The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-02-24
WASHINGTON.
The Negro Exodus.

LIS NoSrO G6OOuS.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 23-Senate Exodus com.
mlttee held short session.
Il. McCoskey of Terre Haute Republican,
testified to surplus laborers and mechanics in
his section OF the state. He sWore that the
colored mail agent, Walker, said to him that
at the colored convention at Nashville last au
tumn, he (Walker) made arrangements to run
Io,OO0 colored voters into Indiana to carry the
state for the Republicans.
The Democratic National Convention.
The national Democratic committee assem-
bled at Wizards hotel at noon, to select the
place and appoint the time for holding the ma
tional Democratic convention. Everyone ex-
ceptlng members of the committee were
debarred from the hall Representatives of
Considerable discussion ensued as to the
time to be allowed for presenting claims of
respective cities for place of holding the con-
vention, and it was finally agreed to allow 20
minutes to be divided among three representa-
tives of each of the delegations to present their
claims The roll was then called to ascertain
the number of cities DESTROYS Of presenting
claims. The claims of Chicago, Baltimore, st.
Louis, Cincinnati, Philadelphia, Washington
and Oregon City were then presented. June
2zd was agreed to as the date and Cincinnati
as the place of holding the national convention.
The formal ballot which resulted in the Sc
lection of Cincinnati was as follows: Whole
number OF votes, 80; necessary for choice,
2Oi Cincinnati had "a, Chicago s, st. Louis 4,
Washington 1, blank 1. A committee was
then appointed to arrange. details: Thanks
were rendered for the use of the hall, and the
committee went into secret session. During
the secret session some discussion arose upon
taking measures to harmonic the different
factions in New York but no definite result
was reached. The executive committee will
meet at noon tomorrow to prepare a call for
the convention.
A Lottery Dealer Loses His Case.
The case of M. A. Dauphin, lottery dealer.
who endeavored to obtain an Injunction
against the Postmaster General, was decided
today. The opinion declines to grant the in
junction prayed for.
An Appropriation for Ireland
House committee on foreign affairs will re-
port favorably to the House the resolution
making appropriation for the suffering people
in Ireland, increasing the appropriation to
$780,
Compulsory Pilotage.
Committee will also report favorably on bill
releasing coasters and fishermen from compul-
sorry pilotage at He'll Gate,
Illicit Distillers.
A bill was introduced in the House by Mr..
Vance to amend the internal revenue laws
etc. 1t provides that on conviction for illicit
district judge shall have power to punish by
fine or imprisonment or both. No single VIC
lation of law shall be an indictable offence.
Defendants must be brought before the U. S.
Commissioner in the county where the offense
is committed. No accused party is to be ar
rested without warrant endorsed BY credi-
BILE witness. No person is to be prosecuted on
Indictment until the same has been passed
upon by grand jury.
Punishment of Counterfeiting.
A bill will be reported to the House for the
punishment of certain crimes affecting the
coinage of the United States, and fixing penal
ties for counterfeiting, prohibiting toy money
or limitations of coins or paper money of the u.
S. government.
The Star Route Service.
The House committee on appropriations
held a meeting this morning to consider the
Star Route Service, and decided that some ac-
ton must be taken at once. The sub-commit-
tee, which has been engaged for several weeks
in investigating the Star Route Service, was
instructed to report at once to the full COM
mittee, with recommendation as to whether
deficiency appropriations shall be made and for
what amount
The Sugar Question
will be resumed by the ways and means COM
mittee tomorrow.
a. The River and Harbor Bill.
The House committee on commerce spent an
hour this morning upon the river and harbor
bill. 1t is thought month will be required to
perfect it: 1t can hardly be reported to the
House before the end of March.