Savannah morning news., 1886-03-20
ALABAMA COURT CLAIMS.
DURHAM FIGHTING THE UNAU.
THORIZED EXPENDITURES.

The First Comptroller to Appeal for
Presidential Veto If NecessRry-Mr.
Hurd's Friends Confident that he will
be Seated--The Labor Bureaus Conn
ing Report.
WASHINGTON, March 19.-First Comp
trOller Durham spent some tune at the
capitol to-day trying to prevent the pas
sage by the Senate of the Collins bill,
passed by the House on TUESDAY, for the
final settlement OF the Alabama claims.
1t will be remembered that that bill pro-
vides for the payment of the unauthorized
expenditures OF the Court of Alabama
claims which TIere disaIlowed last sum-
mer by the First Comptroller with the
approval of the Secretary of State and the
Attorney General. The First Comptroller
is determined that these unauthorized ex-
penditures shall not be paid if he can
help 1t. He has appealed to the Judiciary
Committee of the Senate not to report the
House bill favorably. IL it is favorably
reported and passed in the Senate he will
appeal to the President to veto it.
LABoR's CONDITIONS.
The report of the Labor Bureau will go
to the press on Monday next. In speak
ing about the work to-day Commissioner
Wright said. ''We feel very well satis-
ned with the work accomplished. The
report win present facts in regard to the
depression in the labor market the world
over. There is nothing local in our
work although the facts are obtained in
the most painstaking way by close local
Investigations" When asked il he be-
lived that there was likely TO be an i'm
provement in the labor market he replied
that everything seemed to point in that
direction. The report will have ten
dency to show that the condition of labor
is largely independent of the tariff.
THE INFLUX OF CHINESE.
Congressman Morrow, OF California,
has sent the Secretary of the Treasury
letter of 5000 words, calling his attention
to the violation by the Chinese of the
privileges OF the Gin transit clause in
the Chinese immigration law. Thousands
OF Chinese, he says, have been admitted
on the assertion by them that they were
sin transit'' through the United States
who have been absorbed before going very
far in the general population. He also
calls attention to the indefinite character
OF the written descriptions of Chinese inn
migrants, and urges the adoption of some
method which will place on record accu-
rate descriptions.
MR.. HURD's CHANCES.
Frank Hurd's friends say that he will
be seated in spite of the adverse report of
the Committee on Elections, which they
claim was brought about by the Protec-
ZIONIST Democrats on the committee, be-
cause of Mr.. Hurd's economic views
MR.. WILLIS PLANS.
Mr.. Willis was fully convinced to-day
that the Committee on Education is hos
tile to the Blair educational bill. He will
make no more attempts to get that COM
mittee to report it favOrably. He will try
next Monday to have a bill almost pre-
cisely similar to the Blair bill referred to
some other committee with a view to a
favorable report.
A BRAZILIAN EXHIBIT.
The Secretary of State is informed that
Prince AgOsto Leopold, the son OF the EN-
peror of Brazil, is on his way to New Or
leans with Brazilian exhibit for the New
Orleans Exhibition. The Secretary of
State will invite him and his suit to come
to Washington.
THE BRIGADIER GENERALS.
The President did not send in a nOmina-
tion of Brigadier General to-day in place
OF Gen. Terry, promoted, and will not do
so until Gen. Howard has been confirmed
as Major General. Gen. Ruger, Colonel of
the Sixteenth Infantry, has been selected
as the First Brigadier General, aud Gen.
Wesley Merritt will get the other one.