Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-08-22
CAPITOL TOPICS.
Combinations.

Inc senate IN executive session today con-
nrmed the following nomination Louis ID.
Voltz OF New York. to be appraiser Of mer-
chandise in the district of Buffalo Creek.
New York; Frank N. Potter of New York.
to be collector OF customs for the district
Of Cape Vincent, New York; Charles C.
Perkins of Maine. to be collector of customs
for the district of Kennebunk. Maine: Ed
ward w. Baker of Maine, to be collector of
customs for the district OF York, Maine;
Frank Cassidy of Illinois, to be surveyor of
customs. port Of Cairo. Illinois, and Edward
3. Ravens Of New York. to be surveyor of
customs. port of Greenport, New York.
Also Of the following: Charles B. Stivers
Formerly captain seventh infantry, to be
captain ~ infantry; Major James II. Brad
ford, eleventh infantry, to be lieutenant
colonel: Capt. George w. Davis. fourteen tn
Efantry. to be major; First Lieutenant
Frank F. Eastman. fourteenth infantry. to
be captain. First Lieutenant Mitchell F.
lamar thirteenth infantry, to be captain;
Second Lieutenant James T. Dean, third
Infantry. to be first lieutenant; Second Lieu
tenant Clyssis @. @. McAlexander twenty
ffth Infantry, to be first lieutenant; Guy
George Rodgers of Missouri. Martin Nc
Mahon Ramsay of the district of Columbia
and Joseph Johnston Cheatham of Tennes-
see; TO be assistant paymasters In the navy
leubject to examination required by law);
John t. Wigz Myers Of Virginia. Edward
8. kellogg of New York. and David Van H.
Allen of Tennessee. to be assistant en-
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postmaster at Hico, Texas.
Texas Congregational Conventions.
The Texas delegation In Congress is re-
ceiving returns from a number of the con-
sressional conventions in the state now
being held. Representative Paschal was
defeated for denomination yesterday, the
wool question being the main cause of his
defeat 1t is a large wool-growing district
MI Faschal voted for free wool. The can
dfdate nominated Is not. an advocate of
free wool Representative CockrelPs con-
vention has adjourned until the Both of Au-
gust after balloting Intellectually. Mr.
sCockren was within four and one-half votes
OF the necessary two-thirds at the time Of
ao1ocrrment Representative kilgore' 3
convention Is In session. but no word has
yet been received from it,
Another Free Coinage Bill.
Another free coinage bill has been pre-
scented to the House. this time by Mr. John
son Of North Dakota, proposing to strike
from the act of July q, 1876 the following
words: ITO any amount that including the
amount of subsidiary silver coin and frac-
oonal currency outstanding shall In the
aggregate not exceed at any time $4,000
OOU. and to substitute for them ito any
amount at the discretion of the Secretary
OF the Treasury"
This bill will make the law provide that
m addition to the amount of subsidiary
OiA oesAoi iZcu ny law 10 De issued
n redemption of the fractional currency
1t shall be lawful to coin at the several
nsints and issue through the treasury and
us branches sq/A coin. to any amount at
the discretion of the Secretary Of the Treas
ury.
n Widows Pension BILL.
Representative Grow has introduced a bill
providing that the widows of pensioners
married before the close of the late war
snail receive the same rate of pension that
tne pensioner was receiving at the time of
his death. provided that the rate of her
pension shall Eot be less than S12 per
month.
Mines I'm Private Land Grants
Senator Bate introduced a bill todav
providing for the exploration and purchase
pf mines within the boundaries of private
land grants.
Leave to Print Speeches.
The Congressional Record this morning
eontains eighty-five pages of Senator Quay
speech, which has been Inserted Under the
leave to print granted several weeks aso.
Representative Brosius. republican, of
Pennsylvania takes advantage of the leave
to print granted by the House when the
farfn bill was passed to insert q speech
loaded with campaign poetry. There are
twenty-five selections OF various kinds
some being dialect verse and others straight
foggerel The democratic party and all its
leaders are abused in rhymes of different
meter verse in which poetic license IL
strained to the utmost limit