Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-01-24
The District in Congress.


to me, and don't care damn what you do"
The District in Congress.
WORK ASKED FOR THE UNEMPLOYED LABORERs.
4. s. SolomonS, Dr. c. c. Cox and J. T. Mitch
ell, committee III behalf Of the Labor EN-
change, were before the House committee on
the District of Columbia this morning to ask
them TO recommend to the Commissioners an
appropriation Of $4,000 for the employment OF
tie poor of the District in filling the Old canal
Mr. Soom0nS made concise statement Of the
needs OF the poor and what a help it would be
to them to get this work to do now while the
United States would be benefited immensely
by the reclaimed land all it's own, while the
sanitary effect upon the city at large would be
DeLef1cIal In the extreme. He suggested that
the work be done under direction of e. S.
officers, and further that the Labor Exchange
be reimbursed, by a separate appropriation
some $1,000 which they disburSed out of their
own fund last year for the same purpose. M
Mitchell made some further statements. ana
IeII with tne committee written argumeet
signed by all the members of the committee of
the exchange. The delegation made an eyi-
dently favorable impression.
THE HOUSE COMMITTEE
for the District Of Columbia to-day advised a
delegation Of Capitol Hill property owners that
they would accord them hearing on Monday
night next on the subject of increased water
facilities for the eastern section OF the city The
commissioners OF the District and the Water
Registrar win be invited to attend
The subcommittee OF the House District com
mltlee, appointed TO take into cons 'deratiOn the
District assessment bill introduced by Mr.
Springer, will again hear the taxpayers at /
O'Clock tomorrow.
NoMINATIONs.-The PreSid mt sent the follow
ing nominations to the Senate to-day: George
Leayitt, collector of customs for the district q
Machtas, Me; Adam Wolf. surveyor Of clStOms
Nashville, Tenn: John Murphy, regis er laHf
Office. Harrison, Ark PoStnia5ters-Hiram +
Fargo, at Greenv1lle, Mich; John Clinton
BROWNSVILLE, Tenn: Finis Ii. Little, Aberdeen
Miss; Henry 5. Glover, Macon, Ca; ID. ". Da-
Wis, Uat1en, Ga.
COLLECTOR ARTHUR, in his letter sent to the
Senate commerce committee, in reply to one
OF the charges made against him by Secretary
Sherman, that he appointed incompetent men
TO Office for political reasons denies the allega-
ton, and says that the only political appoint
ment he ever made was one upon the request OF
the Assistant Secretary OF the Treasury. Fur
ther. that the Assistant Secretary OF the Treas
ury frequently wrote him letters asking for Gus
tom appointments on behalf Of the President;
that he invariably inspected all candidates for
appointment to rigid examination, and in
nearly every instance when requested On be-
half Of the President to make certain appoint
mentS, he was constrained to deny the request
On account OF the incompetence Of the candl-
dates. as proved by their examination He also
says that when Secretary Sherman told him
that his successor had been agreed upon he
told him (Arthur) that ii was not an account OF
would give him letter to that effect If he de-
sired 1t.
TIE HOUSE COMMITTEES ON CLAIMS this morn
ing had under consideration the claims Of the
contractors fer the Improvement of the Great
kanawha river for losses sustained by the de-
struction OF their works by freshets. majority
OF The committee sSn IT. seem Opposed to the
ever, was referred to the Secretary OF War, with
request that he report upon the subject to the
next session OF Congress.
SUBSCRIPTIONS to the four per cent. loan to-
day amounted to s3,79510o.
In THE POTTER COMMITTEE YESTERDAY the
resolution Of Mr.. Reed pro yiding that Mr.. Til
den be allowed to be represented at the meet
ings Of the committee by counsel was tabled,
instead OF accepted as stated. The democratic
members voted against the measure.
THE PATENT OFFICE F1RE-The House COM
mittee on public buildings and grounds to-day
appointed a sub. committee to call upon the
Secretary OF the Interior for the purpose Of
ascertaining hts views as to what appropriation
is needed for the restoration OF the burned por-
ton Of the Department OF the Interior.
GOVERNMENT TELEGRAPH LINEs.-General
orders, No. 1, just issued from headquarters of
the army, says-By direction OF the Secretary
Of War, the following is published for the infor-
nation OF all concerned:-"In all instances in
which United States telegraph lines are by
order OF the Secretary OF War placed in charge
OF acting signal officers who are thus made re-
sponsible for the construction, maintenance and
operation OF the same, commanding officers and
oilers Will see that the especial duties OF such
officers are not 1nterfered with, and will, upOn
application, render whatever proper assistance
may be in their power. The lines form parts OF
one connected system Of telegraphy extending
Throughout the United States. They serve
military, commercial, naval, and other distant
interests. The disabling Of or intarrerance
WIN. any part may cause complications not
possible to be contemplated in the immediate
vicinity. Official and military messages have
precedence on all government llneS'
iHE SEWARD lNvESTIG iTIoN.-The committee
on expenditures In the State department to-day
examined Mr.. st. Clair, OF the Index bureau O
the State department, relative to the manner In
WMch MeSSrs. Coffee and Lewis prepared the
Idouiated statement submitted to the com.
ml'tee oy them In compliance with Instructions
MT ST. Clair explained the form OF procedure
alter which he was questioned regarding the
entries upon the fee book and blOtter Of the
Shanghai consulate. He Informed the COM
mlttee that he was not an expert, and therefore
nothing OF note was developed regarding the
correctness or incorrectness OF the entriess Mr.
springer said he had been notified by the con-
Sular clerkS-Cofee and LeWiS-that they could
not prepare an additional statement as re.
quested. At the instance of Judge MerrIck. OF
counsel for defense, Mr. Convey, of the Treasury
department. was examined, with a view to
proving that the entries in the consulate books
were substantially correct and that no discrep-
ancles were visible therein.