Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1860-07-12
Adjournment of Congress.

Among the important measures passed
by the House of Representatives and now
lying dead-mutilated and disfgured, some
of them-on the Senate table, or smother
ed in its committee rooms, we may enume-
rate the Tariff bill, the bill for the admis-
sion of Kansas, the bill prohibiting Poly
gamy in Utah, the Mileage Retrenchment
bill, (Which proposes a saving of half a
million Of dollars in the matter Of the
mileage of congressman the River and
Uarbor Improvement bill, the Pension bill
for Disabled Soldiers, and the bill prohibi-
ting the sale Of Public Lands until ten
years after a survey, without interfering
with the present price. All these meas
ures were considered and passed in the
House, but, with one or two exceptions,
they were not so much as taken up in the
Senate. \ pretended effort was made in
the Senate during the last few days Of the
session to resusciate the Tariff bill, (Which
had been previously y postponed, upon the
motion Of Mr.. Hunter, of Virginia, until
next December but the proposition failed
for want of time. So this great measure,
! together with those enumerated above, and
many others Of Importance, lie over until
next winter by reason Of the votes Of the
Democratic majority in the Senate or be-
cause of the Indifference of its standing
| committees, all Of which are controlled by
the dominant party. Let the people re-
member these facts, and place the respon-
sibility where it rightfully belongs.
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| Fosters Home Organ and the Coalition
Nocement-The attempt to coerce the De-
mocracy Of the State into the support of
a " double headed" electoral ticket, viii
not take in old Westmoreland. The
Greensburg Argus, the home organ Of
Henry D. Foster, calls it an "infamous
proposition" and says:
This proposition cannot be entertained
/ for one moment. 1t is too infamous to be
named Thanks to an overruling Providence,
and the irmness of the Baltimore Convention
the question Of who is tie democratic candi.
date, is not an open one. That question had
been irrevocably settled. There is but one
Democratic candidate in the field and that is
Stephen A. Douglas. The people bad long
since nominated him, and the Baltimore Con.
yenton only ratified it, or, in legal phrase,
recorded the verdict"
Is Foster for Douglas? Who knows
neA-Hon. T. P. Blair has been renomina
ted for REL election to Congress by the Repu b.
lcans of ST. Louis, Missouri.
No Coalition The Pennsylvania member
of the National Douglas Committee has ad
dressed letters to the State electors demand
ing their position. 1t is intended by the
Douglas men to call State Convention, Ell
ther delegate or mass, to fill vacancies in the
electoral ticket Mr.. Forney announces that
Mr. Douglas cordially sustains the policy Of
non coalition with the Breckenridgers.
ssAYThe Adjutant General of Pennsylvania
has designated York as a suitable place for
a military encampment, and he has fixed
Monday, the Sd of September next as the
day for the opening and the following Satur
day for the closing Of it. The encampment
will be known as Camp Patterson, and Major
General William H. Keim, of the Fifth Diyis
ion, will be the commanding officer.
Glorious NetoS from Oregon.--We have Ia
ter news from Oregon to the effect that Mr.
Logan, Republican candidate for Congress, is
elected bg one hundred and fifty majority
and ihat the Legislature is in the hands o
the anti Administration party, tbus securing
tra aregshrav Of Lane and the election Of &
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