The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1860-02-08

WASHINGTON CITY, FEBRUARY 4.-Tht
Republicans are in conference day on the
subject of the election of a doorkeeper anc
postmaster. Col. Forney will appoint d.
his chief clerk, 1. Barry, grandson OF Com.
modore Barry. Mr.. Barkey, Journal clerk
will probably be retained. Riahard Sher
man, formerly clerk OF tho New York As
sembly, backed by the united delegation o
New York, will be appointed reading clerk
in place of Mr.. Walker. The stable will
be thoroughly cleared. The office of door.
keeper is exciting considerable Interest,"
The New York delegation seem to under
stond that the nun when they recommend
will be adopted by the general Repub cuu
caucus. and be acceptable to the majority o.
the House. This, it is said, is true il the
candidate is Republican, no strait Rppub.
lican having yet been elected to any Office
The principal candidates discussed by the
New York Republican delegation are Good
now, Republican, and Darling, an American.
The numbsr Of applicants for subordinate
places is unusually urge. Mr. Phel ps hav.
ing been chairman of the Committee of
Ways and Means last Congress, and in pos
session of estimates, by courtesy was enti-
tied to the privilege OF Offering the Postoffice
bill in the House yesterday. 1t embraces
about ten million of money. four millions Of
which is deficiency. 1t took its second read
ing by consent, and comes up on Monday, if
unanimous consent is obtained about which
there is considerable doubt, ns some Repub
licans are indignant at some Of the mail
contractors interfering in the election of
Speaker to the end of defeating Mr.. Sher.
man, therefore it will not be difficult to OBJ.
tain single objection to the consideration
of the bill. The bill introduced in the
House by Mr.. Phelps to day, appropri4tes
$4 296, 900 for the deficiencies of the year
ending with June last, and for pnrt OF the
present fiscal year 80 400 900 under the law
OF 1886, in payment of the salaries of the
officers and clerks, and for the transporta.
tion of the mails. The third section provides
for an interest ofsix per centum on and after
the expiration OF the quarter in which the
moil service was rendered, and sufficient
sum to pay it, and appropriates one thousand
dollars for temporary cleak hire to expedite
the payment. No doubt is entertained that
the bill will be passed next week.
The Senate Printing Investigating Com
aHhhCo "SL SAio HAI' " CHuclI uH"
derwent an examination of upward of three
hours. 1t appeared that some seven or eight
parties were Interested in the public print.
ing, namely: Steadman, Banks, MLean,
Walker, Rice, Severns and Bowman. He
stated that he had paid out during the past
three years, over one hundred thousand dol.
lars for party support to newspapers in
Penney lvania principally, but extending
over New Jersey, New York, Maryland,
Ohio, &c. Considerable had been paid by
official authority and some of his own free
will. He also stated by the action of the
Senate in electing Bowman, who had given
the work to Blair & Rives, he had been
left penniless with the largest establishment Mt
in The Union lying idle. Bowman's conduct
towards Wendell was shown up in very
bud light. Bowman it appears has given
part of the work 10 Jewett, editor OF the Fill
more organ at Buffalo. A. d. Banks and
Joe Severns were also examined. They did
not seem to know much, except that they
had received some materit aid from Wen.
dell. Wendell testified that out OF the Post
Office Blank Printing, he paid in 1867. the
sum OF sz thousand dollars to the PennSW
vaniGn newspaper Of Philadelphia, and to the
Eventng Argus of Philadelphia the sum Of
five thousand dollars. He informed the
Committee that he went into doubtful Dem
ocratic districts in .Pennsylvunia and spent
money freely for the benefit of the support
ers OF the policy OF the Administration. DR.
Rice OF the PennsyluaniGn was also before
the Committee and did not discredt the tes
tlmony OF Wendell. There are rich devel.
opments forthcoming before the Committee.