Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-02-19
CAPITOL GLEANINGS.
A New Census Scheme-Biiis Introduced
and Reported Committee Meetings.

Mr.. Farouhar today introduced bin amend
ing the act providing for the taking of the
eleventh census 50 as to require the superin-
teadent of census to cause notices to be mailed
to every post Office in the country at least thirty
days prior to the enumeration and ID sufficient
quantities to be distributed among the people
doing business near the post Office for filling in
the blanks and giving the data required by the
enumerators. The bill also provides that tho
enumerators shall collect these blanks. make
any necessary correction, and. i'll case any per-
son fails to fill the schedule provided. the
enumerator shall then personally examine the
person upon the matters required. The enumer-
ator shall require of every keeper Ill charge Of
a lodging house and public station where per-
sons without fixed habitation find temporary
lodging. and also every house of detention for
such information he may require concern
ing the occupants. The compensation of
enumerators is fixed at three cents for each
living inhabitant and two cents for each death
recorded.
THE wADDELL-wIsE CONTEST.
The contested election case of Edmund Wad-
dell agt Geo. d. Wise, democrat, from the
Richmond district Of Virginia, was heard yes
terday by the elections committee of the House.
c. V. Meredith made argument for Wise and
Edgar Allen for Waddell.
NEARLY S100, 900, 900 FOR PENSIONS.
The pension appropriation BILL accompanied
by a favorable report, was submitted to the
House yesterday by Mr.. Morrill, The bill APP
propriates S9S, 427 ,461. The appropriation for
the current was $50, $4,000 The number OF
pensioners on the roll is given at 4S9,725.
FARM MORTGAGES IN THE CENSUS STATISTICS.
The conference committee in charge of the
bill for taking statistics Of farm mortgages in
connection with the census of 1896 agreed to a
report yesterday. As agreed to in the House
the bill is to be amended by adding to it pro-
vision requiring the special employees assigned
to this work to take the oath of office and in
other ways placing them under the general
provisions of the census law. The amendment
supplies deficiency in the bill as passed. The
conference report was accepted In both houses
PROPOSED TRANSFER OF THE WEATHER BUREAU.
Gen. A. W. Greedy, the chief signal officer,
has sent to the Senate committee on agricul-
ture his views on the bill proposing to transfer
the weather bureau to the Department Of Agri-
culture. Gen. Greedy does not object to the
proposed change so long as it is agreed that
the signal corps of the army shall be main
tanned The bill will be taken up by the COM
mittee at its meeting next Tuesday and II IS
likely it will be reported to the Senate favor
ably.
NOMINATIONS.
The President yesterday afternoon sent to the
Senate the following nominations:
Richard Derrick, to be supervisor Of census
for the fifth New York census district.
Alonzo Cleayer, register of the land Office at
Lagrande, Greg.
VIM II. Pratt, surveyor general of California.
Receivers of public money: Edward Nj. Lane,
at Valentine, Neb.; Quinby Vance, at Las Cruces,
N. NJ; Benjamin s. Williams, at iankton, S. d.