The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1876-04-01


! In quest of health Now the undefsian,linR
nelo 10 lh1t shniehody bad au intere5 in getting
thest VERSIONS AWAY and n was somebody whom
| these Republioan memDers oi tho committee
| were anxious to nid. Marsh has returned ana
! given his testimony before the House Judiciary
COhilnttee Nv whom the impeachment pro.
! ceedlngs Will now De promptly pushed.
denn.lon6 DetwOen ths House and Senate
! upon the retrenchulent measures inAugurHted
! by the former body ls certain since Inc New
| Ham1shire election the administration crowd
| IL rmboldened 10 a wgnderfui OK tent They be
| lBVe the people wall sustain them, whatever
! thry do, The Republican Senators have 30
| lemnlY resolved m cauclis that thev will not
| cUnscninF TO reduction ut the tOrca, or To a
! feductnu Oi the salaI1es OF The COVER Rment EN-
plOyets' IhO compensation Oi fOIegn ministers
! must not be touched aud tins Republican tavor.
! nos must ot1nd Just M thpv nrB This IL the
! message semi Oub 40 the idle nerohaats the ne-
chanC without e'pplOvnc, /. and the WORKING.
man who can't ilnd bread for hisAr rVinR family
| bqt whose vote n is expected will give this
! party renewed lease Of power next fall Both
| the West Polns bill ana the Consular and hin.
! l0matic hill which the House passed with some
Waole.one alI supstantiai reductions have
came To gt1et Tor the present by restoration IN
| the SehHte Of about an the iiems stricken out.
| Ine hUuse refuses 70 recede and It Is now n
| question OF pluck. These appropriations must
| be passed in some shape HudII the II House stands
| nun the Republican Senate will be Obliged to
! adopt the eCon0miU mensutes winch the peu.
| ple delnaud. But all this will have The effect TO
! mn ehd before July. ~
Some int res ing facts relative to pnst tam.
| perlng with tho pubic deDI statement are still
! coming out "A few weeks ago senator Davis,
| who had gtvcn che subj act cOnsidprable re.
| search. stated in speeohes on the ii Ior Of the
| senate that wholesale cnanges In the tables
showing ,le auount of debt NJ the close of each
fiscal year had been made anu th t tho atera.
| atoms amounted In the aggregate to an increase
In the pubhc debG Ot e2I7,796.674. The m after
was referred to the SENATE Finance Committee,
| i.Om whom no important report was expected,
though It now looks rs though they would be
unab,e TO lind any escaDe. Meanwhile senator
| Dhvl1 has pursued his Investigations which ee.
| tnblished beyond controversy that his preyious
cheiges were wei founded The changes re.
ierreI 10 uato hnok to the year 1885. Al that
Ilnlc the pubic debt was at its minimum, and
| In fact the United states at the close OF che
year was almost out OF debt. Year alter year
the Register Ol the Treasury male ANIMAL state.
| ments of the public dent, and these hdye been
sent TO Congress- unon an ged, each report agree.
,llg ns 70 the debt Of folmer gears win the re.
| porte that had proceeded until 1910, when many
changes were made In these off published
tables Thus. fOT inttlnCe. n statement of the
pub ic debt for 1868 having once been made up
ana reported TO Congress, ali subse0uent re-.
porVA tor tho same year ought to agree with It.
The finance reports from 1853 to 1870 did thus
agree substantially, nut between the pnbnc9-
tiOn OF tho reports iOr 1870 and 1871 nm Increase
was made in this item for 1873, by which 1t an.
pears 10 have Deen Increased nearly S2l 900 600
In other words. after having stated the public
debt on lnue 30, 1859, IN eight annual rep0rtsRs
nearly y slvssOuoIOI IN lslt II vas reported to
mas been reported at the latter figure in every
SUBSEQUENT statement The only conclusion
nat nat can % be nrriyed at from these faots is that
igures in the report OF 1871 add senator Davis
object is to learn on what authonty this change
are questions which Senator Boutwel did not
ansM er in his replies to Senator Davs.
The House has spent some time this week in
discussing the provisions of bill to prevent the
uae OF money to influence elections. 1t was orr.
ginaly intended 60 break up the permoious SIS.
tenn Of sesessnR Government employees for
electi0n burposes. Previous TO every irpor.
tdut election the employees IN the Departments
mere ana It, the custom housee etc, in lar6e
W Dusir m. ar nd MI, IN
Gals Throughout the land are called upon by
the Republican Committee TO contribute from
el2 to $500 for campaign expenses The demand
40 InQdr through nOCe Couched in very DOlitD
terms buJ lIudeTlying the pOliteness is u gener.
nmaerstannng inI.e , tna5 ihlmre to respond means
Fought IN prohibit but it was cOnsderably
nmendet BY the awfu dodgers on the Etpup.
lican SIDE and " IN ovetzeaOus DeI 81 n nnned
GooJe m the DemUcI nc side, 80 that ! 1uol.
tiou whether !, may not accomplish an ontfrrly
uihcra, purpose 40 II staGdt ~ officers mi
employees OF the GOyernlnerJ aro forbid lon 20
contribute money or to make a personal can.
vass Tor political purposes in any national elec-
tlOn. ana the Inhibition aS to the use Of
money extends TO Con Rressmen. And pena ties
are also attached for intimdaung voters, which
unted States courts and marshais re empow.
tred 10 enforce. The Last provision the ReDub.
ca1s calm is really the Old "foi co hill" of last
winter, except the haDeas corpus clause ana
one enthusiastic Republican asserts that under
II he can take the United States Marshal and
lock up every Democrat IN ,s district on cleo.
tion day II IL is cauaOIe Of any such ntrrpreta.
Wll make good use OF IL III some SouInerII
states this tau II may be that tho Democrats
nave placen weapon III the hands Of their on.
pOnents which will WORK great injury.
Business OF Legislative pharHcter has been
almost entirely suspended by the National
House OF Representatives. The House il divid.
Ell up INTO lnYestigatlng COWmlttees which alb.
sorb almost entirely the attennun of the Demo.
cratic members. The number of Investigations
That are now being carried on is greater than IN
anv plcyIous Congress The judiciary Com.
mittee 10 working on the Belknap case, tue
BreausleY cadet purchase, and Texas and Pact.
lc railroad legislation. The Committee on For.
elPR Affairs Is investigating the state DeDar.
open the Emma Mine Investigation next week
Ine Ways and Means Committee is after the
Alaska Eur Trade Company The Committee on
Naval AflalIs ls taxing testimony by tho ream
ana making strenuous Efforts to get The
bulge" on Secretary Ropesou. But so far have
by this committee than BY any other, and but
little testimony taken leaks out. This - con.
| sldered pretty good evidence that notning i'm.
| pOrtant mas been developed The Committee of
| Nj laIy affairs is cropping among the graves OF
| dead soldiers to 6nd evidence In relation 10 the
soldiers tomb stone contracts. The Committee
! on Post Offices and Post Roads. and the Com.
! mittee on expenditures in the Post Office De-
partment are diving into mail contracts and
| special agents The Committee on Printing
| are oyerhauhng the books OF the Government
| Printing Office with reference to the cost of
printing. The Committee on Expenditures IN
! the Interior Department of Justice are inyesti.
: eating the alleged maladministration of var.
| ious officials connected With these Departments.
| department holds one or two sese lons every day
to examine witnesses IN relation to post-trader
| ships. The Special Committee on the Freed.
mans Bank hold sessions every other day and
| latteriy have been turnlnF their attention Il
| the seneca sand stone contract. Very little of
| the testimony taken by this committee has
Deen made pu0lC. Great and scartlng deyel-
opements are continually prOmisei from these
| committees but as yet they have not tulh led
| their promises. il they have discovered any.
lhlng they have succeeded admirably in keep.
| ing Hnybodyelse from discovering what IL Is
ii is probable that there will DC shortly miro.
duced N the House a bill to enlnelv DO away
! with collectors of Internal Revenue and m ak.
| ing the U. 8. Aarshal of each Judicial District
| collector of the ReYenue taxes ia addition to
the other duties OF his office. The Bill Will come
! lrOu Republican source, and ITS passage be
urged rs measure Of economy. and IL intend.
ed partlY 70 take the wind out Of The sails Of the
! wOuld-De Democratic Reformers and Ecouo.
| mlsts. The bill will probably pass the House,
| ana II IL receives far share of Republican,
| support Will stand good chance ot.D0ssing the
| Sonate This wOu d reduce the humber of col.
| lection districts in the UuiteG states from 2lt
| 70 5s. am not at liberty TO state who will have
the bill IN charge, or the source of NY inIOrma-
| bon nv
1t is now claimed that the little iudiseret,on
| OF General Belknap Is to be attributed to the
| hYsleiical Young women who write nOnsensical
gushing SOG!e etv letters from Washington They
| arb thus made Responsible because theV have
| been IN Tue habit Of going of into exstatics
! hv6r the splendor and elegance OF Mrs Rel.
kn9ps tOilet, and exciting IN the Door deludeO
woman an irresistible desire toappear iU a new
and Costly dress every time she appeared at the
various entertainments ana receptions OF which