Evening star., 1896-01-28
CAPITOL TOPICS.
CoiOnixfne Negroes,

NeSfOeSs
President Cleveland sent to the House
yesterday all the correspondence in posses
sion of the State Department regarding the
Alabama negroes who We're colonized in
Coahualilo, Mexico, ard repeated his for
1ner recommendation that an appropriation
be made for their return to the United
States.
More Counters Wanted,
The Secretary of the Treasury, in a let
ter 10 the House. asks the passage of a
resolution authorizing MIN to appoint tenn
rorarily. force of expert money cour ters
In the redemption DIVISION to bring the
work, which is d,JO0,000 behind, up to date
Inis Is supplementary to a similar request
made some time ago, " hich was published
in The Star.
A Park mt vfclsburE.
The House committee on military affairs
decided today to recommend the creation of
national military park on the vickshurg
battlefield and will report to the House the
bill introduced by Mr.. Catchings. The park
contemplated will embrace 1890 acres
where the opposing armies were lined at
the siege of Vicksburg. The bill provides
ior commission of three to outline the
site, to be appointed by the Secretary of
war, and secretary and historian. The
cost of the lana is limited to $4,000 but
the entire expense of the park If the pro-
Ject is carried out, will be $500,OU0.
To Redeem Bank Notes in Coin.
Senator Teller today offered the following
amendment to the pending financial bill:
That after the 1st of July, 1885, all bank
notes issued by national banking assoca-
tions shall be redeemed in coin when pre-
sented for redemption to the national bank
ing associations issuing the same and any
such national banking association failing TO
notes a hall l,,a
dissolved
Pacific Railroad Funding Bill.
Mr.. Francis B. Thurber of New York ap-
peared before the House committee on Pa
cific railroads today as a representative of
the national board of trade and transporta-
tion to advocate the passage of a funding
bill for the Pacific railroad
He recommended Senator Frye's bill.
which is for an 1O0-year extension of the
debt al : per cent. the settlement of the
Pacific railroad finances. he said. affected
the business interests of the entire country
Secretaries to the Utah Senator's.
The Utah Senators, who took their seats
yesterday, are accompanied by their pr
vate secretaries. Senator Cannon has Sc
iected as his private secretary Mr. G. G.
Graves, son of a prominent physician at
Ogden, and Senator Brown has chosen Mr.
rIeoerick L. McGurfIn, young attorney
at Salt Lake City. Both are capable ac-
tive young men, both popular and well
known.
To Buy a Portrait of Lincoln.
Mr. Voorhees, has introduced in the Sem
ate bill approprfating s15.OO to purchase
a lfe-s:ze oil painting of the late Abraham
Lincoln painted by c. W. F. Trayis) to be
hung in the United States Capitol
Civil Service Ina the Printing Office.
Mr.. Lodge introduced a resolution I'm the
Senate today directing the civil service
commission to furnish the Senate all cor
respondence respecting the enforcement of
the civil service law between the public
| printer and said commission between July
/, 1850, and November l, 1895.
| To Investigate Mail Bag Repair Shop.
MIR. Kyle introduced a resolution in the
Senate today instructing the committee on
post offices and post roads to investigate
certain charges made regarding alleged ir-
regularities existing in the mail bag repair
shop of the Post Office Department.