New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-02-09
WASHINGTON.

rr. IBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRTBUTEI .t.r
r. WASHINGTON. Tuesday Feb e. fs-,
The nomination Of Gen. slckIes as Minister 10 s,.,
called up for consideration at the meeting ~ ~
Committee Foreign Relations today After .bo-.
discussion the Committee authorized the Chairman ..
report 1t fayorably to the Senate They also INSTRUCTED
Mr. Sumner to report the supplemental article 70 ,hs
Reciprocity Treaty with the Sandwich Islands TIA
nomination Of j. Russell Jones' Minister TO Belgium atm
hangs fire In the Committee. They passed resoluto,
calling for papers fled in opposition Jones con
hrmatOn. The San Domingo and St. Thomas Tfea,lex
were postponed until the next meeting.
The House Banking and Currency Committee have hA
under consideration at several OF their meetings ths
question Of subpenaug President Grant 10 testify be,
them. The Democrats on the Committee maintain tnat
he ought to DO Summoned, with Of clearing n,
certain matters which have been testified 10 In conaso
ton with the purchase and sale OF gold which vas mad.
through COrbin The majority OF the Committee 40 oos
think there lie anything requiring explanation from Pres
ident Grant, and today decided TO summon him IA
understood that Gen. Dent has been requested 10 an
pc before the Committee.
The Senate Committee on the District OF Columbia IN
day, reported in favor of abroga,ng the charter Of the
Medical Society Of the District OF It's denial OF
the privileges Of the Association the colored prao
titioners Mr.. Sumner who reported the bD will call n
up at an early day, butts passage VIII be stouty resisted
resolution was passed to provide for additional sea,s
III otnhtc tudtnOtIp De Tor the
commodaton Of the Senators from Georgia Mississippi
and Texas There just 20 seats enough for the en
tors Of IS States when the seeding states withdrew
their Senators Three States West Virginia Nevada
and Nebraska have since been admitted and
that Georgia, Mississippi and Texas Will
soon be back, these additional seats mecca
sary. Under resolution adopted, Indian trea
ties will hereafter be considered In open session
The West Point Appropriation bill passed. the SEN
ctr tha 4 fha
pointment OF two Senator'S and three Representatives 70
the Board OF Visitors Senators insist that the action Of
the Postmaster General in printing blank memorials
favor Of the abolition Of the Franking Privilege
without authority Of law, and resolution passed
calling him for the cost Of tho same, and from what
fund paid The Census bill taken up, when Mr. Sum-
concluded his speech in favor OF the House bill. He
brought forward immense array OF figures to sustain
his points but the Senators seemed to underate the i'm
portance OF the subject majority OF them leaving the
Chamber. and those who remained were so noisy that
Mr. Sumner several times made long pauses and refused
go until his associates dcssted from their converse
ton. No action was reached on the bill.
In the House. today the morning hour was occupied in
lively discussion on a resolution. offered by Mr. Latin
from the Printing Committee, doing away with the pub
LEGATION in The Globe OF the notices Of presentation Of
petitions for the abolition OF the Frankng Privilege
For the last six weeks these notices have filed three
four columns daily OF The GO6e at a cost Of several
hundred dollars per day to the Government On one
day the expense Of printing reached $1,000 and II Is
calculated that before the presentation OF these petitions
is through with, $4,000 additional viii BIO expended IN
their publication number Of members objected to the
resolution fearing that II the publication discon-
tnued their constituents would be deprived Of valuable
information. Gen. Garfield and Judge Davis improved
the opportunity denounce the publication OF The Goss
as useless and wasteful expenditure OF the public
money, and both offered amendments abOlishng Tts
Globe altogether. The resolution failed by q small
majority.
MT Mccarthy of the Syracuse NYl District memberot
the Ways and Means Committee madea personalexplsna
tlOD denounelng maliciously false statement pub
lshed in The Nep York Ereni0 Post charging him with
being pecunarily interested in the Syracuse Salt Com
pany and that he not only elected to Congress By
the aid Of said Company, but placed on the Ways aud
Means Committee to further their interests. Mr. McCar
thy handled the Free Traders OF The Post without mercy
showing the malicious falsehoods of which they
guilty. He was listened to with close attention, and
seemed to have the sympathy OF the House as victim
Of a gross and malicious libel.
Two hours spent on the contested election
case OF Covode ag Foster Of the AAl District OF Penn
sylvania No vote was reached.
An examination Of the cost Of printing public docu
ments and especially Of agricultural and Patent oce
reports, up TO the present me has been made by MI
Latin Of the House Printing Committee, with yiewn
future economy IN tneEc were
Of the Senate 10000 copies OF the Patent Office Report
and for the House during the same period 1900 copies
In the number OF copies for both Houses reduced
about one-haf In that year copies were
printed by thu Senate at cost OF si,s26 ~
and 1850 copies for the House at s2Ooca
and the number at about the same cost has beer
printed each year since. The whole cost OF printing fof
the House during the past year was O22 81, and for
the Senate sl9O72 9S nearly half the amount for thu
bavf hean I'm Office
alone. The reform movement, begun by Senator An
thony and Mr. Latin proposes to print only sufficient
number of copies to supply each Member one and one
to each Of the principal State Libraries II the propose
lions Of tho Committee carried out annual saving
to the Government will be effected Of at least $4,000
The Naval Committee of the House held long session
this evening" at the OF Gen. Stevens member Vt
the Committee, and almost completed bill for the set
Element of the question OF the rank of the line and stan
Of the Navy. The bill will probably be completed to-
morrow morning, aud reported TO the House at once
The Senate Judiciary Committee meet tomorrow. TO
decide upon the Georgia Senatorial question. Two dele
cations representing different views but both claiming
to be- Republicans, are here Col. Bryant, the Rev MI
Caldwell and State TreasurerAnger, with the expectant
Senators, the Hon. Joshua Hill and Dr. H. Miller are
the principal Conservatives here Gov Bullock, Foster
Bodgett Congressman Prince and Clf with Others arc
working quietly but effectively in the presentation OF
their views. It is argued, and with an effectiveness
which is having considerable influence Senators that
legislative body largely composed OF men since proved
be DISC ualed under the Federal Constitution iIse
was not legally qualified 10 elect United States Senator'S
IL stated a members of the Senate and House ha
been declared ineligible and their seats vacated under
Gen Terry's directions The President. who has hitherto
been supposed favorable TO the set forth by tho
Bryant faction, that the only effect OF u"
recent legislation 10 reseat the colored mem,
bers. and expel those found 10 be disqualified
now states IL is claimed that In his opinion all the acts
OF that illegally organized Legislature we're Illegal ana
void In all probability this view will be- sustained By
the Senate. MT Hill has considerable personal sympathy
I'm the curious position IN which circumstances have
h,o tbough mora rad,raI CeDrgtans charge