Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-03-17
WASHINGTON.
YAcTs, NEWS, AND GOSSIP FROM THE
NATIONAL CAPITAL.
Mr.. Reid and the Education Bill---AnOther
Investigation---The Chinese Bill.
Personal and Briefs.
IRON our Regular Correspondent. !

IRON Our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, d. c., March To-
Mr.. Reid, Of North Carolina, intro
5uced n resolution to-day that will take
the education bill out Of the hole it is
now in. unless the Committee on Rules
make no report or throw cold water on
the project. Mr.. Reds resolution
rroyides for Withdrawing the bill from
the Committee on Education and re-
ferrinc il TO the Judiciary Committee,
and is preceded by a long preamble,
which is in fact an argument in favor
Of the passage Of the bill and state
mcnt Of the facts respecting its present
condition. The resolution was referred
to the Committee on Rules, which con-
sists Of MesSrs. Carlisle, Randall, Nor
rison. Reed Of Maine, and His.
cock. At least three members
Of this committee are opposed TO the
bill, but they are not to decide upon
its merits. They have only to report
upon the proposition to withdraw the
bill from the Committee on Education
and refer ii to the Judiciary Committee.
ANOTHER INVESTIGATION.
The House has directed an iuvesti-
CATION Of a charge that one of the en-
ployeeS Of the House charged and re-
ceiyed a fee for lobbying an appropria-
ton through the Senate Of the last Con-
greSs. The person referred to was then
and is now an assistant doorkeeper Of
the House and is citizen OF Indiana.
The river and harbor bill passed the
House, and while in the Senate an effort
vas made to have an appropriation Of
$50, 200 inserted for the improvement Of
the hsrbor OF Jacksonville, Ind. The as.
sstant dooTkeeper Of the House tele-
gIsphod to a citizen Of that place that
1t would cost $3.50 to get the appro-
pIiation, and that he would not expect
the amount until the appropriation was
put IN the bill and the bill approved by
the President. Businessmen at JEFF
feTSonvillc subscribed the amount and
transmitted j; by telegraph. 1t is
claimed that the money was expended
ior legal advice.
CHINESE QUESTION.
There was a spirited discussion in
The House Foreign Affairs Committee
today in regard 10 a bill that would
rra tically exclude Chinese immigra-
zion. Finally the committee decided
by vote Of to q TO postpone the ques-
ton of exclusion until the ques-
ton of indemnity for recent outragos
upon Chinese on the Pacific coast shall
have been decided. This action Of the
committee Is construed to be hostile to
the enactment of measures more re-
stIictile upon Chinese immigration than
the existing law.
PERSONAL.
As Commodore TruXtun is a Penn
sylyanian, the bill for his promotion
was introduced to-day by Mr.. Scott, Of
PernsJ ivauia.
Nh Charles Beatty and Judge J. T.
Lowell, Of Front Royal, were in the
city to-day.
Mr.. Thomas Christian and Mr.. Hill,
Of Richmond, occupied seats in the re-
served gallery Of the House.
Mr.. John Welsh and Mr.. l.. 7. Hit
heimer, prominent cattle-buyers Of Lex
irgton, called on Mr.. Tucker at the
Capitol and were cordially received.
The vote in the House setting apart
four days for the discussion of the free
coinage bill indicates that the bill has
great strength in the House, although
quite o number OF those who voted in
favor Of discussing and deciding the
question Of free coinage are known to
be in favor of suspension Of coinage,
and others Of them are opposed to DIS
turbing the present conditions. The
Bland resolution was supported to-day
bv l3S Democrats and 40 Republicans,
aud opposed by II Republicans and lG
Democrats. Bland is confident that
his bill will have a large majority.
The House Military Committee has
agreed to report fayorably Congress-
man Libbey's bill appropriating $780,
600 for the construction Of an iron pier
at Fortress Monroe and the improve
ment Of the roadway and approaches
TO II.
New post-ofIices established Mix,
Sampson county, y. c., Mahalie Q.
Holmes postmaster; AXtell, Bucklng-
ham county, Virginia, William Ii.
Jones postmaster.
Postmasters commissioned Walter
L. Merritt, Taylor's Bridge, y. c.;
Ruth ". Bennett, Clark's Gap, and
William X. Hatcher, Roaring Run,
Va.