New-York tribune., 1873-12-17

| these gentlemen reported from the Judiciary
Committee, the cry of Job" having undoubt-
edly some influence. The bill was cut from
its head and the repeating clause left was
merely heightened by q provision that pend
ing cases in bankruptcy shall be wound up
under the old law. In this shape the bill now
goes to the Senate.
A grotesque commentary on The demands OF
our Communists, who masquerade under the
| title of workingmen, that the city. should
furnish everybody work, ia 10 be found in the
action of some of their brethren in Cincinnati.
One body of them march to the Mayor and
demand work; another body of them, already
employed in Park improvements, strike Tor
higher wages
! Mr.. Shepherd is confirmed Governor of the
| District of Columbia without investigation.
That was the natural thing to do. He could
not well be confirmed after investigation, ana
the household Senators knew his confirmation
to be necessity; besides, the body when
chooses Mr.. Carpenter to preside over
it had no excuse for squeamishness. Williams
| is next in order. Meantime the people OF the
! District will please to take notice that MI.
Sbepherds character has been thoroughly VIM
dicated from all calumnious charges by the
dispassiOnate verdict of the Senate.
| The treatment which the financial question
is receiving in Washington would be funny, il
it were not so nearly tragical Congressman
seem to be at their wits end; they do not
dare increase taxation, and they confess their
inability to cut down expenses enough to
equalize them with the revenue. Our Wash
ington dispatches show that the determined
attitude of the House on the taxation question
has resulted in throwing everybody into the
position of waiting for something to turn up
This is the opportunity for the InfiatiOnlsts,
who are confident of ultimately gaming the
field, They say that they would have carried
the House on Mr.. Kelley's resolution, the other
day, but for the weakness of some OF the
members who preferred absorption to inila-
J ton it was dinner time and they were hungry.
Charges are made against Mr. Richard Bus
teed, the United States District Judge for
! Alabama, and it is reported that he will be
| impeached if he does not follow the example
of certain other judicial lights and resign The
allegations made against Busiecd will find
ready support but the curious feature OF the
! business is that the movement against him Is
not so much in the interest of morals as OF
politics. Senator Spencer wants Busteeds
place for another man ; therefore, Busteed is
a disgrace to the Bench. Another Alabama
politcian, who thinks the Judge will neither
resign nor be impeacbcd proposes to limit his
power for mischief to u new district which
shall be composed of single county IN the
backwoods In Washington. this sort Of
management is called craftsmanship
No result was reached in the California
Senatorial struggle yesterday, but appearances
are favorable for Booths election The oppo-
stion is somewhat demOralized only nine
votes being cas-! in the Assembly for Shafter
| the Republican caucus nominee. The AS
| sembly has total vote of eighty, and in the
| ballot yesterday-seyenty nine yOting-BOOth
had fOrty-three votes and Hagcr, the Demo
cratic candidate, had twenty seven. Booths
majority over all, therefore, was seven. The
| Senate has total vote of forty. and the
thirty-nine cast yesterday were equally divided
between Booth Independently. Shafter (Republi-
cam and Farley Oemocratic). In the joint
| Convention there are one hundred and twenty
! votes. Booth has 50 far led with thirty-cight
/ VOTES all told.