Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-02-15

white Cap" Bin Under Consideration
at Neutrality-suspicious. Items.
HARRIsBuRG. Pa, Feb. J5.-John Fow Ia
succeeded in having the bin relating to In
tinidating letters, posters and circulars,
known as the White Cap bin, reported
Automatically by the Judiciary general COM
mittee The bill provides imprisonment and
fine for their sending, circulating and post
ing. This bill win cover a void in the penal
code
In the senate, the appointment of Thomas
r Butler 20 lie lay judge OF Chester county
has been confirmed.
BISMARCK, ID. t., Feb. I5.-Probably moth
ing could better show the feeling that has
been aroused against Governor Church in the
legislature than the introduction of bill
changing the name of Church county to Nc
Cormack county. Secretary Mccormack is
Governor Churchs most bitter political enc
my, and the legislature in this proposed nc
ton has the intention of eliminating the
name of the present governor from the map
of the territory.
Another bill was introduced, and is being
rapidly hurried through, 10 legalIze such a
recess as has been proposed to make il pos
slble to circumvent the governor in his at
tempt TO make the territorial appointments
for the next two years. The bitter feeling
grows more intense daily.
LANSING, Mich, Feb. l5.-The demonsirsl-
ton in the name OF the staIe IN the hall of the
house of representatives, in favor of Parneu
and to protest against O'Brien's treatment,
was attended by both branches of the legsla-
ture. The speakers were Governor Luce,
Gen. Alger, Judge Marston ami Col DUFF
field
ALBANY, Feb. l5.-The ceiling expert COM
mission, acting as branch investigating
power under direction of the appropriations
committee, at their secret session had before
them Contractor Snaith, Superintendent An
drews and some others What they testified
to cannot be ELECTED by inquiry Of the ex-
perts. The chemist, Mr.. Chester, was asked
If he had analysed the stuff which some per
sons claim to be plaster of Paris and others
architectural PAPER mache He said he had
done so. AT the proper time Professor Ches-
ter said he would give the results of his anal
ysis.
One of the ceiling committee of five said
that the expert architects were likely to re-
port that there had been no alarming stealing
in the work.
TRENTON, N. j., Feb. ia correspondent
of New York paper telegraphs to it as fol-
lows
"The liquor men are not content with the
modified repeal which Senator Werts has
prepared.
The liquor men have returned to the
charge for an unconditional repeal of the
law They will not have high license, and
they demand, too, that specific action be
taken to destroy prohibition in the counties
which have already accepted it, 1t is a
mooted point whether any legislation can
wipe out the verdict of elections that
have already been held But the
liquor men insist that the strongest attempt
that can be made shall be made in that direc-
ton. The liquor men also protest against
the proposition authorizing an election on the
application of 20 per cent. of the votes in
any township or city to raise the license fee
to whatever figure they may see fit. They
say that the license might be put so high as
TO be practical prohibition. 1t is said that
an act of that purport is in contemplation.
-Four of the liquor men in the Legislature say
that if such an act is insisted on they viii
holf