Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-07-06
of Tennessee, bill for the transfer OF the medi.
| cal records Of the war from the War depart

of Tennessee, . bill for the transfer OF the medi.
cal records Of the war from the War depart
ment
Suspension day. was dispensed with, and
the House went into committee OF the whole,
taking up tho general deficiency bill. About
ten pages of the bill were gone over during the
day. An amendment was adopted appropriat-
Ing S22, 900 to refund taxes illegally collected
bonds. The item OF $685.. 1874 for adjustment
OF postmasters salaries was stricken out. The
daily sensation was caused by Mr.. Gibson
charging Messrs. TOwnshend and Cannon with
going to Senators to have the names of certain
employees inserted in the legislative bill after
they had been stricken out by the House.
Neither denied the charge, but merely main-
tained that they had O right to do as they
pleased about that.
CoNFIRMAr1oNs.
The Senate has confirmed the nominations of
j. w. Romeyn, Detroit, consul At Valparaiso:
j. A. Tait District OF Columbia Justice of peace,
and number Of army promotions.
KNIGHTS OF LABOR PETITIONING CONGRESS.
The headquarters OF the national legislative
committee of the Knights of Labor In this city
is being flooded with petitions from the local
assemblies, to be presented to Congress, urging
actlon upon the measures named in the recent
list submitted by the national committee. Pc
titions received Saturday bore about 5OOOO
signatures. Ralph Beaumont, the chairman OF
the legislative committee, declares IL TO be the
purpose OF the Knights to test the sense of Con.
gress on the measures named, and to find out
whether the politicians mean to pass measures
lor the relief OF the people, and whether the
mont expects to present to Congress petitions
bearing at least one million signatures.
SENATE COMMITTEE ON THE vEToEs.
The Senate committee on pensions in, its re-
port recommending the passage over the Presi-
dents veto of the bill granting a pension to
Mary. ]. Nottage says: $50 great has become
the number of such vetOeS lnterpoSed Joy the
present Executive, all within few weeks past,
and SO extraordinary the censure, sometimes
q SaA md in STAN q
severely implied, OF the action of the two
houses of Congress and of their committees,
upon whom has devolved the weariSome and
generally unappreciated labor OF investigating
these claims, accompanied i'll many eases by
such ridicule of and evident disgust with the
claims themselves, that your committee feel
that they are Justified in brief review of the
circumstances involved. 1t should be remem-
bered that in very large number OF these bills
passed by Congress important original written
evidence is filed with the committees or pre-
sented verbally, as in hearings before other
committees, upon all public questions which
come before legislative bodies; and often the
applicant Is present with his statement and his
papable disabilities. This evidence is not
available to the eExecutive-at least without the
asking, and never has been in possession OF the
Pension Office. Consequently in nearly every
case the Congressional statement stands upon
stronger proof than the finding of facts which
the President sets up in iisapproval OF the BILL
The report was prepared aud submitted by
Senator Blair.
NOTES.
The committee on ways and means to-day
authorized MIR. Brecklnridge, OF kentucky, to
report adversely Mr.. Finday's resolution de-
ciaring it to be the sense of the House that the
revenue tax on tobacco should be removed.
A bill was introduced in the House yesterday
to transfer the war records office, clerks and all,
from the War department to the Pension bu-
reau.
The Senate bill to permit Mr.. J. F. Chamber
lin TO erect hotel at Fort Monroe was intro
duced in the House by Mr.. Mitchell yesterday.
The Senate on Saturday adopted the amend
ment to the river and harbor bill appropriate
ing $5OO,OOO tor the Potomac improvement.
-Four members of the Forth-ninth Congress
have recently received the degree of Ii. D.
Senator Hawley, OF Connecticut, from Yale; w.
w. Rice, OF MaSSachu setts, from BOwdoin; and
James B. Wakefield, OF Minnesota, and John
I. Wait, of COnnecticut, from Trinity.