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or held by the said company at the present
time.
The resolution was adopted.
Capitol Topics.

Messrs. Hoar, Pike, Stanford. Spooner and sew
eral others are for the bill. Senator Logan will
submit minority report.
FINANCIAL INVESTIGATION.
At their next meeting the House banking and
currency committee will begin a systematic in
vestigation of the whole financial question.
Secretary Manning, Treasurer Jordan and
vited to appear before the committee at 10
o'clock Wednesday morning for the purpose of
discussing financial affairs. Attention will be
directed more particularly to the threatened
contraction of the currency and the considera-
ton of how the security for national bank notes
called in for redemption. Other branches of the
question will receive attention also.
THE POSTAL TELEGRAPH QUESTION.
The House committee on post offices and post
roads have taken up the postal telegraph ques-
ton again. They have already decided to re.
eminent to purchase or to construct telegraph
lines. They are now considering the question
of contracting with existing lines, as they do
with railroads to carry the mails. Mr. Gardner
Hubbard addressed the committee this MORN
Ing In support of this scheme. He thought it
entirely practicable TOR the government to
make contracts with telegraph companies so
that private correspondence could be carried
under postal telegraph system at very cheap
rates.
THE TARIFF AND LABOR INTERESTS.
Before the ways and means committee today
Representative James Buchanan, of New Jer-
sey, suggested that a uniform rate of duty be
substituted for the two rates in the existing
tariff on iron rods of ZIG of an inch diameter,
largest factories in his state. Thomas COrbett,
president of the confederated. labor unions Of
New Jersey, said he appeared before the COM
mittee as workingman at the instigatiOn of
the Knights of Labor. He appeared for the
workers in pottery. The workmep in that in
dustry were natives. He opposed the reduction
OF ten per cent on decorated china, and five per
cent on white china. The workingmcn knew
what a reduction in tariff meant. 1t meant
a deprivation OF educational opportunities for
their children. Daniel Haggerty, of Trenton,
told the committee that several hundred work.
men in his home had been thrown out of work,
as result of the change of duty on wire rods
imposed by the act of 1888. He wished to
have corrective clause inserted In the Morri-
son tariff bill.
INoCULATIoN FOR YELLOW FEVER
Mr.. Eustis to-day introduced bill in the Sem
ate to authorize the President to appoint
commission of three persons, one or more of
whom shall be officers of the government, or
medical men of well-known ability, to proceed
to Mexico, Central America, Havana and Bra
I'll and make careful investigation as to the
efficacy Of preventing yellow lever by inocu-
les, experiments, &c. The commission is author
lied TO employ assistants, and the sum of
$4,000 is appropriated for its expenses.
THE HOUSE CIVIL SERVICE COMMITTEE
held short meeting to-day, but did little be-
sides refer several bills to their proper subcom-
mittees. At their first meeting, a month or
more ago, Mr.. Pulitzer was authorized to report
adversely upon All bills having in view the
again reminded him OF the matter.
THE DEMoCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN
COMMITTEE
The democrats of the House held caucus
last night and directed each state delegation to
select one OF their number as member of the
campaign committee. This committee when
organized will select five of their number to
others selected democratic
Senators on joint committee.
SERIOUS CHARGES AGAINST LIEUT.. JOHN F.
NC BLAIN
of the army, have been submitted to the Sen.
ate. McBlain was confirmed recently as first
lieutenant in the army, having been promoted
from second lieutenant. His wife, resident
of Philadelphia, charges that after he had
served in the army a while he wrote her that
promotion had placed him SO far above her in
the social scale that they had better be di-
vorced. Subsequently, she says he clan
destinely procured a divorce in California, no
notification OF the proceedings having been
ing deserted her husband. Mrs. McBiain in
stiLuted proceedings to set aside the decree, and
forwarded statement of her husbands con-
charges had reached the Senate McBlain had
been confirmed, but it is proposed to reconsider
the confirmation, and the President has been
requested to return the nomination that the
Senate may inquire into the facts.
Mr.. ALLIsoN's AMENDMENT TO THE EDUcA-
TIoNAL BILL LIKELY To DEFEATIT
In the Senate yesterday, in debating Mr.. Al
lisons amendment to the educational bill,
Messrs. Hoar and Blair declared that the
amendment, which provides that where white
and colored schools exist the fund shall be dis
tributed IN proportion to the illiteracy between
the white and cOlored population, would create
race distinctions and cause trouble. MIR. AL
lison earnestly denied that such would be the
effect of his amendment. 1t begins to look as
if the fate of the bill may depend upon the
odn inn nf n pI,hr
friends of the measure are divided upon the
amendment, some Of them openly declaring
that if it be adopted they will vote against the
bill. It is not thought at all probable that the
House would assent to the Allison amendment.
Mr. Hoar yesterday minated that the object
of the amendment was TO defeat the bill.
NOTES.
Col. Wilbur F. Steele of North Dakota, was
taken suddenly ill with an affection of the heart
while in attendance on the meeting of the
House public lands committee yesterday.
Mrs. Bailey, vile Of the clerk of the committee
on coinage, weights and measures, died at the
Hillman house this morning, leaving an infant
only an hour old.