conduct of which
some damaging revelations were recently made
by the report of the board of inquiry. Two of
the principal clerks of the Indian bureau were
discharged yesterday in accordance with the
recommendation of this board, and similar &C.
tion will soon be taken in regard to a number
of other persons connected with the service
Various other re formatory measures based up-
on the report OF the board are determined up
on but temporarily delayed in order to make
them more effective by the institution of civil
suits or criminal proceedings against the par
ties implicated.
Various Matters.
LILO ouU-COIAmlttSe Oh foreign aHalrS l6lQ q
meeting to determine what further action
should be taken in relation to the alleged
frauds in the former determination of Vene-
zuelan awards.
An attempt to rob the Senate patent COM
mittee room was made at Q o'clock today by
three we'll known thieves, two of whom, upon
leaving the capitol, were arrested with their
plumber, while the other escaped.
The Postmaster General today addressed an
official letter to Speaker Randall, inviting the
attention of the House to the need of q change
in the law regulating the prices to be paid for
government advertising.
mesting of tobacco manufacturers was
hed In this city tonight for the purpose of
urging reduction of taxes to IL cents per
pound and drawback on the old stock in hand
at the time said reduction becomes law.
The Secretary of the Treasury rules that not-
Washington for the free admission of the fish
Oil product OF the fisheries of the Dominion of
Canada. Prince Edward Island, SC, cod
liver oil refined or purified for use as medicine
will be treated as dutiabe whether imported in
bottles, casks or barrels.
The Postmaster General and the Teunes.
see Governorship.
WASHINGTON, JAM 12.-Postmaster General
Key was today asked what would be discourse,
if, as reported from Tennessee, the anti-repudi-
ators OF that state should call on him to lead
them IN the next gubernatOrial campaign. The
Postmaster General replied:
The campaign is long way off, next fall,
and do not at present much expect to be cali
ed on. L am however, known throughout the
state as being bitterly opposed to the repudia-
ton OF the state debt. and if the honest party
should get into strait, and it were thought
that by running me as its candidate for COVER
nor the cause wouli be strengthened would
might occupy to answer the call thus made for
me-"