Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-01-06
CAPITOL TOPICS.

PENSIONS FOR VETERANS OF INDIAN WARS.
Senator Pasco today introduced bill grant,
ing pensions to the soldiers and sailors of the
Florida or Seminole wars who actually served
sixty days or more. at the same rate and sub
1ect to the same provisions as in the case OF
pensioners Of the Mexican war.
THE SENATE APPROPRIATION COMMITTEE.
The Senate committee on appropriations will
soon possess two rooms. Last session they had
two. but as one of them was away down near
the coal cellar it was but little usod The
new apartment adioins the main COM
mittee room and communication be-
tween the two has been brought
about by cutting sufficient hole in the wall
which divided the two. The new room. which
will be used by subcommittee, has for years
been the Senator's toilet room. The toilet
heretofore been sacred to the committee on en-
rolled bills.
THE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE.
Mr.. Springer expects to get the members of
the ways and means committee together today
for. the purpose of organizing and getting
ready for the sessions work. The policy Of
dealing with the tariff by separate items APP
pears to be pretty generally accepted
and the committee will probably get
to work on that line. 1t is the purpose Of Mr.
Springer and the other members Of the COM
mittee to get at the work at once
bill providing for free wool and
fo- the repeal of the compensatory
duties on wooden manufactures will probably
be the first reported from the committee
and the indications are that there will be but
little difficulty in passing it through the House
To get such bill through the Senate is, of
course, another question, but it Is
believed that it will greatly embarrass
certain republican Senators representing states
in which wooden manufactures abound if the
xhai,.
the free raw material which these manufac-
tarers want.
THE HOUSE NAVAL COMMITTEE.
The House naval affairs committee organized
today. Joseph Baumel of Alabama, who was
clerk to this committee in the last Democratic
Congress, was reelected.
PATENT RIGHTS.
The patents committee Of the House will or
ganize the latter part of this the early part of
next week. Chairman Tillman says that one
question which will, he understands, be early
pressed upon the attention of the committees.
will be the revision of the patent system so
to protect patentees from infringement
of their rights by making liable to criminal
prosecution persons who knowingly and wan
tonly infringe patents. Complaint, he says is
made that interruptions and irresponsible per-
sons willfully infringe valuable patents, and
the patentees are unable to collect damages
from them. Edison and other inventors have
stated that the patent laws as now framed give
them very little protection and are appealing
for increased security in their right OF inven-
ton. The committee during the last Congress
adopted general resolution that it would not
act favorably on bills for the extension of life
time of patents. and similar resolution will be
presented by some member the committee.
NOMINATIONS FAvoRABLY RECEIVED.
The Senate committee on interstate COM
merce has decided to report favorably to the
Senate the nominations Of James W. McDill of
Iowa, VIM. NJ. Lindsey of Kentucky and VIM.
X. Morrison Of Illinois as interstate commits
sioners.
NOTES.
Robert NJ. Wallace of Missouri has been ap-
pointed clerk of the House committee on agri-
culture.