Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-02-15
AFFAIRS AT THE CAPITOL.

AkkAIRS AT THE CAPI1OAs
Nominatiens To-Day.
The President sent the following nominations 70
the Senate to-day:
John Coourn, OF Indiana, 70 be associate justice
oI sne supreme court Of the Territory OF Mcnfana
ternal revenue for the district Of Nevada.
rostmasters-W ashingtoa Cookie, at Peoria. N;
john l. Smith, at Thofntown, Ind
Indian Education.
A JOINT RESOLUTION TO REMEDY THE ACT or 1881
Mr. Dawes nom the committee on Indian affairs
reported In the Senate to-day Joint resolution de-
signed to remedy difficulty which had arisen In
the execution OF an act Of 1884, relating to the ap
pication Of moneys for the Indians education.
MI. Dawes explained that the accounting Officers
act permitted the erection Of new schools. as we'll
as the maintenance of old ones, for the indus
trial education Of indian children These
mature consideration, concluded that the act. U as
worded, did not warrant the erection OF schools
probation to be that which, in his opinion was cor
rect Under the trst Interpretation, however, .
building has been contracted for and partially
erected at Lawrence, Kansas, and this Joint reeo-
luton was to enable the obligations honestly and
N good faith entered into In connection with that
building TO be carried out
The resolution was passed.
The Labor Question.
HsARlSa TO-DAY BEFORE rHR HoCst LADoB CON-
AIrTEE-A CAPITALIST WHO DOES NOT BELIEVE IN
NAVY YARD EAPLorBs ON THE sUBJRcr.
Thomas Million, . banker, and coal and coke
dealer, appeared before the House labor committee
to-day % give his views Of the labor question q af-
fected by the importation Of foreign contract
labor and BY tho eight-hour law. He said hs
hioit the importation OF al foreign contract labor
1t was the pauper labor only, whether contracted
Tor or not that the government wants to guard
require certain Intellectual Qualiaeaton, ana n
quire all laooreEs coming to this country to make
intend to become Citizens Then ns ss;d t sHss
should be no question as to whether or not they
had already engaged esaploymsnt. he said. in
might define days labor, but 1t had no right to
say that a man should not work for moro hours.
ne aaoe s6
outside competition, but should be frse-psefeetly
free within the country. He said hs would rather
have the services OF two American laborefs than
three foreign laborsra
NAVY YARD RNPIoYEs.
In the afternoon Mr.. J. II. Davis, q representa-
tive OF the employees OF the Philadelphia navy
yard, and Richard Emmons, OF the Washington
In favor OF the enforcement OF the etght-hour law
and In support OF claim for extra sy for the days
they have worked over eight hours since the pas
sage OF the statute.
Capitol Topics.
INVESTIGATING TIE ALABAMA G. g. MARSHALL
Mr.. Bowman continued hts testimony before Mr..
Sprngers committee this morning as to the irregu.
laritieS practiced by NesSrs Strobach, Turner and
Wilson, In the marShRls Office OF Alabama MI.
BallaA testified as to an alleged conspiracy on the
part OF Strobach and Turner to impeach ". H.
Smith, district attorney for the northern and mid
Ole districts OF Alabama, because he had persecuted
Strobach under charges made against him
THE SARATOGA MONUMENT.
Hon. John 81. Starin and Algernon O. Sullivan of
New York, and Judge Bacon, OF Utica, and ex-As-
semblyman Potter, Of Saratoga, appeared before
the joint committee on the library this morning In
behalf OF the bill now pending for appropriation
OF $4,000 to complete the decorations OF the mon
ument erected on the battle field of Saratoga. The
committee seemed to be decidedly In favor Of the
bill.
Dr.. B. jay Jsffries, Of Boston. appeared before
the House committee on naval Affairs to-day, in
behalf OF the International signal commission,
Which has been twice favoraby reported by the
naval committees In former Congresses, and was,
with the endorsement, referred TO the COMMITTEES
on commerce
The House committee on foreign affairs had the
Chinese bill under discussion to-day. Messrs Hen
ley, Tulley and Budd appeared before the CON-
m1ttee In behalf OF the bill, and 1t Is generally
understood that 1t viii be favoraby reported.
Gen. Hunton made an argument before the House
elections committee to-day In behalf Of Nj. Peters,
In the Peters-Wood election contest Of Kansas
The House committee on Pacific railroads to-day
heard MsssrS BelfOrd and Sumner In advocacy Of
their bills to reduce rates of fare on the Northern
Pacific and Central Pacific railroads