Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-02-09

WASHINGTON, d. c., Feb. 2.
AMNESTY.
The amnesty bill is in as doubtful a state in
tic senate as ever Tne. votes on the amend
ments to day give no clue to tlie rte Of tile civil
rights amendment, though Mr. Summit; Is SAN
guine that it will be agreed to.
ELECTION CONTESTS.
There are uedfiy tJzcu election contests be-
fore the house committee on elections yei tusct'
tied: Two have been pending in the house for
d long time, hut other business crowded them
out. Mr.. Hoar'S report III tlie Pennsylvania
case of Cessna VS.. Meyers is in print, aid that
ease will soon come up. Cessna will not attempt
to contest in tie tiodSc tile unanimous report of
the committee against him.
ROGERS VS.. SNYDER.
Another contested eledtiGu case is threatened
from Arlsansas-2ogers vs. Snyder. It WAS
supposed to be abandoned, but, since the house
has shown Its sympathy fdr Boles, in tile case of
Bolcs VS.. Edwards from the same state, Rogers,
a contestant in another district seem! disposed
to press bis claim. SayJer, the sitting member,
is one of Senator Claytols friends, apj received
his certificate six weeks after the ume had cS-
pired for issning it. the house seems likely to
have more OF Arbans1s politics titan it desires.
THE HOUSE SEATS.
The new drawing Of seats in the house was
the occasion Of much merrimcnt. Many Of the
members who had Glisitae sedts rega,ned them.
Mr.. Dawes, by unanimous consent, rCtdined His
old seat Gen. Garfield, charm IN of the appro
priations committee lost his old seat, and did
not obtain a gJJ1 one. Mr.. Starllweather, Of
Connecticut, who engineered the movement for
a new drawing, got better seat than his old
one, but not sufficiently 50 to reward hint for his
trouble. Gen. Butler got the seat lie 5tcdpied
in a former congress.
An lRRESoLUTE COMMITTEE.
The ways and meats COMMITTEES find it diff
cult to present a small bill to the house without
bringing MP the whole subject of tariff and All
ternal revenue. Ii they were to report bill to
morrow wifi The items Of tobacco and whiskey in
it, under former decisions it would he in order to
bring up the whole subject of internal taxation
and import duties; and it is well known that it
is the purpose of certain members to do 50 if the
ways and means committee should carry out
their original intention of doing 50. The conf
mittee, therefore, may decide not TO make any
report to the house until ready to take up the
whole question.
WEAK MEASURE
After a long struggle, the house passed tile
education bill to-day. Bat two amenlm cnts
were voted into it, which greatly change and
damage tic original bill. One of these amend
ments distributes the proceeds OF the sales OF
public lands according to the number in each
state who cannot read and write. Some of the
western republicans object to this, that it gives
this amendment is not seriously objected to
by the authors of the original bill
The amendment which gives most dSsatisfac.
ton to republicans is that which provides that
no state shall be deprived of its share of tie
funds because it may have a system of separa tC
schools for whites and blacks. There was
nothing in the original bill which would war
rant the government in Withholding mon
eys from any state for this reason
and voting the amendment in was
wholly unnecessary; and it is a recognition
Of separate schools by congress, which
is offensive. Several republicans, how
ever, voted for it. On the final vote a few
republicans voted against the bill, and few
democrats for it. 1t goes TO the senate where
probably both the house amendments will be
rejected, and it will come back in a much better
shape. The passage of the bill is regarded as a
great triumph by the friends of education, as it
establishes the principle of government aid for
the common schools in the states.
SAM WELLER.