, 1888-01-26
WASHINGTON NOTES.
THE cARLlsLE-rHoEBE CASE.

without disposing OF the Thoebe-
Carlisle case rendered it impossible
that the vote by which the resolution
for the reporting of the case was de-
feated yesterday, can be reconsidered
except By unanimous consent. the
time within which such motion could
have been entered ms one of the priv
ileges having expired with to.day's
session. Although the rumor that
Carlisle will on Monday address let
ters to the house asking the case to
be reopened is declared by that gen.
tlemans friends to be without founda.
ton, even should such u communica-
ton be received its suggestions could
only be acted upon by unanimous
consent, unless the order for the pre-
vious question under which the house
is now operating should be consid-
cred as withdrawn.
LOOKING UP A COMBINATION.
In the house to-day Bacon of New
Y rk, chairman Of the committee on
manufactures, reported ~ preamble
aud resolution reciting the allegation
that certain individuals and corpora
tions engaged in mining and manu-
featuring, or dealing some necessi-
ties of life, have combined for the pur
pose of CONTROL = or curtniling the
production or the supply of the same,
thereby increasing the price to the peo
pie, affecting injurously the COM
merce between states md impairing
the revenues OF the government, and
d Erecting the committee on manufaC-
lures to inquire into the names, NUM-
brr and extent of such alleged comb.
nations, and all other mat ers relating
To- the same which may call for legis-
lation by congress.
AMENDMENTS OFFERED.
Representative Dunn of Arkansas
to-day obtained leave to have printed
in the Record several amendments he
proposes to offer to Wilkins's banking
bill at the first opportunity.
NOT ANXIOUS FOR INVESTIGATION.
An Associated Press reporter to-
night inquired of Speaker Carlisle
what truth there was in the report
that he woull. Monday, send n letter
to the house requesting that the
Thoebe-Carlisle case b.. reopened and
that committee be sent into the
9th Kentucky district. The speaker
authorizes the following denial of the
report to be made public: 81 have
not contemplated such step. The
house must take its own course in the
case, without dictation or attempted
dictation from me-"
POSTAL MATTERS.
The parcel post convention between
the United States and Canada, men
toned in Al dispatch ceived by the
Associated Press from Ottawa to-day,
was signed by Postmaster General
Villas the few days it was before the
dep rtment. 1. was then sent to
Cana n for Postmaster General Nc
il will be returned T. Washington on
Monday, when the present post
master general will present it to the
president for signature. Superinten-
dent Bell, of the foreign mails said
tonight, the provisions of this conyen-
,ion are in every respect the same as
the provisions of the parcel post con-
ventloh now EN- route between United
States and NJ, Xico.
UNwIsE ECONOMY.
General Greedy, chief signal officer,
was before the house appropriation
committee to-day to urge that
an Immediate appropriation be
made to maintain the signal
service stations in various
rlaces. principally at the west, manv
OF which had already been discontinued
and other stations at important
points would likew SO be forced to dis.
continue, unless action Was taken to
provide means to pay the necessary
exl ense. General Greedy says that
the usefulness of the signal service is
crippled because the last congress cut
down the appropriations to the mar
rCwest limit.
ARB.TRATIHN MEMORIAL.
A memorial from the Massachusetts,
committe of fifty, recen ly formed to
cooperate with the British deputation
of perce and arbitration, representing
223 members of the house Of commons
which visited Washing ON in Novem-
Der, was presented TO the president to-
day by Edwin ID. Mead, of Boston,
representing the commute. The me-
mortal is signed by the governor OF
Massa ihus.ets, mayor of Boston,
President Elliott, of Harvard Univer-
sity, Presi''ent Seely, Of Amherst COL
lcge, Edward Everett Hale, Rev. Philip
Brooks, Joseph Cook, Andrew Pea
body, Leverett Lalistonstall, Alex
alexander Rich, Charles Theodore
Russell and many leading scholars
and business men of Massachusetts.
Mead, in benaif of the committee,
urged the Importance Of the oppor-
tunity ofiercd by the proposition of
the Rrilish n1pu uria lists lur Il deEniIe