Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-07-02
CAPITOL GLEANINGS.
Nominations - The Blair Bill in the
Housc-South Carolina Contest. Etc.


Nominations - The Blair Bill In the
HOusc-SOuth Carolina Contest. Etc.
The President yesterday afternoon sent to
the Senate the following nominations:
Past Assistant Surgeon c. G. Herndon to be
surgeon; Past Assistant Surgeon L. @. Hene-
| berger 70 be . surgeon; Norman Jerome
Blackwood Of Pennsylvania, to be an assistant
surgeon; James Harper North, jr., Of New
| York, to be an assistant surgeon.
IN FAVOR OF THE BLAIR BILL.
Mr.. O'Donnell of Michigan, chairman Of the
House committee on education, yester day sub
mitted to the House report recommen ding
the passage of the bill introduced in the House
by Mr.. Cbeatham of North Carolina. to aid in
| the establishment and temporary support OF
common schools, better known as the Blair
educational bill. Mr.. ODonnell, after refer
ring to the fact that a similar bill had been
passed by the Senate three times and that not
one OF the numerous educational bills intro
duced in the House had even been reported
back from the committee, goes on to discuss
the iliiteracy prevailing in many sections of the
country and quotes statistics TO show the pro-
portion OF the illiterate persons to the tota .
population. In conclusion the report say.
'Commendable progress has been made in
many sections i'll the way of educational en-
give that help needed. TO withhold aid now,
to use the words OF a distinguished thinker of
the south, would be to surrender q we'll culti-
waited field aud leave the garnered crop to
decay" In his report Mr.. ODonnell states
that several members of the committee re-
serve the right to offer amendments or oppose
the passage OF the bill.
AGAINST THE ORIGINAL PACKAGE" SUBSTITUTE.
Representative Adams OF Illinois yesterday
filed a report dissenting from the decision of
the House committee on the Judiciary to
report favorably substitute for the .'originai
package" bill which recently passed the Sem
ate. MIR. Adams states that he dissents because
he believes that the proposed substitute would
reverse wise national policy of uniform
regulation OF foreign and interstate commerce.
he argues that to surrender the exercises of
the power to regulate commerce to the several
state Legislatures ia to defeat the main purpose
OF its creation. 1t tends, he says, to undo the
most important work of what was done when
the union was formed
THE SOUTH CAROLINA CONTEST.
Representative Wilson of Missouri submitted
to the House yesterday on behalf Of the demo.
cratic members of the committee on elections
minority report IN the contested election case
Of f. Miller (republcan) against VIM Elliot
ldemocrat) from the seventh district of South
Carolina. The report is voluminous and is
chiefly devoted to a review OF the testimony IN
the case. In conclusion. it states that while
the minority do not agree with tho findings of
the majority, but conceding for the purpose
OF argument, that they are correct in all re-
spects excepting as to the 1000 votes alleged
to have been found III the wrong box and given
to Miller (whom the majority contend was
elected), it still remains that the contestee
lEliotC would be entitled to a majority of
243.
INDUSTRIAL STATISTICS.
Commissioner Corron II wr;rbk - 49, II.
partment of Labor laid before the Speaker of
the House yesterday voluminous preliminary
report in regard to the cost Of producing pig
iron. steel ingots. steel rails, coal, coke. iron
ore and limestone in this country and in Eu-
rope. The report is made now because of many
demands upon the Labor Bureau for the facts
gathered by the department and because the
completion OF the plans formulated will re-
qulre some months beyond the present time for
the full and complete report upon these and
other subjects, including silk, cotton linen and
earthenware industries. The report Is based
upon the facts derived from 4l2 establishments,
but the full report on iron coal steel &c, will
comprehend more than 500 establishments and
Will probably be completed at the end of the
calendar year.
PENSIONS FOR ARMY NURSES
The House committee on invalid pensions
yesterday ordered a favorable report on a bill
prepared by Mr.. BelknaP of Michigan (by re-
quest OF the committee) as a substitute for the
several bills introduced in the House for pen
sioning army nurses. The bill provides that
all women employed by the surgical depart
ment of the United States as army nurses or
otherwise officially recognized as such during
the war Of the rebellion and who rendere
service IN hospitals, in camp or ON the battle
field, for period of six months or more, and
who were honorably discharged. and who. from
the results of such service or the infirmities of
advancing sc, are unable to earn their own
support, shall receive q pension Of Sl2 per
month.
ALREADY PROVIDED FOR.
At the meeting of the Senate committee on
pensions yesterday dozen private bills, the
beneficaries Of which are included within the
terms of the disability pension bill, were or
dered to be reported adversely. The committee
Will, IN future, not take favorable action upon
this class of bills.
TELEGRAPH OPERATORS IN THE LATE WAR.
The House military committee has agreed to
report favorably bill authorizing the Presi-
dent to prepare roll of the telegraph opera
tors who served during the late war under the
orders OF commanding officers OF the army and
to Issue to them or the representatives of tn ose
dead suitable certificates OF honorable service
with the army, stating the service rendered
and the assimilated rank they held
BRONZE MEDALS FOR BRAVE SOLDIERS.
The same committee has agreed to report
bill granting bronze medals to each surviving
member of the 'forlorn hope" storming party
at Port Hudson, Miss, in 1864, to fulfill the
promises made by Mai. Gen. n Z. Banks to the
members OF the party.