, 1873-01-09
Two Prominent Bankers Oppose the
"Syndlcate System Of
Funding.
PROPOSAL to Increase the Presidents
Salary to Fifty Thousand
Dollars.


propose to maintain thcm. Not cOntont with
making an effort to nyo eitllortho Speaker or the
Clerk Of tho noxt uouso from their section, tho
Southern members mud Senators nro now bont
on having n member of President uran t's next
Cabinet. Heretofore, PostnlaBter Genoral
Creswoll has bonn supposed to ropra-
sont tho Boutl, III the Cabinet It
would appear, however, Tint ho is not accepted
by many statos south Of tho Potomac aa q ropre-
sentative Southern Republican. The complaint
IL inado That he d oes not represent anything but
Maryland, a comparatively Bmull portion of tho
South. Since tho dofcat Of tho Hon. John Pool,
Of North Carolina, for tho Sonate, Ills friends in
and ont Of Congress have boen actively at work
making combinations to secure him Cabinet
appointment. Tho arguments i'll his fayor
are strong, as we'll M numerous. Firat
Of Mi, lie in IN nativo and to tho manner
born" Union man. III tho Senate ho WAS u,l-
furry acted with by tho Republican party, and
has beon ono Of tic steady supporters of tho
Administration Of President Grant. In hiH own
Static, he las been regarded at tho lcalar of tho
Republican party. Indeed, 1t is held that but
for his efforts there would havo been no Ro-
publican party to-day in North Carolina. Flo
was among tho most efficient and earDost atl-
vocatoB in Co;lgrosu OF Tho punishment
and suppression OF tho Ku-klnx organization.
1fo ID regarded tho frat lawyer in his State.
Tieeo are SOME Of the eargumontsurgeain his favor
by1is friends, who think lie is entitled to place
III uoneral Grnnt's next Cabinet, It it understood
Gouoralship. All Of tho Southern members and
Senators who rofuao to sign n petition for the
appointment Of Croswolf propose to siEn,
thoy be- Content with tiia It is @ naoratooa that ;
thoy will wait upon the prosidont i'll a body, aud
personally urge AIr. POOLS clain,. In addition
to his Southern friends, 1lr. Pool will he sup-
ported by several prominent Republicans from
Scott.
TIE ADAMS CLAIM.
The Senate, to-day, nfter protracted dobato,
passed tho long-ptndng Theodore Atlanlg claim.
tho Department of the West, mud wns mado
for tile balance duo Adams by tho
Government for the construction of
lowed by tho Honeo il s1l5,7Io, but tho Senate
subsequently cut 1t down to $30,2I2. 4 confor-
once Was Aslied, when Tho Committee agreed to
tho latter figure, which was tho. first sum al
lowed.
THE CHATTANOOGA rosr OFFICE.
:. Sam. lard OF Tenn, had an insoryiew with tho
President to-day, whorein lo sought to convince
tho lsttor TINT tic opposition to Ills being con-
linucd i'll tho ciattanoo9a postmastership dit
rot represent tho real sentiment Of the
ao e s ho hp ooe Bard now apsoars snas to
bo anxious to know what other Eoft place ho can
got. It does not appear TINT bis CHANCES in this
limo worth insllring, although lo is Eangliue
thAt llo will como out NIL right.
COTTON Tw1HE.
Tho lowest bid for cotton twine to be fnr~
nished to tho Pont Office Department for tho
Of Cincinnati, tho lid boing @31 "a for 100
pounds. Tle award hus not yet been made.
PERPETUAL 7IorIoS.
Tho Commissioner Of Patents, to-day, received
tho following interesting letter:
Commissioner Esqutrea n itstent oflet:
DEAN S1Es: It you will ecn1 mo u 600 cash will
RI, and ouc million after tho 1,,achuo proves satisfac-
tion # donp accomplish il will refund the money
ii, TN years. Yours obeaient servant,
(signed) AUGUSTUS KAprEL,
No, ~ East Front street.
TERRITORIAL. BILLS,
Tho Committoe OIL Territories passed Num-
her Of bills through tho HouHa in Tho morning
l,ours. Tho most important was Il bill Of Mr..
Mccormick, Of Arizona, advancing tho salaries
Of tho Territorial Governor to ss3,500, aud those
to Till Secretaries $4,000 and making tho pay
Of tho members Of tho Legialatures SO per tlay,
1t caused quite T. discussion, but was finally
passed. by &! majority Of II, tho yeas and nay,
boing called. It WAS charged by Alr. Holman
and otllorn That it would illercnao tho expondi-
y
isiated that IL it did, it was no moro than juAt
measure, which by restricting tho sessions Of
tho Legislature to forty layH and making them
biennial, it would actually reduce tho Territorial
expenses.
THE APPROPRIATION HILL.
Tho Executive, Legislative, and Judicial APP
propria.ion bill was taken TIP IL Committee Of
tho Whole, anf 10 largo q portion Of It diapoaod
Of as to mako itB completion probable to-nor-
row. Tho question OF increasing tho
PRESIDENTS SALARY
was sprung upon tho House b. All amendment
offered by Sargent, who proposed to udd to tho
lue making tho appropriation Of twenty-five
asr he foar aste o; sis a H!a is ha
salary shall bo fifty thousand" THO ever
watcllful Holman was promptly on his ieet with
III objection, that this being now Liquidation, it
WIS not in ordor on un Appropriation bill under
the rule. DawcH, who WAS in tho chair, oyor-
ruled this point OF order, whoreupon Holman
Appealed, l.ld tho House gayo only twonty-two
yotos to hustain llle Chnrman'a ruling. sar-
gent vas unwilling to Clvo it up, and 30 chang
strike ont s25 QUO, md insert s500o0 in tho toxt
Of tho bill. lionlna again raisel tho aamo
point Of order, and Dawoa again oyerrulod
it. an appeal waB thon takon to tho House aH
THO ruling aud Is opposed. Tho amendmsnt
failou III its new form. An effort will 10 mndo
| TO PIT ii OIL in the Senate. Subsequently,
| tho precodants ware examined, md the House
conc!aueN lnht 1GWeh Waa r1bnt, 1nu sustained
him for ii III a. ruling on an amendment to in
| creaao thu ra!asy Of solne petty Official
Tho ony thing IN tho hill which gaye rlse to
m,lcl! dclato, losdes this question Of tho presi-
| dents salary, way proposition to slightly In
| crease tho appropriation for tho
| nuNEAU Or EDUCATION.
| There aro number Of mombcra WHO think
! tlat this bureau IL q usclosa appoll<ago to The
| Government, and who noyos fail to n,u!o al at
| tnck OH it oYory year, when tho Appropriation
lill is untlor consideration. On alln occasion,
Farnsworth lcl tho opposition in satrcnlapeech
OH tho creation OF littlo bureaus, which, ho
said, began busnoHa in II room III tho third story
| Ut home public hnilling, witt, II COMMISSIONER
| n'4l Ainglo clerk, mud kopt growing until thoy
| Bot hlg building to tllclnAclyoH, ut q cont Of
millions. Tho Education Durcau was well do
| Tended by Hoar, Gariloll autl tllors, tho formo
| uhowln{ that 1t ,Saa spreading knowledge OF
| Tho American HyHtem or education over tho
world, md tint It lad s'dc'l tho Japancao Gov
or1iH.ont to establish tho remarkable ByEtom Of
uchUpla recently put III operation i'll TINT Erpirc