The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1876-12-30
WASHINGTON NOTES.

w AoAlA&NoAON NJ CSs
The Freedmen. nsnh Swine is-Tue
Iioase wis Esforc- 80. s1bpoe ne. sn
hetastsn So the G~t~grasns ~ aused
Oy the l.suisiana &c ass mtsIe~.
WASHINGTON, Deeemuei pa bill
introduced in tflt House to- Gay ty rep
resentative Douglas. auth, rIzing the
secretary of tie Treasury To purchase
The Freedmeh's savings Bank build
ing III this city. for government uses,
. Il a SUM not exceeding S350.90U. He
also introduced a niii authorizing the
ON n ISL nsfr Sow i;a idsting the
| Afftirs { tbat it,-ii ulivn To buy in It's
| own real e-l ie when the price offered
! Tar It at public sale shall be deemed
100 low. Mr. Douglas is chairman of
| the House select committee on Freed
| mems Bark
Speaker Randall, Judge Kaott aud
General hunt1n held u hong consuIta
| zion to-day Ia regard to the obstacle,
| tpterpos-d by the We. Union Teie.
graph torDpaay To prevent the pro-
duetion of kilograms called for by the
Louisiana com mittee IL il understood
the, are una imously In favor If exert
ing the full power of the House to
compel compliance with its subpoenas.
| This issue will not probably pe pre-
sented to the House until Superia-
tendeut BarBe. arrives here from New
ORLEANS, aud i drought before the bar
10 show by he should not be punish
ed for contempt.
Ferry 10 Dr. Baiidssrd for not Recetps-
tnx for Votes rhoee Oini-ais 0t.-
patches
WASHINGTON, December .. The
Senate committee on privileges ani
elections will commence the Oregon
investigation to morrow. The Rsput,-
iican electors and the s .cretary Of
state Of Oregon are here Speaker
Randall, Judge Knntt and General
Huntop are in eonsuitstion over The
tiff ulties that have been thrown ia
tN " y w N%Ar Tio,ta-Nittu ot ttttkThDfG
dispatches called for ty investigating
Committees. The Is hol. power Of the
House will be Invoked To secure these
dispatches
II il certain that General Anderson
did not dep sit with Mr.. Ferry, the
Republicans electoral vote o. L uisians
when he was here on Chrieinas day
Judge Spsffora Is coming with til,
filden vote Of Louisiana there Is dir.
SATISFACTION with Ferry for withhold
lag receipts from the Republican mes
-sngers when there are Democratic.
eontestaBts, and it Is suggested that
Anderson Was advise tn withhold the
Republican vute Of Louisiana until
Ferry was bull dazsd into receipt
Jug for them.
crosta and the Oregon vose-Inter-
Dc anic Cnsa, aers.s she I.shmus Of
Oariea.
WASHINGTON, December 27.-rhe
Speaker laid before the House petit
ton from certain citizens of Cincin
natl relating to counting the electoral
votes. This gave rise to discussion
on the general subject Of southern
affairs.
MIR. Banning, Of Ohio, having had
read at the Clerks desk copies OF the
correspondence in regard to the ejec.
aon of Governor Wells from the Gov.
-rrt in. 1AGT In,
Sheridan refers to him AZ 90 trickster
and dishouesl man." Mr.. Garfield, OF
Ohio, defrn led Governor Wells, and
Mr.. Frye, Of Maine. the Republican
party. charging the Democracy with
being r~spor,-i Ole for the state of affairs
~ the Spath
the report of the committee ap
pointed br the President to examine
the several reports which have been
made al the expense of the United
States toascertsisl the prscticabiiity OF
AN inter-tesAuic calai across the isi b.
mus. WAS presented. Il favors the
Nicaragua route, and fixes the Gust al
fifteen million doiisls. It's construction
viii consume ten years. In regard to
the subject s'f directing the views Of the
committee ~ Ia the route TO the proper
s,owers. replica have been received
from several governments, 10 which
eher express themselves favorable a.
al early beginning OF the work.
A new snbi osna has been Issued