Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-02-28
CAPITOL GLEANINGS.
Various Matters of Interest Being Con-
sidered.

Mr. McKenna Of Colorado reported favorably
to the House yesterday from the census COM
| mittee the bill introduced by Mr.. Morrill, to
provide for q complete enumeration Of the
Chinese population Of this country. Mr.. Nc
| kenna states that the bill proposes to furnish
| each Chinese person a certificate describing
him and that any Chinese person found in the
beautiful and glorious United States after the
taking of the census without certificate shall
| be returned to the place from whence he came.
| The necessity for such Identification OF the
| Chinese person lawfully residing in the United
| States. says the report, arises out Of the fact
| that Notwithstanding the legislation that has
| been had for the purpose OF excluding Chinese
| immigrants such continue to come into the
United States clandestinely over the border
| from Canada and Mexico, and the immigration
promises to continue unless effective measures
| are taken to guard the frontier or provision
| is made, as contemplated in the bill. for the
| Identification Of the Chinese people who are
| now here SO as to distinguish those who shall
hereafter unlawfully come into the United
States.
THE PATENT OFFICE.
Patent Commissioner Mitchell in his talk to
| the patents committee Of the House yesterday
about the inadequate accommodations of the
United States patent Office said that the office
was so cramped that it was not only unable to
| dispatch business properly but it was not able
| to do some of it at ALL Mr.. Mitchell also asked
the cOmmlttee 10 mdhS bOHle pIONlSlOu lOr IN
creasing the salaries OF patent examiners. He
contended that so soon as an examiner became
thoroughly proficient he was taken up by some
private firm who could afford to pay him u
| better salary than the go~ernmen Mt did. Better
salaries, he believed. would remedy this.
THE coMPToN-MUDD CASE.
The majority report of the committee on
elections in the contested election case of Sid
ney E. Mudd, republican, against Barnes
do, ~
district of Maryland, was made to the House
yesterday by Mr.. Cooper Gnd). Mr.. Moore
(Tex) submitted the views of the demo-
cratic members OF the committee in a mi
nority report. Both the reports discuss the
case at great length and each sustains the
Claims made by the party in whose favor each
report Is made The majority report declares
Mudd entitled to Compton's seat by plurality
OF lo4 votes The minority report disputes the
claims OF the majority and HOLDS that Compton
was properly elected. 1t comedies to Mudd a
Few votes claimed. but not counted for him.
WHAT THE CooPERs WANT.
The journeymen coopers association of New
York and Brooklyn were heard by the commit
tee on ways and means yesterday. John Nc
Guirk, Patrick Collins and others were present
A petition containing three thousand names of
coopers and laborers was presented. The petit
ton asks for relief under the present tariff
which prevents their opportunity OF employ
ment by causing the storage OF sugars in Cuba
and England.
CONFIRMED BY THE SENATE.
The Senate has confirmed the following NOM
nations: To be chief justice of the supreme
court of the territory of New Mexico, James
OBrien OF Minnesota; to be associate justice of
the supreme court of Arizona, JOS II. Kibbey;
United States district judge for North Dakota.
Alfred ID. Thomas United States attorneys
Harry Il. Jeffords, for Arizona; Charles Price,
for the western district of North Carolina.
United States marshals-Joshua B. Hill, eastern
district of North Carolina; Richard K. Farr,
eastern district of Virginia. Collector of Gus
toms-for district of Saluris, Tex. Francis A.
Vaughan. Supervisor of census-Wm. Is.
Mosher, for the fifth district of California.
Registers of land ofices-William c. Wells, at
Huntsville, Ala; JOS W. McClurg, at Spring
field, Mo-; John G. Martin, at Prescott. AT;
Alfred +. Dixon, at Susanville, CAL; Alonzo
Cleaver, at La Grande, Ore. Surveyor general
OF California, Vim. II. Pratt.
ON GUARD AGAINST REPORTERS.
Under the new rule put into effect yesterday,
when the Senate went into executive session
last evening the press lobby. in which are To-
Gated the Capitol offices of the Associated Press
and United Press, as we'll as all committee
rooms on the gallery floor, were cleared and
strict watch kept over them until the Senate
doors were open again.
The door leading into the document room
from the corridor, twenty feet away from the
Senate walls, was securely locked III order to
keep out any newspaper man who might have
succeeded i'll evading the Gordon of guards at
the bottom OF the stairs The door keepers were
also required to move their chairs and their per-
sons further away from the holy OF holies. Up
to the present time they have been allowed to
stay within six feet OF the DOORS but now they
must move to "a minimum distance of ten feet.
This rule in several instances pushed door
keepers into committee rooms on the opposite
side of the corridors.
INDIAN DEPRECIATION CLAIMS. -
Senator Moody today introduced a bill to APP
propriate S623,l4 to enable the Secretary of
the Treasury to pay the claims Investigated,
approved and reported to Congress by the Sec
rotary of the Interior under the Indian depre-
dation act of 1885. The Secretary OF the Treas
ury Is authorized to pay to the several claim
ants the amounts approved by the Secretary OF
the Treasury whenever they agree to accept
the amount allowed in full 5atlSfac lion of their
Claims. When they refuse TO accept this award
10 payment shall be made. bus the claimants
shall have the right to prosecute their claims
before court created by the bill.
TO CONSULT SECRETARY WINDOW.
The House committee on banking and cur
rency yesterday agreed to send to the Secre-
tary OF the Treasury for sugges lions and iufor-
nation on two bills introduced by Mr.. Venable
OF Virginia. These bills amend the existing
banking laws SO that national banks may hold
as their reserve national bank rates as wen as
other lawful money. and permit national banks
to loan to one individual 10 per ce.it of the
capital stock and the surplus actually on hand
THE SIGNAL SERVICE.
Senator Bates bill proposing a reorganiza-
of the signal corps and the appointment of
several additional commissioned officers was
taken up at the meeting of the Senate military
affairs committee yesterday. A substitute was
offered to transfer the weather bureau and all
except The strictly military signal branch to tho
Agricultural department.. This gave rise to an
extended discussion of .he weather service, and
action upon the bill had to be postponed.
OUR NAVAL POLICY.
An amendment proposed by Senator McPher-
son today to the Hale bill to increase the naval
establishment provides that instead of eight
immense line-of-battle ships being built there
shall be constructed eight low free-board coast
aud harbor defense vessels of the moni tor tvpe
having not more than Is feet draft. with twin
screws and a sea speed of not less tEan II knots.
These vessels shall be armed with four guns of
not less than 12-inch caiiber. mounted within
turrets or in Darbette, together with rapid-fr-
ing guns and at least one l5-incn dynamite gun
he vessels shall have either steel or compound
armor and tine cost of vessels aud armament
hall M aa1 y