The Portland daily press., 1874-05-27
WASHINGTON.
The Financial Ouestiop.

WASHINGTON.
The Financial Question.
New YORK, May 26.-The Herald's WASH
ington despatch says that the vote in the
House yesterday refusing to suspend the rules
in order to take up the Senate finance bill, in
the opinion of members decides the fate of all
financial measures in this Congress, and there
is now very small hope of any definite action
on financial matters at this session.
The Civil Rights Bill.
The Times Washington special says that the
action of the House yesterday in Buffers at
for his own, indicated a doubt whether the bill
can pass this session. A doubt has arisen as
to whether the bill makes mixed classes of
of colored and white pupils in the public
schools compulsory or not. DIR. Sears, mana
ger of the Peabody Fund, says that such mix
ing of the races in the schools would seriously
cripple the efforts of the Peabody Commission
Another special says the effort to get up the
civil rights bill in the House yesterday pro-
voked considerable bad blood and the southern
members generally as well as many Republic
cans were taken by the ears a. once The
committee having the bill in charge failed to
get it before the body under a suspension of
the rules.
Good Word for Economy.
The Committee on Expenditures in tho Dc
have been properly kept The amounts ex-
pended under the head IF contingencies from
July 1st, 1870, to Jan. LIST, 1874 were $75,874.
While most of the money seems to have been
properly and legitimately expended, yet the
Committee are of the opinion that part of
said sum was improperly expended, bat they
find this Department not an exception in this
regard, but that similar expenditures are made
in all departments, and that all of them for
many years past have been accustomed to make
ir,,i,o or Qndi fIraC In, tl,ryo flor
partments, q larger amount has been expended
in fitting up rooms than the condition of the
country will justify. The practice which has
grown up in all departments of expanding con-
siderable sums for knives and gold pens to be
given as Christmas or New Years presents to
subordinates or others should be discontinued
The Committee have not agreed as to the pro-
priety or legality of beads of departments hav-
ing suitable carriages and horses to answer
their purpose of going hther and thither upon
official business and to be kept at the expense
of the government, yet they have agreed that
these should not be used in any way discon-
nected from official business; that large expen-
ditures for these matters should not be tolerat-
ed, and the amount that is to be expended for
these things should be specifically provided by
appropriation.
The practice of expanding considerable sums
out of the contingent fund to purchase por-
traits should be discontinued and such things
should never be purchased unless authorized by
law. Small as these things are they are evi
dence of the extravaganza which should not
now be tolerated
Mr.. Richardson will Resign Soon.
There is no doubt Secretary Richardson will
soon retire from office, but some of his friends
say he will not do Sc until definite action shall
have been taken on the subject of the Sanborn
| contracts
The President leaves to Mr. Richardson the
| fixing OF the time of his resignation and will
nominate him to fill a vacancy on the bench of
the Court of Claims which he is now prepared
| tie accept In view of his intended resignation
| as Secretary the Committee on Ways and
Means will not according to the present under
| standing. introduce their resolution of censare
| of the Secretary, Assistant Secretary and So
| licitOr of the Treasury.
| An impression prevails in senatorial and off
| cial circles that Secretary Delano will be ap.
| pointed as Richardson's successor, although
there is no positive authority for the statement
Senate Centennial Bill.
The Centennial bill, as passed by the Senate
| is as follows:
'That the President be requested to extend
| in the name of the United States a respectful
| and cordial invitation to the governments OF
| other nations TO be represented and take part
| in the International Exposition to be held at
Philadelphia. under the auspices of the gov
| eminent of the United States, in the yeal
1876, provided, however, that the United States
shall not be liable either directly or indirectly
| f,r
tor any eApenses attending SUCH exposition OF
Wy = reason s,1 vi .,e s same,
Gov thot SJes W .ne ouse OIL Representatives
The Texas Bill.
Of tho frnnt;ar sot,io ~, s"e oe1ser protec!on
Tnd;an and WaS;co dennsa % aeAas agalns'
ad tba Sana+a "a Jn ueema.io1s, wnlcn pass.
euohIs thn $1,000 W SPRt aI $iuo,ooo tS
onarato Inc Of fr9n vi ,ai. ~ IohS'ruct anu
'Pe INV " 0. 'o'.s '"pn'
open 10 All.
| The Secretary OF War in reply to letter
from Senator Patterson saws the grounds OF
the Arlington Cemetery will May Both be open
10 an eoIderly persons VINO desire to decorate
any oi 'he graves "'thlh mat enclosure.
Pacific Gable.
The Senate Foreign Committee to-day heard
an argument from Captain Marcus in support
OF his Pacific cable telegraph bill
Ch"r&es against the Government Printer
In the Senate to day Mr.. Howe presented &
| communication from Messrs. Rives & Bailey
making charges against the official conduct O
Government Printer Capp and it was referred