Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-08-17
AMONG THE LAWMAKERS
Doings Of Interest About the Halls Of
Congress.
MIR. Call AbandOns His Projected Trip
The Porter Nomination.
Alien Anarchists.

The Senate has made the following con-
| hrmations: Navy-Surgeon Hosea j. Babin,
to be medical inspector; Passed Assistant
Surgeon George p Lumsden, to be a sur
geon; Passed Assistant Paymaster Mitchell
u Mcdonald, to be paymaster; Lieut..
CHARLES T. Forse, to be lieutenant comman-
der; Lieut. Edwin X. Moore, to be neuten-
ant commander; Lieut. Charles N. Atwater
Junior grade), to be lieutenant; Ensign
William b. Whittlesey. to be lieutenant, ju-
NOR grade; Paymaster Leonard A. Frailey
to be inspector; Passed Assistant Paymas-
ter Eustaee B. Rogers. to be paymaster;
Assistant Paymaster Henry e. Jewett, to
be passed assistant paymaster; Passed As
sistant Engineer Albert F. Dixon, to be
chief engineer; Assistant Engineer Albert
Morltz, TO be passed assistant engineer.
Another Change Necessary.
Another change will have to be made in
the tariff bill besides remodelng the para
graph relating to alcohol used in the arts
At meeting Of the ways and means COM
mittee yesterday Chairman Wilson an
nounced that he had been informed by the
ofhcials Of the Treasury Department that
the paragraph in the tariff bill relating to
diamonds could be so construed to per-
init the free entrance of those articles, and
said that at subsequent meeting a bill
corr Getting the paragraph would be called
up.
Mr.. Bailey's Bill.
Mr. Bailey of Texas has introduced bill
in the House designed to secure the sepa-
ration and independence of the legislative
and executive departments of the govern
ment IT provides that no Senator or Rep
resentative in Congress shall directly or in
directly solicit or recommend the appoint
ment OF any person to any Office under the
United States; provided however, that this
act shall not be construed to apply to the
offices of the House of Representatives or
the Senate.
A Trip Abandoned.
Senator Call has surrendered very pleas
ant trip. He left the city last night for his
Florida home, and abandoned his cherished
project for a trip around the country with
the Senate committee on patents. 1t was
not Mr.. Calls intention to pay for this ex-
cursion himself, but II was his plan that
Uncle Sam should foot the bills. The mat
ter came before the Senate yesterday after
noon in the form of a resolution, which.
however, had received black eye from the
committee TO audit and control the contin-
gent expenses of the Senate and IL was,
therefore matter of considerable surprise
when. on motion to table, Mr.. Call had
majority of five in his favor. The arrival
OF O'Clock forced the resolution TO the
calendar. but II was thought that Mr. Call
would follow up his first victory and bring
up his resolution today.
But Mr. Call has gone to Florida Just
why he gave up this enjoyable junket that
was practically within his grasp may per-
haps, never be known.
Adverse Report ON POrter's Nominal
ton.
The Senate committee on the judiciary
has made an adverse report to the Senate on
the nomination of Mr.. James ID. Porter to
be United States judge of the eastern and
middle district of Tennessee. 1t is under
stood that the opposition is based on the
ground that Mr.. Porter while q resident of
the state, lives outside the district over
winch he was appointed to preside.
.-- The Anti-Annrchist Bill
The House committee on judiciary today
decided to favorably report Senator Hills
bill for the exclusion and deportation of
alien anarchists, which passed the Senate
This action unravels the knot which the
Senate committee on immigration tied when
1t Joined the Hill bill with some features of
Representative w. A. Stones bill for con-
sular inspection abroad which passed the
House.
The anti-anarchist bill will be called up In
the House next week, and II is predicted
that ii will be passed The Stone bill is stfll
in the hands OF the conferees, who expect
TO retain 1t until next session, when a strong
effort will be made to put it through the
Senate.
Investigation Of Judge Kicks.
The special House committee to investi-
gate the charges against Judge Kicks of
Cleveland will not begin it's work until
Congress adjourns. and perhaps not until
fall. 1t had been intended to start upon the
investigation next Monday, but a quorum
Is drifting away from the House so rapidly
that all the members are needed in Wash
ington who can be persuaded to stay
Members of the committee are anxious to
go into the congressional campaign, and
therefore may not be able to investigate I'M
til that is over.
United States Court in Indian Ter
ritOry.
The House committee on judiciary TODAY
approved the Senate bill to establish a
United States court In Indian territory.