Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-02-01
AT THE CAPITOL TO-DAY.
FITZ JOHN PORTER BILL IN THE HOUSE
NEW CONFERENCE ON THE GREELY
RELIEF BILL.
COMMITTEE MEETINGS AND OTHER
MATTERS.
House of ReD-esentatives.

eiio aItolucs 1eueTdl aSklLS IOr an increase Ol
clerical force in the Department OF Justice Re-
ferred
Mr.. Dockery (Mo.) introduced bill prohibiting
the removal OF employees OF the House, except for
cause, during the vacation of Congress. Referred.
Also, resolution amending the rules so as to make
similar provision Referred.
NEW CONFERENCE ON THE GREEDY RELIEF BILL.
on motion Of Mr. Randall Pa.), the further con-
ference asked by the Senate on the Greely relief
bill was agreed to, and Mr.. Randall and Mr.. CAL
k1ns were appointed as conferees.
The Speaker appointed MeSSrs. Ellis, Holman and
Ryan as conferees on the part OF tSe House on the
bill apprOpriating 900 for the support OF the des
Fitute Indians in Montana
DEBATE ON THE FITz JOHN PORTER BILL
The morning hour having been dispensed with,
the House, at 12:45, went into committee OF the
whole r. Springer, OF Illinois, In the chalr the
F1tz John Porter bill. general debate being limited
10 three nOurS and forty-hve minutes
Mr.. Woolford (Ky.) resumed his argument, begun
last Saturday, In support OF the bill. He criticised
the speech made by Mr.. Horr NiIch>, lecturing the
for voting upon this bill That gen
tlelnan had said that the eX-cOnfederateS had no
right to vote upon this proposition.
Mr.. Horr shook his head.
Mr. Wooford said that he was glad he misun-
derstoed the gentleman. He had Understood him
10 say that as PorterS conduct had helped the con-
1ederates they were interested and had no right to
vote.
Mr. Horr explained that he had argued that good
1alth should prevent them from doing so.
Ar: Moolford was happy to hear that 1t was only
that The ex-cOnfederateS were Interested, and had
argued that Self-rcspect should prevent them from
taxing part ia this debate. The gentleman would
nave had more respect for the eX-ConfederateS IL,
Ike himself he had been In the 'front.' and he would
not have attempted to scare them upon question
OF faith.
The District in Congress-.
BILL To EEPFAL THE TAX ON DRUMMERs.
MIR. Platt introduced bill in the Senate yester-
al fray
taxes 1t contains provision for the repeal of all
tax upon commercial travellers in the District of
Columbia and requiring that all the money collect
ed thereirom during the present year shall be re-
funded.
Capitol Topics.
The Senate was not in Sc Ssion to-day having ad-
10urned yesterday afternoon until Monday.
The House judiciary committee this morning
agreed to report ravorably a copyright bill giving
foreign authors the same rights as those OF this
country.
IMPORTATION nP FOREIGN LABORRRs
Messrs VIM. Martin. OF Pittsburg: W. n. Lynch.
OF Wheeling, and j. J. Morgan, OF Allegheny, repre-
sent1Ig the Amalgamated Association of Iron Work.
ers John Costello, OF Pittsburg, representing the
Miners Association OF the Pittsburg district and J.
Campbell and j. Slicker, OF Pttsburg. representing
the Glass Workmens Association, arrived here to-
day to testify before the House committee on labor
ard endeavor to secure legtslation I'm
poTtatlOn or forelgn labOrerS under contract.
IdE POOL-SkINNER CONTEST.
Arguments in the contested election case of Pool
VS. Skinner were finished to-day before the House
committee on elections and 1t was determined to
take q vote Monday next
CoNFrRMATIoNs By THE SENATE
The Senate in executive session yesterday after
noon confirmed the following nominations-James
A. Connolly to be attorney OF the United States for
the southern district Of Illinois; Rev. John Vaughan
Lewis, OF New York, to be post chaplain In the
army; postmaster4S G. Randall, at Napoleon,
Ohio, and George I. Cattrell, at Morence, Mich.
BILLS TO FORFEIT RAILROAD LAND GRANTS PASSED
IN THE HOUSE.
The House, after a long discussion yesterday
afternoon, passed the bills introduced by MI. Cobb,
chairman OF the public lands committee to declare
forfeited the Texas Pacific railroad land grants,
amounting to about 600 acres, and the grants
made to Mississippi In 1856 except that for the road
from jackson to the state line; to Alabama in 1856
81, and those made to Louisiana and Arkansas,
which have not been earned.
EIGHT-HoUR CLAIMS OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES
A bill was introduced in the Senate yesterday by
Mr.. Blair, and appropriately referred, to pay to
employees OF the government wages hitherto with
held III violation OF the eight-hour law.
APPOINTMENTS ON THE HOUSE SIDE
The following appointments under the House were
made yesterday: Chas- s. Trentlen, watchman;
VIM. F. Mackey, laborer, In clerk s of1ce;J. S. SWIM
dell and l. S. Edison, policemen: Frank Doremus,
clerk of the commerce committee, and RObt p,
Toole Of Indian affairs.
VOTE EXPECTED on THE F!Tz JOHN PORTER BILL
TO-DAY.
Gen. Slocum said about noon that a vote will be
reached In the House upon the Fitz John Porter
bill before adjournment this evening. He is
managing the bill, and he thinks there has been
discussion enough. In this opinion the democrats
generally seem TO agree with him. n there is any
disposition manifested to protract the debate be-
tond to-day, the majority will take advantage OF
the rules, to cut OF further talk by ordering the
previous question.