Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-12-06
CAPITOL TOPICS.
Measures Of Interest That Have Been Pre-.
sented in Congress.

Msasurss Of Interest That Have Been Pre-
sented in Congress.
TO CHANCE THE DATE o. MEETING.
number Of the leading democrats Of the
House are setting seriously at work to get
duced by Gen. Hooker to change the
tune OF the meeting Of Congress from
the J, first Monday in December to the
first Monday In March. Gen. Hooker and others
are making quiet canvass Of their party in the
House in the interest Of the proposition. and the
opinion prevails that there will be but little
difficulty about getting 1t through the House.
POSSIBLE PRIVATE sEcRErARY
George F. Parker, who was auditor Of the
democratic campaign committee during the
last campaign, was at the Capitol today. Mr..
Parker is talked of as President-elect Cleve-
lands private secretary.
When asked about the matter by SrAR re-
porter he said that all the information he had
on The subject was through the newspapers.
Later in the day Mr.. Parker called upon the
President who is an old personal friend, and
left this afternoon for New York.
TO PROTECT AMERICAN woRkMEN
A bill ''to protect American workmen- is the
title Of measure introduced in the House to-
day by Representative Chapman Of Michigan.
According to its pre- visions no alien who is q
nonresident OF the United States shall work at
any mechanical trade or at any manual labor
within the borders of the United States.
At a meeting today of the House committee
investigating the administration Of the federal
election law in New York city it was decided
to take no notice whatever Of the petition
submitted to the House yesterday in
behalf Of John /. Davenport, in
which the latter asks for hearing at the bar of
naittee in the regular order, and the above ac-
ton was taken after due consideration. Four
Of the five members Of the committee were
present.
The committee has decided to call on the Sec
rotary OF the Treasury and the Attorney Cen
supervisors and deputy marshals employed in
the last election to aid in the enforce
ment Of the federal election law
and the names and addresses of those
employed in New York city. This information
will be used by the committee for the purposes
Of comparison, DC, and to assist it in making
its report, which Representative Fitch, the
Chairman, will now proceed to draft.
REPUBLICAN SENATORS LIKELY
Private dispatches from California, Montana
and Wyoming claim that the republicans will
elect Senators in all three states. Senator
Paddocks election in Nebraska is said to
be all but certain and the election Of
a republican in Kansas seems probable.
The republicans are not anxious to organize
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other day, that the democrats should have the
full power and responsibility, but they are be-
coming convinced that the democrats will not
have sufficient strength in tho Senate, and they
are planning accordingly.
TO INVESTIGATE THE CENSUS OFFICE.
Before going into executive session resolu-
ton was offered by Mr.. Vest and briefly dis
cussed BY him and Mr.. Hale, in reference to
the "pernicious activity of the census bureau
in the recent election. The resolution proposes
an investigation and will be called mp and
acted on tomorrow.
HAS NOT SEEN HIS BROTHER.
VIM. Henry Harrison Cowles, the Represen-
tative Of the eighth North Carolina district,
who is stopping at the National, is like all other
democratic members jubilant over the result of
the recent election Representative Cowles has
brother named Henry Clay Cowles, who is q
republican and is q member OF the republican
state committee. Representative Cowles said
last night that he had not seen his brother and
he had too much regard for his feelings to write
to him.
TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE.
The bill introduced in the House today by
Representative Rayner Of Maryland for the
better protection of commerce and the gen.
eral welfare and for the establishment
Of national quarantine is intended to pre-
vent the introduction of contagious or infectious
diseases into the United States from foreign
countries or from one state into another, and
establishes within the Treasury Department
a national bureau Of health. This bureau Ia to
consist of sanitary council composed of
an executive commission and an ad-
visOry council. The executive commission is
to consist of a commissioner of quarantine q
commissioner of international sanitation and a
commissioner of vital statistics, who shall each
receive an annual salary. of $1,000.
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counoil-the surgeon general Of the army. the
surgeon general Of the navy, the surgeon gen.
eral of the marine service and an officer of the
Department of Justice-who shall receive no
additional compensation.
The bureau shall meet at the time and place
Mesignated by the Secretary of the Treasury.
The bureau shall perform all the duties in re-
spect to quarantine which are now imposed on
the Treasury Department. 1t shall obtain in
formation of the sanitary condition of
foreign ports from which contagious or in
fectious diseases may be imported and also
weekly reports of the sanitary condition of
ports and places in the United States. 1t shall
make an annual report Of its operations to the
Secretary Of the Treasury. 1t is made
unlawful for any merchant ship from any
foreign port to enter any port Of the United
States except under such rules and regulations
as may be made under the provisions of this
act violation Of these rules shall be
punishable by q fine not exceeding 81 600,
which shall be a lien on the vessel. All vessels
clearing for any port in the United States shall
be required to obtain from the consul at the
port OF departure q bill Of health in the form
prescribed by the bureau Of health. This bill
Of health shall be considered part of the ships
papers.
The President is authorized to detail officers
to carry out the provisions Of the bill. The
Secretary Of the Treasury is authorized to ac-
cept, through steps as may be legally necessary,
the puesession of all inter NATIONAL and inter-
state quarantine stations and inspection posts
The sanitary counsel shall have authority to
forbid entry Of vessels from ports known or
suspected to be infected with cholera, yellow
fever, smallpox or other declared quarantine
able disease.
DISTRICT IN CONGRESS-.