Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-01-14
THE APPoRrIoNMKNr BILL
Reported by senator Hale-views Of the Nj
nority-0sher Legislative Matters.

THE APPoRTIoNMKNr BILL
reported by senator Hale-views Of the Nj
nority-Other Legislative Matters.
The report on the House spportionment bin
vas presented TO the Senate yesterday by Mr..
Hale from the committee on the census. The
report is a repetition Of that made to the House.
Senators Dawes, Berry and Blodgett, however,
unite In o minority report disagreeing with the
findings Of the majority. Their views are SET
forth at great length in . report summarizing
the history Of all superintendent acts and de-
ssribins in extsnso the position taken by Mr..
Webster in the case Of the spportionment act
passed by the Twensy-second Congress- The
present bill, says the minority, is the first at
tempt to make the mere production Of an equa-
toa the dedderatrm Of an superintendent bill.
No such estoppel OF justice by mere math-
ematical process has ever before been proposed
II means simply that it il the duty Of Congress
IN making an apportionment TO compute on the
basis Of different numbers Of membership
(from 332 to SIS in the present case) and to
take that number Of which the excess after an
even division viii be just the number-no more
o. le0-that viii be equal 10 and be observed
BY the states having moisty or more OF the
Arkansas, Minnesota, Missouri and New York
ought 70 have each one more Representative
han il provided by the bill.
TIE HAWAIIAN TREATY.
Representative Mckinley, from the ways and
Means committee, yesterday reported to the
House the bin providing that the commercial
reciprocity treaty with the King of the Hawaiian
Islands shall not be impaired by the tariff act OF
October last II is believed In some quarters,
ays an accompanying report that the act
alluded TO may abrogate the Hawaiian treaty.
There are special reasons for the maintenance
Of the treaty at this time. Under the terms Of
Q convention between the United States and the
Hawaiian Islands, ratified June 3. 1887, an nm
portant concession was made to the United
States, by which this governments was granted
the exclusive right to enter the harbor Of the
Pearl river in the island of Oahu and to estab-
Hsh snd maintain there q coaling and repair
station. It is believed to be Of the highest i'm
portance TO the commercial and other interests
Of the United States that this concession should
be retained. II, as it is feared, the treaty is
sbrogated by the act Of October 1 last, this
concession is of course terminated. The COM
nittee recommend the passage Of the bill.
THE EDUCATION OF THE BLIND.
Representative Geissenhainer of New Jersey
Yesterday introduced in the House a bill setting
apart the sum Of $3.50, 200 as a perpetual fund
for the purpose Of aiding the education of the
blind In the United States, through the Ameri-
can Printing House for the Blind, located at
Louisville, ny.
ALASKAN AFFAIRS
The Vice President yesterday laid before the
Senate a communication from the Secretary OF
the Interior inclosing q copy Of the proceedings
of a recent convention held in Alaska to con-
slider certain legislative measures for that ter
ritory. The resolution calls attention to the
denial of Alaska to representation In Congress
and to the distortion of its Jurisprudence and
to the faulty system of its Judiciary. Also to
the management and control OF its various To-
cal laws. The memorial asks for an appropria-
ton for weekly mail service between Puget
sound and Alaska and for the construction Of a
government building at Juneau.
POSTAL CLERKS SALARIES.
The House committee on post Offices and
post roads yesterday directed Mr.. Hopkins to
call ND for consideration in the House next
Monday the bill to reclassify and fix the sala-
ries Of railway postal clerks
THE GREEN GOODS BUSINESS.
The House committee or post Offices and
post roads Yesterday amended the bill agreed
upon BY it a short time ago to prevent the es-
Enlistment of letter boxes for tbs recent or
delivery of certain mail matter in premises not
occupied bv post offices or branch Offices, so as
10 limit its operations to mail matter received
for delivery on private premises. The object
of the amendment was to cure defect dis
covered in the bill which, in its original shape,
would have interfered with the operations of
the District messenger Offices.
The object Of the above bill. as stated in o
letter addressed to Chairman Bingham by Post
master General Wanamaker. is to break up the
various swindling concerns known as dealers In
''green goods" counterfeit moneys and other
unlawful things. The Postmaster General con-
tinues: Il have before me list of the various
places in the city Of New FORK in which private
letter boxes for the receipt and delivery of let
her and CON-
siderably H.ore than one-half of them in drink
ing saloons. At these immoral and questionable
places letter boxes. numbered similarly to those
in post Office. are maintained and rented to
operators in green goods, counterfeit moneys
and to operators in other swindliEg schemes.
and there is good reason to believe that in
many instances the proprietors OF the premises
in which these boxes are rented are themselves
operators by fictitious names In these yillanies,
or sharers in the unlawful profits Of the same.
These fellows are cunning yiolators of the law,
and have become so numerous because the
business is prottable) as to quite battle the eff
forts of the department to break them up. II
IL believed by the inspectors Of this department,
who have for q long time past been investigat-
ing these concerns, that so FAR from breaking
up their business they will grow in number
and holiness so long as they are permitted to
receive their mail in this way. i. therefore,
have the honor to urge prompt action on this
bill"
MATTERS RELATING TO COMMERCE.
Representative Burton of Ohio, Ira Owen of
Chicago and W. s. Mack Of Cincinnati addressed
the House committee on commerce yesterday
in favor Of the bill to regulate the manage
ment Of lumber RATS upon the great lakes and
connecting waters Representative Bliss of
Michigan opposed the measure. Favorable re-
ports were ordered on bills appfopriating
sl50, 200 for a light house at Cape Fear, NC,
and O., 900 for light house at Wreeh Point
D. @.
CONTESTED ELECTION CASES.
The committee on elections yesterday de-
cided to report to the House the contested
cases Of Kernaghan against Hooker and Hill
against Catchings. The report is in favor of
Hooker and Catchings, both sitting members
The case Of Eaton against Phelan viii be de-
cided next Tuesday.
ANTHONY HIGGINS CREM ATGn-