The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-09-17
LIVE W4SHISGTON TOPICS.
The Judiciary Committee 10 Report Bill
TO Kcpcnl the Election I.nMs

The Judiciary Committee TO Report Bill
Repeal the Election Laws.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 1G-Mr. Oates OF Ala
bama has boon instructed by the Committee
on the Judiciary to report o bill to repeal the
Federal Elections law. When the call OF COM
mittees comes the Judiciary Committee will
he called earlier than the Committee on the
Election OF President and Vice President. Tho
bill from that committee will consequently be
reported before the Tucker bill 1t lies with
the Com mittee on Rules to fix a special order
for tho consideration OF either bill. Judge
Oates's bill is little moro conservative than
tho Tucker bill. 1t leaves in the statutes the
clauses empowering Governors of States to
call upon the Federal Government for aid In
the event OF violence and disorder. United
States supervisors and deputy marshals at
the polls are. however. done away with.
Nj. Tucker thinks ,dd,;o Gii for ne repeating
for passage in the House Gy Now l.. BY
that time. he thinks. the Ways and Means
Committee will 10 ready to bring IN tariff
bill. and the Senate can in the mean time take
M the Election Law Eepea! bill. He anticipates
that tho tactics Of ,IRepubiicans IN the senate
that employed By the Democrats against the
Force bill.
Government employees. as q rule. are very
much encouraged by the many indications
given by various congressman OF their inten-
tions TO enact legislation for the relief Of those
who are Injured in tie {" aer
this city last summer. when the building
known as Ford's Old Theatre. occupied by the
War Department. collapsed and killed twenty:
one mon and injured many more. has revived
ages to Government employees injured in the
service. A resolution has been introduced In
the HOUSE ealing Hr an Organization Of IN, he
viii soon DO intr3dnced In both Houses pro.
interest Of ono Of his constituents by ntroduc:
ing a bill providing for an appropriation Of
Indiana for injuries received when tho old
theatre building collapsed on June3.
group OF Congressman were sitting In the
half deserted hall OF the House the other day.
when Judge Livingston of Georgia remarked
to Gen. Co.swell Of Massachusetts,:
g II 1t had not been for tho loniency shown
By you to me on certain occasion would not
:. How is that 2" inquired Cogswell.
DO you reme sIa%I,n one ever evening that your
captured fellow who was wandering about
that country The circumstances Of the
SPY / WAS the prisoner. had a farm about
there and was looking to get hor;s for a
not re
being SOY and let me 60. The next evening
had i've of your men in my hands. J. kept
them shut W. in the barn over night and then
turned them loose"
A telegram from Com m ore John C. Walker.
President OF the Trial Board OF the new gum
boat Castlne. received at the Navy Department
to- day. says:
Trial Of Casino successful. Speed with
out tidal corrections. rs 4. 10 knots"
As the contract relurel only Is knots to be
made. and guaranteed $1,000 for each addi-
tional quarter Knot. the contractors. the Bath
Iron Works Comuany. viii receive premiums
amounting to about 100000.
Secretary Gresham has appointed Michael
Scanon principal clerk OF the correspondence
division OF the tonsul mr. Bureau. In place OF
Honolulu. Mr. Scanon was for many years
chief OF the tatistical bureaus OF the State
Department anil was recently reduced to o
subordinate position.
The negotiations to secure Mole ST. Nicolas
for use by this country as a coaling station
will he reopened on the arrival In Hayti Of Mr..
Henry NJ. Smyths OF Virginia tho new Minis
ter resident and Consul General to that coun-
try. Mole ST. Nicolas has been u subject of
diplomatic negotiate m during recent years.
and nt one time tho United States. through it's
Minister to ilaytl. Frederick Douglass, had
practically concluded negotiations for its use
AS coaling station; then tho HAytian Gov
eminent broke on the arrangements because
States war vessels at fort-au-rrince was in.
tended MS mn intimation that tho Haytlans
would do we'll TO accent the offer OF this coun-
try. Mr. smythe will go with instructions to
use diplomatic endeavors to secure the desired
privileges.
Second Lieut.. Warren b. Fox OF the Tenth
Infantry has been dropped from the rolls OF the
army Tor desortion, In accordance with a pro-
vision OF law which ows this action to no |
taken when an officer absents him self without |
leave for three months. Lieut.. Fox left Fort