Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-01-09
THE CAPITOL ALMOST DESERTED
But Few Committees at Work.
WHAT WAS DONE BY THOSE WHICH Hell
sEssIoNs-oTHER CAPITOL TOPICS.

WHAT WAS DONE BY THOSE WHICH HELD
sESsIONs-oTHER CAPITOL TOPICS.
The blizzard kept mosto of the members from
the House this morning, and the Capitol had
something of a deserted appearance during the
day. Most OF the committees postponed organ
Zation until next week. The District commit.
tee has not yet been called together, but will
meet next Tuesday and organize for the ses-
sion. The ways and means, appropriations,
military and patent committees will also or
ganize on Tuesday.
THE RADICAL SILVER MEN
are not satisfied with the constitution Of the
coinage, weights and measures committee Mr..
Warner, OF Ohio said to a STAR reporter to-day
that he thought it simply idiotic to try to neu-
tralize a committee, and that that committee
was as near neutral as could be. To put Il man
on that committee who had no convictions, he
said, was Just as bad as to constitute judiciary
com mi ttee OF meu who had not studied law IF
the committee had any tendency at all 1t was
towards tenporizing, by suspension or limita-
ton, or S n.ething OF that sort. But it did not
make any difference how the committee was
organized, he added, as 1t could not change the
CONVICTIONS of the House. They would proba-
bly, report some sort of measure and bring the
question before the House, but the House would
bill.
PAPER FOR PUBLIC PRINTING.
The joint committee on printing met to-day
and agreed upon a standard of paper to be used
They directed the public printer to advertise for
proposals for furnishing the paper. The pro-
posals will be opened in public at the Capitol
on the 9th instant
FLORIDA LAND FRAUDS.
Senator Call appeared before the Senate COM
mittee on public lands this morning and made
an argument In support Of the resolution to
investigate certain alleged land frauds In
Florida. -
INTERNATIONAL coPYR1GHr.
Ex-Minister James Russell Lowell is expected
soon to appear before the patent committees Of
interested In the movement for the establish
ment OF an international copyright system, to
discuss the measures pending before the COM
mittees upon this subject.
DOMESTIC STEEL FOR ORDNANCE.
At a meeting OF the Senate committee on
coast defenses yesterday the two bills intro
duced by Senator Cameron, to encourage the
manufacture Of steel tor modern ordnance
armor and other military and naval purposes
nn1 70 p,0v,ae me nsavy ordnance adapted TO
up, and, after some consideration, were referred
to Senator Hawley as subcommittee.
THE BILL FOR THE ADMISSION OF DAKOTA
Senator Harrison will report back favorably
from the committee on territories on Monday
or Tuesday the bill tor the admission OF Dakota
It will be accompanied by long report en-
bodying the constitution Of the proposed state
aud other papers, and will be called up for con-
printed. 1t In not yet known whether or not
there will be q minority report. The present i'm
dicatiOns are that the division upon the ones.
ton In the Senate will not be upon strict party
lines.
AN APPOINTMENT.
John CarHichael, Of Virginia, has been an
pointed clerk to the House committee ON the
Judiciary.
NOTES.
Among the pages appointed in the House Of
Representatives since the holidays is Frederick
DeCOurcy Faust, son of the well-knoWn Catho-
lie Journalist, Df. A. ]. Faust.
The District In Congress.
THE PROPOSED NEW LIBRARY BUILDING.
Representative Singleton preferred the chair.
manship OF the library committee to one OF
more importance, as he takes an interest in
| securing library building suitable to hold the
many thousand books that are crowded Awav
In the Capitol. He thinks the prospects for get
ting the bill through are very good He does
not think It can be beaten by the proposition to
put the building upon q government reserva-
lion, because 1t has been found that there Il no
government reservation upon which It could Dc
built -
Representative O'Neill, OF Pennsylvania, who
Is member OF the library COMMITTEES, says he
s heartily In favor Of erecting . suitable library
building here, and 10 confident Of getting 8 bill
through Congress this sesnon.