Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-05-09
AT THE CAPITOL TO-DAY.
DULL DAY IN BOTH HOUSES.
WHAT THE COMMITTEES ARE DOING.
The Senate.

The Senate.
The chair laid before the Senate the resolution
offered yesterday by Mr.. Van Wyck, directing the
Secretary Of the Treasury to withhold patents for
lands on the Payallup branch OF the Northern Pa
chic railroad until Congress decides at this seS-
sion the question Of the forfeiture OF such lands
Pending action on the resolution. Mr.. Dawes
moved to take up the Indian appropriation bill
unis motion was agreed TO- and the resolution
MT Dawes, however, gave way for time In order
that Mr. Call might present some remarks in favor
Of his bill Ito provide for the establishment OF
university OF original research including medicine
as part of the Smithsonian Institution"
MT. Blair interposed to give notice that on Mon
10 establish bureau OF labor statistics.
MI. Call then addressed the Senate.
THE SHIPPING BILL
At two O'Clock the chair laid before the Senate
the pending appeal OF MI. Beck from the decision
OF the chair regarding the motion OF Mr.. Frye for
conference committee on the shipping bill
MI. Harris said that MI. Frye was necessarily
absent fr0m the city, and had expressed the wish
that the matter might go over till Monday.
The matter went over accordingly.
INDIAN APPROPRIATION BILL
The Senate then took up the Indian appropria-
ton bill, and Mir. Dawes briefly recapitulated its
provisions It appropr1ates total OF S., 1858 065 81
The chief increase made by the committee was
1856 222 added to the item for Indian schools, max
ing Inc appropriation for that purpose 81 ,O96 6OO
MATTERS OF DISTRICT INTEREST.
MI. Cox, OF New York presented petition of den-
lists OF Washington for the passage OF an act for
the regulation OF the practice Of dentistry in the
District OF Columbia Referred.
On motion OF Mr.. Singleton [Miss), the Senate
Joint resolution was passed appointing James C.
yelling to fill an existing vacancy in the board OF
regents Of the Smithsonian Institution; also Sem
ate bill providing for the appointment Of an acting
secretary OF that institution.
The bill, coming over from last Friday, granting
an additional pension to the widow of Gen. Francis
P. Blair, was passed 1t grants her S. 900 for her
husOandS services in organizing troops, and In
creases her pension to $50 month.
PRIVATE BILLS
The House then, at 12 o'clock, on motion of Mr..
McMillin [Tenn.) went into committee of the whole
ONE Cox, OF New York, In the chair on the private
calendar.
District I'm Congress.
THE QUESTION OF RAILROAD ROUTES STILL UNSET
The Senate District committee, at their regular
meeting to-day, had up the subject OF railroad
routes through the city again. The matter is In
the hands of a SUBJ committee consisting OF Messrs
ingalls,, Aldridge and Brown, and they were not
ready to report back bill, so nothing was done.
The subcommittee will shortly have bill pre-
pared approving the tunnel project, when meet
Ing OF the full c0m mttee will be held.
THE DISTRICT APPROPRIATION BILL.
The House committee on appropriations had the
District appropriation bill under to-
day. The communication from the District Com
miSSionerS asking for an increase Of the appronr1a