New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-05-11
VoL.XXXlV.. No. 1913.
WASHINGTON.

onosnvsyre or IMPORTANT BIIIS-PoIIriCAb hhA
soSs yoR AVOIDING LEGISLATION ON CIVIL
RIGHTS AND OTHER SUBJECTS.
rpy TELEGRAPH THE TRrBUSr.l
VI, ,sr,ycroS NAV 1O.-The warm weather OF inc
80, tuo DAVIS has caused the members OF bo'h
20. -, Congress to consider more seriously than
before the ouestion whether an adjournment snau
r,ooo i, limo or August 1t is evident to every
ono that upless some determined action Is promptly
,akan On this subject midsummer Will come ana hno
Corcress still at work on the Appropriation DIS
Some Of the most influential members OF the house
,xnress the opinion that it will not be necessary loi
fono,ess 70 remain in Washington after tho lst OF
July.
The Indian Appropriation bill was completed IN
Committee of the Whole Yesterday, ana eau proo"
blv he rasscd by the House tomorrow or next uay'
Tho next Appropriation bill in order is that 1or
rivers and harbors. This has been most caieiulS
considered by the Committee and an attempt VIII
be made tomorrow topass 1t under SUSPENSION VI
the niles There can be no doubt that the OIL Is ~"
IN hotter shane and on the whole will be more salts
factory 10 the country at large than 10 wouiu DC IL
II were allowed to be amended at the instance of
Representatives desiring to make political captain
their districts by securing large appropriations for
improvements IN which their constituents are c.
pecialy interested When this bill has been dis
posed Of only two appropriation bills will remain
Oh which long debate is likely to take place these
are the Sundry Civil and Deficiency bills
Among the other important measures that VIII
have 10 be disposed Of before adjournment, either
by full consideration or pOstpOnement until next
Winter are the Geneva Award, the Civil Rights and
the Currency bills the Transportation question, the
Louisiana question, the impeachment of United
States Judges, the repeal of the Sanborn law ana
the reform of the Customs service
The Geneva Award bin. now before the Senate, is
identical with that passed by the same body last
session. and there seems to be no reason why it
should occupy much time in the Senate. The plan
Of distribution adopted by the House Committee is
different and will be debated at length, and, if it
should be agreed to by the House, would result in
throwing the whole subject into conference com
mittee where it might be promptly disposed Of or
occupy much Of the time of both Houses, as either
OF each was tenacious OF its opinion The delay In
the distribution of this fund is felt by many in each
House to be fast becoming public scandal, and an
honest earnest effort will be made TO dispose OF 1t
this session.
The passage Of the Civil Rights bill is as yet
little doubtful and no prediction in regard to 1t will
be safe until The Republican Senators finish caucus
ing upon it, Many Of the ADLER Republican law
yers Of tho Senate. as is well known from their
speeches made when the bill has been previously
under discussion, doubt the consttutionality of
some OF the provisions of the bill; and Others are
convinced that the enactment of some other parts of
IT would not be polite just before the cleo
ton of a new Congress. Compulsory mixed
schools are opposed by some of the most intel
hgent and influential Southern Republicans as cal
oulatcd to break mp the schools already established
and set back the cause Of education in that section
of the country where it is most needed. Some OBJ
jcci,Ons though not fOrcibe. come Also from the
same source to the provisions of the bib requiring
hotels theaters, public conveyances &C., to make
nodistnction in the treatment of their patrons tits
poabe that the Republican Senatorial caucus, which
appreciates the fact that the Administration party
viii have an unusually heavy load TO carry in the
coming Fall may conclude that it viii be better
pocy 10 postpone the question until the next ses-
e'on, OF rather to let it quietly go over without
action. Should the bill be amended to meet the
views OF part Of the Republican Senators it would
not satisfy the colorcd Republicans OF the South, and
should it pass in its present shape it might drive
from the support OF the Administration party some
Of another class.
A general feeling prevails that Congress and the
President will not agree upon a Currency bill this
session. The bill reported by the Senate Finance
Committee suits no one exactly and very few in
anv considerable decree, and it is the general I'M
preston that il viii be impossible for that Commit
long discussion possibly may yet take place upon
TIN. subject, especially in the Senate, and greatly
postpone the day of adjournment
In regard to the transportation question, opinion
is divided rs to the advsabity of action the pres
en-, session. An influential member Of the House
saysitis his opinion that il Will be better for the
party to postpone this question until next Winter
II ie har ny possible that any action Congress might
take would he satisfactory to the Western Changers.
On the other hand. member of the Senate Com
mittec on Transportation reports il the determine
ton Of that Committee to have action the COM
mittce's report hoping that it will be such as will
strengthen the Republican party and give them
political capital this FALL This whole question is so
new and raises so many legal and economic ques-
lions that no vote could be reached upon 1t in the
Senate without long debate.
Senator Carpenters Louisiana bill, having lost its
place cannot be taken up again without the consent
Of the Senate. Speech-makng this bill is nearly
completed, and if it should he again taken up,
probably vote could be reached at once especially
bs a motion viii be made to lay it on the table,
which will not he dehatable.
Congress is not likely to remain in Washington
very long in the hot weather to try iC,ooacbed
Judges. The Sanbon law will probably be promptly
repealed 10y the House. but the question NAV give
10 considerable debate in the Senate as will also
the ode.t.0n Of Custom-house reform. From this
short review of the business before Congress- it is
evident that the only way to bring about adjourn
ment before August OF September will he to fix the
DAY soon, AID then shape the work accordingly.
THE DISTRICT INVESTIGATION.
NEW PHASES OF THE INQURY-GRAvE CHARGES AM
COUNTER-CHARGEs CONCERNING THE SAFE ROB