Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-01-07
CAPITOL TOPICS.
A "REGISTER OF LABOR"

The Senate committee on education and
labor has ordered favorable report upon Mr..
Turpie's bill ''to provide for the making and
publication and distribution of the register of
labor" II provides that it shall be the duty of
the commissioner of labor annually to compile
from the best and most authentic sources and
to prepare and publish, a book to be called the
Register of Labor" to contain the names and
address, selected and alphabetically arranged
with reference to occupation, of persons of
known excellence in their vicinity in any line
of skilled labor or mechanism, the names to be
taken in proportion to population from the diff
ferent states and territories and District of the
union, said register to contain only the names
of persons actually engaged in the manual
work of their respective callings; the list to be
carefully revised each year; name to be
dropped from the register as long as the person
is known to be engaged as above provided; loss
in the list by death other causes to be re-
placed by other names taken from the same
locality.
THE HOUSE DEADLOCK
The House still in deadlock up to late
hour this afternoon, every effort to adjourn
having proved fruitless. The democrats tried
to hold a caucus this afternoon, but owing to
the deadlock they were compelled to postpone
1t until this evening, when they hope to come
to an agreement and to fix upon date for the
Oklahoma bill. 1t is thought, however, very
doubtful if they will succeed.
DISAPPOINTED DIPLOMATS.
The most disappointed people at the action
OF the Senate in going into secret session to
discuss Mr.. Edmunds' resolution re-
garding the attitude of European governments
toward interoceanic canals on the American
continent. were the the diplomats from the
central and South American states. They
and, having missed the open discussion
of Saturday, they determined to hear that
OF to-day and almost filed the diplomatic gal
lery. When the motion to go into secret SEES
sion was adopted they departed, greatly disap-
pointed, and expressing their inability to un-
derstand the policy of Congress, or branch
| of it, which varied SO from day to day.
NEW MEXICO WANTS TO BE STATE
The citizens of San Miguel county, New Mex
leo, in mass meeting assembled, December a.
1888, adopted resolutions asking Congress to
admit the territory to the United States They
we're presented to the Senate to-day by Presi-
dent Pro Tenn. Ingalls,.
TO ABOLISH THE INTERNAL-REvEyUE SYSTEM
The manufacturers club of Philadelphia, at
recent session, adopted resolutions in the
form of memorial to Congress, asking the
| entire abolition of the internal-revenue sys-
tenn. To-day Senator Cameron presented a
| copy to the Senate, and ii went to the finance
| committee for further consideration.
INCREASED PENSIONS.
| The House committee on invalid pensions
has decided to report bill making an increase
in the amount Of pensions allowed for ampu-
tated limbs. The bill will also contain pro-
vision allowing an additional pension to per-
sons who now receive pension for amputated
limbs, but who are also suffering from gunshot
/ wounds for which no pension is now allowed
The amount Of increase, however, has not yet
been determined upon.
| NOTES.
| Representative Collins was, on Saturday, re-
| elected chairman of the Massachusetts central