Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-02-15
At THE CAPITOL TO-DAY.
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS
THE APPORTIONMENT BILL IN THE HOUSE
QUESTION OF MESSENGERS IN THE
SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS. &c.
Senate TO-dAV.

Senate To-day.
The President pro TEN. submitted, from the Sec
retary OF the Treasury, the report OF the cattle
commission on the lung plague of cattle.
Mr.. Miller (CaLl made an adverse report upon
the Senate bill to confer positive, In place OF rea
tive, rank the officers OF the engineer corps in
the United States navy. Indefinitely postponed.
Mr.. jackson introduced the bill presented by Mr.
Morgan in the last Congress for the relief OF the
book agents of the Methodist Episcopal church
south. 1t appropriates 100000 in compensation
for property connected with the publishing house
OF said book agents in Nashville which was taken
or destroyed by the United States In 1854 at any
other time.
A resolution, offered by Mr.. Cali, was referred to
the committee on foreign relations, directing the
Secretary of State to open negotiations With Spain
for remitting the tax on cattle imported into Cuba
Wv A QUESTION OF MESSENGERS.
resolution reported by Mr. Platt, from the CON-
mitee on contingent expenses, to provide mes
senger for each of the committees on finance post
offices, PENSIONS claims, judiciary and engrcSsed
bills was discussed. The absolute necessity of the
generally conceded, and. on motion Of Mr. Ingalls,
the District committee was included in the reso-
luton.
Mr.. Morgan offered and advocated an amend
ment providing messenger Tor each Senator tho
is not the chairman OF committee He said that
by reason of the oneros character Of their duties
many Senators were literally working themselves
to death-their labOrS being from twenty-five to
thirty times as great as those devolved uron men,
troduced by Mr.. Brown. for clerk to every Sena-
| tor net already supplied with one as committee
chairman, ought to be passed.
Mr. Van Wyck said he thought some OF the COM
mltteeS did not need the CLERK already provided for
them. AS member OF the committee on pensions
he had seen no necessity for the clerk there. He
understood the amendment would enable a com
mittee chairman, who such is given CLERK, nd
who may also have private secretary, to have
additional appointment and third assistant TO be
provided for out OF the public treasury.
Mr. Morrlll explained that the services OF all the
messengers We're abunGantly utilized, aside from
their ordinary duties they were required to serve
as doorkeepers in the galleries and at other points
during the sessions OF the Senate, and IN some in
instances to do errandS to the departments for
committees while the Senate was in Session.
THE RESOLUTION PASSED
Mr.. Morgan's amendment was voted down, and
the original resolution, with an amendment in
GLIDING the District committee among those which
shall have an additional messenger, was adopted.
Nominations To-day.
The President sent the following nominations to
the Senate to-day: United States Consuls-Bruno
TZschuck, OF Nebraska, at Vera Cruz; Tlos. Will
son, of District OF Columbia, at Nantes; Geo Gif-
ford, OF Maine at La Rochelle. United States
Marshal1Henry r. Denny, Tor the district of Min
j.; VIM. L. Harrison, at Biorelce Ala; Jacob
Hammer, Hammond, at Kushville, r.; Amasa Morse, at
City, oregon; virgil A. stlars, at Farmont, Neb !;
ChaS. II. Paul, at Hastings, Neb.
House Of Representatives.
The Speaker laid before the House to-day a let
ter from the Secretary OF the Treasury transmit
Ing the names OF twenty-four persons who have
died by reason OF wounds or injuries received, or
disease contracted In the line OF duty in the life
saving service since the organization or that ser
vice. Referred.
THE APPoRTIoNMRNT RrsL TAKEN UP.
The morning hour having been dispensed with,
the House resumed the consideration OF the appor-
tonment bill, and Mr.. Herbert continued his
speech in opposition to any Increase in the men,
bership OF the House 1t was said that large bodies
had the advantage OF being more difficult to cor
rupt, but he contended that more members would
bring more schemes. just in proportion as the
membership was increased, the members would
lose Individuality and personal responsibility, and
would rely upon committees, The corrupt man in
apply himself to the committees. The committees
could not be made large enough to put them be-
yond the reach OF tampIltfoH. He favored con-
Stitutional amendment limiting the number of Re-
representatives..
Mr.: Joyce declared that thu. bill reported by the
census committee was as deHd as julius Caesar. 1t
was now lying In state awaiting burial The sad
procession would soon be fermed to take 1t to It's
last resting place. At the head of that procession
CoiD, who had acted az midwife at the birth of
this monstrosity, followed by the gentlemen from
New York and Pennsylvanias Prescott and Bayne),
baptism, with the gentlegaan from Ohio (Mr
Mcclure, who had performed the del
aae1 m G t e ang sss the sea
theft in 1876, OF the Morey letter; but they all
scheme to rob four states Of iris Union Of fair
ioor and il tie electoral eoisse; The bin was
a,ss argued i, in favor. favor q an ',., amendment
pending fixing the representation at ss5 asserting
that 1t did justice to every state and to every
tton OF the country. 1t might be asked what he
nfNnrS 10 Nri11 1nx
by which the House could be relieved from private
pressure. He would do away with the desks OF
members and substitute for them mere benches.
He would abolish the Congressional Record that
was used for the glorihcation of the members. and
then, when any man wanted his remarks taken
down let him put his hand in his pocket and pay
for II.
Mr.. Hewitt On. W said that the question Of ap-
portlonment was single one Of arithmetic The
'.Seaton" method was founded on fallacy. The
Constitution said that representation should be
apportioned on numbers. The "seaton" rule pur-
tive quantities @ That was eontrary % to the consti
tuition, which required that representation should
m be given to positive quantities. The bin proposed
van1a and Illinois for population OF five hundred
thousand which had no existence.
The District I'm Congress.
BILL FOR REMOVAL OF RAILROAD TRACKS.
Mr. Sherman to-day introduced in the Senate the
bill introduced in the House OF the last Congress
by Mr.. Neal, requiring the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad Company to remove their tracks from
where they are now laid, and giving the company
permission to enter the city from another direc-
ton.
Capitol NOfe1s
On motion OF Mr.. Ednunds the Senate this after
noon took up the bill reported from the judiciary
committee for the suppression OF polygamy In
Utah.
The subcommittee OF the ways and means COM
mttee, having charge OF internal revenue matters,
discussed this morning the bill TO fix the tenure of
Office of internal revenue officers at four years. and
agreed to report fayorably upon 1t to the fun COM
mittee. They also decided to invite Commissioner
Raum to come before them some day this week
and give his views upon the various propositions
to reduce the amount Of revenue derived from in
ternal taxation.
The House OF Representatives yesterday refused
to lay the resolution requesting the President to
communicate all correspondents with the British
government on file In the State department in
reference to the case OF u. III. O'ConnOr, citizen
OF the United States, now imprisoned in Ire
land upon the table-D to 79. After q
spicy debate, participated In by Messrs Robe
son, Robinson, OF New York, Cox, and Ran
dali, the resolution was amended by the insertion
OF several other names and recOmmitted. There
was debate but no action on the apport0nment
bill
NEBRAsKAs EXTRA REPRESENTATIVE.
The state OF Nebraska at the last congressional
election elected OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
MaJors-on the theory that under the ratio, as ap-
Dlied to pOpulatiOn the state WAS entitled tO one