Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-04-11
The National Board of Health-Bruce
and the Freedman's Bank SWindle
What the Radicals Think
of the COlOred Man
Rules for Rulers.

The National board of health, after an al
most continuous session of four days in Wash
ington, during which some important business
was transacted, finally adjourned late Satur- |
day night, to meet In Atlantic City, May 1St.
The work " hich 1T has accomplished Is prleny /
as follows: Ii has agreed upon the provisions |
of a bill to promote the public health and to
prevent the introduction of contagious and
Infectious diseases, and will transmit that
measure at once to the senate committee on
epidemlcs, at whose request it was prepared.
1t has also selected number OF SUBJECTS
which REQUIRE immediate attention, and re-
ferred them, for investigation and consIdtra-
ton, to various standing committees on 1000
authorizations, epidemic diseases, STATISTICS,
etc., and to the executive committee, which,
when the board is not IN session, has tuii
power to act in all matters not involving the
expenditure of money. With view to
more careful study of contagious and cpl
demlc diseases IN foreign countries. where
they originate, the board has appointed
special commission, which will shortly sail
for Havana, to investigate the yellow.teyer
question on the island of Cuba. The board
is now preparing and will soon publish
general circular, which will embody its views
as to its own duties and the best methods to
be pursued IN executing them.
HOW THIS WORLD is GIVEN TO LYING.
A Washington correspondent of the Lou
isvile Courier Journal has few sharp
words to say about the willingness of mem
bers of congress TO lie when charges are
mace impugnIng the reputation of that body
for good behavior. He instances the accusa-
lions made by female correspondent that
certain members were drunk toward the close
of the last session, and says that certain
representative confessed to him that In aG-
cordance with the wish OF the accused men,
he signed q paper certifying that the charges
were false, although he knew them to be
true But" asked the correspondent, did
you not hesitate to sign your name to false
hood?" COZ course not, II y case OF that
kind, replied the representative; we must
respondent again, did you not hesitate to
place a lacy in the position of having made
a false statement?" "Oh, well" answered
the representative, eve did not think OF her
at all. It didn't make any difference about
her."
SENATOR BRUCE AND THE FREEDMAN S
BANK.
Senator Bruce Will get his special COM
mittee this week to investigate the condition
of his people in toe south and examine INTO
the state into which the late Freedman s
savings institution Is 10; how It's affairs stand,
and Why they are not closed up. Senator
Bruce is convinced that in the hands of men
of ordinary capacity this Freedman bank
business should have been settled long ago,
anu Ne wants u uIt ONb why IL MAS uOt bCSAl
done. Senator Bruce will not only have the
craftsmanship Of the committee, but will Sc
lect the other members himself, a privilege
not often conceded TO a senator by his party
associates, to say nothing of a case where the
chairman Is OF different political faith with
the majority. Senator Bruce mas long AGO
earned the reputation OF being thoughtful
and careful man and an admirable worker Ia
! the committees of which De Is a member.
! In the new committee which is being raised
| for him he will sustain this reputation and
| bring to the surface the real facts connected
| with the wholesale robbery by which the
| newly enfranchised freedmen were robbed OF
| more than two million dollars by ProfesseG
| friends.
| WHAT THE RADICALS THINK OF THE COL
| ORED MAN.
New Orleans Times special: SIT will be
| remembered that the Republican caucus al
the house nominated MIR. Rainey, of South
Carolina, for clerk, at the late election o
| officers, knowing, of course, that it was :
| barren honor and he stood no sort OF charci
to be elected. Mr.. RaIney, 1t Is proper t.
| say, was member Of congress from South
| Carolina, Is a colored man of decided ability
| whose quiet, unassumlng ways and lnteih
| gent attention to his duties have gained fol
him the respect of all his fellow mem oer
| from the soath. a short time ago a vacancy
| occurred IN the position OF third auditor o
|
| and responsible position As MIR. R1lney
was no longer a member Of congress, and 81
| much has been SAID about the lack of repre-
| sentation 10 the government from the cOlOre(
| element, he thought a chance to DO something
| for q representative man would be eagerl!
welcomed oy the administration s friends, wht
wanted colored men TO represent the south
Mr.. Rainey went to the President and said h
would like the position of third auditor
furnishing at the same time long list o
recommendations This placed the party il
a most embarrassing position. The howler
Lad no idea that anybody would believe then
when they declared that the cOlOred vote
ought to be represented In the government
The men who are out In the cold are hungry
and here Is a good place which they do no
wish to see wasted on niger. In TIL
meanwhile Mr.. Rainey has called the at
tention OF the President to the fact that al
| the good places were held by white men, ant
wants to know whether this protested Low
for his people is all sham or not. Tn
Democratic senators from the south will con
irm him without hesitation if he Is nomina
ted. Armed with this assurance, Mr.. Raine.
IS calmly waiting to see what is going t.
| happen The general impression is that b.
will not get the place, though he is high!
recommended for it, and his capacity ant
ability is Endorsed by at least fifty Democrat
who have served on committees in congress
with him."
RULES GOVERNING JOURNALISTS.
The press confraternlty will be general,
pleased with the following rules as given b.
Speaker Randall for the protection Of the re
porters gallery. Stringent as they seem
! they are and have been most emphatlcalI'
necessary. This particular gallery is espe
cially and entirely dedicated to the interest
and business purposes of the press of tn
. country, and Notwithstanding the efforts O
Mr.. Cuttings, the best doorkeeper of the re
porters gallery IN the memory of man, thi
gallery has been continually imposed upon
l. Persons desiring admission TO the re
porters gallery shall make application to tn;
speaker, as required by rule l30 of the house
Of representatives.
2. The application required by rule | shall
: be authenticated in manner that shall bt
satisfactory to the standing committee o
correspondents.
3. Clerks In the executive departments O
the government, or persons engaged in othe
occupations, whose chief support is not de
rived from newspaper correspondence, arr
not entitled to admission.
4. Wives and families of correspondent
are not entitled to admissions; nor are friends
OF correspondents entitled to admission, ex
cept as provided in rule 5.
D. Visiting journalists and persons emf.
ment IN literature may be temporarily adj
mltted to the gallery upon the following con.
dltlons, VIZ: visitors register shall b(
kept Uy Ine uoofkeeper OF the reporters gal
lery; every visitor of the character described
who is introduced by a correspondent entitled
to admission, shall inscribe his name and oc
cupation in that register, and the CORE
spondent introducing him shall at the samt
time enter his name opposite, as a certificate
upon honor that the person so introduced i:
of the character above described, and not for.
hidden admittance to the gallery by the rule
of the house (I35) which provides that nc
person shall be admitted to the reporters
gallery, "or, If admitted, be suffered to re-
tain his seat, if he shall be, or become an
agent to prosecute any claim pending before
congress"
b. The gallery, subject to the approval oil
the speaker of the house of representatives
shall be under the control of the standing
committee of correspondents.
Approves; SAMUEL J. RANDALL.
| Sneaker of the Honse of Renrssentafi lives