Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-04-27

maze, ne said, OF DOnavtn. but the minority
| witness and admitted that he had no personal
knowledge OF any facts charged. He gave one
| VIM. Taylor as hisauthority and when Taylor
appeared he denied all knowledge OF any facts
| In the matter. Senator Payne said that the
COMMITTEES exonerated the four members I'M
| absolute and specific exoneration.
He read his letter to the chairman of the
committee offering to submit his private
DOCKS, papers, etc.. and requesting to be called
! In case there was any testimony rejecting upon
| him. Also, the reply of the chairman, promis-
Ing that If any testimony, even indirectly or
| remotely, rejecting upon the Senator was pre-
sented he should be called. Mr.. Payne added
that he was not called nor was he asked for any
| DOCKS or papers. The fact that he was not
called, In the light of the correspondence read,
was an exOneratiOn. The committee, he said
aiter eSonerating the four members, transmitted
70 the Senate without any recommendation
hundreds OF pages OF gossip He had no knOwl-
edge OF the testimony, nor could the members
OF the House who voted to send it here, because
the House had refused to have it printed. He
characterized the transmission of this so-called
testimony as base attempt to circulate scan
uaiOuS gossip. He was content to leave the
matter In the hands of the cora mittee ON priv
lleses and elections, only requesting that they
would give 1t their early attention.
That reference was made.
THE INTERSTATE COMMERCE BILL.
At p. m. to-day the Senate resumed consid-
Grafton Of the interstate commerce bill.
House OF Representatives.
On motion OF Mr.. Collins (Mass.), Senate bill
was passed extending for two months from
Soth April, 1886, the duties OF the clerk of the
late Court of Commissioners of Alabama
Claims.
On motion Of Mr. Steele Qnd.), resolution
was adopted setting apart the 4th and 9Th Of
May TOR the consideration of business reported
IRON the committee on military affairs
FUN IN THE HOUSE.
The House was thrown into a wild state ofex-
element over the personal antagonism be-
tween MIR. ONeil, the chairman OF the labor
committee, and Mr.. Foran, who Is next on the
committee con es MI: CNei! In speech some time
who pretended to represent labor Organizations
ON the floor of the House, who wanted to see
been growing at each others heels since then.
and 1t has been generally understood that Mr
toran would force the lighting on the floor of
When to-day Mr.. Foran arose to a question OF
privilege every body knew what to expect, and
whole House closed In around them. Every seat
On the republican side of the House was vacant.
and the members had crowded over to the
his explanation point of order was mace and
ne was ruled out Of order, upon the grounds
that no charge had been made against him at
fect1ng his character as a Representative
MI. Beach would not allow unanimous con-
sent to be given for him to proceed, and he was
The disappointment of the members who had
expected to see fight was painful.
suddenly Mr.. Collins quick wit suggested
WAN
go on
"Mr. Speaker" he said; ''tf 1 now charge di-
the gentleman from Missouri implied, can he
then claim the privilege OF the fioor7"
1t was held that he might rise to q question
OF personal explanation II anything had been
said affecting his character as a member.
Then, Mr.. Speaker" said Mr.. Collins ssI will
make any charges necessary to give him the
noor This raised a laugh, and Mr.. Foran
But the Speaker would not allow any trifing,
utes' talk in reply to what MI. Foran had
already said, the matter was hushed up. and
the House fell back to its customary quiet.
The District I'm Congress.
BILLS IN THE HOUSE.
Mr. Wise, Of Va, introduced bill in the
House yesterday to incorporate the U. s. Fidel-
ity Guarantee Company, with the following in
corporatOrs C. NJ. Ransom, A. H. Dillon. Ma,
thaniel Tyler, b. G. Harris, w. II. Morrison. +
L. Barbour Frank Hume, Alex. Hay, ]. NJ
tale haley ana md, 2. c: Dean: They are authorized to
antceing bonds OF bonded officers.
Mr.. Collins introduced a bill to exempt Provi-
dence hospital from taxation.
THE DISTRICT APPROPRIATION BILL
will probably not be reported for some days
yet, nor is 1t likely that the subcommittee will
even report it back TO the full committee before
the last OF this week. 80
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS BOUNTY.
MIR. Hanback, of Kansas, yesterday introduced
bill in the House to provide for the payment
of q bounty of 500 to every soldier who yolun-
teered and enlisted in the District of Columbia
under President Lincoln's call of April 1861
for u 600 men and has not received any other
bounty or pension.
Capitol Topics.
AN ADVERSE REPORT UPON DEMENT,
The Senate committee ON public lands has
unanimously voted to report adversely upon
the nomination Of r. s. Dement,, to be surveyor
general Of Utah.
REVENUE REFORM.
The House committee on ways and means de
cided to-day to report favorably two bills fOne
allows the transportation OfimpOrted goods in
bond TO the inland, without having to be
opened by the customs officers In New York
The other bill is to reduce the revenue officers
and simplify the service.
SUBSTITUTE EDUCATION BILL.
The House committee on LABOR, at q meeting
late yesterday afternoon, decided by a vote of s
to to report to the House Mr. Grains substi-
tute for the Willis educational bill. The sut-
stitute provides that the receipts from the sale
general land Office shall be divided among the
several states and territories In the propOrtiOn
Of their school population Tor educational pur-
poses for the next ten years. Twenty-Five per
cent OF the sum Is to be used for industrial and
technical instruction and tile remainder for the
agreed that the individual members should not
be bound by their vote in committees. either in
support OF or against the measure when it comes
up for consideration in the House.
THE DELAY IN CONFIRMING GEN. RoSECRA1ge.
1t seems that the report OF the confirmation
Of Gen. Rosecrans AZ register OF the Treasury
was premature, though 1t was given out ON
cially. The nomination was reported favorably.
but before action was taken by the Senate some
charges, alleging the connection OF Gen. Rose
Grams with Irregular entry OF public lands In
California were presented. It Is claimed by
Gen. Rosecrans' friends that tho charge Is ut
teriy without foundation.
MINES AND MINING.
The House committee ON mines and mining
have reported q substitute for q bin 70 estab-
| fish bureau of mines and mining. The sub
stitute proposes to require the geological sur
vey TO gather statistics relating to mineral pro-
ducts Of the United States the persons ene
employees, the time st which employees are &C
work and also to collect information relating 10
mining operations to the chemlc and mineral