Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-02-22
FIRST EDITION.
WASHINGTON.
OUR REGULAR WEEKLY LETTER.

Special Correspondence of he Commercial.
WAsHIS6roY, d. c., Feb. 20.
General Logan made an Intellectual attempt il
the Senate OH Friday to have the Equalization
Bounty Bill considered The principal oppos
ton came from Senator Sargent of California
who made the allegation that the passage of the
bill would cost the Government 800, 600 000 he
| having been 70 informed at the Treasury De.
| partment He further charged that it was
pressed upon the attention of Congress not &c
much by soldiers as it was by claim agents al
| over the country, class of persons who have q
powerful influence in such legislation III Con
gress and make an appearance of public seuti-
mont which he thought was very often delueiye
| General Logan, in his reply, said the equaliza-
| tion bill had passed the House of RepIcsonta-
tives four different times
| FOR THE LAST Elk YEARS
it has been before Congress, but it has never
been considered by the Senate. IL had been re-
ported from tue Committee on Military Affairs
| favorably some two or three times, md ii wat
| reported at the last session Of COngreee. lie
| hoped that the question would now be disposed
of, and trusted that Senators would not continue
to object to it. In reply TO tho assertion that it
would cost $3.50, 0O0, 900, .l00,0o1, ,000 he said
that any parties who would 30 aiege did not
| know anything about it. A prominent gontle-
several years to defeat the bill by rep
resentng its immense cost. The bill as
it had passed the House tho Other
day would not in his judgment require more
| than 800, 900, 000 and he was satisfied he could
demonstrate that there was no reason for appre-
| hension as to the cost of the measure. General
| Logan ntnued in an eloquent appeal to have
the bill considered, and finally, after some fur
ther opposition from Senators Sargent, Morrill,,
Hamilton and others, gave notice that he would,
during the coming week
PERSIST IN PRESSING The BILL
upOu the Senato until he n vOtn pu il in AOne
way.
1t is said that some Of the members of the
House, who voted for the bill i'll that branch are
now working against it in the Senate and this
in face OF the fact that the next Congress Will
contain no less than one hundred and twelve OK
Confederates. During the war there was II little
story quite common about difficulty between
two boot blacks in front of Wizards Hotel,
when one OF them throwing stone at the other
missed his aim and struck iyo Brigadier-
Generals; land it wasn't very
good day for Brigadier- Generals, either.
Those OF course. Wore Union officers. Now by
slightly reversing portion Of it, the story is as
applicable as then. Instead of hitting Union
officers it would be
Ex-coNFEDERATE GENERALS.
You meet them everywhere and they swarm
around Congress like bees around the live.
They claim to hold the balance of power and in
tend to control the organization of the next
House of Representatives. They are going to
General of the Army, &c. &c.
The canvass for the officers OF the next House
is very lively just now as the impression seems
to prevail with many that an extra session will
be necessary. What for they do not exactly know,
but nevertheless they think there will be one,
Most likely the wish il father to the thought in
their anxiety to get hold of the spoils. There are
several candidates for the various positions and
| tho skirmshing of their many friends brisk Fer
| nando Wood of New York, Sam Randall of
| Phila, NJ. c. Kerr of Indiana and 8. s. Cox OF
| N. Y. are the principal ones named III conDeo-
| tion with the Speakersliip. Randall appears to
| have the inside track though many consider 1t
| about even chances between him and Sunset
Cox. Woods friends are very confident but the
| difficulty will be that the
WESTERN MEMBERS CANNOT BRING
themselves to vote for him and properly explain
| their action to cheer constituents, most of whom
| know too well tho bad reputation OF the Wood
| family, and do not view with any favor the Gle
| walton of Fernando to the Speakers Chair. A
member elect who promises to be ono Of the
| leading Democratic members from the West
| paid to me the other evening, that if he voted
| for Fernando Wood for the Spcakership he
| would not dare to face his constituents. They
know him too well. The trouble for Mr. Kerr il
that Indiana herself don't want him, though on
the first ballot he of course will get her vote and
perhaps once or twice afterwards il tho contest
is prolonged. But the West wants Hendricks
| for President in 1876, and you know they actual
ly think they are to elect their President, fore
| gone conclusion with them, and us he is also M
| 1ndianian it wont do for Mr.. Kerr TO be made
Speaker AL it would seriously, if not fatally in
| lure, his prospects, So Mr. Hendricks and hle
friends do not endorse Mr.. Kerr, aud what Mr..
| Hendricks says ls all sufficient for the West
| wing of the party. Thus We have its reduced
| to Mr. Randall and Mr.. Cox with the chances,
as l said before, in favor of the former.
If there is NOT an extra session then
THE SLATE MAY BE CHANGED.
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be effected between now and next winter. The
| aspirants for the clerkship of the House are
more numerous and there is every kind of man
ipulatng and wire pulling between tho cand
dates for the speakerslp and tho friends OF the
| former, and it IL very likely that the one wllt
can give the most influence to the successful
candidate for the speakership will secure the
clerkslip. Genl. r. B. Mitchell, ot'kansas, and
George Adams,o Kentucky, rather hoad the lis
now aud it is thought il u vote could be taken
this SPRING the former would win it. Both par
ties are stronuously laboring among the mem
hers elect who are in the city If Eandal
should be elected speaker and Mitchell clerk
| then the Sergeant at Arms
WILL BE FROM THE SOUTH.
and perhaps the Postmaster also, as that sec
ton will weld u powerful influence in the or
gauizntion. They however, appear willing t
concede the first Two positions to tie East anC
West providing they receive an equivalent iii til,
other offices. You cannot conceive tile shucl
the community sustained in the death of young
Mcmahon from the dome OF the Capitol. Tho
peculiar circumstances attending it and the
doubt whether to attribute it to suicide on acci
dent was the cause OF general conversation for
day or two afterwards. 1t was supposed at iira
that he had committed suicide, but upon inves
tigation it was pretty well established that it wa
All accident, and that he fell whilst walking out
side tile railing OF tho upper gallery of the dom
being in temporary fit of alteration of mind
A large number of persons visited the dome th'
following day and policemen were stationed a
several points to prevent additional accidents.
SENATOR ANDREW JOHNSON Is LOOKED FOR
during the coming week and preparations are ol
foot for giving him grand public reception
He has addressed letter to the President o
tho Democratic Club of this city thanking thu
club for it's expressions of congratuaton am
accepting the tender OF the reception aforesaid
Upon the same day large engraving containing
fac-similies of the autographs of Senators an,
Representatives who voted for and against hi
impeachment and with portrait OF Johnson a
the head of it will bc placed in circulation.
Mr.. Morrill, has reconsidered his purpose Of
| not calling up again this session tho bill provi
ding government for this District and ayai
himself of the first opportunity to bring it be
fore the Senate for consideration The friends
of the bill are not very sanguine.
II BELIEVED THAT
a majority of the Senate Judiciary Committee d
not consider that Congress has the power to al
{ rogate tho contract by which the Pacific Mai
/ Company receive the subsidy of S50O,O0G. pc
apnun, 30 long as the company faithfully com