Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-03-11
Capitol Topics.
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MIX kESNA Ip-aORROW.
At PIN. tomorrow Senator Eenna will ad.
dress the Senate I'm support of the position
taken by the President in withholding papers
from the Senate and of the exclusive jurisdic-
ton of the executive in the matter of suspen-
sions and removals. He has given the subject
careful study, and will submit many authori-
ties in support of his position.
THE ERIE CANAL.
Representative Weber has been instructed by
the committee on railways and canals to call
up In the House at the earliest opportunity the
bill to enlarge and improve the Erie canal.
Mr.. MoRRow's CHINESE BILL.
The House committee on foreign affairs to-
day further discussed the Morrow bill to sus
pend for twenty years the operation OF the
Burlingame Chinese treaty. MIR Rice, the re-
publican member OF the subcommittee TO
which the bill was referred. presented minor
ity report adverse to the adoption OF The meas
ure.
THE DIES MONIES RIVER LAND BILL.
1t is said that the President has thought
seriously OF vetoing the bill directing Judicial
test of title to the Des Moines river lands. The
title has long been in dispute between the
settlers and parties in New York, and bill 10
afford a judicial test has frequently passed one
house or the other OF Congress. but never until
this session did II get through both. SO as to
become law. Western Congressman OF both
parties have urged the President not to veto the
bill, and it is said that last evening he talked
as II he might permit IL to become a law.
The congressional committee To accompany
the remains of Senator Miller TO California had
not been made up this afternoon. The MEM
be.s of both houses as q rule, find ii inconve-
nient TO be absent Tor the period that would be
required.
SENATOR WILSON'S SPEECH.
Mr.. Wilson in his speech in the Senate this
afternoon quoted President Cleveland's reform
declarations and read his letter to George VIII
liam Curtis. He said that when MIR. Cleveland
became President he reiterated all his reform
declarations and his purpose To enforce civil
service reform. Mr.. Wilson then undertook to
show that these promises had not been kept.
having carried out his civil service pledges, and
charged him with having endeavored TO as
sumo kingiy prerogative.
THE METEoRITE A HoAX.-The unexpected
explosion a fortnight or more ago In AN old
earthwork known as battery Parrot on The
startled some young men working In tue
vicinity was at first supposed 10 be caused by
the descent OF meteoritc. Mr.. w ). Yates OF
the National Museum has investigated the
matter and has ascertained that the explosion
was caused by dynamite cartridge which had
been set OFF, as joke upon the two men who
were working i'll the vicinity.
DR.. NEWMAN AND TIE METRoPoLITAE
CHURCH.-BishopNind i'm making the appoint
ments Tor the year at the Closing session OF the
Baltimore NJ. +. conference yesterday. len the
pulpit at the Metropolitan church, liz This city,
vacant. This WAS in accordance with the pre-
vious understanding of the members of the Met
rOp0litan church, and in accordance with their
wish to have Dr. John p. Newman again serve
them as pastor. DIR. Newman is a member OF
the New York conference, which meets next
month, and cannot be appointed TO the Metro
poiftan church until he has been formally
transferred by that conference. When this
transfer is made ii Il expected DIR. Newman
will assume pastoral charge of the metropolitan
church.