Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-03
First Prayer by the New Chaplain
Of the House.
BE CREATES 4 MILD SENSATION
Mr.. Bankhead on the Government
Printing Office Building.
OTHER SUBJECTS OF INTEREST

IHe new chaplain OIL the House delivered
his first prayer to that body today, and
| created a mild sensation at the outset.
He demonstrated the fact that the repu-
| tation which he achieved during the war
as fighting chaplain is to be mains
tanned in spirit, if not in action.
In the course of his prayer, after eX-
pressing the hope that peace may dwell
within the borders of the land, he said
\ and here his voice took on deep and
| resonant tone that made his remarks re-
sound through the hall-"But may we be
quick to resent anything like an insult to
this our nation"
The members raised their bowed heads
at this warlille tone and when the prayer
was concluded general buzz of surprised
comment ran through the chamber. The
Michigan, and he is blind, the result of
wounds received at Vicksburg. He is a
man of spare frame, with silvery white hair
and mustache. He speaks slowly and dis
tinctly. and has set a two-minute pace for
his prayers at the outset
At Work on the Estimates.
The clerks Of the two appropriations COM
mittees, Mr. Courts and Mr. Cleeves. are
already at work upon the estimates submit
ted by Secretary Carlisle yesterday. They
| are now engaged in preparing the rough
drafts of the several appropriation bills, SO
that when the House committee is selected
and the subcommittee are appointed the
bills will be in shape to handle.
The Government Printing Office.
II am not at all surprised to hear that the
grand jury has condemned the old shell of
| a government printing office" said Repre-
sentative Bankhead of Alabama to a Star
| man today. Everything they say about it
is undoubtedly true" MIR. Bankhead will be
remembered as the persistent advocate of a
Safe and commodiouS printing Office during
the last Congress, when he was chairman
of the committee on public buildings and
grounds.
Il don't know who will tackle the question
of suitable building in this Congress-" said
! Mr.. BaEkhead, but want to reaffirm my
| unalterable opposition to any system of
patchwork on the old shell. and to declare in
favor of providing a safe and adequate
structure"
The Democratic Caucus.
The democratic caucus yesterday after
noon for the disposition Of the four minor
offices Of the House allotted to the demo-
Gratis was an exciting and stubbornly con-
tested struggle in behalf of the applicants.
1t resulted in the selection of Isaac Hill Of
Ohio for deputy Sergeant-at-armS, Thomas
| Coakley of New York and George L..
Browning, Virginia, messengers, and James
English of California. page.
The Waller Case.
| The Kansas delegation in Congress pro-
poses to hold meeting this week to decide
| what action it will take in the Waller case.
| A resolution of some sort will probably be
| introduced at All early date, either resolu-
| ton of inquiry or one requesting the State
! Department officials to take vigorous steps
| to secure the release of the eX-consul from
| prison. The prime mover in the matter is
| Representative from whose
| sional district Waller was appointed to the
consulate. Mr.. Miller said that it was evil
dent from the Presidents message that
| the State Department preferred not to have
| Congress take cogniZance of the Waller
| case at all at this time. but that the mes
| sage would make no difference with the
| plans of the Kansas members. The resoiu-
ton which will be introduced. he said, will
probably call for all the correspondence
with the French in the matter, and when
| that had been received Congress would
| know what to do.
The Aged CoIored Peoples Home.
MI. Hull of Iowa today introduced in the
| House bill authorizing the use of moneys
| belonging to the estates of deceased col
| ored soldiers for the erection Of home for
aged and infirm colored people in this city.
| A similar bill was favorably reported in
| the last Congress, but failed of action
|. through press of time and circumstances.
BeIllgercnt Rights for Cuba.
| Mir. Lodge, republican, Massachusetts,
has introduced a resolution in the Senate
| forcibly approving the Monroe doctrine, and
Mr.. Call. democrat, Florida, has introduced
| a resolution directing that the insurgents of
| Cuba be accorded belligerent rights.
To Fay John Roach's Heirs.
| Representative Robinson of Pennsylvania
has reintroduced the bill which failed in
the last Congress appropriating $4,000 to
! pay the heirs of John Roach on account of
| the construction of the Dolphin. 1t Is in
tended to attach this provision to the naval
| appropriation bill to save 1t from veto.