The Washington times., 1894-05-30
Notes from Senate and House.

| Resolutions eulocst;c OF the late Represcnta-
| tive George W. Hork, of Ohio, were adopted yes
| terdGy by the House Committee on Commerce.
| of which he was member
Representative Cummings. chairman of the
| Committee on Earal Affairs. has Introduced e
| bill for the organization OF a battalion of the
| naval reserve in the District of Columbia.
| Furusoth, the representative of the Sen,aen's
| Union, spoke to the House Committee Mcr-
chant Marine yesterday in advocacy % TIE bills
introduced 10y Representative Mcguire. OF Cali.
| foriiia, to enforce certain features OF the en-
| ployers' liability act
| The House Committee OF Public Buildings yes
| terday approved tho bill for the safe Of the old
custoi. house at Elie. Pa; One appropriatinr
$4,000 for improvements on the public building
at Little Rock. Ar. ard bills for 100000 public
buildings AZ Cheyenne. Myo; Tampa, Fla; Oak
land Cal, and Tor a St0,000 building at Laredo,
Texas.
A bill to change the laws governing expert tes-
timony upGn disputed handwritings in nised
States courts. which has been recommended by
the Postmaster General and put into shape ty
Representative Woi,ertor, of Tennessee re-
ccised favorable vote from the House Judici-
ary Committee y sterday.
Senator Villas yesterday introduced bill max
iEgit unlawful for any person to send obscene
literature or ans other matter Of Indecent char
acter any article intended for indecent or i'm
moral Use by express Such oTense is made
punishable by n fine not 10 exceed 5000 or by
Imprisonment not to exceed Eve years or both.
A resolution ask NJ the Postm ,s.er Gsrerai to
inform The House low many le:tei-carriers,
clerks, and other employees have been removed
or dismissed from pest Offices Of the first and Sec
ond class between March 4 and september /,
1892. and how many of them have been REIN
stated. has been introduced by Repre- sentative
Brcderick. OF Kansas.
The action OF the Russian government in deny
ing to Rabbi krauskoi;.. eminent hebrew
ecclesiastic Of Philadelphia, the right 10 enter
the Russian empire resulted in the presentation
/, in the house yesterday by Representative
Rayner Dem. Md OF resolutions cailin. Oh the
President 10 make demand on the Russian
the same right of entry. travel and sotourn in
the territory of Russia that citizens of Russia
have in the United States according TO treaty
s;ipulations
The statement that more aliens are leaving
the United States than are entering was made
by DR.. j. II. Senner, commissioner OF im;piyra-
ton at Kills Island. to the House Committee on
tho falling OF in arrivals largely TO the action of
the new laws which compel the ship officers TO
certify to the qualifications of foreig.ers for ad-
mission. DIR. Senner and Superintendent Of I'm
migration Stump urged the committee to visit
Kills Island and inspect the workings of the sys-
tenn, and the committee will probably ask the
House to authorizes it to make the trip.
Representatives of the Lake Carriers Associa-
tion of the Great Lakes appeared before the
House Committee on Immigration yesterday
afternoon to oppose the bill introduced by Rep
resentative Lockwood, of New York, which is
directed in part against the employment of Ca
madam sailors on American vesssla The par
ficular clause Of the bill which is disapproved of
BY the association provides that seamen must be
they are eligible for service. The delegates we're
Harvey D. Goulder. the attorney Of the associa-
ton, and Col Z. X Parsons, both OF Cleveland
ub