Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-04-05
AT THE CAPITOL TO-DAY.
SENATE COMMITTEE CHANGES.
The Proposed Centennial Cele-
bration in Washington.
BILL DAY IN TIE HOUSE.
TILE FISHERIES QUESTION.
The CHAPLAIN on the Deplorable
Condition Of the Times.


Condition Of the Times.
The Senate.
In the Senate Mr.. George reported unfavora-
bly, from the committee on territories bill "to
enable the Northwest Trading company, q pri-
vate corporation organized under the general
laws of Oregon, to purchase certain lands in the
| territory of Alaska" The committee, Mr..
George said, recommended the indefinite post
ponement of the bill
PUBLIC LANDS IN ALASKA.
Mr.. Dolph asked that the bill be placed on the
| calendar He had expected, he said, that the
debate on the bill would bring up the whole
| question of the disposition of public lands in
Alaska, and he still thought that question an
| important one for Congress to look into and de-
eide. Mr. Dolph thought the committee had
given the bill slight consideration.
Mr.. George said the committee had given the
| was very improper bill.
At Mr.. Dolph's request the bill was placed on
| the calendar.
| COMMITTEE CHANGES.
| Mr.. Cameron offered resolution which was
| agreed ito, appointing Mr.. Sherman chairman
| of the committee on foreign relations, Mr.. Har-
| rison member of the same committee, Mr..
| SpOoner a member of the committee on the
District of Columbia, Mr.. Stanford member of
the civil service reform committee, and Mr..
| Mitchell, OF Oregon, memberOf the committee
on additional accommodation for the library.
RELATING TO EXECUTIVE SESSIONS.
| Mr.. Platt formally submitted his proposed
amendment to the resolution heretofore intro
| duced by him relating to executive sessions.
The amendment recites specifically the Senate
rules affected by the resolution, Mr. Platt's OBJ
tect being to avoid point OF order on his reso-
luton that it did not recite the rules which it
proposed to amend. The amendment lies over
| under the rules, Mr.. Plat saying he hoped to
address the Senate on the subject matter OF
the resolution on Wednesday or Thursday
| next.
| INFORMATION WANTED.
Mr.. Germans resolution recently submitted
was laid before the Senate, calling on the Secre-
tary of the Interior for information as to the
| names, ETC., of persons employed in receiving,
folding and distributing public documents.
On motion Of Mr.. ingalls, an amendment was
agreed to calling for such additional informa-
tion or suggestions as, in his judgment, will be
of Importance in the matter of legislation touch.
| ing the printing and distribution OF such docu-
| ments.
MIR. Germans resolution, as so amended, was
! agreed to.
THE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION IN WASHING
| TON.
| MI. German submitted afjoint resolution for
the appointment Of ajoint committee, to con-
sist of three on the part Of the Senate and five
| on the part of the House of Representatives, to
consider the subject of a celebration in 1889 at
Washington of the centennial anniversary of
| the formation OF the government under the
| Constitution of the United States, and also of
| America in 1892, and to report what, if any,
| action by Congress is advisable in relation
| thereto.
Mr.. Hale suggested that the resolution had
| better go over, and that order was made.
THE ARMY BILL UP AGAIN.
! The army bill was then placed before the
Senate, the pending question being on Mr..
Hale's motion to strike out section two which
| provides that hereafter the army shall consist
| of 30, 900 enlisted men.
Mr.. Plumb took the floor, and continued his
remarks in opposition to the bill.
MIR. FRYE ON THE FISHERY QUESTION.
AT two p m. Mr.. Frye took the floor in the
Senate on the army bill, and with an apology
for DEPRESSING, he delivered speech on the
fisheries question.
House of Representatives.
THE CHAPLAIN GIVES A DEPLORABLE PICT.
URE OF THE TIMES.
In his prayer this morning the chaplain drew
deplorable picture of the times, when the
masses of men were drifting farther and farther
| from the churches, when educated men were
| asking sis life worth living?" when men in the
market places and other centers of resort were
teaching with tongue and pen the doctrines of
despair, pessimism, agnosticism and atheism;
when lotteries, gambling houses and grog shops
were ssapIping tn the health and prosperity, of
passed but brought to light some new evil to
crimson the face Of the patriot; when leaders in
to the highest bidder and bartering the fran
chise of the people; when obscene books and
pictures were corrupting the imagination and
| debauching the character OF children and
youth; when boys were becoming hoodlums
| and girls were bought and sold like dumb,
driven cattle in the SHAMELESS; when people
were building churches to vie with club houses
in cost, show and luxury, where the poor were
never expected to enter; when divine charity
took the form OF machine and was admin
istered by proxy and when our boosted civili-
zation was stained with blots as dark as death.
BILLS INTRODUCED.
Under the call of states, the following bills
| and resolutions were introduced and referred.
THE CENTENNIAL AT WASHINGTON.
By Mr.. Butterworth (Ohiol-For the appoint
| ment of special committee of three Senators
| and five Representatives to consider the subject
| OF a celebration in 1889 at Washington of q
| centennial anniversary of the formation of the
| government under the constitution.
BY Mr.. Glover (Mo.)-Au:horizing the con-
struction OF bridge across the Mississippi river
| at st. Louis.
BY Mr.. Dockery Notwithstanding a free deliv-
By Mr.. Weaver (Neb.)-A resolution of in
quiry relative to the transportation OF cattle by
| railroads.
TO REDUCE LETTER POSTAGE
BY Mr.. Henderson IN. C.)-To reduce letter
postage to one aud one-half cents and the price
| OF postal cards to one-half OF a cent.
| THE FISHERIES QUESTION
By Mr.. Dingley (Me.)-The following prean-
Die ana resolution: whereas the minister of
| marine of the Dominion Of Canada has issued
| a proclamation directing the enforcement OF an
| act of the dominion parliament, which pro-
| hibits any fishing vessel of the United States
| from entering any dominion harbor except
| tor the purpose OF shelter, repairing damages
| and purchasing wood and obtaining water and
| Whereas, Press dispatches announce that
| under this proclamation Dominion officers have
| denied to fishing vessels of the United States
| the right to enter ports of entry in said DOmin-
| ion for the purpose of purchasing supplies or
| landing fish caught in deep water for shipment
| in bond to the United States, or doing other
| acts which Canadian and other British vessels
| are freely permitted to do in the ports of the
United States; and
| Whereas, These acts of the Dominion of Can.
ada are in cOntraversiOn of the principles which
| regulate the intercourse of friendly civilized
nations and In direct conflict with legislative
| arrangement between the governments of the
| United States and Great Britain, which went
| into effect LIST January, 1850, by which Great
Britain, In view Of similar privileges condition
| ally conceded to her vessels by the United
States, placed the vessels of the United States
| on the same footing in British ports as that on
| which British vessels are placed in the ports of
the United States, the coasting trade alone ex-
| cepted; therefore,
Resotred, That the President be requested to
furnish the House with any information in his
| possession relative to the exclusion of American
fishing vessels from the right to enter ports of
| entry Of the dominion of Canada for the pur-
pose OF trading, purchasing supplies or landing