The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-02-18
From Washington.
DAWES ADMITS AN EXAGGERATioN.

DAWES ADMITS AN ENAGGERATIoN.
WAsuINGroN, Feb. II.
Mr.. Dawes admits that he exaggerated the
expenditures of the governments somewhat
in liz recent speech on the national tinan-
ces. and has endeavorcd to persuade Mr..
but without avail, for Mr.. Grilell will
make an exhaustive response when the
match bill comes up again or next week
when the legislative bill is debated.
CAMEEoN's pANKING BILL.
The Senate is warmly debating Mr..
Buckingham's motion to recommit Mr..
Cancr1n's free banking bill, with other
measures to the finance committee. The
vote on the question IS a test for or against
an additional issue of currency The
friends of Mr. Clmeron's bill say its re-
conmitta is luiyalcn, to defeat
THE CHIEF JUSTICE IN WASHINGTON.
Chief Justice Waite called upon the
President to-day
~ o.bNAis VEEANA'
With the approval of the secretary of
war aNd ut the suggestion of Professor
Henry, the signal Office has assumed such
char re OF the system of meteorological OBJ
servations hitherto conducted by the
Smithsonian institution as may be found
consistent with the public service.
ANOTHER ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE.
Mr. Representative Or,h Of Indiana, the
chairman of the house committee on for
eli n affairs, is bus.ly engaged perfecling
his bill creating Il third assistant secretary
of state and seven new clerks for the state
department. In anticipation of the pas
sage of the bill large number OF anxious
office seekers have applied TO their senators
and representatives for the contemplated
new offices.
FEES or UNITED STATES DISTRICT ATTORNEYS.
The act of March 3, 1873, allowing
United States attorneys to receive fees in
diton to their salaries, for prosecuting
internal revenue cases, is beginning to dis
close the motives of the attorneys who
worked SO assiduously last session in getting
such law passed. 1t appears that under
/ the new act collectors of internal revenue
are required forthwith, upon the receipt or
knowledge that fine aud forfeiture is re-
| ceiycd for a violation of the revenue laws,
to report to the district attorneys, and they
in turn prosecute the parties, and at the end
of each wear send their bills into the gov
eminent for all such service, no matter
whether they succeed in getting judgment
in tayor of the government or not. Under
the old law, fees were allowed only in case
in lgment against the parties was obtained
and then at the rate of two per cent OF thu
amount obtained. The attorneys are be
ginning to file their bills fer such servic(
for the year 1878, and the fees charged are
at regular rates paid lawyers in the various
states, those obtained in San Francisco be
ing very large.
Nearly all the western senators and sew
eral from the eastern states will support tn
proposition to remove the limits of the ma
tiunal bank circulation, and allow anyon
who has government bonds to engage il
banking under the existing law, upon ih
basis OF iive-twenty and other outstanding
bonds. Senator Ferry of Michigan, an,
others who advocate additional issues o
greenbacks, will support this compromis
as the best obtainabe method of gettin
additional currency. The House will en-
gage in the federal financial discussion o
Thursday.
TIE APPROPRIATION BILL.
The House committee on appropriate
having completed the legislative, exccutiv
and judicial appropriation BILL it will be re
ported to the House to-day.
They have cut down appropriations fror
the estimates to the extent of three or fou
L millions of dollars.
THE HOWARD CASE.
The President has ordered that the coui
y Of inquiry, In the case of Gen. howard, b