Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-03-05
AT THE CAPITOL TO-DAY.
WHAT THE ECONGRESSNIENAR ARE DOING
The Senate.

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petitions on the subject, original bill providing
1or the collection OF statistics touching marriage
anu dlIorce. Also. from the same committee, an
onglnal nl to provide for protecting the interests
vi the united states in respect Of any ncumbranceS
on property wherein they have an interest.
THE INDUSTRIAL HOME SCHOOL OF THE DISTRICT
l. On motion OF Mr.. Conger. the Senate took up,
read three times, and after agreeing to an amend
ment offered by Mr.. Hoar passed the bill regulat-
ing the powers and duties of the board OF trustees
Oh Lne industrial home school OF the District Of Co
| lumDla In respect TO infant wards and scholars
Inc DILL as passed, provides that parents may, in
Wrltlng. assign to the institution the custody and
contro! or children for time specified. and shall be
pound Dy the obligation OF the writing to leave the
chlidren ID the Institution for the time specified
Mt COnger explained that this i,IoViSion had be-
come necessary to protect children from the freaks
OF parents The bill was passed
House Of Representatives.
On motion of Mr. Blanchard DAY, a bill was
passed making an appropriation OF 100 to supply
q deficiency in the amount required for eXrend1
lures to June 3Oth, 1884 for examinations and
veys required by act Of March 3d. 1873. and June
18th, 1878, to ascertain the depth OF water and the
width OF channel at the South Pass OF the Missis-
S1pp river and to gauge the waters OF the MiSSiS-
slpp1 river and its tributaries.
EXPENSES OF PENDING INVESTIGATIONS
MT. Randall Pa.), from the committee appro-
pr1atons reported back the Senate joint resolution
for the addition OF 0OO to the contingent fund OF
the Senate, with an amendment providing the sum
shall only be available for expenses OF inyestga-
tions heretofore ordered
The amendment was adopted and the joint resolu-
tiOn passed.
THE FLOODS
Mr.. Ellis DAY, from the same committee, reported
back adversely bills the relief OF sufferers by the
overflow In the lower Mississippi valley and by the
cyclone In North Carolina, and they laid upon
the table Also, favorably. resolution requesting
me secretary of War to furnish the House from
tlme TO time with information OF the progress Of
the Hoods In the valley of the Mississippi, and re-
P" 81 af amy time in II in nt, his there rs5 Exists
the part OF Congress. Adopted.
NEW MEMBER
Mr. Robertson (ky.), from the committee on cleo
ttons reported a resolution unseating T. Luna as
delegate from New Mexico and seating in his place
F. A. ManZanareS. Adopted.
Mr. ManZanareS then appeared at the bar of the
House and took the oath of Office.
Capitol Notes.
OPPOSING THE PUTTING OF BITUMINoUs COAL ON
THE FREE LIST.
The House committee on ways and means to-day
heard arguments In opposition to the proposition to
put bituminous coal on the free list. Charles F.
Mayer, proprietor of the Consolidation coal COM
pany OF Maryland. made an argument in opposi-
tlon to the measure. Judge White. OF the firm OF
Berwlnd, White d Co.. OF Philadelphia, argued that
the rates on coal We're down to such point that
they could not be reduced any lower without bring
ing ruin. The wages OF miners were as low as + he
men could live upon now.
THE NAVAL APPRoPRIA ALTON BILL
was the subject OF long debate in the House
again yesterday afternoon. Mr.. Cakins proposed
an amendment to the bill, reducing the line and
stan officers to the number fixed by the act OF
was lost by a vote OF 81 to IS Further debate on
the Dill will be limited to fifteen minute speeches.
NEW COPYwRIGHT BILL
Mr.. Sherman introduced a bill in the Senate yes
terday providing that any daily or weekly news
paper or any association of any daily or weekly
cball hove Tho
and sell for the term OF eight hours dating from
the hOur or going to press the contents OF said
daily or or weekly newspapers or the collected news
| OF said newspaper association exceeding one
| hundred words That for any infringement OF the
copyright granted by this act the party injured
may In any court OF competent jurisdiction recover
In any proper action the damages sustained by him
from the person making the infringement, together
with the costs of suit. A duplicate OF the bill viii
Tucker, OF Virginia.
! CONTRIBUTIONS BY THE SENATE
The Senate, In executive session yesterday con-
| 1rmed the following nominations: T. j. Tuomey
OF South Carolina, to be marshal of the United
States for the district OF South Carolina: Hugh J.
Dobbs, to be register OF the land Office at Beat
| rice, Neb.; William w. Carter. to be collector OF
| internal revenue for the seventh district OF In
diana; James H. Stone. to be collector of internal
revenue for the first district OF Michigan; John Col
| Inns, to be collector OF customs for the district OF
Bristol and Warren, X. l.
| MINOR NOTES.
| At the meeting of the House committee on appro-
pr1attOnS to-day the subcommittee having the mat
ter In charge reported the Indian appropriation bill
The Keifer-BOyntOn Inquiry.
Mr.. MGARRAHAN POSITIVELY DENIES EVER EMPLOY
| ING GEN. BoYNTON TO HELP HTS BILL FOR CON-
SIDERATIoN-OTHER TESTIMONY.
| Mr. McGarrahan was still on the stand before the
| Keifer- -Boynton committee when The STARS report
closed yesterday. He said that he thought he had
explained his bill to Gen. BOynton, but could not
remember whether he had told him that it provided
for the issue OF scrip. He said he had received
money from Mr. Smith, one OF his attorneys Mr.
| Gen. BOyntOn. The witness denied this very en-
| phatfcally and with some warmth, saying that If
any one had said so It was an unqualified false
gain with Gen. BOyntOn, or had thought of employ-
ing him to assist In the passage OF his bill for con-
sideraton, 1t was false, utterly false. Would he
swear to this, the attorney asked. ''Yes" was the
reply, 81 am swearing toit: do swear to it."
John NJ Carson, OF the Philadelphia Ledgt7. tes-
titled to Mr. keiferS presence in Gen. BOyntOnS
Office the night after the alleged attempt to cor
rupt him. w. Z. Barrett, of the Boston ADVERTISER
to Mr.. keifer's statement on receiving from him a
remOnstrance OF the correspondence against the
opening OF the press gallery on the last night OF the
session, that he did mot care Cd id for the
press" He repeated this to Gen. Boynton c. b.
ketcham OF the Associated Press testified to see
ing Mr.. Keifer in Gen. Boyntons ONCE on the night
Of March l. Louis oshaughnessey, a stan III CORE CORE
spondent OF the Commercial Gazette cOrroborated
Mr.. Ketcham's testimony. A. NJ. Gibson testified
CAoe y. n SICPutdVAou tIuCll anu NcTdclty
was bad, as did Henry de Witte, of the Post G. E.
Hutcheson, telegraph operator in BoyntOns Office,
testified to Ke1ers presence there on the night OF
March /.
The Authorship Of the Lasker ResOlu.
WHAT Mr.. SIMON WOLF SAYS.
| To the Editor of THE EVENING STAR:
| When IlrSt heard and subsequently read that
I was charged with being the author Of the Lasker
resolutions, supposed 1t was joke some one was
playing in order to annoy Mr. Ochiltree; but now,