Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-03-08
UNDER THE DOME.
New States Seeking Admission-Notes
From Committee RoOms-Gossip.


The Wyoming and Idaho bills win come up
in the House next week. The opposition to
Idaho will be on party lines, and the demo-
Gratis win contend for the passage Of the
Springer omnibus bill for the admission of New
Mexico and Arizona with the other two.
THE LANGsToN Contest IN THE HOUSE.
The arguments in the Langston- venable
election contest will begin before the House
elections committee on Tuesday. Malone Is
understood to be fighting Langston, the repub-
lican contestee. Col. Brady, who is now col
lector OF internal revenue in Virginia, appears
as Mr.. Langston's counsel 1t is believed that
Langston has one of the strongest cases before
the committee and that he will be seated
THE MONTANA SENATORS.
The subcommittee having the Montana sena-
toriaI contest in charge have reported to the
full committee and it is expected that report
will be made to the Senate. There will be two
reports made, on strictly party lines, the repub-
licans declaring in favor OF Saunders and
Powers, and the democrats maintaining that
McGinnis and Clarke were elected. The two
republicans are expected to be seated within
two weeks.
SEVEN HUNDRED MILLIONS FOR PENSIONS
The service pension bill, the arrearage bill,
the dependent pension bill and private pen
sion bills, which are all In position that prac-
tically assures their being reported
from the House committee on invalid
pensions, aggregate nearly $700O0O,O 900.
The service pension bill is estimated at $l44,-
100000 annually, the dependent bill at $780,
600, 900 ANNUALLY, the private bills at an aggre-
gate of gil, SOC, 900 annually and the arrearage
bill at S47l ,OOO, 600 in lump sum-
THE PROPOSED LIQUOR TRAFFIC INVESTIGATION.
The House committee on the alcoholic liquor
traffic again had under consideration today the
bill providing for a commission Of five persons
to conduct an investigation into the subject OF
the liquor traffic in all Its phases. Mr..
John 4. Piatt, the secretary OF the wine and
liquor dealers association OF New York, was be-
fore the committee and spoke in favor OF the
bill. Without action the bill went over until
the next meeting of the committee.
TIE URGENT DEFICIENCY BILL.
A subcommittee Of the Senate committee on
appropriations had under consideration today
the urgent deficiency bill. Secretary Tracy
appeared before the committee to explain the
need of some appropriations. This Is the first
appropriation bill which the Senate committee
has taken up.
PUBLIC BUILDING BILLS.
Mr.. Blount argued in the House this after
noon that the committee on public buildings
and grounds had no jurisdiction over the mat
ter of appropriations, and that to give them
such jurisdiction would be to tear down
the bars which had hitherto protected
the treasury. After long discussion
the chairman overruled Mr.. Blount's point
of order against the bill increasing from $780,
900 to $3.50, 600 the limit of cost Of The public
building TT Newark, NJ, and making an ap-
proprietor OF the $500, 900 increase.
NOTES.
The Senate was not in session today, having
adjourned last evening to Monday.
Representative George W. Smith CIll) is
confined to his room. In attempting to get off
a street car while it was in motion he slipped
and wheel severely crushed one of his feet
and bruised him generally.
The story going the rounds OF the press in
North Carolina that Senator Ransom drew a
prize in the Louisiana lottery is denied by his
friends.
The House at its session last evening passed
fifty private pension bills.
In the Fifth North Carolina district there are
three democratic candidates for the congress
sional nomination-Col. David Settle, Capt. A.
H. A. Williams and /. G. Buxton.
Col. W. 4. Morrill, of the engineer corps made
an argument before the rivers and harbors
committee of the House today in favor of a lib
eral appropriation for improving the Ohio
river below Davis Island.