Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-12-08
AT THE CAPITOL TO-DAY.
READING THE MESSAGE.
SCENES In BOTH HOUSES TO-DAY.

At ten minutes past 10 to-day President
Cleveand's message was laid before the Senate
and the reading of 1t Was begun. The close at
tention paid to the message from beginning to
end by the Senate was remarked. On both
sides of the chamber the Senators carefully
noted every utterance OF the Executive. When
the Presidents very positive declarations upon
the silver question were reached the sentiments
of many Senators on that question could be
determined by their expressions of counte-
nance respectively. Those who agreed with
the President that the continued coinage OF
silver is an evil, exchanged mods Of approval,
while the believers in silver scowled and other
dents aggressive stand on the silver question
makes it now almost assured that this Will be
the first engrossing subject to come before Con.
subject will be proposed in the Senate at once,
and 1t will certainly provoke a long debate, for
the advocates OF silver coinage are evidently
no less determined than its enemies.
The reading was concluded at 1:52 p. M, and
the message was, as Is customary, oroereo
The chair laid before the Senate the annual
report OF the Secretary of the Treasury; also q
statement from the secretary OF the Court of
Claims showing the judgments rendered by
that court for the past year; also a statement OF
the secretary of the Senate showing the receipts
and expenditures of his office for the past year.
ALIEN HOLDERS OF PUBLIC LANDS.
The chair also laid before the Senate me-
setting forth that twenty million acres of the
lands of the United States are held by nom
resident aliens, principally by the titled and
governing class OF Great Britain; that such a
the best interests of the people of the United
States, and requests Congress to pass legislation
That may secure exclusively to the American
people the public lands of the United States and
prevent their sale to persons other than citizens
and those intending to become such.
The memorial was read and referred to the
committee on public lands.
MIR. HoAR'S PRESIDENTIAL SUCCESSION BILL.
Mr.. Hoar introduced a bill to regulate the
presidential succession in the event of the death
or disability OF both the President and Vice
President. 1t is the same bill he introduced
last session, and provides that the presidential
net successfully, beginning with the Secretary
OF State.
Mr.. Hoar also introduced the bill for uni
form system of bankruptcy, which was before
the last Congress.
FREE BRIDGE BILL.
Senator Riddleberger introduced his bill to
appropriate money to build free bridge at the
Three Sisters.
The Message in the House.
Immediately after the reading of the journal
In the House this morning, the appointment of
a committee on mileage and the reporting Of
the joint committee appointed to wait upon the
President, the Presidents message was pre-
seHteu ana tn0 reaQlng began. MOST OF the
members were in their seats and listened to the
reading with marked attention. All conversa-
ton ceased, only two men were engaged in
writing and two others held newspapers before
them. The rest assumed attitudes Of attention
and listened very attentiveiy.
The House adjourned at ten minutes past
three.
Appointments On the House Side.
A. w. Cochran has been reappointed assist
ant journal clerk and o. O. Stealey has been
appointed clerk to the Speaker OF the House in
the place of Mr.. Henry Nelson, who resigned to
become editor of the Boston Post.
The following new pages have been appointed
IN the House: Lee Swords, Gilmore Colt, Charles
Brereton, Perry Alexander and Herman Money,
Henry I. Lyle and w. Delaney Hunter have
been reappOinted. The following laborers have
been reappOinted: Samuel Jones, Arthur Lucas,
W. II. Jones, J. w. Williams John Prater. ].
A. Savoy, l.: s. Cary, Robert Coats, W. H. Mil
Ter, George w. Fisher, l.. Howard, C. F. Hoi-
brook, Alex. Tyler, B. Snyder, John Berry and
}. b. Contee. MIR. Z. II. Mann has been reap
pointed doorkeeper of the press gallery, upon
the unanimous recommendation OF the cores
pondents.
The following pages were appointed in the
House this afternoon: L. K. Hickman, ]. d.
iaag: Oscar Brown, J. D. Falbey, Frank War
der, w. Il. Carroll Ed. Roberts, f. E. Helm n.
Tyler, jr., :. J. Randall Long, Howard Wilt
hofz en- and William Maloney.