The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-04-09
WASHINGTON NOTES.
Presidential Chances or Hancock and
Adams.


Iol tne present Territory Of DAkot
which lies north OF the forty.elghtI
parallel Of latitude.
The New England Republican pres
Is filled with wrath over the rejection
; OF Dana rs Minister to England, an,
: bitterly denounce the Senate. Tn,
! succession viii probably be decided a
tc-morrOw's Cabinet meeting, an,
Longfellow, the poet Is named Ms no
unlikely to be nominated.
' IL Is said by u prominent Democrat
In the House, who has read the last
letter OF Secretary Robson, In regard
to the remittances made to Jay Cooke
McCulloch j. Co., that there Ia not th,
least evidence Of irregularity on III,
part OF the Secretary In the manner In
which he transacted the business, aud
that his explanation ought to satisfy
the Committee on Naval Affairs and
Expenditures, rs well as the Real Es.
tate Pool Committee of that fact.
The Committee on Ways aud Means
yesterday made the following amend
ment to the Morrison tariff bill: Gold
pens to pay duty of thirty-hve per
cent ad valorem. TO the clause that
no allowance shall DO made for losses
by decay on oranges and lemons on
which specific duty has been levied,
has been added the words "unless such
decay exceeds fifty per cent on the
value OF said fruit" Linseed oil has
been placed at twenty five cents per
gallon. The committee have not yet
acted on tea and coffee.
Quite number of Democratic poll
ticians, In the interest OF Hancock and
Adams rs the st. Louis nominees, are
here. They make the claim that Han
cock can carry New York, Pennsylva.
mia and New Jersey, and that there
would be strength Ia the rallying cry
for the Centennial year of Hancock
and Adams. IL Is proposed to put
John Quincy, not Charles Francis, NJ
second on the ticket. A regular or
ganization in the interest of Justice
Davis has also been formed here. The
Illinois Democrats, headed by Morri-
son, are said TO be favorable to II.
The Senate Finance Committee con.
sidered the House bill to provide for
the deficiency In the Bureau of Engrsv-
ing and Printing and for the issue OF
silver coin, aud agreed to report the
bi Il with an amennment striking out
the third section and substituting
therefor the bill reported some time
ago by the committee, making silver
a legal tender in sums OF five dollars
aud excepting the trade dollar from
legal tender coins. The House bill
makes the silver coins of the denomi-
nation Of one dollar legal tender at
their nominal value at any amount
not exceeding fifty dollars in one pay
ment, and of denominations OF less
than one dollar teder for any amount
not exceeding twenty-five dollars.
Subsequently, in the Senate, Mr.. Sher-
man reported the bill as amended.
The Committee on Civil Service con-
tinued its investigation into the
charges against Mr.. Purman. J. Boil
var, Of Tallahassee, formerly editor OF
paper there, testified to the offer Of
DR.. Simkins Of three thousand dollars
to Purman IL he would appoint son
ofSimkins to eadetship. He said
Purman showed him letter contain
ing the offer from Simkins, and said
he thought he should accept 1t,
although he knew he could do better
George P. Fowler, local agent Of the
Postofiice Department at Cedar Keys,
testified that Mr.. Blumenthal, collec-
tor at Cedar KEYS, was constantly
sending packages of money to Mr..
Purman, which passed through the |
hands OF witness. On one occasion he
witness said, laughlngly, at costs
something to get into Office in Flor
ida" Blumenthal replied, at costs
,ne about all take in"
The examination Of Plerrepont, |
Luckey, Bradley and Babcock yester-
day attracted a considerable crowd to
the Clymer committee room, the re-
suit, however, being general disap'
pointment to everybody, no new facts
of any particular interest or import
ance being ELECTED, and the committee
accepting witness statements without
any effort at ross-examination. Gen
eral Babcock tried to get the commit
tee to accept some kilograms received
from parties in Nashville and New Or
leans, making serious charges against
Bell, but they were not received be-
cause there was nothing to show they |
came from parties whose names were
signed. One purported to be from the
chief of police of New Orleans, and
charged that indictments had been
found against Bell In Texas for muir
der aud larceny.
A. G. Bradley, Of Babcock's counsel,
was before Clymer's committee last
evening. He said that while In 81.
Louis Bell came to him and Luckey |
and said there was q conspiracy to
pull Grant down, and that Grant was
at the head OF 1t. He could get copies
Of all papers 10 Dyers Office against
Babeock, and that he Bradley had
requested him 10 do 30, but never EN-
ployed Bell to destroy them. Bradley
admitted that he had told Bell to come
to Washington and he should have an
appointment. The witness was ques-
,io,ad sharply on the subject oil re-