Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-05-16
THE DAY AT THE CAPITOL.
Senate TODAY.

| Senate To-day.
| A petition was presented by Mr.. Mcpherson,
| 1rom the board of aldermen OF Jersey City, SOL
emnly protesting against what they call the base
| surrender by James G. Blaine and James Russell
Lowell, OF the rights OF American citizens abroad,
calling on the President 30 vindicate these rights,
and demanding the recall OF Minister Lowell Re
ferred to the committee on foreign relations.
Mr: Cameron, OF Pennsylvania, presented large
numDer OF petitions from localities III the state, In
in favor of the Loweil bankrupt bill; and for the
release OF American citizens abroad, etc.
MI. Hampton reported favorably, from the mill
memory OF Baron DeKalb.
Mr.. Bayard reported favorably, from the finance
committee, with amendments in the nature of
substitute for the measure the bonded spirits bill
| The bill went to tie calendar.
Mr. Vest reported favOrably. from the committee
on territories, the bill to establish United States
! court In the Indian Territory.
| The Senate bill relating to California collection
| districts, called up by Mr.. Farley, was passed.
Mr. Harris called up the House bill appropriat-
Ing So coo for public building at Jackson, Tenn.
Mr.. Conger gave notice that on Thursday he
would move action on all the reported bills for
public buildings
The five per cent land bill came up as unfinished
business at O'Clock. Mr. Plumb in charge OF the
Dill succinctly reviewed the provisions OF the
| measure.
House OF Representatives.
| Mr.. Taylor, from the committee on judiciary
reported in the House to-day the following bills,
| Which were referred to the House calendar: Pro-
vdng that accessories after the fact may be tried
before the trial of the principal when the principal
has escaped; making the bribery of, or the accept
| ance OF a br1b2 by witness punishable by fine
of not more than $500 or imprisonment for not more
| Inan TWO years; declaring the bribery Of or ac-
ceptance OF a bribe by, juror felony: declaring
it mlsprision of felony to conceal the knowledge
OF the commission Of felony in any place eXclu-
slVely within the jurisdiction OF the United States
| THE NATIONAL BANK CHARTER BILL.
| The House then resumed the consideration of
the national bank charter bill.
| Mr.. Hewitt, Of New York, promised his speech
In ia vor OF the bill with the declaration that he
was he owner OF no stock in national banks. and
| that he had never borrowed dollar from such
bank. What he said would not be in the interest
OF district In which he did not believe there was
national bank. He did not claim that the pres
and time better would not be devised; but it was
the best that had yet been devised by the ingenu-
ity Of man. Mr.. Hewitt severely criticised the
speeches delivered by Mr.. Kelley, of Pa, and Mr..
kaSSon, ,contradicting the statements made by him
during the tariff debate declaring that the former
had shown an absolute ignorance OF the facts, and
submitting that the latter should retract the lam
guage then used by him when he charged him
(Hewit0 with having made deliberately false
| statement, without Scintilla OF truth. He sub
| mitted to the gentleman from Iowa {Kasson) that
he owed it to himself, to him (Hewitp and to the
and unfounded sentence which he had used
Mr.. Kelley said that so far as he was concerned
ne had nothing to retract or qualify He again
Denied as he had previously done, that any OF the
| steel companies had paid any such dividends as
the gentleman from New York asserted.
which seemed to have been offensive to the gentle
| man from New York (Mr. Hewitt), he had referred
solely and exclusively to gentlemen who depended
on the transient paragraphs In newspapers evil
| dence In making direct statements of facts In
no other sense could the gentleman construe 1t.
tuition OF treasury notes for national bank Lotes.
| opposed the pending bill as being wholly unnec-
eSSary. 1t was deluSiOn and a cheat.
| The vote upon the National Bank charter bill
Will not be reached to-day, but the general discus
sion will continue throughout the afternoon. Mr..
endeavor to close the general debate tomorrow at
O'Clock, and will then ask the House to take final
action on the bill before adjournment.
The District i'm Congress.
THE TONER LIBRARY.
The House passed the bill yesterday authorizing
the Librarian Of Congress to accept library to be
donated to the United States by DR.. Joseph NJ. To
ner of this city.
| Mr. Sherman, from the joint library committee,
cepting the offer OF DR.. Toner. The resolution
authorizes the librarian to accept the collection
% gnder the terms and conditions named by Dr.
has been printed) that these books shall be kept
| In a separate collection and be known and
man said that the library consists Of upwards Of
10000 volumes treating upon historical, medical.
is estimated to be worth $4,000 or $4,000 The
| resolution was unanimously adopted.
subsequently, the House joint resolution on the
| subject was received and passed; the action on
| the Senate bill being annulled
THE HOUSE COMMITTEE.
| The District OF Columbia committee Of the House
to-day reported, and had placed on the calendar,
the bill to more efrectually suppress gambling In
the District; aso to quiet certain titles In the Dis
trict The latter is bill to vest the title OF square
670 in Augustus Jay instead OF the United States.
me 6 upon BY tn the for index
January /, 1882.
| THE TAX COLLECTION BILL
Mr.. Neal, under instructions from the committee
on the District of Columbia, moved to suspend the
rules in the House yesterday and pass the bill for
the collection OF taxes in the District Of Columbia;
but the bill being long one and its reading being
| the motion.
REJECTION OF THE CARROLL CLAIM.
The House yesterday, by vote of 1856 to 38, de-
feated the bill Qavoraby reported from the COM
mittee) to pay Mrs Carroll, executrix Of the late
William Carroll, the sum OF $4,000 for wood and
one OF the defences OF Washington during the late
| war. The property was taken from the Sc Sligo
and Dobnn farms m In In 1 county Nd
| the q. S. Supreme Court, and who died in 1863
| Capitol Notes.
| COLLECTOR woRTHINGToN AND OTHER NOMINEES
CONFIRMED
The Senate in executive session yesterday con-
firmed the nomination Of Roland Worthington to
be collector of customs at Boston, Mass The vote
| was: yeas, 38; nays IA. The negative vote is re-
ported to have been cast by seven republicans and
seven democ rats namely: Messrs. Hoar, Dawes,
Hawley, Platt, Miller. lN. Y.l Mitchell, sherman,
republicans; Messrs Bayard, salisbury, Pendle-
ton, Williams, Vest, George, and jones' (Fla.),
democrats. The following were also confirmed:
Call Van Cleve, collector OF customs. Yaquina,
oregon; John F. Convey, of Ohio, register OF
land office at Olympia, Washington Territory;
Robert Lowry, of Iowa, receiver OF public moneys
at Huron, Dakota
District Government Affairs.
The liquor license board has approved OF liquor
license for the Theater C0mfQue.
CLEANING STREETS.
The Commissioners have issued an order that
| the Engineer Commissioner is authorized to ex-
pend 81 600 of the appropriation for cleaning streets
in cleaning the unpaved streets not included In
the general tract for street sweeping, the work
to be done under direction OF the Superintendent
OF repairs.
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