Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-05-27
CAPITOL GLEANINGS.
Alleged Diversion of Appropriations
Notes From Committee Rooms.

resolution introduced by Senator Stewart
yesterday and unanimously passed directs the
Secretary OF the Interior to inform the Senate
how much. if any. of the money appropriated
Tor Irrigation Investigations and surveys has
been diverted and used for topographic sur
veys and matters connected herewith; and if
any Of such money has been so diverted and
used to inform the Senate by what authority
OF law where appropriations are made by Con-
gress for several purposes the money appro-
prlated Tor one purpose can be diverted and
nsed Tor another purpose, for which an APP
preparation Is also made in the same statute.
DEFICIENCY ESTIMATES.
Secretary Window has transmitted to the
House of Representatives supplemental esti-
mates OF appropriations required by the
various departments of the government to
complete the service of the fiscal year ending
june 80. 1890 and for prior years. aggregat1nS
Sl5OJ11. and for the postal service, payable
from postal revenues, Si.5S4,237.
FIGHT HoUE CLAIMS.
Representative Gest of Illinois introduced in
| the House yesterday bill allowing laborers,
workmen or mechanics, having claims against
the government under the ciCht-hour law, to
bring SUIT III the Court OF Claims for recovery
THE CUSTOMS ADMINS GRArIvE BILL
bill have concluded their work on the meas
IRE. an agreement having been reached on
all points in dispute. There were ninety-two
amendments made to the bill by the Senate
and the House coaferees accepted sixty-eight
Inc only unsettled question when the confer
ees adjourned SATURDAY was the date at which
the law shall take effect. The Senate had fixed
1t at July l, but the Treasury officials informed
Messrs. Allison and Mckinley that it would be
Impossible to make the necessary arrange
nents before August /, and that date was in
serted by the conferecs. The section prOvid-
Ing for the appointment of the nine general
appraisers, however, IS to so into effect I'M
mediately.
PROPOSED PENSION FOR LIFE SAVER.
The House pensions committee has reported
civil pension bill. For long time an effort
has been made to have veterans OF the life-sav-
ing service pat on the pension rolls but no bill
Tor that purpose has ever passed through Con-
gress, because of the opposition to evil PEN
sions. The pensions committee has agreed to
report bill placing John j. fully. disabled
veteran OF the iIfe-sav!ng service. on the same
footing with disabled soldicrs of the late war.
giving him pension 70: disability.
THE VACANT ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
new but not entirely unexpected feature
in the fight for Sergeant-at-Arms Canaday' s
place was apparent when john Pope Hold
nett walked into Col. Canadays Office and
modestly stated that he was good rs elected
Mr.. Hodnett has been tolerably quiet since he
filed his petition calling upon the United
States to seat HIM upon TIE throne of England.
from whence his ancestors had been driven by
sharp stick operated by usurpatorv and cruel
hands. but he Is once more thoroughly awake
and VIII doubtless make the struggle more IN
teresting than 1t would have been without him.
Neither ex-Represeutative Valentine OF Ne
braska nor Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms Chas.
n Rna1a N IN r1 tha rreNv II fI,ta
with any marked degree of awe. Both Valen-
tine and Reade are confident that each has a
greater number of pledges than the other. If
all the candidates speak truthfully there have
been more than one hundred votes pledged
already. with severa! unropOrted. althC ugh
the latest Congressional Directory saws there
are but forty-seven republican Senator's
Friends of Col. Swords, led by TIE Iowa Sen
atOrs. are doing their best to push the Iowa
man to the front. and they are wary poll
tlcians. At present Col. Swords is several
points in the rear. but he is ahead of Hodnett
very considerably.