Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-02-20
" iSHINGTOE, Feb IL 1874

| 1-SeAoeSNA toAAilioti III Tie ana
his plan for sweeping retrenchments,
IN order to make both ends meet at
the end Of the next fiscal year. Dawes,
they say, is bird OF evil omen. and
has got into the habit OF croaling
when he should crow. What can we
| expect, in New Hampshire, for in
stance, from his array of figures on
the expenditures Of the last year; what
can follow such disclosures but bad
luck IL speech will be ii wet
blanket to the Republicans. while
1t will serve rs All official cam
paIgn document to the Demo-
Gratis IN New Hampshire ana Connec-
t!cut. Now, if We begin the wears
| elections with reverses in the Eas-, we
may find ourselves wrecked and hard
aground in November in tue West.
Such are the views OF those calculating
Republicans who think that every
thing affecting the interests Of the
country should be measured b. the in
terests OF the party. Mr. Dawes, how
ever, having III charge the ways and
means FIR keeping the Government
upon its legs, is constrained by the
duties of his position as book keeper
to exhibit both sides of the ledger and
to report the ways and means neces
sary to balance the general account.
MIR. Garfield, chairman of the Com
mittee on Appropriations, will. how
ever. 1t IS understood, ON Monday
next, upon the legislative and Judi
clal appropriation bill, under
take to show that the figures of Mr..
Dawes do not tell the whole story nor
give the proper estimates as to the re-
sources, the liabilities and probable
receipts, expenditures and balance in
the treasury ut the end of the next
fiscal year. Mr.. Garfield inclines to
the great Western idea that more cur
reney is the chief want of the country.
He will probably support that portion
of the House which holds that the
panic of 1873 is over; that the general
business affairs of the country are im-
proving: that without any increase of
taxation upon anything internal or ex-
ternal, we shall have largely increased
revenues from customs and internal
taxes, and that rctrenchmcnts may be
pushed so far as to result III serious
loses to the treasury and the gen. raj
interests of the country.
Meantime on bill for the redistrib-
utlon OF the currency, SO as to give
the West and South a larger share
than they now possess, the discussion
of the money question in all its bear
of reform goes on in the Senate
Nothing has been done by this
learned body Oh the banks, the
currency OF taxation but the
debate will serve to clear the
ground for action and to bring the
members to some understanding from
the numerous plans of financial relief
submitted. The only important Gues-
ton upon which the Republicans of
both houses appear to have reached a
common agreement is the question of
retrenchment. They have entered
upon the difficult task of meeting the
current wants and accumulated def
ciencies of the Treasury without in
creased taxation if possible, and to do
this many of the savings proposed,
even by Mr.. Dawes. appear like candle
ends and cheese parings against def
Cit to be overcome of $40, DOC, 900. But
it is feared that, whether liberal APP
preparations or pinching retrench-
ments are adopted. the results will be
disastrous to the Republicans in the
fall elections-in the one case by the
revival of the cry of corruption, and
III the other by tie revolt of thousands
of men thrown out of employment.
In any event the prospect this Sc ,sion
for the lobby is exceedingly gloomy,
and especially upon all such grand
money, bond and land absorbing
schemes as the following:
l. The Northern Pacific Railroad.
2. The Southern Pacific Railroad.
3. The various land grabbing Wes-
tern State and Territorial railway
schemes before the two Houses.
f. The Rocky Mountain and Cali
fornia grand irrigating canal schemes.
5. The several schemes for steam
ship subsidies introduced in the House
or the Senate.
6. The several Allegheny ca
nal schemes, the proposed seaboard
and Niagara ship canals.
T. The trans-Pacific telegraph pro-
jects
s. The proposed ship canal through
the delta of the Mississippi River.
There may be some doubt expressed
however, in reference to the fate Of
this last named enterprise, as it is sup
ported by the grangers, by their rep
resentatives i'll Congress from the
South and West. 1t is possible, not
outstanding the silence of these rep
rescntatives OF the grangers in Con-
cres,s at the present day, it is p.obable
that before The end of the session they
will make the regulations of railway
treights between the West and East
and the propos. Mississippi canal,
each an lIltimatuin TO the House and
the Senate. The test question of the
power Of Congress to regulate the
railroads has been tried in-the House.
and by heavy ajOrity the question
has been decided in the affirmative, SO
that the grangers are taking their time
in arranging their plans, knowing that
whenever they are prepared to strike
the coast will be clear. The grangers
have not withdrawn from the field.
They are only reser:ing their fire.
The wonders of the Imperial brides
wardrobe appear to have set the Rus
sian world agog. There were fifty
morning dresses OF silk and satin,
dresses of velvet, embroidered with
god aud silver braids, dressing gowns
of every description, and to say nothing
of the tippets and jackets and cloaks
of precious furs for outdoor wear,
there were dozens and dozens of pairs
of the daintiest shoes in the world.
from long, white satin boots, slashFd
up the front, to small slippers, smart
with bows and buckets. \ pair of