Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-12-24
The District in Congress.

ground occupied by the alley running east and
alley, provided that said owners Shall appropriate
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square equal to that in the alley TO be conveyed
ana Closed referred to the District committee.
Capitol Notes.
samuel F. Barr, OF PENNSYLVANIA, was the only
menber appointed on the committee for the Dis
trict OF Columbia who served On that committee
during the forty-Seyenth Congress
CAPITOL COMMENT ON THE COMMITTEES.
The general run OF comment this afternoon among
members OF the House upon the construction OF the
committees Was favorable. Judge Murphy. OF Iowa
said he believed s. per cent OF the House were well
pleased Gen. Dunn, Of Arkansas. said that while
there are weak spots in the organization it is gen
erani good: Nj. Mills OF Texas expressed himself
as satisfied. MI. Alexander. OF Missouri. regards
The organization as very good The general eSnres-
sion was that the distribution OF Committee niacps
was made with flirress ard justice. OF course
lilinoise, is not satisfied He was made Chairman
Oh the committee expenditures I'm the Depa t,net
q & &susIise, which he spoke OF as next 70 nothing
ne WuSs and means committse IS decidedly s'tari1
reCrin and one OF the members said this afternoon
'til8 country viii hear from ,is'
MI Rofr, Oh Michigan said that he thought that
Gile make up OF the committees al the way through
was horrible. The committee On commerce, with
Whicn WI, ne is most familiar. he saii was made up in
thG interest OF 1.-The Reagan bill"
AI. curtin said that he thought the committees
"cuId give general satisfaction. They could not
~ pIS a EcliSt LONrf. VT. Nc .ilIiD Nr
CobD and many others said about the same thing.
Alr WINS, OF Kentucky. the chairman OF the
isef ahu haroor committee. says that it must be
evident to every one hearing the announcement of
The committees OF the House nat tbP, yara Sencrad
very cautiously and without any personal feeling
"tlle states recently in rebellion,
representative LIE Fevre Is left out in the cold in
punishment it is said Tor Is course in the speaker
Snip contest
tr. Willis will favor he SAYS a 1hara, -o,io,, ~,
rivers 3nd bacb0rS. f' VIZ
The civil service reform committee raised a smile
Wn2n read It contains Cox, Fnerty William
formers "A ''ieA ~
Ohio approximately gets the chairmanshp of the
se,sct Nc GolmntLee on the alcoholic liquor traitic.
ME- NeilDorn, OF Texas, succeeds Mir Haskell as
chairman OF the committee on Indian affairs
sir. Copb: as chairman OF the public lands will
il SIN ht against railroad land-grant steals
IeunSylVanla Jared very we'll in the distribution
and us delegation is satisfied, though OF course
the Interests of the state are threatened by the
makeup or the ways and means committee
MI. helier leads the republicans in the appropri-
ationS committee.
In APPOINTING ex-senator Eaton to the chairman
ship OF the electoral committee the SPEAKER reon
nZeS his sturdy record in the Senate on fine seven
to eight compromise.
Messrs buckncr and Bland are put where thev can
90 The most good Or the most harm according fo
ones ideas on finance and currency w
Belmont is treated very Well He gets the second
pace on lorelgn affairs and the chairmanship OF
Mr IucKer VIII be missed from the ways and
means. He goes on the judiciary at hts own flesire
The new shipping committee is strong one. ana
was evidently organized for business '''-N
5 s. Cox Is very angry at his assignment tonayal
affairs instead OF foreign affairs and has tele
sa1d will not be accepted. Mr. Springer also feels
aggrieVed, and attributes his inferior assignments
TO the influence OF Mr.: Morrison, who, however.
says he had nothing whatever to do with them.
Judge Lowry, of Indiana regards the sneaEer,s
WORK With high favor. He says the best has been
done ~ A
Co,C Cfnnrln<
pointed member. He had been chairman OF the
committee on printing under democratic Congresses
Ior years, and expected the same thing, but got
library. ~N' e0'
Ohio considers herself rather left. tbopch M
complaints are made about 1t. With her thirteen
democratic members. Ohio got fewer chairman
sMps than some other states with a smaller deIega-
Ilon.- IheIe was some surprise expressed that Mr.
converse should have been left out in the cold hut
upon the whole Mr.. Wilkins, OF Ohio, saws the dis
tributon is regarded as very fair It was said nv
prominent democratic member, this afternoon q
that Mr.. Springers disappointment was due to the
Iact that he wanted places it was smposstblen for
the Speaker to give him.
CoMNITTEE CLERKSHIP.
Ex-Speaker Randall this afternoon rendered to
Mr.. Watson Boyle, who has been his confidential
tee on appropriations but Mr. Boyle declined IL and
accepted the clerksh1p OF foreign affairs under MI
Curtin
COMMITTEE CLERKS APPOINTED.
MI. ID. SnoWden, OF the Alexandria Gazette was
today appointed clerk to the committee on the
District OF Columbia. Eli Hirshfield of Tennessee
was appointed clerk to the committee on expend,
lures in the Interior department.; Watson Boyle Of
the District OF Columbia, clerk to the foreign af.
fairs committee, and ". H. Malone of North Csr,.
lima, clerk to the committee on patents
RECEPTION TFNDRRED TO SPEAKER CARLISLE HY
PHILADELPHIA DEAOCRATS
Mr. Randall this morning, on behalf OF the Com
monwealth Club, Of Philadelphia, OF which he IA a
director rendered to Speaker Carlisle reception tn
be given by the club at such time during the month
OF January as the Speaker should Indicate There
will be a. banquet given In the afternoon at the
club house, to be followed In the evening by a re
ceptiOn to which prominent citizens OF al narfies
viii be present Mr.. Carlisle seemed much Grained
date. The Commonwealth Club is the LEADING dero
Ocratic club OF PENNSYLVANIA, and numbers arnOnr
its members the leading democrats of the Keysfone
state. Their rooms, corner OF Broad and Checf
nut streets, are admirably adapted for such enSes
tainmentS, and there Is no doubt that eYeFythfn0
will be done to make the occasion most aoreeabie
fone to Nj. Carlisle -
WHY MR. DALToN KEPT III Union SOLDIER.
Mr.. Dalton, postmaster OF the House, says the
published statement that he discharged al, ex.
union soldier and was forced to take him back Is
untrue He says the man referred tn Mr. Grant
exchanged, after the Adjournment Of the last Com.
gress place in the treasury with an emDloye az
the House post office; that Grant only expected to
get the salary during the recess OF Congress with
out doing any work; that In fact Grant did not per
Orm any labor, but when he Oalt0n)ascertained
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