The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1872-03-02
Letter from Woshinoton.

WARRINGTON, d. c., Feb. 18th, 1872
The third week in the discussion of the Sum
ner sale of arms resolution has not opened
with as much interest as those having tho ele-
phant in their arms would wish. 1t is now
quite evident that the discussion will not be u
general one in the Senate, and it u.s. therefore,
hoped that it will not continue much longer.
The flank movement, in the House of Mr..
Lynch in having appointed committee to in
yestigate the same subject will, 1T is thought,
hasten the Senate to conclusive action. 1t is
the intention, however, of the Republicans in
the House to prevent a general discussion there,
to make use of the information furnished by
the Senate, and act at once on the report its
committee may bring in. thereby, hoping to
bring the matter to satisfactory termination
in advance of the Senate.
The proposed reply of Senator Fish TO Lord
Granyilles note still remains secret. There
are several rumors afoat to its import, but
so unreliable are they that it is not worth the
while to speculate ON them. The general inn
preston is that the letter Will be couched IN a
manner such as will likely draw from England,
an offer to settle the whole difficulty for stip-
ulated sum, and thus prevent it going before
the Tribunal of Arbitration. The speech of
Reyerdy johnson before the Peace Society of
Baltimore last evening on the Alabama claims.
is being commented upon as one in the inter-
est of England but sufficiently conciliatory
that our Government can hardly take excep
ton to it only in one respect viz: that he could
possibly have had no authority in asserting
that the High Commission of Great Britain did
not contem plate claim for consequential dam
age by the United States.
A measure about being reported by the
House Committee on Commerce for the encour
agement of foreign commerce of the United
States is exciting considerable interest, in as
much that it provides board of er o6iciO COM
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met Officers, viz: Secretaries of the Treasury,
Navy, Interior, and the Postmaster General,
subject to the control of the President Of the
United States as the chief executive officer of
the Government, shall execute all laws to be
made in aid of domestic commerce of the Uni
ted States, and see that all contracts pertaining
to the same are fulfilled; also to collect, ar
range and report, from time to time, all infor-
nation and statistics calculated to show the
wants of American commerce. The bill au-
thorZes one line of iron steamships from New
York to Great Britain, one to the West Indians
and Mexico, and one between San Francisco
and Australia and New Zealand.
LABOR Reform CANDIDATE.
The Columbus Labor Reform Convention
has brought out Judge David Davis for the
Presidency. The reason of this nomination is
hard to divine. Judge Davis is neither labor
er nor reformer. On the contrary, he is an old
fogy, possessing only negative qualities a
man, without record as Statesman, and
without weight as a urst.
He is one of the men who, although for the
Union, believed in the invincible power of the
rebellion, and in the dark ages of the Repub-
lie was hopeless of its final triumph.
Judge Davis is an old line Wing of the Mary
land line Just as he was before the formation of
the Republican party, without progress and
without appreciation of progress.
In no instance had he given evidence of hav-
ing kept pace with the ideas of the times new
er has an advanced idea fallen from his lips.
Not battle cry, physical, moral, or legal has
he ever responded. He is simply distinguish
ed for his love of and his capacity for good
dinners. Labor Reformer indeed In what has
he labored and what has he reformed?
The fact is, this new party starts out under
false colors. 1t has been unwittingly manipu-
lated by the Conservative Democracy and must
gravitate to that party or utterly fail.
THE WIT OF SENATOR SEIZURE.
The Washington cores pondent of the New
York Tribune is great admirer of Senator
Schurz, and has lately furnished that paper
with columns of the most fulsome adultation.
Here is an extract from the correspondence un-
der date of Feb. 24th:
"Mr. Schurz is particularly happy in sud-
den retorts, and his recent disputes with Nor
ton and Conkling bristle with sharp points,
His reply to Conklng the other day, when the
New York Senator read from German adj
ministration paper to prove that the Course OF
Mr.. Schurz towards the President was not APP
proved by the German voters, was perfect
The paper propose to- quote from said Conk-
ling, looking savagely at his adversary, is pub
lished in Chicago and is called Stats Zeitung
Am right? Yes Sir, instantly replied Schurz,
and its edited by the collector of Internal
Revenue"
The correspondent forgot neglected to
state that, in this instance, the wit of Senator
Schurz was sharpened by The fact, that this
Internal Revenue COLLECTOR was the successor
of his, Sahurzs brother-in-law, who was APP
pointed on the special recommendation OF
himself, and doubtless removed because of his
infdelity to the Republican party. In the
mind of Schurz the Office was respectable so
long as it was filled by his order, but disrepu-
table in the hands of any other. This proves
not only the wit of the Senator but his disn-
( terestedness. Like Trumbull the moment his
! friends are out Of Office he goes his length
for civil service reform-but not moment
4 sooner.