The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-05-14
CONGRESS-.
Interview Between Preside Grant and
Gen. TOOmbs. of Georgia.
Especial to the Courier Journal

Interview Between President Grant ana
Gen. Toombs. Of Georgia.
Especial to the CourerJournall
WASHINGTON, May 1O.-Over five months
of the session Of Congress has passed away,
and hardly anything has been accomplis hed
in the way of practical legislation. The
long struggle and debate overl the currency
question has come to nought by reason Of
the Presidents veto. The Geneva award
question is hardly out of the committee.
The bankrupt bill is yet in the limbo of the
House Judiciary Committee, but may be
disposed of without much debate The cur
rency question and the Geneva award dis
tribution will, before final action, involvs
protracted discussion. The Louisiana ques-
ton is undisposed Of There are several
speeches to be made before the brutal scheme
of suppressing debate by laying the subject
on the table can be carried out. The Arkan-
sas question bids fair just now to come to
the front for a lively debate.
The steamboat bill to relieve the river
interests will, of course, be pressed and dis
cussed. There is also party scheme to
press the civil rights bill, only partly de-
bated in the Senate. The ghost of the CEN
tennial bill is laid for the present, but may
stalk in once more upon the boards. Ton
Scott is just breaking ground upon his
Texas Pacific subsidy scheme, and has
ample power to be heard in Congress, if he
pleases. The Window report winds up in
ternal improvement schemes for the session,
save perhaps the measures for improving
the mouth of the Mississippi The House
bill to take charge of all the railroads and
regulate their fares and freights is now
sleeping in the Senate, but may be revived.
There are only three Radical United States
judges waiting impeachment. The private
claims not acted on are almost countless.
Amid all these topics and above them ali
are the appropriation bills to carry on the
Government, the work in respect to which
may be said to be only half done. Under
such circumstances prominent members
speak Of Congress sitting till the 18th Of
July, or even later.
GEN. TOOMBS AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
Gen. Robert TOombs, of Georgia, ex-Sena-
tor, and Secretary of State to the Richmond
Government, has been stopping in the city
several days, and has had meetings with
quite o number of his old personal and
political friends. Yesterday he had long
and interesting interview with the Presf
dent. The latter was not receiving, but
on being appraised that Gen. TcOmbs had
called, sent for him as he was descend
ing the steps. Although these gentle
men have been politically the antip0des
of each other since the war, one being
the most prominent and defiant Of the Con
federates, the other delighting to enforce
over them the filthy yoke Of negro and car
pet-b agger, the interview between the two
is understood to have been entirely pleasant.
The interview had no political signifcances
but there was just one subject on which theg
agreed, namely: the currency question, and
probably the President was not averse to
hearing from the distinguished Georgia
orator a confirmation of the opinions which
he had enunciated in his recent veto mes-
sage on this subject. The President CON-
placently thinks he understands public SEN
timent far better than the Republican Con-
gressmen from the North and West whs
voted against him. Gen. Toombs is in good
health, and retains al! the conversational
brilliancy for which he has long been noted