Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-01-07
CAPITOL TOPICS.
Two Important House Committees orxanise
and Prepare for Business.


and Prepare for Business.
Two important committees Of the House sf-
fected an organization today.
The appropriations committee authorized
the appointment Of subcommittee and de-
ferred action on the census deficiency appro-
priation requested by Superintendent Porter
until they can begin work. II is practically
settled that there viii be no assemblage of all
the general appropriation bills in the appro-
priation committee, and the distribution of the
appropriation bills among several committees
will remain as in the two previous Congresses.
The ways and means committee did q little
routine business preliminary to beginning
work on tariff legislation. Mr.. Reuter- Springer,
son OF the chairman, succeeds Mr.. John NJ
larson as principal clerk. Alexander Jones. Q
chicago newspaper man, was appointed assist
ant clerk and j. d. Darneille OF Springfield.
III, messenger. Only eight members, q bare
quorum, we're present.
COMMERCIAL BILLS.
The Senate committee on commerce held its
first formal session this morning. The follow
ing bills were ordered to be favorably reported:
Appropriating $50, 900 for the construction
OF light house at Cape Disappointment Wash.
To repeal certain sections Of the Revised
Statute providing bonds for registry of
vessels; to extend the privilege Of the
transportation of dutiable merchandise
without appraisement to Sandusky, Ohio: pro-
vlding for the construction of two United
States revenue cutters for service on the Pa
cific coast and to establish hfe-saving stations
at Rogue river and Port Oxford, Ore.
Mr.. MILLS GONE HOME.
The House committee on foreign and inter-
state commerce, Of which Representative Mills
is chairman, will be called to order Saturday
by Representative Geo. D. Wise Of Virginia,
who will act as chairman for the present. Mr.
Mills has not fully recovered his health, and
having obtained indefinite leave of absence
from the House, has gone to his home bin
Texas.
SENATOR PERKINS FIRST BILL
The first bill introduced by Senator Perkins
was presented this morning. 1t was for the in
corporation of the Zoo Street Railway Com
pany, and is duplicate of the bill presented in
the House on Tuesday.
cHAPLAINs IN THE ARMY.
Senator Hawley today introduced q bill to
designate all post chaplains in the army as
chaplains, with their present rank and
pay, with tho proviso that all chap
iains shall DO liable to be ordered to
regiments Of colored troops and not white
regiments only, as is now the case. The
bill proposes to increase the corps by the addi-
ton OF sixteen junior chaplains with the rank
and pay Of first lieutenants. No person to be
so appointed under the age of forty years and
who has not been regularly ordained in some
religious denomination. Promotion in the
corps is to be by seniority.
THE DESTITUTE CHIPPEWA INDIANS.
The last Congress failed to take action, as
suggested by the Secretary of the Interior, upon
measures under the terms of which timber on
certain lands reserved for the use of the
Chippewa Indians of Lake Superior, Wisconsin,
could be sold for their benefit. The value of
the timber is estimated to be about S6I5. 600.
The Indians are in very destitute condition
and the matter has been again brought TO the
attention of Congress by Secretary Noble, who
recommends that the matter receive the early
and favorable consideration of that body.
THE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE.
The ways and means committee was organ
lied today. The chairman was authorized to
have the entrance to the east portico, which
has been closed to make a consulting room for
the committee, reopened, and to zee about
securing additional quarters.
Mr. Carson, clerk to committee. resigned and
Mr. H. w. Springer was appointed TO succeed
him. A. j. Jones was appointed assistant clerk
and j. ID. Darneille, messenger.
Mr.. Springer viii, leave for New York this
evening to attend the Jackson day banquet of
the association of the democratic business men
OF New York tomorrow night. He will respond
to the toast The issues" Mr.. Cleveland will
respond to THE day we celebrate"
SUPERINTENDENT PoRTER's PLEA
Superintendent of Census Porter was before
the House committee on appropriations today
to give reasons why an additional appropria-
ton of a million dollars should be made to
complete the census He said that he needed
100000 OF that sum to run the bureau with
its present force until July 1.
Mr.. Courts was reappointed as clerk of the
The latter was originally appointed by Mr.
Randall and Mr.. Courts has been clerk of the
committee for many years.
THE RUSSIAN RELIEF DEFEATED.
The House yesterday. by vote of 80 to 81.
decided to indefinitely postpone the resolution
providing for the transportation of donations
of grain and -four for the relief Of the famine
districts OF Russia. This defeats the resolu-
ton.
APPOINTMENTS By THE DooRKEEPER.
Doorkeeper Turner announces the following
in addition to those heretofore
published:
Walter Butler, Iowa. page; George F. Bristol.
messenger; George F. Foster, Ohio. janitor;
VIM. Nash, Illinois, page; Charles H. Playter,
Iowa. messenger; Sumter Phillips. Mississippi,
messenger; Michael d. Crowley, Pennsylvania,
page; ". ". Mears. Missouri, page; II. Is. Lun-
genfelter, Maryland, messenger; John E. Belts.
Virginia, messenger; j. p. English, California,
chief page; E. d. Eaton, Mississippi. folder;
Percy Archer, Missouri, page; L. NJ. Gray
son, Louisiana, page: John W. Canary. Indiana,
folder Oscar Lewis, Alabama page; c. o. Rock
well, Missouri, folder; James l.. Murphy, Louis
lana, folder; W. c. Rowland, Texas. folder; Geo.
NJ Cruikshank, Alabama, superintendent fold
ing room, and A. d. Watts, North Carolina,
messenger.
HOUSE COMMITTEES ORGANIZED.
House committees have organized as follows:
Indian affairs, by the appointment of D. ".
Peel of Arkansas clerk; war claims, Edward
NJ. Bddle, jr., and Robert W. Short, both of
Pennsylvania, clerk and assistant clerk re-
ing Tuesdays and Fridays as the regular meet
ing days, and agriculture, by appointing Robert
N. Wallace of Missouri as clerk.
The military affairs committee approved the
selection of MIR. Nathan Gumble OF Columbus.
Ohio, rs clerk and authorized Chairman Outh.
waite to appoint necessary subcommittee.
The judiciary committee selected Tuesday
and Thursday of each week as regular meeting
days. None of the committees were able to be-
gin work. No bills have vet reached any Of
them as basis on which to proceed. Unless
some intimation should be by next week con-
veyed to the chairmen Of such of the commit
tees as have in the last few Congresses had
charge of appropriation bills that it is the in
tention of the majority of the House to commit
the various Appropriation bills tC the appro-
priation committee it may be that the proposi- |
ton to assemble all the appropriation bills in |
one committee will be negatived, for il is the
in nf tho MILITARY oHo;rs A.