The sun., 1890-07-25
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Congress.

congress-
WASHINGTON. July 24.-The statements
printed in several Republican newspapers this
morning to the effect that the Senate Sub
Committee on Privileges and Elections has
completed their work OF revising the Lodge
Elections bill and that it will soon be ready to
be called UP In the Senate. are absurd. 1t Is
true that tho subcommittee has gone over the
bill and Is ready 10 consult with the full COM
mittee. but the bill Is no nearer being reported
to the Senate than it was n month ago. for
the simple reason that it is not and
never has been in the possession Of the
Committee on Privileges and Elections.
The bill that came over from the House was
laid upol. the table IN the 'enaie and It Is
ering the subject solely upon their own respon-
sbity and without t any w6aeCer
the committee for the express purpose OF pre-
ysnng from being 6ed by EEepnbcqin n
een1its commit 60 S intefntsly an oppori1nity Oh
tered. The statement that the subcommittee
had elmi9ated the more ,o6}ectona6Ie
equally untrue. The Jury commiesion feature
consideratign Of an election bill tfey had con;
40qSS 10 6s S9 hed
any OF the important provisions OF the, Lodge
bill. Although the Committee on Privileges
thorzed consideration Of O force, measure.
there are no Indications that It Will have an
early opportunity to get the bill before the
Senate.
The disputed question OF authority OF the
War Department to grant leaves Of absence to
army officers who wish to engage for q time in
business or other civil pursuits has finally
been settled. The matter came up on the re-
quest first, OF the hon. Warner Miller. Presi-
nhEpnPA Ia n
Cant. George ". Davis OF the fourteenth In
iantry. the understanding% % being . that , Cant.
Seat Thomas Y Palmer Rrs,siden,tS s, q i6{ i6p
II. ''tS G. CorbIn. United States Army. iS be
assigned to duties under. the Commission.
The matter was referred to the Attorney: Gem
may nay be detailed to periorin civil duty If It docs
not interfere with their military, duty. and that
absence II leave is not taken for that purpose."i
In the cases adverted to the Attorney General
finds hat le@ye Gcannot be granted na without
Cutcheon, Chairman OF the House Committee
on Military Affairs, Introduced resolution to
resolui that neither officer shall receive pay
or allowances a. an army officer during the
period Of his absence from military service.
Maryland land syndicate Is anxious to buy
from the Government the 800 acres comprised
In the Fort Washington reservation on the
Potomac. n dozen miles or 80 below Washing
inGton. There Is u great deal Of sentiment
tho Father Of Ills Country" personally 10;
Gated the site for fort on the bluff. guarded
IN front BY the Potomac and on tho sides by
deep ravine There WAS an eArthwOrk on the
spot during the war OF 1872 and the British
we're sufficiently wary to- disemhark and
pmbia pubic buildings At the capital. The
present tort is a bastion work Of the 'tarioot
typo. ind Gen. Shornan has contomntuously
from tho outside. ! lcsterday President ltRr-
rlson, Gen. Schoi!eld. senator HnwleH, and Rep
rcsentatiyc C1ltcheon visited tho camp Of the
District National Guard md inspec ed the old
fort. They came TO tho conclusion that while
the masonry. wouii make the nIaco untenable
still the site WAS In it-elf Il natural fortress and
ne rnseryat!Gn wns an essential pnrt ol @ ths
for the IA @ OF tho rPsOrvaL ion will 10 reported
adversely, AID tho sreculHturs will have to
look elsewhere Tor land.
Attorney -Goncral Miller has dec dei that
journal publsnod in Aew York city was not
cnuso 1t printed upon tho wrappers OF its
sample co9'e. nm instructIon to tostmas,iers at.,
nddIeysrd, ro ,tmAeterpensc deliver 10 some
local teacher" Tho Attorney General holds
hst s SpHgsTScTln,oG rs hmly TSrFan'ed by
directions IoT ran smiltiuE delivery, and for
w9rhll = or return shall be deemed nart of the
add es5
he Tres don't sent the following nomina-
tions o. P"6imnsters TO the SenRto to-day:
New York-Amos Roberts. Addison; Miss Cassie W.
HUI. Bath Horace 5 beebs CAnlsIeO
rev JcTsey-EdwaTd Gardner, BbyUnnS
pennsylvania james Earl OglO, JohnBtown,
Up to tho present time there have been re-
ceiEed at tho tension Bureau about 22G.O0O
applications Tor pension under the act Of June
9 . lHgO II Is rot expected. however, that any
OF II cse cH6ps will he reached in tho ordinary
COS rso oi ndludi, atlon for some tim5 yet.
owing 10 tho pr sizing need Of additional cieri-
cal force.
In the homestead aud pTeGmDtion contested
case OF the Central Pacihc kailroad Company
against Henry Booth and James Y. Robson. on
appeal from the local land Office At Salt Lake,
Utah, the secretary Of the Interior has render