Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-12-17
All THE NATIONS CAPITAL
BILLS WHICH MIR. CLEMENTS
WILL INTRODUCE.

A Georgia Boy Made Page-Extraordi-
nary Nepotism-Representa Has
kell of Kansas Dead-CarIisle tn An
nOunee His Committees on Friday
But Little Business to be Done This
Week
WASHINGTON, Dec. 6.-Representative
Clements will introduce tomorrow bills to
appropriate $500, 900 for the Coosa river:
to indemnify the Catholic Church at Dali
ton and the Presbyterian Church at Ma
rietta for occupancy by Federal troops: :
granting pension to Rufus Barker. of
Floyd county.
Mr. Reese has secured the appointment
of little son of Philip Carroll, of Au-
gusta, as page.
REPRESENTATIVE HASKELL DEAD.
Representative Haskell, of Kansas. died
IN this city this morning after a lingering
illness. Mr.. Haskell was born at Sprin =
held, Vt, in 1912. He was elected as a
Representative in the FOrty-fifth Con-
gress, and had served continuously since
that time. In the last Congress he was
Chairman of the Committee on Indian
Affairs and prominent member of the
Ways and Means Committee. In the lat
ter position he was generally recognized
as the leader of the Republicans in the
discussion of the tariff bill. To his indie
fatlgable labor in connection with the
tariff legislation is largely attributed the
Ill health which ended in his death. The
funeral will take place at Lawrence.
Kansas, on Thursday next, and will
be attended by committees from both the
House and Senate.
Representative Anderson, of Kansas.
says that he will announce the death of
his colleague, Representative Haskell,
early tomorrow in the House. This will
cause an adjournment and the cutting off
of much business which it was thought
would result from the first Monday of the
session, when the rules could be sustain
ed by two-thirds vote.
PLANS OF THE SENATE.
1t is expected that the machinery of the
Senate viii be put in order during the
week. A resolution to proceed with the
election of officers will be introduced
Monday or Tuesday. Should it come up
tomorrow it will 90 over under an objec-
ton from the Democratic side until Tues
day, on which day a caucus of the Demo-
cratic Senators will doubtless be held to
decide upon action with respect to the
reorganization. The most trustworthy
opinion expected as to the course of the
Democrats is in effect that they will not
attempt to delay the election of the caucus
nominees of the Republicans beyond the
time necessary to deliver a few speeches
upon civil service reform as
eXemplitied by the proposition to eject the
Democratic officials. In reply the Re-
publicans will of course seek to Justify
their course by the necessities of the case,
and by the precedents established by their
opponents. The discussion may consume
two or three days.
CARLISLE'S COMMITTEES.
Speaker Carlisle now intends to make
the announcement of his committees next
Friday, and it is expected that the holiday
recess will begin with the adjournment
on that day, and continue until Friday,
January ), or until the beginning of the
following week. 1t is not likely that the
House will assemble more than once be-
tween Monday and Friday, and then only
as fOrmality.
GLAZING NEPOTISM.
In reOrganizing the House force a strik-
ing case of nepotsm in the last House has
been brought to light. Doorkeeper Brown
low had his wife on the rolls as his clerk
at $1,000. She did nothing. He had his
son, who was in knee breeches, in the
folding room at 5000, and brOther-in-law
in the same room at the same salary.
None of them did any work.