Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-12-18
TWO CENTS.

House: Robert Fl. Leys. OF New York. messenger II
the post of1iCe: james Mckinney, Of Pennsyly aI,.a
folder; Frances ID. Helm, page
kkARRANGINa TEE SELECT COMMITTEES OF THE
HoCsB.
The committee on rules OF the House OF Renre
SentatlVes met this morning. II was determined &c
recommend that two committees be made out OF
the old education and labor committee 10 consider
the two subjects separately one 70 be called the
committee educaI ion and the other the commit
Tee on iao0r 1t WAS aiso decided TO recommend
the creation OF a committee rivers and harbors
The question OF submitting the Improvement OF
the MISSISSIPPI river to the river and har5or COM
mttee was discussed, but the decision OF the mat
ter was left 10 the House. Ii was determined "a
recommend the retention OF all the select commit
tees 0f the last house except such rated To per-
Sonal subjects The census committee was dropped
as was also the committee on accDla,nodati tion for
the Congressional library. EX-Speaker keiier WAS
Instructed 10 report resolution. without recon-
mending its adoption. appointing a committee O;
nine on TomanS suffrage. A request Cl the cor
respondents that they be admitted 10 the House
lobby was considered and unanimously disagreed
TO-
COMMISSIONER EVANS NOMINATION. apPRovED.
Al the meeting OF the Senate committee on fin
ance this morning the nomination Of Walter Evans
TO be commissioner OF internal reyen1e was taken
up The charges against him and his reply Thereto
were considered, and IL was determined to report
the nomination favorably 10 the Senate. Spnstnr>
Sherman, Aidrich and VOORHEES, were not present
Wnen the nomination was discussed. senator SIer-
III "a
national banks was then taken UP ana informally
discussed, but no action taken.
RELIEF FOR cIGAK MANUFACTURERS.
Representative Flntiay. OF Mar lalid. Will intro
duce bill in the House amending the section Of
the Revised Statutes. which provides that cigars
must not be manufactured and sold in TIE same
room. This restriction. Mr FinGiay SAWS effects
The small manufacturers and deaterS only. and the
amendment Will be for the relief of about eco small
manufacturers in the District OF columbia ano
of ont sl,nr IN
convenience OF parttioninS on room in which tt
90 their work.
LEAVES or ABSENCE FOR LETTER CARRIERS.
Mr. Cox. OF New York. has prepared bill, which
ne intended to present to the House yesterday
which provides "that, for the purpose of placing
letteT Carriers upon an equal footing with otneI
EN-; e;lioSes VI the government, after one years ser
Vice they be granted leave OF absence annually
oi ~ days with pay"
TO PROMOTE THE EFFICIENCY OF THE NAVY
Among the biliS Introduced IN the Senate yes.er-
dag, as stated In TIE STAR, We're three by Mr. Hale
regarding the navy-one TO promote its efficiency,
one to authorize the construction Of additional
steel vessels. and one providing for the establish
ment OF additional c08ling stations. The btu for
promoting the efficiency Of the navy provides that
OF htgh rank TO thoroughly scrutiliZe the active
list or the navy and TO select not more than GEO OF
hcers OF the ine i.o OF tie medical corps 96 OF the
pay corps and 220 OF the engineer corps for reten.
tlon on the active list, all other officers TO be
placed on a separate reserve list, not to be en-.
titled to promotion and TO have leave OF absence
pay. but subject TO be ordered service time
war anathen to have full pay. The bill abo,iShes the
bureau OF construction and repair, and establishes
Instead bureau Of naval construction.
TIE DEATH ROLL OF TIE FoETY-EIGETH CONGRESS
Five members to the present Congress have died
since their election They are Messrs. NJ. T. Cults
OF Iowa: Walter r. Pool. OF North Carolina and D.
G Haskell, OF Kansas, republicans. and F. W. Rob
ertSon. or Louisiana, and j. u. Herndon OF Ala
5ama, democrats Cults IS succeeded by John g.
Cook. democrat. and Pool b. Thomas G. skinner
democrat The Louisiana and Alabama vaca ncies
nave been dlled by democrats, E. T. Lewis and J.
T. Jones, respectively. There are now three vacan.
cles In the Housethe second diStrictof Mississippi
the second OF Kansas, and The seventh OF virginia