Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-04-05
AT THE CAPITOL TO-DAY.

AT THE CAPITOL TO-DAY.
The Bena hin Passes The senate.
The Senate this afternoon passed the bond pur-
chase BIN with the Beck silver amendment b. .
vsva voce vote. Il was agreed that the senate in.
sist on its amendments and referred the bill 70 .
committee Of conference.
The Beck AnenAment - the Bend MN.
IT n RKPoRTKD AT TEE CAPITOL THAT n ADOPTED
TTU PRHgDKNT WILL VETO THE Bill.
II b currently reported ct the Capitol that II the
Beck silver amendment shall b attached to the
bond purchase bun the President WIN veto IT. The
silver men in Congress declare that they win pass
the measure over veto A strong effort win be
made TO induce the House 20 disagree TO the
BILL as IL passed the House.
NOmlnAsions To-Day.
The President sent the following nominations to
the senate to-day:
Nayy-oOmmander winnsld Scott scnley, to be
:, P 8, ASSISTANT Surgeon George N. Harmon.
:, n 3 chspiains n the Navy: Walter Q. 1saacs,
OF Alabama, and ChaA Henry Parka, OF New York
senator Wilson on the Surplus.
POINTS FROM HE SPEECH IN THE SENATE TODAY.
M. Wilson, in his speech In the Senate to-day
on the Presidents message, speaking Of the an
nual surplus Of about soo.oOO,ooo. asked
what was the right thing to
Be done about it. Could that right taing be
STeS IN any Of the ov vaSS
Was there anything in those schemes that
IN ssS: q h
OF the southern states within the last seven
yearss TO these various questions he replied
the policy which the President assaiied. What
OF was
aeI policy had given M
Sn0 sad of sSs na Even sSDcy
No rs These sa could
sugar and molasses s' he quoted ngurss
70 To rr show =, .n that IN spite Of the tss
Tor several years past; and he suggested the re-
moval OF the duty on sugar and molasses (amount.
ing 70 about ffty-eight milions) as a means Of
guarding against the annual surplus Of sixty
He quoted some sentences from the Presidents
message, and asked whether any better response
molasses on the nee list; but Is 70 himself, e
make haste slowly"
Capitol Topics.
INTERCHANGE OF DOCUMENTS.
The communication from the Secretary
Of State laid before the Senate
to-day transmitting a request for an
interchange Of public documents between the
BY note note from Minister West g III:
BY the library Of the Dominion parliament with
the Smithsonian Institution Copies Of
arrive some times two or three years AFTER
date. and are, therefore,, practically use
ns Sass Se p
public men ana the Dominion government Is de-
sirous Of obtaining them by more direct
an Tass SSS Be could s'd %sSs
by which they could be furnished with full sets Of
the United states on1cial publications,
s ans fG Favor the PexeaanSe
documents with the United States Government
they will direct the ministers Of the several de-
issued BY them.
The roll cali in the House continued all day
relieving each other About half an hour was con-
sumed by each call
A PLEASANT ENrKRrArNxENr.-The ''Techmisher
Vere1n" gave pleasant entertainment last night
at Edels Hall TO its members and invited guests.
well-written prologue in verse by Mr.. J. Writ was
delivered, In the performance OF select pieces OF
music mus upon the piano violin, and volineeilo Sy
and GOdef1rOy, and in the excellent rendition OF
songs by Madam Roemer-Kaspar and Mr.. Holer.
"A UdnQutt lOlOWeO, IOr WHICH ucaTly Onc uunuIoU
covers were laid, and speeches were made, both In
German and English, by President Smithmeyer,
Mr. Kinkel, Mr.. Burckhardt, Prof. Fuchs, OF the
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore. MI. Code
nroy, DR.. Selrr1z, Mr.. Joseph Writ, and Mr.. New
mann. After the tables were cleared, dancing
was INDUCED In until near daylight
DE Aldama's Escape from Cuba.
From the Providence Journal.
Many hundreds OF New Workers knew the late
Miguel de ALBANIA very well in the days when he
was in the sugar business, with an ofice h Wall
street. News OF bis death has Just come from
Cuba. He was tall, slender, and handsome man
Of the darkest Cuban color and OF the truest
Spanish nature; he had seen more OF life than
most folks. In order to get away from Cuba he
had himself coOpered up In hOgshead and rolled
on the beach TO be picked up by vessel that came
up after dark. His name was In the spanish "Book
OF Blood" red ink list Of persons held to be trait
ors and considered to have surrendered the right
TO live should they be caught upon spanish soil.
"Great heavens!" said q friend TO him; II would
not like TO have my name there"
De ALBANIA replied with shrug impossible TO de-
scribe, and with the utmost good nature: "Ah,
don't know. II they get me they would kill me.
wish TO do the same for them. 1t Is an even
thing"