Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-04-06
AT THE CAPlTOL TO-DAY.
IMPORTANT NOMINATIONS SENT IN.
TELLER AND CHANDLER FoR1nE CABINET.
PROCEEDINGS IN BOTH HOUSES OF CONGRESS.

PROCEEDINGS IN BOTH HOUSES OF CONGRESS-.
FmpOrtant NOmtmaeiOns To-day.
TELLER FOR SECRETARY OF rs:s INTERIOR; oHAND-
LER FOR SECRETARY or fHE NAVY, &C.
The President sent the following nominations to
the Senate to-day:
Henry M. Teller; Of co,orads. Secretary Of the
Interior
VIM E. Chandler. Of New lIanpshire, Secretary
Of the Navy.
VIM. H. Hunt, of Louisiana, envoy extraordinary
and minister plenipotenaary Of the United States
to Russia.
trict OF Boston and CharlestOwn, Mass. Adm b.
Underwood, surveyor of customs. district OF Bos-
ton and Charlestown, Mass Daniel Hall, naval
Charlestown, Mass; Fritz ! Babson, collector Of
customs, district OF Gloucester; Mass
John j. Knox, OF Minnesota, comptroller OF the
Israel s. Adams, OF New jersey, collector of Gus
toms, district OF Great Egg HartOr, New Jersey.
Capt Alexandt Mackenzie, corps OF engineers,
Additional ID Lieut. Jas. g. Warren, to be "a
lieutenant engineer
Senate To-day.
Mr.. Cameron tWis) presented in the Senate to-
day memorial from the Good TemplarS of Wis
cOnsIn, protesting against Mr. LOyan'S bill appor-
tioning to the states the revenue from the liquor
committee on education and labor.
FHE STARVING INDIANS.
Mr.. Dawes introduced and moved present co1sid-
Grafton Of bill appropriating $4,000 to provide
for deficiency In the subsistence OF the Cheyenne
and Arapahoe Indians He submitted telegram
from Gen Pope, showing the 6 necessity y for an
from starvation, and explained that the exhaus-
tion OF the regular appropriation had been caused
Dy rse IN ts OF m
threatened il the deficiency was not provided for.
Messrs Plumb and ingalls, criticised the man.
cheney to occur Mr.. Dawes defended the Indian
bureau officials. The bill passed
Mr.. Farley introduced q bin to execute certain
Identical with the vetoed bill. except that the
term of suspension Is made sixteen years. Re-
1erred r 70 committee mn on foreign relations aI
Monday was adopted.
House OF Representatives.
Mr.. Bland stated in the House today that he had
been incorrectly reported In hts speech on the
resolution fixing day for the consideration of the
bill extending national bsnk charters. He had
been made to express hostility tanational lnkers
where he had simply stated his hostility to the
national banking system.
Mr.. CLlhins, CHI airman OF the committee on cleo
tlOnS, report ID resOiutOnin the Lynch Chalmers
contested election case from tIe 6th Congressional
district OF Mississippi, declaring thu contestant,
Lynch, entitled to the seat. Laid over for future
action.
THE INDIAN APPROPRIATION BILL.
Mr.. Ryan. from the committee on appropriations
reported back the Indian appropriation bill with
Senate amendments, recommending concurrence
In some but non-concurrence in the majority Of
those amanlmenta The report was agreed TO-
Mr.. P;;2e asked unanimous consent to Introduce
bill to carry into effect tae treaty stipulationS
with China. 1T reduces the period OF suspension
Mr Springer, Sitting that the House had already
passed bill for that purpose. objected, where
upon mr. rga declared M rhs he ", Mouli ask for y con-
took until the end OF the session.
A DEFICIENCY APPROPRIATION BILL PASSED.
Mr.. Hiscock, chairman of the committee on ap-
preparations, reported bill appropri ng $40 O)O
aSd stanp t oP
tinct.ve paper for United States securities, and
S50.Oo0 to continue work on the Washington Mon
umenL PaSSnd.
ADDITIONAL INTERIOR DEPARTMENT ACCoMMopA-
Mr.. Shalenberger submitted conference report
on the bill providing additional accommodations
to the Senate amendment Increasing the amount
appropriated from SIS, QUO to $20,000.l
The District I'm Congress.
There was no meeting OF the Senate District COM
mittee to-day. Fully half the members of the COM
mittee absent from the city, and the call for
meeting to-day was withdrawn.
Mr.. Cockrell by request, to-day introduced in
the Senate bill providing that the sum of 81 eco Is
hereby appropriated to pay Daniel Donovan Tor
of COLUMBIA; provided that this Shall be in full
compensation for all such labor and services Re-
ferred to District committee.
MEETING OF THE HOUSE DISTRICT CoMMITTEE-rHE
PRIATION BILL
The House committee on the District OF COlum-
bia, at today's meeting, adopted resolution that
1t was the desire OF the committee that the South
ern Maryland froad should be allowed to come
into the District OF Columbia under restrictions
which viii be perfected by the committee. Most
OF the session was tai en- up IN examining maps Of
the Potomac river channel, furnished by the chief
Saturday next, at II o'clock, to take tug at the
6th-street wharf and again inspect the channel
The bill to reclaim the Potomac fats Will be called
up on Monday next, and the committee. for this
reason, think personal inspection of the fats
will be advantageous pending its consideration.
in fulI in yesterdays STAR viii be called ap next
week as soon as Gen. Ketcham, who has it In
charge, returns from New York, for which city he
left last night
Capitol Notes.
The House to-day refused to adjourn o yer Good
Friday.
The House committee on military affairs to-day
decided to make an adverse report on q bill to
grant the use OF certain military land at Fortress
The army appropriation bill passed in the House
yesterday after an amendment had been adopted
tnaG no money appropriated ShOQlQ Oe expended
IN the investigation OF claims by the quartermas-
ter generals Office.
The Senate this afternoon adopted the confer
en- ce report ON the bill for additional accommO
datfOnS for the Interior department.
THE SENATE VOTE ON THE vBn0ED CHINESE BILL
YESTERDAY.
In the Senate yesterday vets was taken on the
Chinese bill. On the question, 'Shall the bill pass
notwithstanding the objections OF the President?"
the vote was yeas 20, nays Iii So the bill failed,
two-thirdS not having voted tn the affirmative.
The vote In detail was aa follows: Yeas-Messrs.
Bayard, Beck, Call, CameyOn, (WiSJ COckrell,
Coke, Davis, (W.Va..) Fair, Farley, German, Gro.
yer, Hampton, Harris, Hill. tcoLJ Johnston,
Jones, (Nev..) Lamar, Mcpherson, Maxey, Miller,
Cal.J Miller, IN. Y.,l Morgan, Pendleton, Pugh,
Slater. Teller, Vest, Voorhees, and Walker-20 Nays
-Messrs. Aldrch, Anthony, Blair, Davis, QlL }
Dawes, Frye, Harrison, Hawley, Hoar, IngaIl Kel-
logg, Mcmillan, Mitchell, Morrill,, Platt, Plumb,
Rollins, Sawyer, Sewell, Sherman and Window
q. Messrs. Garland, Jackson, Jonas, Ga. ) Ram
ative, were paired with Edmunds, McDill, Allison,
Logan. Ferry, Saunders and Conger, In the mega
tive.
THE COMPULSORY RETIREMENT Bill.
The War department has furnished to the mill
tary committee OF the Senate statement sho wing
the operation OF the proposed compulsory retire
ment legislation upon the army during the next
nve years The immediate effect OF the bill will
1aA PRINCIPALLY uDOn the St.,H and engineer cOrnS.