Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-02-05
Change. In Senate Committees.

The following changes were made in the member
Ship OF Seuate committees today:
On additional accommodations for the library
Senators Bayard, Morrill, and Miller OF California,
were added. and Senator Doih retired.
On agriculture and foreslry-SenatorS Sawyer
and Gibson We're added.
On OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES DO,ph. German and Sla-
ter were added AMI Senator Farley retired
on OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Pike anu Butler were
added.
On mines and mining-Senator Bowen was ad-
vanced TO the craftsmanship.
ON territor1es-SenatorS Culoln and Jones (Fla.)
were added.
on woman suffrage-Senator Cockrell was added
and made Chairman, and Senator Jones iFla) re-
tired. =
On clatms-Senator Fair was added and Senator
Gibson retired.
The following We're named rs members of the two
new committees created by the new code of Senate
rules:
On expenditures OF public moneys-Senators VII
son chairman, Harrison, Plumb. Patt, Beck,
ON fish and flsheries-senators I.apham, Sewell,
Dawes, Palmer, Morgan, Groone and Farley.
l. Capitol Topics.
The Illinois press association visited the Capitol
this afternoon and We're provided with seats In the
private galleries.
Dr. Mary Walker was before the House commit
tee on patents to-day making an argument In favor
OF 4 bill requiring the government to pay for
changes In drawings OF patents.
The House, at 2:3O o'clock this afternoon. went
into committee OF the whole tMr Cobb, OF Indiana.
in the chair on the bill establishing a bureau OF
Mr.. Broadhead (Mo>, from the committee on
judiciary, reported adversely In the House to-day
Joint resolution proposing constitutional
amendment for the election or postmaSte!S. reve-
nue. collectors and United States district attorneys
Laid on the table
LOTTERIES.
Mr.. Browne Of Indiana. introduced kill in the
House this Afternoon to prohibit lotteries, lottery
advertisements and the sale OF lottery tickets in
the District OF Columbia. Referred.
PROPOSED OFFICIAL
Mr.. Hawley offered resolution in the Senate to-
day, which was agreed to. irecting the committee
on printing to inquire into % expediency OF pub
fishing an official gazette OF the United States to
contain the advertisements for proposals for con-
tracts and general orders and announcements by
the heads OF executive departments. the more I'm
portant appointments, and such other matter as Is
now published by the different branches OF govern
ment as or In special sheets, and that
the expense or the present methods OF giving such
Information ne given in detail.
THE MOVEMENT TO DISPENSE WITH OFFICIAL STE
NOGRAPHERS OF THE HOUSE.
The House committee on accounts has completed
its report but owing TO the sickness of the chair
man it will not be submitted to the House for day
or two yet. 1t Is Understood that the report will
recommend that the two stenographers of the
allowed to remain vacant. Mr.. DOckery Introduced
a resolution IN the House to-day declaring the
and 1T was referred to the committee
on accounts Mr.. Holman had prepared
similar resolution, but RETAINED from Offering 1t
upon learning that The committee on accounts
would recommend the same action. He says that
IL these places We're declared vacant, the work
would go on as 1t now does, being performed by
stenographcrs employed when occasion requires It,
by resolution OF the House, specifying the work.
He says that, as it now Is the several committees
generally have their work done 10y special steno-
graphers, and the regular stenographers, who are
paid an extravaganza salary, have nothing to do.
These regular stenographers, he says, have been
drawing their salary at the rate OF 5000 per year
for nearly eleven months without doing stroke Of
work.
CONTROLLER KNOX AND TREASURER VIVIAN
were before the House committee on banking and
currency to-day to give their views upon the Potter
bill. Mr.. Knox said that while the bill provided for
and four-and-a-halfs, it would result in the ex-
change OF tours only. For this reason, he said, he
opposed the bill Mr. Wyman said that he thought
that the best means OF preventing contraction Of
currency was to allow the banks to issue to the par
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