Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-02-02
CAPITOL TOPICS.

TO REPEAL THE MAIL SUBSIDY ACT.
The House committee on post offices aud post
roads today authorized by a strict party vote
favorable report on Representative Enloe's
bill repeating the mail subsidy act of the last
Congress Mr.. Enloe was authorized TO pre-
pare report embodying the views of the ma
Jority on the subject. which he will lay before
the committee On Tuesday next.
OF INTEREST TO ALL CORPORATIONS.
The House committee on the judiciary today
authorized Mr.. Culberson to report House bill
456 with an Amendments This bill provides
substan tally that a corporation shall be
deemed held as q citizen for all judicial
purposes of the state in which il may carry on
its business. At present only national banks
are considered citizens OF the state in which
located. The bill also forbids the courts
of the United States TO take cognizance OF suits
for damages. torts. &c. unless the court would
have had Jurisdiction OF the course if the same
had been presented by the party injured. 49,
LOSS FROM CHEAPER POSTAGE.
Representative John S. Henderson CN. CO.
chairman of the House committee on post
Offices and post roads. few days ago inquired
Of the postmaster genera. as to what effect
one-cent postage and half-cent postal cards
would have upon the revenue of the Post
Office Department. Today he received a
reply, in which the Postmaster General
s."'es tiia1 the estimated revenue Tor
the department. for the current
year is s72.777, 1872. OF this 62.5 per cent
is revenue from domestic frst-class matter,
chargeable with the 2-ceIt rate. IL a rednc-
ton OF the rate from cents TO / cent upon
this class of matter should he followed by a
corresponding loss of revenue, then a re-
duction OF one-half in the rate would result in
loss of S22 7i2, s59. % the basis of the esti-
mated business of the present fiscal year. The
loss of revenue from reducing the postage Of
postal cards would be &, $50 900, or total loss
of S25,012, $50 g.
The foregoing estimate is Of course based
upon the assumption that a like amount Of
business would be done under the reduced
rates as under the present rates; but
while it may reasonably be expected
that the stimulus of lower rates would
result in something more than normal
growth OF business. il is not at all likely that
the revenue to be gained from this extra bust
mess would to any appreciable extent coni:en-
cate Tor the loss TO be incurred through a re-
duction OF one-half in the rates of postage.
HOUSE ELECTION CONTESTS.
Some of the members on each side politically
of the House committee on elections had
not yet had time to examine and thor
oughly consider the law and evidence
ia the contested election case of
Craig against Stewart, from Pennsylvania. and
therefore the committee did not vote upon the
ferred vote until next Friday. This sends the
argument in the New York election contest of
Noyes against Rockwell over until next Tues
day.
FREE COINAGE IN THE SENATE.
The Senate committee on finance has at last
resolved to grapple with the subject Of free
coinage Of silver. At the meeting OF the
committee this morning there was discussion
OF the matter and il was decided that the issue
had better be met at once so that the COM
mittce could not be charged with smothering the
bills relating to free coinage. Accordingly it
was resolved that at the meeting next Tues
day the Stewart free coinage bill should
be taken up and reported TO the
Senate. There is little doubt to the nature
Of the report, for the discussion this morning
showed that two democratic Senators would
probably join with the republican majority in
recommending adverse action upon the bill.
PENSION MATTERS.
The efforts made for many years past to in
duce Congress to grant pensions to honorably
discharged army nurses is being renewed this
year. Today the House committee On
private pensions heard an argument by ex-
Representative Yoder Of Ohio. the present
sergeant at arms Of the House, in behalf of such
o measure.
w. Wallace Foster. representing the deaf
soldiers organization. made an argument be-
fore the invalid pensions Committee today in
favor Of increasing the rates Of pension for
deafness.