Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-06-11
CAPITOL
The Lodge and ROweII Election Bills
to be Combined.

At the republican House caucus last night
it was decided that a federal election bill
should be framed comprising some of the fea-
lures Of both the Lodge and the Rowell bills.
The measure will consist of an enlargement
of the supervisory system SO that the supervis-
ors shall participate in registration, voting and
eanvassing. To carry out fully the national
idea the supervisors returns are to be prima
facie evidence of the right of a member to his
seat and are to prevail in making up the roll of
the House.
In cases of conflicting returns the certificates
of the state canvassers may be used to allow
the House to form its judgment of the qualiti-
cations of the contestant. AS soon as the
proposition is reduced to form it is expected
that another caucus will be called to formally
adopt the measure and provide for its speedy
consideration OF the House.
THE MONTANA SURVEY.
The Speaker laid before the House Yesterday
a letter from the Secretary OF the Interior SUBJ
hitting an increase of $50, 900 in the estimate
OF appropriation for surveying the public lands
for the fiscal year ending June 80, 1891. this
amount to be applied to defray the expenses
for surveys in Montana.
ADDITIONAL FORCE ASKED.
The Secretary Of the Treasury has transmit
ted with his approval to the President of the
Senate requests for additional force and sala-
ries as follows:
Office of First AuditOr-One chief of division,
1000; three clerks and one messenger.
Office of Fourth Auditor-One clerk.
Office OF Assistant Treasurer, Cincinnati
Assistant teller, 81 200: one Waterman. S72O:
additional salaries, II, 700.
Office of Assistant Treasurer. st. Louis-Ad-
dltlonal salary to assistant teller, $500.
AN ARMY VETERINARY CORPS.
Tho House military committee yesterday
ordered a favorable report on q bill to estab-
lish a veterinary corps Of the army.
A UNITED STATES MARSHAL NOMINATED.
The President yesterday sent to the Senate
the nomination OF Rollin Amsden of Vermont
to be marshal of the United States for the dis
trict Of Vermont.
RoBBING POST OFFICES.
TIL House committee on post offices and post
roads yesterday authorized a favorable report
on the bill introduced i'll the House by Mr..
Bingham amending the Revised Statutes so AZ
to provide that any person who shall forcibly
break into or attempt to breal. into any post
office or any building used i'll whole or in part
as a post office, with intent to commit therein
larceny or other depreciation, shall be deemed
guilty OF burglary, and Or conviction thereof
shall be punished by a fine of not more than
Sl,OOO and by imprisonment at hard labor for
not more than twenty Years.
CONTRIBUTIONS.
The Senate has confirmed the following nom.
nations: Henry L. Whiting of New York
member OF the commission from the coast anG
g~eodetic survey; Frank G. Partridge of Yer
mont, examiner OF claims, State Department
Alexander Won Lanberg, collector of interna
revenue. twenty-tirst district New York: Robert
- Gardner nF Nest Lrrvinia J,l,,, .-.-..
w. IL. Byars. surveyor general of Oregon
Nehemiah Davis, receiver of public moneys
Fargo, Oak. Chas. Hapgood. register of the
land Office, Marysyille. Cal. j. f. :McCaskey
Of Ohio, consul at Acapulco; J. o. Kerby OF
Pennsylvania. at Para and also the following
pOstmasters: Arkausas-W. II. Conine at Ben.
t~onyille. Connec;icut-IIorten Pease at Thorn,
aston. Kahsas-A. j. Ryan at Augusta, Il. W.
Evans at Dodge City. Michigan~N. b. Kin.
sey at Saginaw. Minpes2ta-Philo Halves al
Luverne, W. h. Hale al Minneapolis. Mis-
sourl-N. G. GARRISON at Hamilton. New
lork-A ID. Baird at Brooklyn, Judson FIELD
at Canastota. o. II. Griffin at Stapleton. Penn.
sylvania-Christopher Sheets at Braddock. ID.
l.. 5. Nicely at Sewlckiey. Washington-Thomal
Smith at PalouSe.
| TIE PARIS EXPOSITION.
Secretary Blaine has transmitted to Congress
TIE official report of Gen. W.. b. Franklin, US
commissioner general to the Paris exposition
Gen. Franklin says that the entire report, with
appendices, will make five volumes. Gen
franklin says that the exhibit made by the
United States was very creditable and that il
particular the machinery and agricultural ex.
hlDlts did honor TO the country. As for the
electrical exhibits, they far excclled anything
similar at the exposition and may be said L
have been unique. The French authoritie.
have been very generous and the number o.
decorations presented to United States citizen,
at the exposition exceeds that presented to the
citizens OF any foreign nation.