Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1875-03-11

the present year. The action Of Con-
gress ON the exciting Southern ques-
tions which have been before it has
an equal want Of sagacity--
1t advertises to the country that there
is an utter lack of harmony between
the republican President and the re-
publican Congress. between the two
houses of the republican Congress, and
between the republican members Of the
Lower House. The Force bill, which
passed the house, failed in the Senate.
It was an administration measure,
but the administration could not get
an Endorsement by its own party in
Congress. Though it passed the House,
the ablest republican members voted
against it. Its history is a conspicuous
proof Of the disorganization and de-
moralization Of the republican party in
the last days of its power. Instead of
moving as compact and united pha-
lanx, as it did in the reconstruction
measures, the republican majority show
ed that they had no longer n common
purpose, and that not even caucus dis
cipline could any longer bring them to
act in harmony. Even the house mu-
tinted against the President on the Ar
kansas question, and on the last day it
stultified itself and condemned the
President by admitting the conserva-
tive member at large from Louisiana,
thus confessing that the conservatives
carried the State in the election Of 1872,
and, by necessary implication, deciding
that Kellogg was not elected Governor.
There was never SO disreputable and
self-contradictory a muddle; never such
a handle given to POLITICAL opponents
for attacking party with weapons
supplied by itself. All the appropria-
tion and supply bills were finally hur-
ried through, SO there will be no occas-
ion for an extra session, which relieves
the President, who does not wish to be
dependent on his political enemies, and
the democratic party, which wishes to
see the result of this years elections
before committing itself to a definite
policy. The President has no more
power than he possessed at the beginning
OF the session. The Arkansas resolu-
ton Of the House and it's action in res
pect to Louisiana will stay his meddle-
some hand in the affairs of those States.
The country is to be congratulated that
this Congress has done nothing to aid
Grant in his aspirations for a third
term.
The Forty-third Congress ended at
noon Thursday last. The general ap-
preparation bills were rushed through
in the last hours ofthe session by means
Of conference committees, but many
prominent measures failed to pass
Among the bills that failed were the
Force bill, the Bounty Equalization
bill, the Postal Telegraph, Texas Pacific
and Northern Pacific schemes, the bill
for the admission of New Mexico as a
State, the House Steamboat bill, the
bill to regulate the counting Of Electo-
raj Votes, the bill to regulate railroad
commerce among the States, and the
bill to repeal the Presumption laws
During the entire session about 5000
bills and resolutions were introduced in
the House and 1900 in the Senate,
but only about one-sixth of them were
passed.
II. A Golden & Bro, Grocers and
General Commission Merchants, cor. of
f ard 10th SITS, Branch Store, cor. 9TH
and E ST., s. W., Washington, D. c.,
will give special attention to the sale of
all country produce and will keep con-
stantly on hand generalassortment of
Groceries, Liquors, etc, which they will
sell cheap for cash. The firm of the
Messrs. Golden has been long estab-
lished in Washington and is extensive
" and favorahly known in our county.
See their notice elsewhere.
The concurrence of the House OF
Representatives in the Senate amend
ment TO the Post -Office bill, by which
the Frauking privilege is revived for
the remainder of the present year
shows that this Congress left nothing
undone to fill up the measure of its
unpopularity. That the members who
voted for the Franking clause were
ashamed of themselves was shown by
their refusal to allow the Yeas and
Nays on the amendment to be record.
ed.
By reference to another column, i,
will be seen, that the firm of F. Y
Sinms L Co, Commission Agents, Bal.
timore, Nd, has been dissolved and
that the senior member, Mr. Simms
has formed a co-partnership in the sam,
business with II. G.. Dudley, Esqr. The
new firm will lie known as Sin,rnS 4
Dudley and its place of business is No
81 Light ST.