Montgomery County sentinel., 1876-12-29
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
Especial Correspondence Of lie Sentinl.l

third vote a constitutional amendment prohib-
Hing The payment of al war claims in the
States in rebellion, excepting 10 loyal citizens
thereof completely discomfled the Republi-
cans, who had Hoped to make partisan capital
out of the measure. They evidently supposed
the Democrats would vote nay, aud thus en-
able them TO food the country with circulars
to the effect that the Democrats if in power,
would at once commence payment Of all classes
Of claims, and by that means break down the
nations credit. We 10 have no holiday
recess, as in former years. The custom has
been 10 ad dourn from December 22d, to January
I'd, thus permitting many Members TO visit their
bones but now in view ofthe unsettled political
condition, the House has declined to adjourn
for more than three days at one time, and can
thus check any new dodge Of the Republicans
Yet the absence of over one hundred members
leaves the House with barely quorum at
times. The Republicans discovering the ab-
sence Of quorum forced nm adjournment in
order to prevent the passage of pension and
other bills of relief, doing this on the ground
that no private bills should pass unless certain
of their measures were entertained by the Dem
ocrais. The House will therefore adjourn only
over New Years Gay, but will be in session the
rest of the week 10 prevent further deviliry by
the Republicans. The Northern Pacific Rail-
road has secured from the House committee
reconsideration Of The vote upon the bill for
the completion of its road, and also an amend
ment which restores TO pre-emption and home
stead all land north of Tacoma. 1t purposes
now under this extension and amendment to
push the track through TO the Pacific ocean.
Apropos of railroad matters we may say that
the Central Pacific has a strong lobby interest
here, endeayoring we presume, to re-enact
some form of q Credit Mobiler,r but it may
rest assured that the day for pushing such
frauds is over, at least while the Democrats
have clear working majority.
All information received here from the House
committee investigating the elections in South
Carolina proves conclusively the legal election
of Hampton, and that report TO such effect
Mill he made by the committee.
The House Committee on Indian affairs will
report bill extending the laws of the United
States over every Indian, giving 10 him the
same status in the courts, and co.ferrng upon
him the same duties and rights belonging to
any citizen of the United States. This course
should have been adopted years ago, for in
making the Indian citizen we not only re-
move all cause for war, but we get rid thereby
of our infamous system Of Indian traders and
agents, system rendered doubly infamous
| tbo o1n ;,,;s l. ;t, MI,
nos and other cormorants of his ilk.
! We NAV conclude our review of House mat
tiers by stating that its caterer Freund insists
with the Senate that the joint rules are sus-
pended and thai he is consequently at liberty
to dispense liquors al his bar the same as pro!
TO enactment of the rules. Under their exist-
! ence no liquors were sold in the capitol; bat
now we have the good old times.
SENATE.
Senator Bogy, of Mo, member of the advi-
sorry committee, at New Orleans, made speech
on Louisiana affairs, in which he completely
exposed the weak premises of Sherman, Nor
| ton and other Radicals in their endeavor to
bolster up the action of the returning board
1t was a mastery effort and elected warmest
| encomums from the Democrats, for they regard
his arguments as unanswerable.
Though the Senate committee to adopt meas
ures for the manner of counting the electoral
vote has been announced, yet as Edmunds and
Morton are members thereof no one supposes
we shall have else from them bnt hair-split;ing
sophistries and full exempliGcation Of chow
not TO do it'
The Senate paid its tribute to the memory
of Senator Caperon. of West Virginia, by
| appropriate eulogies from Davis, Wright, Ed
munds, Bayard and others
Mr.. Hitchcock Introduced a hill allowing his
State, Nebraska, its claimed additional Con
gresham, but as the claim is based upon a
census taken by the State it is very unlikely
the rule will be changed which makes the ap-
portionment upon The United States census
| Should Mr.. Corkling arrange himself, in
the Senate, in opposition to the Counting in
of Hayes, " as many now claim he viii, his
acton Will have Il powerful effect, and he will
be reinforced by several others who now lack
| the courage requisite to take the lead The
Republicans are moving heaven and earth TO
prevent him from taking such II course They
are alarmed at his reticence and refusal TO deny
the rnmor that he proposes to take ground
against the legality of Hayes election.
THE SITUATION.
The debauchment of public virtue would be
one great evil flowing out of Mr.. HAYES in
! auguraiion ami The stream of decentralization
would be greater in its effects than that ever
appearing in the past in our politicssS arena,
and must pave the way to other great viola
tons of law and precedent and put us far to-
wards Imperialism and anarchy
That Chandler, Morton, Grant and the ad-
minstration generally mean to take the re-
sponsibslily upon themselves of forcing Mr.
Hayes upon the nation, notwithstanding the
fact that he is in the minority, not only of
popular but the electoral vote, is perfectly evil
dent from the course Of events here in the past
week. and the Democrats in the House acted
wisely in refusing 10 take the customary ad-
journment. "DEMocRITRs
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