Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1865-11-30
WASHINGTON TOPICS AND GessIP

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REPORT OF THE CONTROLLER OF THl
CURRENCY.
To-day finishes his report. 1t contain
some important suggestions and recon
mendatiOns. The removal of this Bureau
to New York is also recommended by tht
Secretary of the Treasury
The capital of the national banks ha,
been extended some ten millions of.dol
lars. He recommends that it be immedi
ately extended to three hundred and fifty
millions, in order that the Southern State
may have the benefit of this system ol
banking.
SOUTHERN CoNGREsSMEN'S STATIONERY.
The ques6qS, game up before the Post
master of tEa otse yesterday, on the ap-
plication ETA TcfRessee Representative,
whether stati6Aeey would be issued to
Southern members. The Postmaster asked
the Clerks advice about it, and the Clerk
replied that he must judge for himself
whether they were entitled to the rights
of members, and act on his own response
bility.
THE PRESIDENTS 5 RECONSTRUCTION Poll
ICY.
1t is positively asserted that the p-- 1o;-II..
don't will ,>------s congress substantially
this statement of his reconstruction policy:
That during the inrerim of Congress he
found himself Suddenly placed at the
head of the Executive Department of the
Government, and that he endeavored
to reduce order out of chaos that
existed in the States lately in rebellion;
that he employed substantially the means
designated in an act of Congress, not ap-
proved by the late President, and plan
adopted by Mr.. Lincoln, in appointing
him Mr.. Johnson) Military Governor of
Tennessee. He states that he did not
force nor coerce them; that they were
allowed to frame such amendments to
their constitutions as they saw fit,
and elect such persons to Congress as
pleased them, and that it rests with Con-
gress to admit their representatives and
Senators or to reject them, thus laying the
whole responsibility upon Congress. 1t is
not probable there will be any divergence
of views between the President and Con-
gress on this matter.
OFFICERS OF THE HOUSE
1t is now considered certain that Speaker
Colfax and Clerk Mcpherson, of the House
of Representatives, will be renominated
by acclamation in the Union caucuses on
night, and on Monday will be
reelected Immediately after roll call by
the full party majority. For the other
officers the candidates are as follows: For
Sergeant-at-Arms, Ordway, of N. H., the
present incumbent, and Gen. Ingram, of
Mass, late Provost Marshal in this city.
General Ingram is running as a Massachu-
sets man, but does not seem to have the
full support of his own delegation; The be-
lief here among old heads is that the pres
ent incumbent has the inside track For
Captain Good, now of New
York, the present incumbent, and Haw-
kins Taylor, of Iowa, the defeated candi-
date of two years ago, are contestants. In
this case the contest is supposedto be close.
For Postmaster, Mr.. Vim. S. King, of
the present incumbent; Daniels
of Wisconsin; Berry, of New Jersey;
and Messrs. Parsons, Moulton and Scott
of Ohio, are the candidates. If Ohio will
unite on any one candidate with herseven-
teen votes, She would secure his election,
but there seems to be no prospect of such
a union yet. King, the present incumbent,
is absent, sick, and his interests may con-
suffer. For Usher of the House,
the friends of DIR. Benton, of Cincinnati,
ere making a vigorous push. In the SEN
ate there are no places to fill.