The Portland daily press., 1874-05-16
Washington News and Gossip.

RrTIER's GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATURE.
1t is authoritatively stated that Gen. Butler
will not be candidate for the Governorship
in Massachusetts next fall. His friends say
that the issues on which he formerly went be-
fore the people of the State have not become
national, and that there is no longer any object
to be gained bv him in making himself Gov
ernor. Before long Blu Ter will write letter,
probably in answer to a letter asking him to
run for the Office, in which he will say it is
impossible for him to make the effort on ac-
count of the impaired state of his health All
the indications are that there will be very
little interest in the campaign in Massachu
sets next fall and that some Republican Oh .ne
old stamp will be nominated and elected WILL
out much of a contest
ANOTHER VETO ANTICIPATED.
The passage of the Senate hnahoe o''
tr;,mnh for tba exnansionists; at least they so
rooosd II altbouah Gov Washburn made
-. orr,ment to show that at the present
-. af bonds capitalists at the West could
| nat afford to purchase them for the purpose OF
free banking Those who acted with Senator
Sherman early in the debate found that the bill
of the committee would be turned into such an
expansion measure that could not receive the
approval of the President and toward tle close
them and had a working majority. Both Sen
ators Chandler and Edmunds expressed en-
phatic opinions that the President, if he stood
by his veto. would be obliged to return this
measure without his approval. The expan-
sionists contend that the approval of free bank
ing in the veto message was of character that
will justify him in signing the bill. Senator
| Sherman and his friends hold that, instead of a
| bill to gradually appreciate the value of green
backs, it is a measure to permanently diminish
| its value This position was earnestly contested
by Senator Allison. The motion OF Senator
Conlxling to substitute for the bill proposition
| to withdraw $46,000,000 of the national bank
| currency from the East and give It to the Yves
| and South as soon as banks were organized and
| called for it, was really lG the nature of com
| promise, after the committee was defeated by
| the amendment reducing the percentage Of
| greenbacks to be retired from 80 to 20 per cent
| This, however, was defeated by majority OF
| two. The general opinion is that the bill will
pass the House in the shape in which it came
| from the Senate, but there seems to be no real
| confidence in any quarter that the President
| will signit.
A SERIOUS CHARGE.
A matter was vaguely referred to by Governor
Swami in the debate on the consular bill, tina
had made much commotion at the State De
partment 1t appears that when Mr.. Webl
was our minister at Paraguay, the Brazilian
authorities seized an American ship, and Mr.
Webb after time compelled payment, and sen
what he stated as the proceeds, namely, SIS,
900 to Secretary Seward. OF late Mr.. FISH
has, after correspondence, decided that tn
vessel was rightfully held and SO turned owe
the sum which Mr.. Webb sent here with the
| interest on the same, when it came out tina
$4,000 was paid to Mr.. Webb instead of SIS,
000 and that he had sent the balance to Lon
don ard deposited it to his private account. Nh
Webb is out of service and is now in London.
GOOD FOR THE ORANGES.
The executive committee of the nationa
grange of the Patrons of Husbandry has bee
in session for severa! days past here. One 0
the measures just passed provides for the fol-
warding of 100 barrels of flour and 1000
pounds of bacon to the suffering members o
the order in Louisiana and Arkansas. Th
| members of the order throughout the countr
| have been extremely liberal in their donation
| 20 the suffering in the Southwest. Thousand
of dollars in money and supplies, of both foot
and clothing, have been sent by individual
| oranges. The above donation of the nationa
grange IS in addition to the contribution of S100t
recently forwarded to the Louisiana sufferers