Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-01-15
AT THE CAPITOL TO-DAY
ONLY THE HOUSE In SESSION.
Presidential Succession Bill.
Norfolk Navy Yard Dismissals Discussed by
the House Naval Committee.
House of Representatives.

tUO 44VuS0 NAVAL OOumlGbtos
House of Representatives.
Mr.. Bland (Mo.) introduced bill repeating so
much of the act of June 9th 1879, as provides
for the exchange and redemption Of subsidiary
coin. Referred.
Mr.. Dockery CMo.), from the committee on
accounts reported q joint resolution allowing
discharged employees of the House one months
extra pay.
Some opposition was shown TO the resolution,
and Mr.. DOckery said that if the proposition
for II, but the custom had been to grant this
extra pay, and he thought that the measure
Mr.. Reagan (Tex.) opposed the resolution,
which he said was giving away the peoples
money to pay employees for services not per
Mr.. Pettibone (Tenn.) also thought that the
House should pay its employees for the time
employed and stop this extra nonsense.
1S9.
HOW MUCH MONEY IN THE TREASURY?
Mr. Tarsney (Mich.) offered resolution call
ing on the Secretary OF the Treasury for inform
alton as to the amount Of money in tho Treas
ury that can be legally applied to the payment
the United States; and if there be any such
moneys in the Treasury applicable to the pay
ment OF the obligations aforesaid, why the same
nave not been SO applied. Referred.
THE PRESIDENTIAL SUCCESSION BILL.
Private business having been dispensed with,
the House resumed the consideration of the
presidential succession bill, and its passage was
advocated by Mr. Dibbe Is. c., who regarded
1t as far better statutory provision than the
neither the President pro tenn. of the Senate nor
Speaker of the House was United states
from the 14th amendment to the constitution
where distinction is made between a member
Oh Congress and United States officer.
Work Before the House Committees.
THE GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE SHOWED
UNDER WITH BILLS.
The government printing Office has been
showed under with bills from the House and
Senate, and they have not been able to keep
more than half way up with the work of Con-
gress. On account of this the committees of
the House have not been able to get at their
work withsa full knowledge OF what is before
them.
THE TARIFF BILLS.
There have been q large number of tariff bills
referred to the ways and means committee, but
not half of them have reached the committee
room. The committee will meet next Tuesday,
| assigned for their consideration before them
and properly referred. They will then get to
work in earnest. and It is expected that a gen.
eral tariff bill will be reported to the House
| very early in the session.
THE SILVER QUESTION.
1t is expected that the committee on coinage,
weights and measures will report bill very
much in line with the policy of the administra-
ton.
THE BLAIR EDUCATIONAL BILL.
The southern members are very anxious to
get the Blair educational bill before the House.
Many of them are pledged to its support and
| express the opinion that it will get through
Congress this session. 1t is said, however, that
| the committee on education and labor is not as
favorable to the bill as was the committee ofthe
last House, and 1t is feared that they will put
upon it some amendments that will not be &C
! ceptable to the Senate.
| THE INTERSTATE COMMERCE BILL
The principle work before the commerce COM
| mittee IL the interstate commerce bill, which,
it is expected, will be reported favorably to the
| House. Mr.. Reagan wants the bill reported
just as 1t was last year. but it is possible that it
may be changed in some particular.
! FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
The foreign affairs committee yesterday ap-
pointed q subcommittee, consisting OF Messrs.
| Cox, McCreary and Rice, to consider Chinese
Messrs. Belmont, Clements and Hit, will eX-
anime into and report upon reform in the con-
sular service.
THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR BILL.
The Weaver bill to establish department OF
labor was discussed by the House labor COM
mittee at a meeting held last night. The neces-
| sity for such q department was generally admit
| te but the DRIFT seemed to be favorable to
|
ment OF Industry, including bureau of labor,
| a bureau of agriculture a bureau of statistics,
! including internal commerce and immigration,
and all other matters relating to the industries
| of the country. The impression of the commit
| tee is that such q bill would be strong enough
| to pass through the House. The trouble antici-
| pated in the way OF passing a bill tor simply a
| department OF labor is that the agricultural
committee has i'll hand scheme for depart
tagonize this plan. A subcommittee of the
| labor committee will wait upon the committee
on agriculture and try to come to some sort OF
| to get q department of industry.
| OTHER COMMITTEES.
| The House committee on elections met to-
| day and organized.
The committee on military affairs decided to
| report favorably upon the Senate bills for the
relief OF J. H. McBlair. and for the purchase OF
! the old produce exchange building in New
| York.
The House committee ON invalid pensions de-
bill to increase the pensions of widows of sol.
| diers Of the late war from 80 to $12 per month.
Civil Service at Norfolk Navy Yard.
A LIVELY DISCUSSION OF MR.. BoUTELLE's
| RESOLUTION BY THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON
| NAVAL AFFAIRS.
| The meeting of the House naval affairs com.
mittee took q sensational turn this morning
The Boutelle resolution inquiring about the
| dismissal of ex-UniOn soldiers and sailors from
the Norfolk navy yard and the appointment OF
| ex-confederates in their places and as to the
| statement that certain inscriptions commence
| rative OF victories over the confederates have
! been defaced, was called up and discussed.
| MIR. BOutelie charged that the civil service law
| had been violated; that ex-UniOn soldiers and
sailors who had fought against the rebellion
have been discharged from the yard since the
democrats had come into power, and ex-con-
federates have been appointed in their places
He wanted the matter investigated.
| Mr.. Wise, OF Virginia, denied that any OF
these things had been done, but said that ii the
republican employees had been discharged and
democrats put In their places it would have
been no more than right and proper, and 1t
should be done.
Mr.. McAdoo made sharp speech in defense
| Mr.. Boutelle in the attack. These gentlemen
| occupied all the time up to the hour OF the
meeting of the House, and no' action was
taken.
On Tuesday, when the committee again
| meets, the matter will be resumed, and other
| members Of the committee will take part in the
the impression that they are entitled to at least
half the offices. since they won the victory last
fall. The next meeting promises to be q very
lively one.
District I'm Congress-.
/ THE SENATE DISTRICT COMMITTEE
did not meet until 11:3O this morning. Senator
Ingalls, sent word that he was suffering with q
severe cold and would not attend. He re
ter called the committee to order. After some
discussion OF the resolution directing an inquiry
into the failure Of the street railroads to submit
reports Of their receipts etc, it was decided To
refer the whole subject to q sub committee Of
three, OF which Senator Ingalls, will be chair