Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-05-22
From Washington.
ESPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE WORCESTER spy
WASHINGTON, D. c., May 81.

WASHINGTON, D. c., May 21.
CIVIL RIGHTS AND AMNESTY.
The senate is thinking strongly of discon-
Meeting the civil rights from the amnesty bill,
which the house will readily agree to. Mr..
Sumner will of course insist upon attaching his
civil rights bill as a rider to any amnesty meas
ure which is taken up, but the prospect now is
that he will fail. Several senators who have
gone with him till now have concluded to let
each measure stand Or falliupon its own merits.
THE PACIFIC MAIL SUBSIDY.
The contest in the house over the increase of
the Pacific mail subsidy was exciting, but the
company was triumphant. There has never
been much doubt as to the final disposition of
the subject The house compromised on the
subsidies presented in the post office BILL agree
ing to a million for the Pacific line and rejecting
S15O,OOO for the Brazilian line One was well
lObbied and the other was not.
GEN. BUTLER AND THE TREATY
Gen. Buffers speech tonight on the supple
mental article to the treaty of Washington is
right in the face of what the administration is
doing; but the speech is artfully planned, so
that while he lashes the treaty he all the
time processes to be jealous supporter
of the administration. 1t is somewhat
ike his civil service speech in that respect. The
speech is made now so as to affect the senate,
which is expected to take the subject up to-mor-
row and finally dispose of it. Ii is not probable
that anything that Butler can say, smart as he
it in criticism, will materially affect the senate
The result is still involved in doubt but those
best informed still expect that the treaty will be
saved
CONTESTED SEATS.
The house committee of elections will hear ar
guments tomorrow in the case of Florida.
Walls, who holds the seat, is colored. Niblack
claims it by a few hundred votes, but Walls as
Serts that by fraud and intimidation he was de-
prived of large number OF votes. When this
case is disposed Of it will leave but two cases
undecided, and they will probably 80 over to the
next session.
THE TARIFF TAX BILL.
The senate finance committee has made such
progress with the tariff tax bill that it is ex-
pected that it will be reported tomorrow, or at
the latest on Thursday.
SAM WELLER.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The American institute of homeopathy adopted
resolution opposing the prescribing of alcohol,
except with as much care as any powerful
drug.
Senator Patterson expresses the belief that
a general amnesty bill will pass congress al
| the present session.
The house tariff and tax bill will be reported
| by the senate finance committee tomorrow.
The house committee of investigation will
merely report facts aud make no recommended.
| tons as 10 political complications at New Or
| leans.
The secretary of the treasury declines to mod.
| fly the rule taxing borrowed money in the hands
of brokers as capital.
Charles Il. Hall of Boston, chairman of the
executive committee of the national bank of the
United States, made an argument to-day before
the committee on ways and means in opposition
| to the compulsory sections in Mr.. Dawes bill
now before the committee, and which would
| compel national banks to exchange their six
| per cent bonds for new ones at lower rate oil
interest. The treasury department was repre-.
sented by Assistant Secretary Richardson.