Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-04-21
AT THE CAPITOL TO-DAY.
THE HOUSE IN SESSION.
Considering the River and Harbor Bfll.
House Of Representative.

lIouse Of Representative.
Immediatly after the reading OF the journal
contest for consideration arose between the special
order, the homestead bill and the river and har-
Dor btll.
An attempt was made to arrive at an amicable
arrangement whereby the consideration OF the
speclaI erder should be postponed until May /, but
;, A 1IS,GHenrldge, , OF Kentucky, fearing that the
oh,acsna @ nieht oe interfered with, interposed an
Finally the House refused-yeas s., nays 1876
into sne special order and the House went
tennessee, In the chair on
TIE RIVER AND HARBoR BIZ.
MI McAdoo (N. J.) criticized the appropriation
IN the Dill for the Oswego harbor He read from
tne engineers report to show that the commercial
importance OF the harbor was decaying owing to
rallroad competition. The report state& that
xSuOOO could be probably expended during the
year. and yet In the face or that fact the commit
zee on rivers and harbors had Appropriated $780,
600 Ior the work. At the same time it had cut
down the appropriation for the important Passaic
hiver In New Jersey $4,000.
Enthusiastsc for Sherman.
WHAT REPRRsENrATIvE N'KrNLKY SAYS OF THE OHIO
CONVENTION.
Mr.. Mckinley has just returned from Ohio, and
to-day was being congratulated oy his colleagues
In the House. He is enthusiastic over Mr.. Sher.
mans prospects Of getting the nomination at
chicago In June. He said to a STAR reporter to-
DAY that the endorsement OF Mr. Sherman by the
Ohio convention was not merely formal 1t was
earnest; they meant II. They were enthusiastic In
tnelr support OF MI. Sherman, and no man oppos-
Ing him would have dared 10 put up his head In
the convention. The convention would have
rushed over such opposition, and have rrodden 1t
unQer lOOt. The convention and the repu OlcauS
OF the entire state we're for sherman earnestly and
all the time. He said there was no foundation
whatever tor the talk OF Sherman,s endorsement
being only lukewarm and the result OF great labor
he telt confident that Sherman would get tns
nomination, and declared be thought he woul0
make the strongest possible candidate.
Capitol Topics.
10 PROHIBIT DEALING IN FUTURES.
Mr.. George o. Jones, of New York, and Repre-
sentative Enloe, OF Tennessee, made arguments to-
day before the House committee on agriculture
upon the constitul ionality and necessity OF such
legislation as Is proposed by the several bills now
from dealing In futures IN agricultural products.
oovERNMINT PRINTING OFFICE INVESTIGATION.
-Four or flve employees OF the Government Print
Ing once testified before the House special CON-
mittee to-day as to private work being done in
that once when Mr.. Rounds was Public Printer.
THE PENSION APPROPRIATIONS BILL PASSED.
The House passed the pension appropriation bill
yesterday, and after brief contest for precedence
between the post-ofice and the river and harbor
bills, the latter was taken up for consideration by
paragraphs, general debate beng dispensed with
AZ the evening session twenty-five pension bills
were passed.
THE CALIFORNIA CONTEST.
The House committee on elections to-day re-
solved to report In favor Of the claim of VIM Van
dever 10 seat in the House as the representative
OF the sixth California district The vote was
unanimous with the exception OF one mocralic
member, who refrained from voting. The returns
showed that Vandever received 1880 votes, while
Lynch, the contestant, had 1S 2O4.
NOTES.
Senator SpOoner has consented to deliver the
Grafton at the unveinng OF the monument at
ffoffNSnnrO rpr On
Some 500 Wisconsin veterans are expected to al.
tend. =