Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-02-08
NOTIFYING.
TIE ACTION OF THs HOUSE IN SEATING
NIB. WHITE.
whata Member Of tho Committee says-The
Work Of the Commit
tees-Pers0nal



WASHINGTON, d. c., February THE
action OF the House last evening in seat
inc Mr. White against the unanimous
report OF the Democratic members OF
the Committee on Elections, while not
unexpected, has boon the subject OF
good deal OF adverse criticism among
Democrats here to-day. That forty five
Democrats. and among them twelve
chairmen Of committees. should have
voted with the Republicans against the
conclusions Of the report, which had
been reached after most pa
tent end impartial investigation by
the Democrats who the party
itself in caucus had selected for
members Of that committee, is rs as
tonishing as it is notifying to them.
Talking 20 one OF them to-day he said {:
eff the party can stand it the commit
tee can. IN the Thmhe-Cariisle case
there were Democrats Who pandered to
the Labor vote and voted for 1hGbe
against Mr.. Carlisle. In this case there
were Democrats who truckled to the
foreign vote and voted to seat White.
REPORTED BACK.
The chairman 81 the Committee on
War Claims reported back to-day the
blll to settle the claims of Virginia and
Maryland for moneys advanced the
United States during the war Of 1872,
with the recommendation that il be re
icired to the Committee on War Claims.
Mr.. Wise questioned the propricty Of
the reference but declined 10 oppose 1t
rs he did not consider it meter Of i'm
por'2nce which committee it was re-
icrred to. Mr.. Stone, the chairman OF
the Committee on War Claims, subse-
quently assured Mr.. Wise that the bill
should be considered promptly by that
committee, and that lac himself would
make the report OF an early date.
NAVAL AFFAIRS.
The Committee on Naval Affairs has
directed favorable report on the bill to
restore cadets Of the class of 1881 and
1882 to the navy with tue rank that they
would have had but for the decision of
the then Secretary of the Navy (Mr.
Chandler. which ordered them TO he
dropped from the naval register.
Mr.. O'Ferrall from the Committee on
Mines and Mining. reported tayoraby
the bill TO refer tine claim OF William
McGarrahan to the Court o, Claims for
adjudication.
Mr. Springer reported from the Com
mittee on Territories his bill to organize
the Territory OF Oklahoma. Should this
hill become law the Territory viii be
thrown open to settlement, and tie
boomers, " who are SAID to have an en-
rolled strength of $4,000 members. will
move in at once and take possession If
the Territory, which is said to be in soil
and climate one Of the most desirable
portions of the United states.
a Government official told me some
lineage that he had surveyed the greater
part of it, and that he had never seen so
beautiful and fertile q country. lie pro-
uounced tie soil exceedingly Tich. the
land well watercd by the Canadian and
other rivers. and the climate delightful
"entirely too good a country for In
dians AS he expressed It,
HOURS OF WORK.
Mr.. Compton, from the Committee on
Labor. reported bill to limit the hours
Of work for letter-carriers.
1t having been stated in the papers
that members of Congress had private
wires running from the Capitol to their
Offices in Wall street aud other financial
centres for stock purposes Mr.. Carlisle
has given orders that all wires in the
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nary business Of the House and the
public shall he forthwith removed.
The House Committee on Pacific
Railroads has set Friday at l0} o'clock
for hearing Mr.. c. L. Huntington and
his colleagues. 1t is said that Senator
Stanford desires to testify, or at least 70
make a statement before the committee,
and he Will probably be allowed to do
SO. One Of the members Of the com
mittec, however. said to-day that if the
Senator made his appearance for that
purpose he should PROFOUND to him the
questions which he refused to answer
last year when asked by the Pacific
Railroad Commission.
The Committee on Ways and Means
ilhN dWluOIiLAtt a iuNOlul'l' l'OAA Wal wv
bill to consolidate the customs districts.
PERSONAL.
Mr.. Justice Lamar has appointed
Henry NJ. Friend, of Ohio, his private
secretary, and the latter has resigned
bis position in the Interior Department
to accept the appointment.
Senator Blackburn is reported much
better to-day, being able to sit up and
entertain his friends. lie hopes to he
able TO return to his seat in the Senate
in day or two.
Mr.. Cleveland has been compelled to
decline the invitation TO attend the
Tilden banquet. The President expects
guests at home that evening it being the
time fixed for the official reception to
the army and navy.