Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1886-02-27
CAPITAL NOTES.
Especial Correspondence

| puZZl|, anu Deen less successfully uealC W tn
by each Presidential family since the time of
Andrew johnson. That President accom-
plished feat and did the duty handed down
| by tradition of inviting t. dinner each sena-
tor and representative at least orce during
each two years Since then congress has
| grown to be such formidable body in num-
bers that the president has fallen shorter and
shorter of getting all around during q con-
| gress of two sessions. Miss Cleveland al
| though delayed by the sad weeks of mourn ne
that have broken into this winter season, le
gins now a seriose of lunch parties at which
| she hopes to entertain the wives of senators
| and representatives. The first of these par
ties will take place on F.'iday of this week
and more delicate and pleasing solution Of
mixed pr blem could not have been reached.
One of the prettiest pieces of reform to
| come up at the present session is Mr.. Nc
| Comas' bill to prohibit speculation by offic rs
| of national banking associations He wants
| 1t to be made unlaw III for the pre- sidcnt.
cashier, Her, or other chief executive eff,
Ger of any national banking rs ociation hav-
! ing capital stock to amount to $500, 600 or
more. to engage in speculation IN stocks,
| bonds or other securities, or in grain. provis-
ions, produce or oil, on margins, on his own
individual account, or for his own personal
profit, either directly or Indirectly CT to
have any partnership or other iinau C al inter
est in the operations OF any private banking
or brokerage firm or business ANY officer
who violates the law on this matter is to be
deemed guilty of ms 'emeanor, and ini-
p is ned It less than one nor more than i've
years, and finel not more than $1,000
The senate sub committee Gu iinarce has
been in sess on some dogs taking evidence on
The matter of under valuation of imports
They are row 7nvincel that great frauds
have committed and announce that they
need no fur her evidence on that point. The
question is how to top tkam The fac
have long been known TO dry goods mcn and
tome Ct the lead ug houses controlled by
Americans, such as tho of II. Z C'atl &
Co, Bates Red & Coo'ey, Tefft Waller q
Co., have protested tins after time
to no purpose. The perjury went
on and alien me. chants of French,
German and Swiss b nth grew enor-
mously rich whiio American merchants were
unable to compete with them. The frau IS
have been cImnlttel by houses w,''cl i'm,
port silk. velvets. ribbons, kill gloves and
so called druygis : supplies. Senat Il AIdrich
of Rho lie lanl says the fcaui ara enorm ous
| AMI have driven Americans out OF the I'M
porting bus ness, Thare is , large cluster of
hous~s in the dry goo Is section of the City,
c. urch, Girard and Broome streets, entirely
in the Lands of foreigners, most of wi om &c
| Senate Or A'drich says, ARE no. naturAlizel
ct Z MS" Some OF the p inc us reside in
| Europe and r?ost of KEN are agents for for-
egn manufactures. They 10 * Il ,ol the
United States as a legitimate ff,d for
p!under and care nothing for tariff
| laws.
At the Woman Suffrage convention resolu-
tons We're. adopted res filming CO.. ii lenca in
the nationa, method of securing the ballot to
women through an amendment to the Fed
eral constitution; calling on Congress to sub
nit to the States at once the q ,est:on of the
right Of IN II to vote; protes ing agains5
the admission to the Union Of any Territory
where the elective fra, chise is denied to
women; declaring the National Woman Suf-
frage association to be non-partisan in poll.
tics, and protesting against the rassa: e in its
present shape CT The bill now pending in Con-
gress to suppress pc yg2my, as discriminating
u justly against Gonti'e and ne II poiyga,
nous Mormon women for crimes never M
llittel by them.
| a Upak ppn n rlf
in the fact that nothing occurred to iI,terfere q
with the gayetieS. The members received an
unusual rumber OF cllle on Tuesday, and
in the bright sunshine weather of Thursday
the street in front of the favorite Senatorial
residerc s were &C ually blocked with car,
rieges The Presidents receptions seemed to
bo more brilliant than usual, and that on
Saturday evening was the success of the sea.
son. Under such favorable impetus the
for the ia reasing briliancy which would
mark each succeeding one until lent. The
President has advertised one state recepti' n
and the Cabinet and Senators crowd behind
him so closely that many of the gusts will
have to devote part of an evening to each Of
, half dozen places.
The SUB. committee of the committee on
accounts have made som, very interesting
develorements in tt cir inyestiga ion Of tie
siGecureS on the 70 Is of the house. In adj
vance of any acton several employees lave
already resigned. in order TO avoid further
tx ,osure. Among these is George G,li1lnd.
He was on the rolls rs labsrer at SO a
month. He never appeared for duty, but he
hss drawn two months pay. He he's aow
concluded that the exertion Of dr. wirg h S
salary is too n.:ch for his system. and he has
resigned q Terrell, of kentu ky, has b en-
on the rol OF the do"un,nt room os pf ster
and folder since tie 9th dayof Decent cr last
but it is admitte tn 1t he las n Yer appaare
for duty or dill a stroke of work
in that time TIE irvcstig CATION So
far has rather been in the Da'ure Of an
investigation of Doc keeper d ,aelSon. Many
members, especially those from eastern stat s,
ella M that Dcuclson has di, crimn9ted
against them in their distr.l uton of Cfii es.
They would ask him for p,acs for their
friends and he would tell then thoIo WAS 10
vacancies. subsequently they LEANED that
he had filed these Ic3iti ms with his friends,
a d they accuse him of fc ing IN bad faith.
Donelson says that the whole in;estiea ion
has been worked up by man NAMED Rudd,
who was Il 'S1har1a,l, RI ID WnS DDpOiltel