Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-11-27
WASHINGTON GOSSIP.
CressweIT's Telegraph and Postal Saw
ings Bank schemes

ings Bank schemes
Special 20 the Cincinnati Commercial.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 23.-It is conceded
that this winter the Postmaster General
will make a more determined effort than
ever before to secure the adoption Of the
postal telegraph scheme. His attack upon
the Western Union by name in his report,
which is certainly of questionable propriety,
is generally condemned as undigniiied, and
i'll befitting the place in which il is made
and the officer making it. Mr.. CreSSwell
evidently thinks that the large Republican
majority in the incoming Congress will
enable the Administration to carry almost
any measure that it proposes, and he is
consequently disposed 10 conduct his effort
with extreme vigor. As the opponents to
the scheme are strong, and as there is no
ticeable growing disposition amongmem-
bers of Congress to disregard party dicta-
ton, the prospect for a big fight over the
matter is good.
Mr.. orion, President of the Western
Union Telegraph Company, who is here
preparing for the winters campaign, states
tina: he is prepared TO prove that the tolls
paid to telegraph companies in the United
States are less than in European countries,
where the lines are controlled by the Gov
eminent. He has had agents travelling all
over Europe, during the past summer,
gathering statistics bearing on postal tele-
graphy, and will make a formidable show
ing against its adoption by the United
States as soon rs the matter comes up in
Congress.
Congressman here are very shy OF the
Postal Savings Bank systemwhich CreSweH
recommends; they gene; ally observe, in
that connection, that they are-waiting for
the facts. So far it has no pronounced
strength whatever.
The Committees Of the Next House.
The composition of committees in the
next House is growing to be an absorbing
theme in Congressional circles. In the alb
sence of any positive information as to the
course Mr.. Blaine will adopt in making up
the committees, whether he will accept the
caucus nomination for Speaker without
pledging himself as to any course to bepur-
sued with the Credit Mobilier members, or
whether he will heed the demands made by
the anti-Credit Mobilier factions. or wheth-
er he will leave all the responsibility to the
caucus, speculation takes a wide range.
The rule heretofore observed in making up
committees has been when the old
Chairman is dropped or promoted, to
advance the next member of the
old committee, if reelected to the
chAirmanship. If this course is pursued,
and the members implicated in the Credit
Mobilierare not put in prominent positions,
Horace Maynard will, in order of prece-
dence, be entitled to the place at the head
of the WAYS and Means; Freeman Clarke,
of New York, will succeed Garfield, as
President of the Appropriations Commit
I l.. fn1-a
place of Samuel Hooper, of Massachusetts,
at the head of the Committee on Banking
and Currency; Starkweather Of Connect
cut, will succeed Schofield at the head Of
the Committee on Naval Affairs; and May
nard will succeed Kelley as Chairman of
the Committee on the Centennial Celebra-
tior. As Judge Bingham was not re-elect-
ed. his place at the head Of the Judiciary
Committee naturally falls to b. f. Butler.
There are, however, several circumstan-
ces which make it doubtful whether this
plan will be carried out, even if Blaine
Should Weld to the clamOr against the
Credit Mobilier members. Lyman Ire
maine, of New York, is most cOnSpicuOusly
put forward by his friends as man OF the
highest ability, elected at large in the great
State of New \ ork by tremendous major
itv, and consequently entitled TO position
at the head of one of the most important
committees. He lacks extensive legislative
experience. his only service as a legislator
having been in the New York Assembly,
but it is claimed for him that his talents,
culture and solid attainmentsf far outweigh
all that can be urged against him. 1t is
safe to say that Tremaine's claims will be
recognized. As Butler is to be urged for
the chai1nanShp of the Committee on APP
prGpriatiOns, Tremaine may possibly be
made to fit in at the head of the Judi
ciarv Committee, although the fine reputa-
ton of Judge Wilson, of Indiana, entities
himto a favorable consideration in that con-
nection. Clinton l.. Merriam, of New Y ork,
is understood TO be a candidate for the
place at the head of the Committee on
Banking and Currency, and will receive
the strong support of the ultra administra-
ton party, as he was the champion of free
banking in the last House, and had bill
providing for free banks pending when
Congress adjourned. No committee will
figure more prominently during the next
Congress than that on Banking and Cur
rencv. Kasson, of Iowa, also comes here
with considerable strength, which Will
possibly force him to an important place.
He was a member Of Congress some years
ago, and was then well up on the Appro-
priation Committee, and was the chairman
of the Committee on Coinage, Weights and
Measures.
While there is some talk of giving the
Craftsmanship of one committee to Dem
Ocrd, following the example of the Senate,
In order that that party may have COM
mitt ee-room to use for caucus purposes.
There is a studied Indifference shown to
the claims of the Liberal party, which has
one Rep sentative in the House, and
whose prospects for an important place are
not considered good. Leonard Myers, OF
PENNSYLVANIA, an old menber Of the Com
mittee on Foreign Affairs, stands next IN
roder of succession, is capable, and Will
probably receive the craftsmanship, vice
Banks. Tvner, of Indiana, will probably
succeed Gen. FarnswOrth as Chairman OF
the Committee on Postofiices and Post
roads, while Philetus Sawyer, Of Wilson,
sin. will doubtless take Shellabargers
place al the head of the Commerce
Committee. A Committee on Transporta-
ton Routes to the Seaboard, corresponding
to Windows Senate Committee, which mas
been travelling over the country during the
vacation. will be made, and the feasibility
of merging il with the old Committee on
Railroads and Canals is strongly advanced.
This latter committee has been utterly
worthless for some time.
SINGLES saws the most thrilling tale he
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