Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-03-24
Washington Items.

Washington Items.
The Senate has agreed to take up the
nomination of Mr.. Bradley to the Su-
preme Court, Monday, and the San Do
mingo treaty on Wednesday. This, with
the Georgia bill, will fill the week up.
San Domingo is gaining recruits in
the Senate, and the vote will be close.
Mr.. Ferry of Connecticut, is ready with
speech against the treaty, and heEwill
state many interesting facts.
The general debate on the tariff bill
will be closed early this week, when a
reading by section and five minutes de-
bate will be given. Mr.. Stevenson, Re-
publican, from Ohio, has made an earnest
appeal to the Pennsylvania Republicans
not to be too exorbitant in their demands.
"A letter from Camden, s. c., dated
March 16, received at the Washington
news bureau of the Journal, states that
Mr.. Whittemore is actively canvassing
his district, addressing large audiences
every day, and receiving their assurances
that he shall be sent back to Congress.
- Secretary Boutwell, is confident,
from the statement of receipts and expen-
ditures thus far, that his next monthly
statement he will show handsome reduc-
ton yet the income tax is still deducted
from the salaries of all the Government
employees here, without authority of law.
The House Committee on Education
and Labor held special session, and fur
Their considered Mr.. Burdett's bill TO re-
gulate labor contracts made with Chinese
immigrants into the United States. The
committee have completed their i4bors up
on the bill with the exception of the two
last sections, and will hold a special ses-
sion tomorrow to perfect the bill, so as to
report it for the action of the House early
this week.
The House Committee on Territories
have substantially agreed to Mr.. Gar
fields bill to constitute our new posses
sions, Alaska, into a county. The bill, as
agreed upon in committee, gives said
county a representative in the General
Assembly of Washington Territory, and
provides for the holding of two sessions of
the United States court each year, Sitka
being one of the stations named in the
bill. 1t will probably be reported for the
action of the House on Tuesday next.
Gen. Schurz fully sustained his reputa-
ton as a clear thinker and as an orator by
his speech on Georgia in the Senate.
While the essays read by some other Sem
ators have not been listened to by half a
dozen ON the floor, the Teutunic Senator
from Missouri commanded and received
the eArue>a attention of all present. His
speech WAS decidedly the able-t delivered
in the Senate on the Georgia question,
and it cannot but have great weight.
Mr. Hooper, the delegate from Utah,
will speak on the polygamy bill this week.
He has prepared himself thoroughly, and
will defend polygamy from the Bible and
ancient history. One of his points will
be, that if Christianity and civilization
are against it, as is conteHded, they will
gradually overcome it, He will argue
thar 3 l. i religions Institution iu Utah
aud ,l.1s, CnDgrtes had bet'-r nov interfere
With l.. Though Hooper defends polyg.
amy, d. docs not practice it him1olf.
The House Committee on Indian AT
fairs have had under consideration Il gen.
fer.l hill IN which mn title bys ~ y4f baer