The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-07-07
WASHINGTON NOTES.
TOrchlIght Procession and democratic
Ratification Meeting AT The capital.
Brlstow Indicates His Refusal TO Testify
Before the Whisky Fraud Committee
Dryer win Toe the Mark Con.
gresslOnal Proceedings,

ratification meeting tonight Senator
Thurman presiding aud Randolph
Fucker of Virginia, speaking.
The conference committee on the
legislative bin failed again to agree,
causing disappointment and some sur
prise,
Morrill, is still IN his seat In the SEN
ate, His intentions regarding the sec
retaryship Of the treasury are I'M
known.
The House elections commit &c have
adopted report In the ease Of Bcaux
vs.. Darrall, from Louisiana, retaining
Darrall in his seat; ana in the case OF
Butts vs.. Mckay, from South Carolina,
that there Is no election, thus ousting
Mckay.
II is understood that Colonel George
r. McCarloe formerly Superintendent
of Printing aud Engraving, viii be
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury.
Newell, by request Of the President,
succeeds Nargan as chief OF the special
agents. =. Guthrie succeeds Gilfller
us Cashier OF the Treasury, Packages
of bank notes sent for redemption re-
mrin in the hands of the Express
company. They cannot be handled
without Secretary of the Treasury.
Brstow has indicated that he will
refuse to testify before the whisky
fraud committee on confidential rela-
tons between himself and the Presi
dent, District Attorney Dwyer has
been summoned from st. Louis with
his correspondence, public and private,
bearing Oh the subject The examina-
ton of Bristow will probably be
waived.
In the banking and currency COM
mttee this morning, Mr.. Gibson
moved to postpone the vote on report
ing the bill to repeal the resumption
act till tomorrow. Mr.. Mikedam,
who formerly voted against the re-
port, moved to postpone the vote until
Monday. Carried. II is likely the
committee will be able tb report the
bill repeating the act Monday, either
by inaction of both Mikedam and Glib
son, or by the Senate. On the part OF
Gibson, who has not yet had the ops
portunity to vote, by consenting that
tile committee may make the report.
The House voted on the Gei eva
award bill and the minority report
was rejected, thirty-tive to one hun
dred and forty-nine, the motion to
table was lost, ninety-siX to one hun
bred and thirteen, when the bill
passed. 1t makes il the duty of the
Court of the Alabama Claims Com
mission to receive, examine aud enter
judgement upon two classes of claims,
which are to be filed within Fix
months, and the Court is continued in
existence till July -, 1877. The first
class Is to consist OF claims directly re-
sulting from damage done on
the high seas, by Confederate cruisers
during the late rebellion, including
vessels and cargoes taken or attacked
on the high seas or pursued there
from; all they destroyed within four
miles of shore, except rs provided 10
in existing laws, The second class is
to consist of the claims for the pay
ment of premiums for war risks after
the sailing of any Confederate cruiser
In examining the second class OF
claims the amount IL to be deducted
from any sums in any way received
by or repaid to the claimant, dimin-
ishing the amount paid for any such
premium 80 that one actual loss of
claimant shall be allowed. Judgments
entered in the first class of claims are
to be paid before those entered in sec
ond class. If there be not money
enough to pay the whole of first class,
the judgments in that class shall be
paid proportionately, aud also as to
judgments in the second class.
Randall, chairman of the conference
committee on the legislative, execu-
tive and Judiciary appropriation bill,
reported that the committee was una
BILE to agree. He sent up to the clerks
desk and had read proposition sub
mitted 10y the Senate conference COM
mittee, which was to the effect that In
AZ much as anything like an adjust
ment or contingent adjustment Of the
salaries of employees in the executive
department must necessarily Involve a
critical and laborious examination,
the Senate should recede FROM Its
amendments in regard to salaries, ana
should remit the question of the revls
sion aud adjustment of the same to
, mint committee OF two Senators and
, two Representatives, and that any
changes made by Congress take eff
: feet from the first of July, 1876
and that all persons who shall
, he affected thereby and who shall con-
,;nue in the service shall be deemed tC
/ accept such terms 49,
The Senate, however, could not,wltl
regard to It's constitutional rights AM
duties as a coordinate branch OF tn
Legislative department, assent t
changes Ia existing laws, which, 1t be