Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-01-24
AROUND THE CAPITOL.
Call for q Democratic Caucus-Note
from Committee Rooms, Etc.

Cail Ior q Democratic Caucus-Notes
from Committee Rooms, Etc.
The democrats of the House have issued the
following call for caucus tonight:
There will be a caucus of the democratic
members held in the hall of the House of Rep
resentatives at 7:9O o'clock this evening.
w. s. HOLMAN, Chairman"
January "a, 1890.
REPRESENTATIVE HoUK's LITTLE JOKE.
Representative Houk likes to badger his DEM
ocratic friends. He strclled over to the DEM
ocratic side today and paused by the desk of
Mr.. Culberson of Texas.
''Culberson, he said, i've republicans have
the ideal Speaker. He's the best Speaker who
| ever presided over this House. He won't recog-
nize democrat to make motion to adjourn;
he won'trecogniZe the demand of democrat for
tellers, and"-leaning over confidentially-"he
Is considering proposition to require the in
dorsement OF two republicans for a democrat
to introduce bill. I'll indorse you, Culber-
son, II you can get any one for a second"
VICE PRESIDENT HUNTINoToN's PLAN,
Vice President Huntington of the Central
Pacifice railroad company today addressed
the Senate select committee on Pacific rail-
roads in explanation of the plan which would
be acceptable to the Central Pacific railroad
for the settlement of its indebtedness to the
government His statement was practically a
reorganization of the longer one made by him
yesterday to the House Pacific railroad COM
mittee. He favored a bill providing for an ex-
tension of the time allowed for the repayment
of the debt equal to an average extension of
fifty-slx years, the deferred payments to bear
IA per cent interest per annum.
CONTESTED ELECTION CASES.
The House elections committee was in ses-
sion only five minutes today and did not at
tempt to pass upon the West Virginia contest
of Atkinson agt. Pendleton, which had been
set down for final disposition. The case of
Smith agt. Jackson, which has already
been reported to the House. will be called
up for consideration by that body next Wednes-
day II the committee can secure the floor
Next week will be devoted by the committee to
hearing arguments in the contested election
cases OF Mudd agt. Compton (tifth Maryland)
and Threet agt Clark first Alabama).
THE NEW CODE OF HOUSE RULES
The House committee on rules has not vet
finished its consideration of the new code Fair
progress was made at the meeting this morn
ing and another session will be held tomorrow
Mr.. Carlisle was present today.
SPEAKER REEDS CONFIDENTIAL CLERK.
Speaker Reed has appointed Mr.. Asher C.
Kinds of Maine to be confidential clerk to the
Speaker to succeed Mr.. o. o. Stanley. Mr..
Kinds is a newspaper man, formerly associated
with the Portland Press.
THE SENATE QUADRI-cENTENNIAL COMMITTEE.
Senator Hiscock stated this morning that no
meeting of the Senate quadri-centennial COM
mittee would beAheld before the latter part of
next week.
THAMES TO SENATOR INGALLS,.
delegation of colored men called on Sena-
tor Ingalls, at the Capitol this morning and pre-
sented an address, setting forth that at a meet
ing of Louisiana republicans, now temporarily
in Washington, held this morning a resolution
was adopted rendering to the Kansas Senator
"their heartfelt thanks for the able and pa
triotic speech delivered by him in the United
States Senate on January, %, 1890" The adj
dress had twelve signatures
Senator Ingalls, responded briefly. He said
he would not have been SO patient as the ne
groes of Louisiana had been under like con-
ditions He urged them to exercise patience
With patience he felt sure they would win.
IRRIGATION.
J. W. Powell, superintendent Of the geoiogi-
cal survey, appeared before the Senate COM
mittee on irrigation this morning and made an
argument in favor Of liberal APPROXIMATIONS
for carrying out the surveys plan of irrigation
in the west
NOTES
A delegation from the New Haven chamber
Of commerce, headed by Mayor Peck, appeared
before the House committee on rivers and har-
bors today in advocacy of an appropriation for
the improvement of New Haven harbor.
Senator Sherman, who has been confined to
his home for some time suffering from influenza
was at the Capitol today quite recovered.