Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-06-30
washington Items.

Douglas is suggested as the name for
the next new territory to be made out of
the Indian territory, south and west of
Kansas and Arkansas.
Saturday was by far the hottest day
of this season, the mercury standing at
from 100 to 103 in all parts of the city of
Washington.
The Soldiers Asylum Investigating
committee met on Saturday, but did not
do much. The job they have on hand is
one that they cannot finish before next
winter.
If the San Domingo treaty is taken
up on Monday, the opening speech will be
by Mr.. Morrill, of Vermont, who will ar
ray himself in opposition to ratification,
with Messrs. Sumner, Ferry, Schurz and
others who have already denounced the
treaty.
Letter postage to Vancouver's Island
and British Columbia will be reduced,
July /, to six cents per half ounce or ten
cents when not prepaid. Printed matter
pays regular domestic rates to the frontier.
The House put into the omnibus ap-
preparation bill, on Saturday, paragraph
givings $4,000 for lighthouse in Provi-
dence harbor, and it will probably be con-
CURED in by the Senate.
1.-The House committee on commerce
had the floor on Saturday for an hour,
and Mr.. Dixon carried through two or
three of his bills. They have an hour
again on Tuesday, when he will bring up
the Alaska fur seal bill, passed by the
Senate last year, and now considerably
amended. There is likely to be good
deal of struggle over the question in
volved in the measure.
THE conference committee On til
currency bill were in session on Saturday,
but arrived at no conclusion. 1t is proba-
BILE that additional facilities will be given
to banks South and West, to the extent
of $70,000000, by absorbing $45,OOO,OO0
of three per cent. certificates, and trans
ferring $25,000,O00 from eastern banks.
There will be no actual expansion of cur
rency, except so far as may result from
tho authorization of gold banks.
1t is now pretty certain that no effort
will be made to secure a continuance of
the office held by Mr.. David A. Wells in
the revenue department. 1t has been
canvassed freely in the Senate d uring the
past week, and at one time some OF the
western men had agreed to offer section
to the tax bill, continuing the office for
two years, but having satisfied themselves
that the President, owing to the opposi-
ton of Secretary Boutwell,, would not re-
appoint Mr.. Wells, they will now proba-
bly, drop the matter.
Mr.. Sherman's finance committee had
two hours talk, Saturday, about the tax
and tariff bill, to see what they should do
to make up the reduction occasioned by
the abolition of the income tax. The
probability is that they will retain the
tax on gross receipts, and present the tar
iff duty on sugar, which they think will
just abous make the thing even. They
will meet again to fully decide upon the
course they shall recommend.
The San Domingo treaty is to come
up in the Senate, and unless interfered
with by the tax bill, will probably occupy
the attention of that body three or four
days. The President grows more and
more determined every day to get it rati-
fed, if possible. 1t dies by limitation
next Friday. Some of those in favor of it
profess to believe that it can be carried,
but this does not seem probable, in view
of the fact that some of its careful oppo-
nents feel quite certain that there will be
at least 80 votes against it.