Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-12-17

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:. Fsymaster james E. Tolfree to be pay inspector
Assistant Paymaster John Corwine, OF Ohio to
oe pasI assistant paymaster in the navy.
Huron aeh SSa aGHe9 seoof g
son, conect0r OF customs, Puget Sound.
A Stir I'm the Senate.
REPEAL OF TIE TENURE OF OFFICE prIl.
There was quite stir In the Senate during the
vote on the bill to repeal the tenure Of once act
the democrats were very anxious to pass the bill,
anu as the vote seemed to be close they hustled
around TO master every vote possible. All the
nSssl were pa!reo and as result tho Dill was
pa TSe a ey vote Of s 80 to e
sage OF the BILL as 1t will relieve the President in
MAKING MAJ removals from the restraint now upon
the Eli %snoSt asa that the House win
District i'm Congress.
Bills REPORTED IN THE SENATE.
In the Senate to-day the bills passed upon by
ported.
BILL FOR RELIEF OF ASCENSION CHURCH.
In the Senate to-day Mr.. Vance, from the District
committee, reported bill for the relief of Assem-
sion church 1t provides that after the passage OF
this act lots ], 2 and 8 in square 2s2, owned and
occupied by Ascension church, and all the build
ings thereon, shall be exempt from any and all
taxes and assessments national municipal or
county, and all taxes and penalties that have &C
crued shall be RENTED.
AN OMITTED ITEM.
A communication from the Secretary Of War was
laid before the House this morning. calling atten.
ton to the omission from the sundry civil bill OF an
annex TO the army medical museum building to be
used for anatomical and laboratory purposes.
Capitol Topics.
SYMPATHY FOR TIE MISSING CONGRESSMAN.
Representative Reid, OF North Carolina, has not
yet resumed his seat In the House. His mail is
oo11 Hr6,o <t o%a@o
He has been seen recently in New York, and has
been in the city since the session began HIS COL
leagues express sorrow for his mlsfortunes and his
trouble - explained thus. He is son OF Rev.
Mtrna Reid, one OF the most prominent clerRymen
IN North Carolina. The sons financial embarass-
Is to haze ave out Of his
OF brother.
MIR. EADs HAS MODIFIED HIS POSITION
to Congress, and is now asking merely for a char
ter for his railway without financial assistance
from the government. The proposition was before
the House commerce committee to-day, and after
some discussion was referred to sub-c committee.
DEMAND FOR INTERNAL REVENUE REDUCTION.
Representatives from southern tobacco growing
states, to the number Of twenty-five or thirty,
held q conference in the room Of the House COM
mittee On the judiciary to-day, and resolved that
while they would vote to consider the Morrison
proper time in the event Of the prevalence OF the
motion to consider the bill providing for the abO-
lition OF the internal revenue tax on tobacco and
fruit brandy, and for the reduction OF the whisky
tax from 90 to SO cents per gallon. A committed
consisting Of ,,3 Messrs. Wise. Johnson, Bennett
PASSPORT FEES.
Senator Beck to-day introduced a bill to reduce
the fee for passports to 81. The present fee is s.
The reduction was recommended by the Secretary
Of State In message to Congress-
WAR CLAIM OF VERMONT.
q yror nj of of no oto nj
Vermont against the government for $66,89O, the
Secretary of the Treasury has transmitted to Con-
gress letters from the third auditor and Chief Of
ordnance, alleging an Indebtedness on thesp Of
Of 10 ae a
government during the late war for the protection
OF its frontiers
RIVERS AND HARBoRs.
The House committee on rivers and harbors to-
day considered and fixed roughly the amount Of
the appropriations to be made for the improve
ments OF rivers and harbOrs in Alabama, Missis-
sfppf, Louisiana and Florida.
SECOND LIRUTENANTs IN THE MARINE CORPS.
In the Senate to-day Mr.. Cameron introduced
bill to provide that appointments to fill vacancies
in the grade OF second lieutenant in the marine
corps shall be made by the President in equal pro-
portions, as near as may be, from such graduates
OF the naval and the military academy as may so
elect and by selection from such meritOr1OuS nom
commissioned officers Of the marine corps as may
upon examination be found mentally, morally and
professionally qualified to perform efficiently all
duties OF the grade, and also from civil life. Re-
ferred to the naval committee.
REPRESENTATIVE MORRIsoN's FUTURE.
Friends OF Representative Morrison say that
there is only one public position that he would ac
cept after his retirement from Congress. They
say that should the conference report the inter-
state commerce bill be adopted and become
q law, and should the commission therein author
Morrison might be willing TO accept the presidency
OF the commission as position that would enable
him to serve the people as against mOnopolies.
THE STATEN ISLAND HOSPITAL
MesSrs. johnson and Coleman representing the
town Of Edgewater, Staten Island, appeared before
the House committee on public buildings this
morning to protest against the proposed purchase
by the government OF the Seaman's Retreat at
that place for hospital purposes.
NOTES.
Col. W. Canaday, Sergeant-at-ArmS OF the Sem
ate, had to be taken home to-day about O'Clock
very ILL The colonel was very sick all last night,
and came out this morning against the advice OF
his physician, but grew worse, with above re-
suit.
Mr. Thomas Coakley, Of New York, a messenger
Of the House, WILL 1t Is said, be candidate for the
position OF postmaster OF the next House Of Rep
resentatives.
Ex-senator Doolittle, of Wisconsin, was a visitor
on the floor Of the Senate to-day. He was warmly
greeted by his former associates in the Senate.
had session to-day, but the District post office
bill was not discussed and no other action OF in
The subcommittee Of the Senate committee on
foreign relations aRgointed las. session to invest,
prepare its report.
THE PERMANENT EXPOSITION.