New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-04-26
Special Correspondence Of the Republican ]
FROM WASHINGTON,

Tricks Of the Demscrecy-The Geneva
AwarA-ODpesitlen 70 the Admission Of
Territories late the Unien ~ States
Disgust Of New Ksgland Democrats
with the Course Of their Southeru
Breihren-The ex.Confederato House
Attempts to Rectify esme Of its Er-
rsrs-The Liscsln etatue-A Novel
Apstheosh-The Hlgh Court Of Inn
| peaehment.
WASHINGTON, April %, 1876.
The Democrats in the House hope to sue
coed in orippling the appropriations for the
government departments for the next fiscal
year. 90 that hundreds of clerks may be
discharged from every department of the
government ON the first of next July. This
movement Of tho Democrats is for the pur-
pose Of annoying voters who are now
clerks, to prevent them from taking an ac-
tive part in tho coming presidential cam
paign. The Democratic majority of the
House hope that these discharges may Gre
ste dissensions among ths Republican
clerks and destroy their allegiance to the
party to which they belong. In this the
Democrats are mistaken, as the Senate
Committee on Appropriations see through
this trick of the Democracy. and while
this committee may cut down the estimates
sent in by the different departments, it will
not recommend any such wholesale appli-
cation of the pr uning knife as the e1-Con.
federste element in the House hope for.
Tho fifth auditor of the United States
treasury has the larger portion of his cleri-
Cal force at work auditing claims under the
Washington treaty, as passed upon by the
court Of Alabama claims. The aggregate
amount of money involved in the settle
ment Of these claims, as passed upon by the
court. sums up in the neighborhood OF
$6,000,000. The claimants. are principally
from New York, San Francisco and New
Bedford, Massachusetts. The attorney hav.
ing the richest and largest number Of claims
before the court is . former Senator from
California; These claims will be passed
upon through the proper accounting offices
of the treasury, 90 as to be paid by the first
proximo. Besides the amouAts awarded by
tho court for actual loss of vessels, cargoes,
etc., interest on the amounts claimed was
allowed. and the auditing of the claims now
going on shows that this interest foots up to
sn amount nearly one-half as large a. tho
principal. The Secretary of the Treasury,
in accordance with special act of Con-
gress, is now making arrangements to sell
bonds to meet the payment Of these tlaims,
the $1Y000,o00 awarded by the Geneva
tribunal having been covered into the
treasury.
The Territory of New Mexico bids fair
not to become one of the galaxy Of States
this session. Delegate Elkins. from that
Territory, does not look upon the prospects
OF the passage of Che bin providing for it's
admission very favorabIy, although he
thinks its consideration will not be put of
as long as the opponents of the bill hope.
The general policy Of admitting mushroom
Territories into the Union as States is fast
growing into disfavor among public men,
and every session of Congress brings with
it those who take this view of the case.
The few advocates Of admitting Now Mex
leo are now glad tho bill bids fair to be
killed, as the declarations of it's friends that
if the Territory was made State it could
cratic party, Republican party. Catholic and
anti Catholic was the means of disgusting
all parties in Congress, and there seems to
be determination to let the bill severely
alone.
A prominent New Englander, who has
bse9 member of both the United Statss
Senate and House, now on visit to Wash
ington, upon being asked how the people
of his section regarded the actions Of the
present Democratic House of Representa-
tives, replied that its deliberstions were
thought to be the salvation of.the Repub-
lican party. He said his people were glad
to see corruption in high places punished,
and that they regretted very much t.at the
Democracy had failed to punish their dis
honest officers in the past and that the
Democratic party Of the present day did
not put the seal OF its condemnation Of the
delinquencies and corrupt acts OF some OF
its present members recently shown up.
He said the people of the North were con-
vinced of one thing, and that was that the
present msjority in the House of Repre-
sentatives was wholly incompetent, en-
tirely unable to meet the great questions
of the day, neither did it show any dis.
position to attempt it. The New England
Democrats in both houses, he said, were
thought to be the most incompetent Of all,
and that the people who sent them here
were even disgusted with their course, in
short, that his people were sick of them
because of their pusilanimous course and
general lack of statesmanlike ability.
In this connection your correspondent
mas observed that some of these Northern
Democrats unhesitatingly declare their dis
gust with the legislative actions Of their
Southern brethren; but, strange to say,
they refrain from coming to the front and
declaring their disgust.
Highly characteristic Of the ex-Confed- |
crate House. it proceeds to do some things I
which look very much like essing its own |
words. The Democratic majority denied |
the obligation resting upon it to provide an
for lighting our pcstof6oes !
and customhouses. Then an outraged |
public seeing the dangerous results to all |
business interests by the temporary sus-
pension of work in these Offices, offered to |
meet this deficiency by appropriation ont |
Of its own pocket. The Democrats of the |
House selt the power of the community and |
provided for the apprcpria-
tion. Then this Democratic House stopped |
kho xvorfr of a uroat branch of tha Uoverr-