Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-07-02
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The Foreign Affairs Comnlitt
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WORK OF THE WEEK IN CONGRESS


 Other News from Washington. WASHINGTON, July 2.-The report of Chair- man Belmont of the house foreign affairs committee on the bill to provide for worlds exposition at the national capital in 1899, has just been issued from the government print ing office. The report proper is very brief, but the appendix embodies the remarks of Alexander D. Anderson. secretary of thf board of promotion, and others made befQf the committee in support of the expositi also resolutions of national and internations conventions and boards of trade, and letters from governors of states and ministers of South and Central American governments, all indorsing in the strongest terms the pro | posed exposition, and for a permanent, ex | sition of the three Americas at Washingtj | The committee in their report note the Aesifa, of various nations of the American cehtinentI to suitably commemorate tho coming ao0th | anniversary of the discovery of America byl i Columbus, and say: "I our committee think that the United States should taf Ike the initiative in this mat | ter. A national board of promotion, co A( | posed of the governors of most of the statS and territories, the mayors of leading citie | the officers of boards of trade throughout tl country, and many other prominent citize representing all of the forty-seven states l territories, have, during the past two i created u strong public sentiment in SUI 1 of the movement, and have submitte i congress carefully considered plan national and international celebratio i 1S92, ill honor of the quadri-centennial
 discovery of the new world by ColumbuE
 That portion of the plan relating to l and territorial exhibit and three Amerj
 exhibit requires immediate attention this
 sion, i'll order that these states and territo
 and the other American nations have
 for preparation.
 "0i the total forty-six state and terri legislatures of the United States thirty
 meet during the coming seven months,
 nearly all of these in biennial session. H l it is of importance that no tune be lost
 tending the invitation provided for
 bill reported. The United States Id
 peatedly, during the past thirty-five years
 cepted invitations to participate in inter- stonal expositionS at the capitals and leadin cities of European and other foreign natioHt During the present session congress has, by legisa ation, accepted invitations to Paris, Brussels, Melbourne and Barcelona. At our own national capital there has never been d gathering of nations at an exposition.
 "The7 committee unanimously report and recommend the passage of the bill which was reported to the house about two weeks ago. 2
 THIS WEEK IN CONGRESS.
 To-day is individual suspension of rules day in the house. It will be in order for indi- vidual members to move suspension of thG rules for the passage of any measure
 may call up. The tariff bill is to be
 aside for the day, and the speaker has pisE ised to recognize Mir. Outhwaite, of Ohiol who will call up the Pacific railroad funding bill; Mir. Holman, who will ask consideration of the land forfeiture bill, and Mir. Clardy, iaSiraS fo taly mn the Nicaragua Ship Canal company.
 Chairman Mills says the remainder of the week will be devoted to the consideration of the tariff bill, and that it is intended to reach some kind of an agreement at a meeting of : the committee on ways and means whereby a definite limit of the tariff debate can be fixed upon.
 There will be conference reports on some appropriation bills, which will consume somo of the time of the week.
 In the senate to-day the fisheries treaty will come up, and Mcssrs. Morrill, and Hoal- intend delivering speeches. The week will be devoted to the fisheries treaty, the coast defense bill and conference reports on some appropriation and other bills.
 Old members of the house and senate say they do not see how congress can adjourn this year much before the middle of August or 1st of September.
 THE NEW CIVIL SERVICE ORDER
 The new civil service order which was made public Saturday has created quite & stir in departmental circles It carries civil service reform almost to its limits. Six new classes of employees are added to those heretofors existing. It takes in every person in the de partmental service, except such as are ap , pointed by and with the consent of the } senate, and such as are appointed as unskilled } laborers and messengers. The bureau of er. gravlng and printing; the supervising archi. , tect's office and the bureau of statistics are included in the civil service rules, and ? those who are appointed in those bureaus a, per diem pay are to be rated with those re } ceiving annual salaries to the same amount It would sesm that the employees of the gov. ernment printing office are included also although no mention is made of them in the rules as published. The provisions of this or. der, if they become the practice of the gov ernment, will place our civil service nearly on par with that of England.
 3 THE DEMOCRATIC LEAGUE MEETING. Gen. A. F. Carr, of Baltimore, who is working up the Baltimore end of the Demo. cratic league meeting, to be held in the Monumental City on July 4, spent consider able time in Washington last week. His visit appears to have been thoroughly successful It Is expected that the several clubs of this city -asA 'eake rather creditable showing in Baltimore on the opening day, as headed by the Marine band, they leave here in a special train on the Baltimore and Ohio road at 7;SC q o'clock and will be met at the depot by either the Crescent or Calumet club. The Jackson club will lead the procession, and in that line will be representatives of tbe Columbia. l. Young Mems club, the Jefferson association ! and the East Washington Bandanna club n The Ohio, South Carolina and a number ol other Democratic associations having head | quarters i'll Washington will also be well rep resented All of the Washington clubs will be uniformed.
 | THE PRESIDENTS VISITORS.
 Mrs Hoyt, the presidents sister, is cxs
 pected to remain another week at Oak View, . Rev. William Cleveland and his wife vii probably return to their homes early this ! week. The president and Mrs Cleveland have arranged their country villa prepara tory to spending the heated term in comfort Of course, until congress adjourns tho cx
 ecutive will not absent himself for any lengti
 of time. Mrs. Cleveland and her mother however, may go away before the firal nd