Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1872-03-07

Letter from Washington.


The third Week in the dscussiYn of the
Summer sal. 81 arm, resolution was opened
with much Interest A. those hay,a. the
elephant ia their arms would With. Il {,
no@ quite evident that the discussion Niil
no; bc general one ~ the senate ami i
=, therefore. hsrcd tia; it will not con
,inur much longer.
The Hank movement, III the House. 81
Mr.. Ltuoh ia ha,in. appointed a commit
tee 20 investigate the same subject will. i
is thought. ha,icn the Senate to conclusive
action. IL 8, the intention. however. al the
Republicans IN the House io prevent a
general discussion there. 10 make use %
the information furnished b, the SENATE.
sad ~ Al once pn the report IT, committee
nsay brin< 90. thereby. hapla. % hr.n. the
matter to 4 satisfactory termination ia al
vance of the senate.
The proposed reply Of senator Fish a.
Lord nran7ilc's note -ttll remain, a secret.
There are several fumaTs AiioAt a. 10 n.
import. but ~ uuTe. able arr ihry that Ii I.
not worth the while Ia speculate GA them
The general iinpTcsslOu J. that the letter
viii bc vouearu al = manner -lseh a. sii
likely ORA" from Engiand, an offer 10 set
q. ihc Whole difficulty iuT !. stimulated
suth. and thus prevent Il going before The
Tribunal OF Arbitration. he speech of
Eeten.l John,pn before thr i'rac. society
vi Baltimore tuesday evening on the
Alabama claims. Is being commented UPON
~ one la the interest OF England but .uc
hcicntly conciliatory that our Government,
can hardly take exception 10 IL only in one
respect W.: that b" could possibly have
had no authority Ia asserting that the liieh
Commission Of Great Bnfain di,i NOT con
template claim tor conseqnc nlial damage
by the United States.
\ measure about being reported by the
House Committee on Contnerc. for iii.
Encouragement OF for-ign commerce of In,
United States. l. exciting considerable
interest, in ~ much that IL provides a
board Of sx- otlctJ comInls -ioners Of COM
mrrce, consisting oil four abiuct Officer.
VIZ: Secretaries OF the Treasury. Navy.
Interior, and the Postmaster General who
subject to kthe con Fol OF the Ere .itlrnt 81
the United States n the chief executive
officer OF the Government -hall execute all
laws TO be made la aid OF domestic com
mcree OF the United States and see ttla
all contracts pertaining t. the same are
fulfilled: also to collect, arrange and re-
port. from time TO time, all Information
and statistics calculated 10 show the want.
OF American commerce. The bill auinnr-
izes one luc OF iron steamships from New
York to Great Britain one to the West
Indies and Mexico. and one between san
Francisco and Australia and New Zealand
The -Japs accompanied by Minister
Del Long. arrived yesterday about half
past one o'clock. Coy. Cook welcomed
them by short but an appropriate adj
lF... Thee
LABOR REFORM CANDIDATE.
The Columbus Labor Reform Conven-
ton has brought out Judge David Davis
for the Presidency. The reason OF TIL,
nomination |. hard TO divine. Judge Dayi,
i neither a laborer nor refEmer On the
contrary, he is an old fogy. posses,in.
only negative qualities as a man, without
record Is a Statesman, and without weight
as jurist.
lie 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
Republic was hopeless OF its final triumph
Judge Davis Is all old line Whig Of the
Maryland line. just rs he was before the
formation OF the Republican parry. with
out progress and without an appreciation
of progress.
In no instance has he given evidence Of
having kept pace with the ideas Of the
times: never has an advanced idea fallen
from his lips. Not battle cry. physical.
moral. or legal has he ever responded. lie
is simply distinguished for his love of and
his capacity for good dinners. Labor Re-
former indeed. In what has he labored
and what has he reformed:
The fact IL. this new party starts out
under false coiOrs. Ii has been unwitrine-
ly manipulated by the Conservative Dem
ocraey and must gravtate to that party or
utterly fail.
THE WIT OF SENATOR scHURz
The Washington correspondent of the
New York Tribune is great admirer Of
Senator Schurz. and has lately furnished
that paper with column of the most ful-
some adulation. Here | can extract nom
the correspondence under dates OF Pebru-
airy cath:
MIR. Schurz Is particularly happy In
sudden retOrts. and his recent disputes
with Morton and Conkling bristle with
sharp points. His reply TO ConkIiny the
other day. when the New York Senator
read nom German administration paper
TO prove that the course Of Mr.. Schnrz
towards the President was not approved
by the German voters. was perfect. The
paper propose TO quote from said Conk-
ling. looking sayagely at his adversary.
is published In Chicago. and is called the
Stats Zenung. Am right? Yes sir.
instantly replied Schurz. and it is edited
BY the collector Of Internal Revenue
The correspondents forgot or neglected
TO state that. In this instance. the wit or !
Senator Schurz was sharpened BY the fact.
that this Internal Revenue collector was
the successor Of Schurz's brother-in. Law
who was appointed on the special recon,
mendAtion Of Schurz himself and donhs-
less removed because OF his infidelitv IN |
the Republican party. In the mind of |
Schur5 the ONCE was respectable so lone
rs 1t was filled BY his order. but disrenu,a, |
BILE in the hands Of any other. This nroxes
not only the wit Of the Senator bur his |
Like TrVmbulI the
moment his friends are out Of Office be rors
his length for civil service retorm-hnt M