The sun., 1890-01-09
LIVE HASHINGToN ToPICs.
Things of Interest In and Out or the Hall,
OF Congress.

| OF Congress-.
memorial with the most distinguished lot
OF signatures ever presented to Congress has
| been prepared and will be laid before the
| House OF Representatives In a few days in sup
port OF the proposition to erect in Philadelphia
handsome building commemorative OF the
sto rst century M OF the sXistenSe Of the United
form OF book, handsomely bound and com
prises photoGraphic copies OF the memorial.
OF the best-known people in the country. to-
gether with designs OF the proposed structure
Srsns BY at
meeting held IN Thiladelphia IA and spbseguent-
as Chairman OF the Executive Committee is in
charge of the matter, secured endorsements Of
the scheme from ex-Presdent Cleveland and
nearly all the Stnte Governors. from many
members Of Congress and others. Mr., Cleye-
approve any and everv plan which keeps in
the minds OF our citizens the time and clrcum-
memorial will be presented in the House BY a
representative 81 Vermont. the first State TO be
to each me@ber 81 be House w' Os
souvenir and elegant satin bound copies have
already been sent to President Harrison, Vice
Civil Service Commissioners Roosevelt and
Thompson are being treated with scant cour-
tesy BY the United States Senate. and are be-
ginning to hear that there is a disposition
among the Senators to suppress them. The
nominations OF Messrs Roosevelt and Thomp-
son were sent to the Senate on Dec. 4. and since
Service and Retren chment. The Chairman OF
sS fG MGeo q
There is another Civil Service committee in the
the cv
This committee is presided over by Senator
WTolcott's colleague in reform, Senator Ant hony
tee on Civil Service Reform and .Retrenchment
that the nominations OF the Commissioners
called to consider the nominations, and no In
formation is obtainable at the Senate as to
time the Commissioners are devotinR several
hours each day to waylaying congressman and
Is HOPED viii viii induce @ % them nut to "T give aid and
persistent lobbyists in Washington as the three
Ing at big things they vii do in the way Of CON
yerting Congrsssmen when the new lobby
gets into full working order.
defalcation held, a meeting o-day to consider
the report and bill drawn up by Chairman
Adams: Another meeting will be held to per
on the lines already indicated In these
make make good the losses s' sustained By Individual
members through Silcott's defalcation.
day were the following:
BY Mr Platt-To provide for tho acquisition of land
for town sites and for commercial purposes In Alaska
Also TO provide for the purchase OF aste for new
OF Interior and War and Attorney General consti.
tuted Commission to make the seleetion Also appro-
at Arlington Va taken By the United States in 1851
81 John lG ss.rs aS iH'iSH Mann
Also appropriatng $4,000 for a statue of Edwin NJ
Stanton 10 be erected in front Of the War Department
building Washington.
The Ways and Means Committee to-day
heard the tobacco growers who advocated an
increase In the duty on Sumatra tobacco and
the wiping out Of the internal revenue tax; the
distillers, who would like to have the tax re-
duced from 80 to so cents gallon, but did not
care to have It entirely, wiped out; the. rice
growers and Inillers, who wanted a higher
duty ON rice the seedsmen. who wanted a
higher duty on seeds ana on barley and hay,
and Pennsylvania and New jersey farmers.
the former complaining OF the rapid deprecl-
alton In value OF their lands. and the latter ar
guing that their products should be protected |
equally with those Of the manufacturers.
Miss Carrie Burnham Kilgore of Philadelphia |
was to-day admitted to practice before the |
United States Supreme Court She Is the |
obtained this distinction, The other three |
women practitioners are Mrs. Beva a. Lock |
wood Laura De Force Gordon and Mrs. Ada |
NJ. Bittenbender OF Nebras ka. and they were |
admitted at various times In the order named. |
1t is o somewhat remarkable fact that one |
lawyers. the admission OF each OF them having |
been moved by the Hon. A. q. Riddle OF this |
city, who is an ardent supporter OF woman SUI
lraRe.