Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-01-29
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daughter. Mrs. Eugene Hale and Mrs COtfey
were receiving visitors.
Mrs: Ward Hunt did not receive. tE
At the National Hotel yesterday the wife o.
Associate Justice Clifford and the wife OF Sen
atOr Davis and Mrs. and Miss Cole received
visitors.
by their guests, the Misses Hamilton, of New
York. The residences of nearly all the Justices
OF the Supreme Court were opened to visitors.
Mrs. Harlan passed only few days in Wash
lngt0n with her husband, the latest addition to
the Supreme bench. She has again gone to
Louisville TO visit her children, and will return
later in the season.
Mrs. Logan win remain in the city for a time.
but her daughter, Mrs. Tucker. has returned
TO Chicago.
The ladies of Capitol Hill, Marine Barracks,
ana the navy yard were, as rule, ''at home
Justice and Mrs Field gave small party to
Young people last evening
MI. and Mrs: Gordon Cumming are occupy
ing her mOtherS house, and viii remain about
week longer.
Mrs. Chandler will come about the first of
March to visit her daughter, Mrs. Hale.
Members of the Cabinet and some OF the
Senator's will dine in state at the White House
this evening.
The annual charity ball for the benefit of the
Children's Hospital will take place at Masonic
Temple on Monday evening" February 18th.
Miss COrinne B0uligny is winning friends
daily by her charming manners, as we'll as new
admirers for highly cultivated voice.
The weekly reception of Mr.. and Mrs. Post
master General Key and Mrs. Assistant Post
master General Tyner at the Ebbitt House
next regular reception will take place on We'd
neSday afternoon OF next week.
j. MAD. WELLS COMING TO WAsHiNGToN.-
A telegram was received here yesterday, ac-
cOrding to report, from J. Madison Wells.
The dispatch was dated Montgomery. Ala,
and said thai Wells would arrive here to
night.
GOVERNMENT INTEREST PAYMENTs.-The
Secretary of the Treasury yesterday in answer
to a resolution of the House, sent a communi
cation to that body showing tine amount of in
tereSt paid in coin and currency to the national
banks from the bonds held by the Treasurer
for the security and redemption Of The cur
Tcncy issues Of said banks from 1868 to Janu
airy !, 1878. The recapitulati0n- shows the coin
interest so paid to be S244, ,27S27l.4l currency
interest, s., s,599,2S5.;i6; total, So, ~, ,E6..
NAVAL ORDERs.-Capt. d. B. Harnoney to
command the Plymouth, lst February: Com
mander A. r. Yates as inspector OF ordnance
at the navy yard at League Island: Captain
Edward Barrett from the command of the
Plymouth, 1St February, and placed on wait
ing orders: Lieut.. Arthur p. Osborn from the
naval academy. Sd February, and ordered to
the nautical school snip 81 Mary at New York.
THE VOTE ON THE RESOLUTION AGAINST
ST BsIDIEs passed by the House yesterday is
no real evidence of what members may do
when called 10 vote upon any political or sub
Sidy scheme. Many of the aVOWed friends of
the Texas Pacific subsidy voted for the anti,
subsidy resolution. The bulk of the vote
against the resolution came from the south
ana S"hit"e,,i StSphenS, OF GeoDgia' voted
Frye of Maine, DenniSOn of Vermont. Harris
OF Massachusetts, and LanderS Of Connecticut,
were the only New England representatives
who voted for subsidies. The majority from
New York. Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and
Maryland also inclined that way. North and
South Carolina, Mississippi, Louisiana. Texas,
tennessee Arkansas. Maine, and West Viz
gInIa were. rs rule, against the resolution.
THE GREENBACK AND SILVER LEAGUE com
pcsed of members of the House of Representa-
tiyes, organized for the purpose of securing
the remonetiZa of silver and the repeal of
the act Tor the resumption of specie payments
met yesterday in the room of the House Judi
ciary committee. Resolutions were adopted
rs folloWs:-lnsructingt The finance committee
tn solicit subscription TO defray the expenses
of printing and distributing documents: au-
fhorizing the executive committee to CORE
Spond with Senators and inviting al indeDen
dent organization of that body, with an eXecu-
i've committee to act in conjunction with that
OF the House association. The executive com
h!lttec were also instructed to Investigate and
report concerning the old law which authorizes
the Secretary of the Treasury to appear before
the House OF Representatives in person and
answer inquiries, &c. This report is to be
made with view of determining the advsi
hlllty OIL calling the Secretary of the Treasury
before the House OH the silver question: i'm the
event OF the Executive being arrayed against
the views OF the majority on silver resumption
The conference was confined to members of
the House only. with the exception of Geo w.
Jones, OF Albany, NY, who was invited to be
present, he having been engaged in the work
0i procuring petitions in the northern states.
zen. Butler made speech, in which he said
we must use every means in our power to con-
lrol the administration of the finance depart
ment There are important differences be-
tween the relations of the Secretary of the
treasury to Congress to those of all other de-
partmentS. The Secretary of the Treasury is
required to report directly to the House. He
Is the only cabinet officer that is required to
do this. When the treasury act was drawn by
Alexander Hamilton he had this fact in view
lie also was bi-metalist. although the cir
cumStances were reversed. In drawing the
treasury act he placed i'll it the provision that
the Secretary OF the Treasury should he re-
qulred to make his report directly to the House,
responsible to The branch of the government
which carried the purse strings and might be
called before the House in person to answer
am question. This Is the law to day: When
Jefferson drew the State department act he
did not like that feature of the Treasury de-
Parlment act so strongly supported by Ham
llton, and ON the ground that the secrecy of
diplomacy required more mystery that passage
was omitted from the State department act
The executive committee of this league Should
consider these facts.
SECRETARY SHERMAN last night entertained
large company ut his residence. The party
was altogether social in its character. Among
these present were Senators Morrill,, Dawes
Bayard Voorhees,, Eaton and Blaine and
many other Senators; Representatives Wood,
Tucker, Banks, Ewing, Stephens. Sayler. Kel-
ley. Phelps, Garfield. HartZelI. White, Bagley
and about forty other members of the House:
Assistant Secretaries Hawley and French
Treasurer Gilfillan, Prof. Henry. and all the
heads OF the bureaus and the department.
THE FRIENDS OF THE TEXAS PACIFIC ROAD
say they are not disheartened by the vote in
the House against subsidies yesterday. They
claim that their bills are not for subsidies and
that the vote yesterday was not 4 test.
PROFESSOR HALL, of the Naval observatory
who is well known throughout the world as
the discoverer of the satellites OF Mars. has
Eccn awarded the Lalande prize Of astronomy
by The Academy of Sciences at Paris.
The REPORT that eX-Sccretary Bristow ap-
peared before the Banking and Currency
Committee yesterday, and made an argument
in favor of giving the bank note companies a
portion of the work of printing greenbackS,
Is a mistake. AS matter of fact he was moi
IN town; and it IS quite certain. moreover
that he has no wish 10 appear as lobbyist be-
fore Congress.
lr Has BEEN DECIDED that the President
has not authority to appoint either an addi-
tiOnal OF honorary commissioner to the Paris