Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-05-29
CAPITOL GLEANINGS.
Result of the Conference on the Army
Bill-Other Notes of Legislation.

The conferees on the army appropriation bill
reported their work to the Senate yesterday
afternoon. The House provided for the ap-
pointment of eleven additional clerks at $1,000
each for the inspector generals department;the
Senate struck them out. As compromise the
Secretary of War is authorized to appoint one
expert accountant at a salary of $1,000. ct is
the understanding that this appointment will
be given to .Mr. Kent. chief clerk of the in
spector generals Department.
The regulation of sale of liquors at can
teens, inserted by the Senate after debate of
day or two, is made to read as follows:
Provided, That no alcoholic liquor, beer or
wine shall be sold or supplied to the enlisted
men III any canteen or post-traders store, or
in any room or building at any garrison or mill
itary post, in any state or territory in which
the sale of alcoholic liquor, beer or wine is
prohibited by law"
The bill as it passed the House carried a
total appropriation of s2i 2Ss, 0S5; as it passed
the Senate, S24 1877, 1872; as reported by the con-
ferees. S24, ISL, 472.
CONGRESSMAN WATSON RESoMINArED.
The republican conference OF the twenty
seventh Pennsylvania district met yesterday
and renominated Col Lewis L. Watson on the
first ballot The district is republican by over
4. 900 and Col. Natson's return to the House is,
therefore, assured. This will be his fourth
term, he having been elected to the Forty-fifth
and Forty-seventh Congresses and In 1885 to the
Ftty-tirst by plurality of APP.
THE FOLLOWING NOMINATIONS
were sent to the Senate yesterday: Consuls-
Byron G. Daniels OF the District of Columbia,
at Hull. England; Laton 5. Hunt of New York.
Guelph, Ontario; Isaac C. Hall of Massachu-
sets. Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island;
Joseph o. Kerbey of Pennsylvania. Para; Al
fred b. keeyil of Tennessee, Martinique, West
Indies, James +. McCaskey of Ohio, Acapulco;
also number of posmasters.
TO LEGALIzE RAILROAD POOLING.
The Senate committee on interstate COM
merce yesterday began the consideration of
the bill introduced by Senator Davis to permit
and legaliZe pooling, and Senator Cullom
offered substitute which requires agreements
to be first approved by the interstate commerce
commission. The committee, after discussing
the measure decided not to take final action
until they have heard the views of railroad an
other parties interested.
THE INTERNATIONAL BANK.
Representative HIT of Illinois today intro
duced in the House the bill to carry into eff
feet the recommendations of the international
American conference for the incorporation Of
the International American Bank.
THE CHEROKEE APPROPRIATIONS.
The President yesterday transmitted to Con-
gress a communication from the Secretary of
the Interior asking for an appropriation Of
SIS, 900 to enable the President to continue the
negotiations with the Cherokee Indians for a
cession of their land TO the United States.
MONEY FOR FoRTIFIcATIoss.
The Senate committee on appropriations has
reported to the Senate, with amendments, the
Notifications appropriation bill. The section
appropriating S24s.783 TO complete the army
gun factory building by the erection OF a south
and the section appropriating s7sO,O0O Cor
machinery, tools and fixtures for manufacture
of guns, not exceeding ~ inches IN caliber, for
the south wing o. the army gun factory. are
stricken out. The following sections are added:
For the purchase of machines, guns. musket
caliber of American manufacture, so, 900: for
carrying into effect the provisions of the bill
for the manufacture OF 8, III and 12-inch steel
sea coast guns from forgings procured under
the Qualifications act of 1858, 600 600