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Show CAPITAL HEWS. I An Argument in Payor of Immigration. JION'UY J; OK roilTiril'ATIOXS. A Special Reception to Actors and Actresses by Harrison. n.oHEtfs ion tiii: I.AUU.N. lllnlux (toiileisillels I lie lluninr thai llo lias Jolii.il llio Itoiusii tlmreli. WABittKUTOV, D. C, Dec. 10 Ily Invitation the various transAtIaiillc stenmsblp companies wero boforo tho Hi title and House committees on Immigration Im-migration today to give tlulr views concerning tho bill Introduced In tbo Bonato by Mr. Chniidlcr eui'endlng Immigration for one year, (luatavo 11. Bchwnu of Now Vork presented tho case for tho etcamihlp men, and nrguid against tho inhibition of Itu-lulgratlon. Itu-lulgratlon. He txprtssed tbo bePef that the magnlflrtnt dovelopracnt of tho malerlal resources of our country la duu tu tho enormous Immigration ol thn Inst half century. He argued that Americans would not nnd could not rerforui tho heavy manual labor and manual service ruulroJ In the Ue-telopmentof Ue-telopmentof tho country, riiereforu Immigration Is isscnllnl. Huiivnslon could never bu enforced, aa tho North-tru North-tru and Bouthtrn Iroulluru could not bo rolccted, and daujer from cholera would lo Incrratid bteauie a ijusr-aullnu ijusr-aullnu could not be maintained ou these frontiers. Ho luld that sanitary iclenco of the pnsont sy stem nunouiictd n wllllugiuss that tho atunmshlp companies maintain nuarjn-tlnu nuarjn-tlnu points of detartuto. llo aald Colonel Webei's plan w a the only feaslblo one. I n brii f, that system ro-vldes ro-vldes for tho examination of emigrants I eforu their departuto by tho steamship companies, who nro to be held liable fgr luirroicr entries. AS OirlCUl MNCIOATU). Tho dttalllug of Captain Uorup of thu utdimuco department t? duty at tho World's Columllan Kxjob11Ioii In oonntctloii with the exhibit of tho ord-naneu ord-naneu de aitmtut Is regardo 1 by army olllccrs run vindication of his eojduct while a military attache of tho United Btales legation at l'nrlr. Cnplnln Ilorup was recalled at the Instance of tho French government ounccouutof tin ol egedsaleof plans of the rreuchsei coast to officers of tbo German and Italian nrmlts. IN VAN Oil OP A 111 I UIU.ICAN. Ily unanlmoua votejof all members I resent tho House touimlllto on elections elec-tions today deoldod tu report lu fnvor of l.dvviml Boull, tho llepublluan rilling ril-ling inemter o( the Twentieth l'onn-s)lvanla l'onn-s)lvanla dlilrict, lu tho couti st brought for the seat by Thomas Orcvy, the Democratic ooultsUut. AITIIUUIIATIUNS. The House oommlttioon npproprla-tlons npproprla-tlons vigorously slashed the formications formica-tions ntirorrlailou bill. Tho total uppreprlated hy the new bill Is $1,7.15,-IJJo, $1,7.15,-IJJo, while (or the current year It ug-gregated ug-gregated $2,731,270, h roiluctlon of JOOJ.'JJl. jiAiuiisuN at ra a lira itios. The actors and aclretses who took patt lu thu entertainment at Albaum'a opera liousu for the benefit of the National Capital Press tlub today had a ereclal retepllou by President Harrison Harri-son In his prlvatu olllco ust prior to theopenlug of thu erformanco. Tho visitors wero entertained Individually nnd thu President had n happy word foroach. lie gave each of tho ladles a llowtr from a largo bouquet on his desk. Private Secretary Halford attended tho tule rtalnment as thu representative of the President. Tho ouiettalninent as n henomensl aticcesa pecuniarily aud socially, llolh houses ol Congress udjourned to do honor to the occasion nudn quorum ol each was present. Olio of thu speeches nt tho entertain, meut Is tho sulject of discussion In political circles tonight. It was n speech by lteprcsentutlvo 1'ellowa or New Vork. In beginning he said. "llelug Invltod by the l'rcai club to atteuJ this performantu I will cheerfully cheer-fully nddreas the company, for tho National Na-tional Press Club does not Invite speakers to dluuer without oxpoctlng a l eecll." riiorccolleclloriof thelteform Club dlnmr In Now Vork oamo to tho aieo-tatora aieo-tatora nnd tremendous npplnuio followed, fol-lowed, lonlght all Washington Is talking about rammauy'a courteous retoit to Kllcry Anderson and the lte'orm Ulub. 111.A1N1J No CATHOLIC. James Q. lltalno tonight gavo tho piris tho follswlng letter: "Mra. lllalno asks me to stale that thero Is not thusl ghtest truth In tho report that Mr. II alno has tntered llio Iloman Cathollo church, nnd nothing could ba lutther from hla thought or luten-Hon. luten-Hon. 1 UBCIIASB OP tll.VEIl. Tho triasury department today piirohBoia77,UOO ouutea ol silver lit $SJ.5i)Cl,b1.8l. arNATon umsoi'a punuial. The ljouljlaua congressional dtlega-tlou dtlega-tlou met todny and took suitable attluu ontbodeuholoenator Ulosou. The funeral will bu hold Bunday or Monday at Lexington, Ky, |
