Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1883-01-25
The kAT1UNAL Capital.
The House Vigorously Yields the
New Steel Clad Monitors,
The Huge Job Turned Over to
the Secretary Of the
Navy.
A Few Trihing Tariff Reductions
Srcur, d in tho senate.
The Census Bureaucrats Gradually y
Looeing Their Senses
CAPITAL NOTES.
Special Dispatch 10 TuK Ben.

lett, from his 9.year old boy in Col
Grad to-day, In which no spoke f
tho material contest now going on
there. The lad concluded, Though
things are in a muddle, my opinion is
a dark horse will win. l hope he will
have red hair" The point in this
will hs recognized by those who know
Mr.. Beford or either Of his sons
They all have tho reddest kind of red
hair
THE HAWAIIAN TREATY,
The foreign affairs committee has
instructed It's chairman to make an
eif,rt to GO. the house to fix day to
coSaider the bill abrogsting the
Hawaiian treaty aud the bill to incor-
porato the NIcsraguan canal com.
paay.
PETITION FOR A PosToRFIGE.
Senator Miller to-day presented in
the senate the petition of the
Merchants Exchange of San Francisco
asking for the passage of the bill for
the erection of postoffice building in
that city.
sPRFCKELs' SCHEME.
Some ono started the story here yea
terday that Claus Spreckels WAS work
ing to secure annexation OF Hawaiian
islands to this country and 1t found its
way in one of the morning papers
The only comment heard on the prop.
osition is from southern senator, who
said there were as good reasons for
annexation of the Sand wich islands,
as there was for the purchase and az
nexation of Alaska, as private indi
viduals who owned Interests In them
would he the only persons benefited
by annexation. He thought it Nttle
steep for Spreckels to ask the govern.
maitS to buy the entire Islands so that
he could get them to extend his sugar
plantations and increase his number OF
coolies to work them,
TUE AGRICULTURAL CONVENTION
reassemLled this morning. John ii.
King, president tf the United S;atel
agricultural society, reviewed Its his
tory and stated its objects and pur
posss. A resolution was adopted
sut horizing President King and th'
secreta-y OF the society to oonfor witt
9th r.,stste socisties for the purpose O
d. ? pr. he practlcability of hold
I .Maa Ps CO., !. saia during the conin,
season in some section of the country
Discussion of papers consumed tn
afternoon.
THE CENSUS ELEPHANT.
Nearly two months have elapsed
since tho compendium of the cens1
was promised, without its appearance
The fact is that, as stated In thes
dispatches some time ago, 40 man.
errors resulted from the preliminar.
preparation of matter for this publica
ton that they were found not even fl
for this preliminary appearance
in the compendium. Such groa
errors were discovered in tn
tables relating to agriculture
and manufactures that after tn
matter was put into type at the gov
, ernment printing otiice 1t WAS re
! called, and the work of correction
} began at the census bureau. Sue
) laundering not only involved the los
of clerical labor, but the work of tn
: printing Office also, owing to the della
1 of the discovery until after the table
had been set up In the meantim
Mr.. S,aton, acting superintendent
kas not ,een at his office for six weeks
. having, 1t is reported, sustained
+, severe mental shock from overworl
It is said that his mind Is in a COZ
fused state, and the utmost effort
. made to prevent reference by him
,, the subject of figures. His friends OF
4 courage the kope that his sffictio
= will be but temporary. Things are &
sixes and sevens at The census bureal
= and it seems to 10 extremely problem
l atical whether order will ever
. brought from the chaotic state int
,, which it's affairs have fallen. Sti
y another 5000, 900 has just been appr'
= priated by the house, and no doul
y will be concurred In by the senate,
carry on the work.
). THE TOTAL DEFICIENCIES
of appropriations In the various d.
It partments for the fiscal year eldiu
@ Juno Goth, next, is $540. 1856.
n THE PROPOSED EXTRA SESSION.
/. The Star says the president recent
d told n sw England senator that whit
he was anxious to have congress- pa
|. a bill revising the tariff he was fearf'
!. on account of the lateness OF the Sc
!" sion and diversified interest In the bi
. that 1t would fail. Being asked If h
would call an extra session If the bi
, did fall, he said, THAT is an emel
: gency I will not consider until
! arises.
SUIT AGAINST THE UNION PACIFIC.
- The commissioner of railroads.
y preparing papers to enable the alto
ney general 10 bring suit against II
Union Pacific railway company to r
cover balance of about 81 ,OOO. Ol
alleged to be due on account of pei
centage on net earnings. In the sc
% Element by which the amount OF IN
o balance was ssoerta!ned, the items I
,t "new construction" and new equt
, ment were excluded and I,
this reason the railway compar
refuses payment of the sum cla mt
by the United States, and asserts Al
Il der liberal construction of the act
81 May 9TH, 1873, and under the decisiC
d of the United States supreme cour
@ these items should be deducted fro